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JENNINGS OF TIGERETTES
US HE WITCHES WORKOUT
——— —
Sugden’s Sudden Leavetaking
Because of Wife’s Illness Is
Blow To Tigers
FOUR MORE JOIN CAMP
——
Jennings Sets Pace by Taking
First Duck in Outdoor
Swimming Pool
MONROE. La., March s.—Cold
wvaathor and rain prevented the
Tigera from having their mom
ing workout today, but the ba •
ometer prophesied fair wealbc r
for the afternoon.
By RALPH L. YONKER.
MONROE, La.. March "The
beat material we have ever had, at
cording to Hugh Jennings, had Ms
second workout today under The e>es
of the Tiger boas, who arrivpd here
yesterday afternoon.
The Joy in camp today over ha\- i
ing Jennings here to direct the 1 igei |
recruits was lessened greatly by the ,
| see s that Joe Sugden b wife is very j
111. Joe’s departure last night was a
blow to the Tigers, all of whom have
been made his friends. His services
as coach for the youngster* cannot
be replaced / . _ .
Pom Tigers get their first, work
out* with sore arms and legs today.
Lafltte, Dubuc, Hauman and I ernoll ,
bad their uniforms for the first time ;
yesterday and the day’s work left .
their bodies achhig. Now that Hughie ;
Jennings has »et the pace by taking
the first duck in the outdoor swim
ming pool. It may be expected that
to be In style one must swim here
after.
These Tigerettes are greedy for
fe*tl basebaJ. Now that they are
acmewhat in shape after their-week’s
vpreliminary work and now that Man
ager Jennings with his old-time pep
Is here watching tßem. they fairly
want to eat up all the practice that
inOmes their way.
Before last week was over the
constant grind of warming up, bat
ting a little, pitching a little, running
around the soft track at the park and
i beating it for the hotel with the
~baO*ledge that The same dose wa* u>
follow in the afternoon if the kind
weather man turned on a little more
beat, got very tiresome.
There isn’t a great deal of pleasure
even to baseball without competition,
or at least, without something more
entertaining than tossing a ball and
stalling It. Even that is something
gftNtr five months of idleness, but its
novelty wears oIT in less than a week.
From now cm there will be some
chance of getting a line on the abili
ties of the mea who are trying out.
Hitherto, the work has been entirely
pieparatory. The pitchers had in
structions to kee|» the stuff off the ■
balls they threw and the infielders
wef'en’t allowed even to start quick,
for fear of straining Borne machinery
The Tigerettes are looking forward ,
anxiously to Saturday, when they get ;
thetr Erst game with a real team
The Louisiana Industrial Institute of
Ruaton is said to have a pretty fair
team this year I-»st season, it is
they sent two of their
men to leagues and both made good.
» There Is a rleuty of everything for
the game except outfielders. As Per
ry la the onl) raw one trying for a
position in Ihe outskirts, he is the
only man available for the far fringe
and he may be needed more at first
than he is In the distant parts. Hence
Hark will be held at the first stop
ping place and the gaps in the out
field filled in with various pitchers,
as they are not working in the box.
That is. Perry will be kept at first
where he has been playing during
the Infield practice this week, unless
It Is decided to keep the catchers
wotking all during the game, in
which case they will alternate at first
base and behind the box. Neither
baa made any claims to being a star
first baseman but Kocher looks like
the best bet at covering the initial
station. No quarrel for the job is ex
. pected.
The infield will be made up mostly
~M~ThtTfl basemen, bnt they wtii be
„ scattered about the diamond in the
» usual manner of an infield, with Lou
nßaiujiri doubt at his regular position
at th'rd Vltt is likely to be .at short
* atop and Westertll at second. Paddy
Bauman will hardly be in condition
for much work at that time, hut It Is
llrtwdy that he wfH be given a few in
is tags’ work.
e .This little trio of infielders has
surely shown itself to be nifty al
ready in the little practice it haa had.
- Louden moves like a real bail player.
He receives all kinds or grounders
Bicel>. falling right in w ith theiu
‘ easily. He is of the finished class of
players whom it is a pleasure to
watch
Weeterxil evidently hasu’t been
glowed up at aii by his injury to his
WORK GOOD PITCHERS
TOO HARD IN MINOR
LEAGUES, THINKS MAC.
Good pitcher* are used too
much for their own good in the
minor leagues, says Me-
Corry, the smallewt recruit try.
lag for a Tiger pitching job.
**A minor league is a poor
place for a pitcher who ta»>
stand the hardest to make good
if he's got to stick there,” he
thinks “As soon as you begin
winning games for teams in
tkgaw smaller leagues, theygi««»
* yj| moat of the work rtrdo
' •’With Albany laai yesr iiie.e
were only three of us who did
prgtUcally all the pitching to
wards the last of th** season.
mitflna.eVofy third Hay" »Tch«r
Hr
Works’ New Style of Delivery
Comes Natural to Him, He Says
MONKtiK, La.. Match s.—Above ail else a pitchers delivery
must coiue natural to him. lu showing the recruits a few thiugs
about getting the ball away from ihe pitcher's box. Jim McGuire
has impressed this strongly upon the men.
"If that doesn't seem na’urxl to you, tor the love of Mike, cut
It out, now—right away," is Jim’s constant warning
The new style of delivery that he has given Ralph Works feels
as natural as it does to Kid Wiley Taylor about his sweater, says
Ralph.
In the future when gettiug the ball a wav Ralph will raise
both hands high in tlie air above and in front of him, lower them
with medium speed to his chest and then shoot. The beauty of
the new delivery is that with men on bases/'the runers never
know whether the shoot is g'dng to the ipdte or to the bag
Ralph has been criticised a good d»*aJ for allowing the men o*i
the sacks to run somewhat free By this new delivery It is impos
sible for them to get anything but a fiat domed start, as they wul
never know until the pitching motion Js half o\gr. whether Ralph
means it or not. /
knee. He is as quick as a cat and
takes the difficult little hops ou the
j rather rough field in fine shape.,,
I Vitt has been a little rough in spots
’ thus far but it is no doubt due to the
i fact that he has hard!) had a chance
|to show himself. / Jumpiug iuto the
1 work several days late.
With m bunch of pltchqrs out in ‘ e
out field amtthis infield. Coaches ixug
den and-McGuire think that they cau
give the institute boys a good battle.
There is hardly the rivalry as yet „e
tween the L. 1. I. and the Tigerettes
that there is between Penney and
Michigan but all that is needed to
start some is one institute* victory.
This game w ill give Monroe its first
opportunity this year to turn out and
show what sort of a ball town it is
now. Monroe has a great Tuan' j
natural advantages as a training place
for the Tigers. Trainer Tuthill says
that he doesn't know of a better place.
It is certain that the Tigers lasi year
went out of Monroe the best con
ditioned team in either big league.*
They had to their advantage last year,
however, both good luck, with the ex- 1
ceptiou of WesterzH'a injury, and
good weather, something that they
have uot been having, at least as tar
as the weather goes, this year.
Saturday is the day for Mosroe to
show that besides its natural advant
ages t has the aid of a baseball lov
ing people to support the Tigers.
From reports about town, it seems
that there ought io t>e a good crowd >
to attend the game.
Whether the Tigerettes win or lose
is immaterial just now. Some real
baseball against a real team is the
l>est thing that they could ask for.
REAL PRACTICE STARTS
FOR MICHIGAN SQUAD
ANN ARBOR” Mich. March 5
Coach Branch Rickey, of the Univers
ity baseball team today started real
practice with the 16 candidates, ex
clusive ol battery men. to which num
ber the baseball squad has been
pared. Batting practice was indulged
in in the cage today, and Rickey
hopes to be able to have at least two
weeks of outdoor work before the
first game, which will probably be with
the University of Kentucky, April I
Twenty pitchers and catchers atill
remain in the battery squad, Rickey
being loath to cut down this number
until he has given all the candidates
a good workout. At least two good
men will help Pitcher Smiler Smith
on the southern trip, and rhe coach
wants to be sure he has picked tLe
best pair.
The track men had a vigorous wotk
out yesterday, and it was the con
census of opinion today that Haff.
Gamble. Craig, and Reck, will repre-'
sent Michigan at the Pittsburgh meet
Saturday.
There I* wurh «|»e<-nlntl<»ii at the Mid
way schools today regarding the fu
ture statu* of athletic relations be
tween the University of Chicago and
Indiana University The usual date
for the Indiana football game has hern
given to lowa and the Boosters have
been dropped from Chicago's schedule.
Remneas Is Example of Young
Player With Exemplary Habits
* j
By RALPH L. YONKER.
MONROE, lul, March o.. — Remneas is an example of a
young fellow who can come up to the major leagues through the
minors without a single bad iiab it. Kernneas neither smokes,
chew* or drinks, something that nos many ball players can boast of.
Rem says that there ip nothing jo the assertion' that a
♦ youngster cannot play ball In m “the bottom up aii J' not become a—
victim of some habit, such as amoklng or drinking.
J have had all opportunities so Join the crowd when
boozing was in order, but there has uever been when I rfr
- fused to yftt. The idea that a fellow must booze, or even sm'oke.
against his will if lie wants to stay in with the fellows in baseball
is entirely false.
"The lower down in ihe bas eball scab* the greater Ihe- ten
dency is toward the habits that 1 njure. It seems that the major
league men. as a general tiling, know that they must be moder
ate Hut even in she minors. If a fellow doesn't want to form any
habit. It isn’t forced uj>on him ” *'
Fred Kocher Has Some Salary
Still Coming From Outlaws
He Drew and He Drew on the Official Exchequer While It Lasted.
Hut Didn’t Split Even.
MO.NROK, La., March .V— Informa
lion wanted: Are tit** outlaw leagues
that are springing tip going to pay
the debts of those that have fallen
away? pleuoe write Fred Ko< her, re*
<‘ r, ilt Tiger -catcher, care of Hotel
Alonnie, l»niaiana. Reward.
►>*»«! his professional base
ball career with the outlaw leagtio
that held forth In the east, a few
years ago. He lias s,*»(» of his salary
coming yet. It is Always nice to have
souictjhing coining.
Koke” says he used to make de
mur*)* iijion the Kaston club with
Whkrh he played, for money about
thjreetimes a we*lr Every time _ac
ttamgfir rhe «ThT) had a cent in the of
lk-ia! treasury, he wanted a few hones
to pay his board ‘bill, or else the land
lady would put hirn out, or a rich
uncle has just died and he net ii
Home Money to buy stamps to • -i
for hia share of the proceed*.
Nor was FYed the only mnn who
.worked that. gag. Kvery man on ibo
THE TIMES SPORT PAGE
Where the Kinks
Are Coming Out
Wl>T BADEN. Ind., March
Despit* unfuvui able w father here, the
i*t. Louis Cardinal* got in some out
door work today, tramping over the
hll'.s .ind taking short runs as weight
rvducers. _
ATLANTA. Ga., March .'..—With the
thei mometer hovering around 85 dtr-
Ki **es. the ) llgh.landers got down to
re.ii toil today and Manager Wolverton
was* obliged to warn hi-* youngsters not
lo work t«*o hard. The mounds were
in splendid shape following yesterday
n< rti;na* rain and fast holding prac?
*he was indulged In. It was learned
today that .la* k Chesbro would not be
i*.o k with the iillltoppers this year.
MOBII.K, Ala., March 5.—-That Yean
(irogg will b*» bill k with the Naps
-tiling here direct from his home
in ClArkaton. Wash., is the opinion of
the Cleveland plater* In training here.
Gregg is holding out for a $5,000 con
tract. From authoritative sources it is
learned Unit a second contra- t. naming
better term* titan already rejected by
Gregg, haa been forwarded from Cleve
land to the crack southpaw. Manager
Davis Is put ting the Naps through two
sessions of light practice dally.
Weather continues favorable.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. March s.—At
7:T> u. tn. today Manager Frank
Chance of the Cubs officially started
the training season by rousing his
athletes out of bod and putting the 2&
performers through a "before break
fast sprint. Chance arrived from his
Glendora. Cal/, home late yesterday,
and after running the battery of cam
eras exhibited his latest phenom ,
"Casey" Smith, an Indian, who plays
any infield, position except first base.
WEST BADEN. Ind, March 5.
Waiting t*»r four inches of snow to
melt so training may be begun in the
open, Manager Cinrkc. ~rrf —rrre Pirates.
today took his* "advance guard" walk
ing und running e\er< i*e on the cov
ered track. The party arrived here
iurt night ten hours late owing to a
Wreck and snowstorm. They were
marooned for m time at Orleans.
MARLIN. Texas, March —Thy Giant
regulars will line up against the Van
nigan* this afternoon. Both teams will
probably use. rookie pitchers. Man
ager Mi draw l.< much peeved over the
frequent rains this spring.
ALL-MALTS~BOWLERS
LEAD IN TOURNAMENT
UHICAGO, March s.—The crack All
Malts bowlers of the Chicago leagues
hold top positions in two divisions of
the -American Bowling congress tour
nament today following the two nights’
work on the rlleys at Dexter pavilion.
The All Malt five tops the heavy rol
lers with a score of 2.742. Two visit
ing fives are billed to roll tonight, the
Cryofines of Huntington, W. Va.. and
Schinner’s Millionaires of Dayton, O.
The two-men events were continued
this afternoon, with teams f-om Peru.
Ind., Cleveland, Columbus, Ohio, and
Jackson, Mich., performing. In the
individuals, Cleveland. Columbus. San
Francisco, Jackson and Toledo were
represented besides Chicago.
ham C. Illldmh, who carried oi the
•Vi encan turf honors in 1900-10, will
sail lor France tomorrow, where he
will train the string of horses he sold
recently to Charles Kohler for SIOO,OOO
team had a mortal terror of allowing
the treasurer, bondless as lie way, to
get. together too much coin. The re
sult was—well the league has ‘done
broke up” and Fred still has s*o
coming.
BOXING
Wednesday Evening, March 6, IY‘2,
8:15 Detroit Time.
Curtain Raiser, 4 Hounds, 122 lbs.
JIM SMITH. Wmdror A. C.. vs.
YOUNG FLYNN, Detroit.
Semi-Final, 6 Rounds, 118 lbs.
GEO. S. PIERRL. Detroit, vs
JOHNNY PENDERGAST. Windsor.
Fioai. t Rounds, lit ih+
PAL BROWN. Hibbing, Minnesota,
vs. TOMMY GARY, Chicago Heignts.
Windsor Athletic Club
THE DETROIT TIMES! TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 19 12.
HOT WEATHfftI 4 WfHH=
Os IT! TH4T IS WHAT
THE TIGERtTTES WANT
Few Days of Sweating Weather
Is Needed To Ooze the
Soreness Out
WARM FIGHT FOR THIRD
Westerzill, Louden and Vitt
Promise a Merry Rattle
For Job
BY RALPH L. YONKER.
MONROE. La.. March - 5 —Hot
weather! That is what Trainer Tut
hill wants and what he must have it
he is going to get the soreness out of
the Tigerettes so tbur they cau begin
to show some of the real stuff that is
iu them.
During the coming week, they will
begin to get down to teal baseball
with the purpose of displaying their
talents for the approval of Manager
Jennings and his assistants. Hitherto
the work has been that in which
Trainer Tuthill • principally has been
interested. It has been that ov get
ting arms and legs into shape
Three or four days of good hot
weather that would give the demon
athletes a chance to sweat some of
the aches out of their muscles and
!iml>er themselves up is what is hoped
for above all else. Last week started
out fairly well, but the setback of
Friday was serious.
The hardest grind of the training
season for the youngsters is over.
This coming in from practice every
night stiff and sore has proved to be
very discouraging. It is a part of the
work, however, that has to be gone
through with Just the same as every
boy must go through the calf age. It's
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terrible while it lasts hut it’s neces
sary. — ~
Os chief interest outside of the bat
tle for imsitloMM as pitchers, this
week, will Im* the - three cornered fight
for a chance to oust fForg* Morlarty
from his job at third base. The three
>ncn after the job, Westerzill, Louden
and Vitt are all small fellows. INb«»
and quick.
Westerzill has whatever preference
there may be In having already al
most made good with the Tigers, lie
was coming along nicely last year
when he hurt his knee and had to
quit. He feels absolutely no ill-cf
sects from his injury now, howexer,
and is coming strong.
Perry says he is uot at all confident
that he is going to le able so push
Dave) Jones from his left field job.
But whether confident or anxious he
is surety working hard to make good.
Hank has a big- disadvantage over
every man in the lot with the possible
exception of Onslow, in thut he has
to wear down a lot of weight.
Perry hHS played lu anew league
nearly every year of his professional
baseball career, going from coast to
coast lu successive years, but he has
never yet felt sure of making good.
His two unsuccessful trials in major
leagues have done much, no doubt, to
show Perry the slip between the
major league job cup and. the recruit
Up. Hank tried some lime ago for un
outfield job with Detroit and a short
time ago for a berth with Boston.
The way Perry swings on the all
during batting practice is ar. inkling
of what the batting would be iu the
Goliath league, were the Giants to
form one. Perry has erent big,-sturdy
legs. But he has a greater, bigger,
sturdier body. His arms arc like the
village blacksmith's hammer swing
ing append.luge. Now when these big
legs start that big body and a whale
of a bat against one of Kid Remneas
speeders. It's *hip ahoy for the '-ids
in the outfield ami anew hall for
practice while the one Perrv lauded
on is being* relayed l ack home.
Perry doesn’t waste his strength in
bringing rain with sky scrapers either
He peels 'em off over the grass cutter
route or via the Texas leaguer way
where they count. His swing is the
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MONUOK. I.« , March ft.—UlU 1-ou- '
den i-omtNi from a taam of tighter* .
with a fighting manual, Newark in
the old Ka»U*rn league with Jot* Me
(jinnity ua 1 1 « hotm.
Louden tell* of a time when Joe j
waa walking out of the ground:* at i
Newark after losing a gume. Some
fun away up in the bleacher*' jelled
out. Where a McOlnnlty ar.tl hla lot
ten team? l*et me at him'”
kind that a**!* them whore they come.
;no matter whether high, low o** wide.
If he has a fatal wea.cnaa* l hatting,
th Tiger pitcher* In the light prac
tice thus far haven't been able to de
lect It.
It is interesting to watch the work
of Joe rimolen a. and Jim Mcfluire. It
iis interesting enough to wut« h the
! work of each alone, for either one W
' a man who know s the game of b.*so
i hall from start to ilnish. but to watch
them together is fascinating.
It was amusing to some of the !*:<-
v ar-old youngsters who consider
themselves pretty well along, to hear
i Jim tell about breaking In in ISR3. He
i was playing hall nearly a .Icsen year*
j before some of the Tiger recruits
: were born.
! foigden gets his work done with lots
of pep and vim. He uses his voice,
his arms, his head. He encourages,
he pans.
McGuire does his work in a (fnietor
manner, lie shows by example what
he wants done. He has little contt
dental talks with each man, telling
him what he wants If the man doesn't
do it exactly right, he has another
little conference
And each coach go's w Uat he wants'
-.-
\ sound of tr. cnuill<liitrii, Nmoam
whom were 11 veterans, answered It"*
not tali for has*oat I cuntH-late* a*
Kcsttru High s« hoot, Indoor practice
will start Immediate*!J* The candidate*
probably will be divided up Into three
rulf mjuads.
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McUinnliy spied him and mads for
the entrance of the bleachers. Ms
walked up to the fresh fan with a
couple of healthy wallop* stored up
In his id ringers but the fresh fan had
some swats with him, too, and when
he sicked 'em on Joe, there was noth
ing to It but fun.
Joe beat the guy to the club house
door by luo yards and locked the
door.
Hut McOlnnlty still light*.
Iwulahl (hr t iihrr.ll) of Detroit
iPa*k«ihai| team plays Its (InM game
<d the season When it lines up against
j* be Hattie Creek Training School five
| ill Hattie Creek.
Mexican Joe Mixers soil Charlie
White, of Chicago, have started tram
ir.; for their scheduled 20-round clash
•mi March 1(1, at Los Angelo*. Indies
('.• ns are that the In-tting will open
with Kiwis u 1 0 to * favorlt*.
The action of Ihe referee lu owarrt
in« a decision to Leo Kelley, of Hi
Lot.is. over Kid Graves, of Milwaukee,
I welterweight*, in their 10-round bout
lln Cleveland, grows In disfavor today
I among those who witnessed the right.
The almost unanimous decision of the
, fans would have called It a draw.
Joe WaMdol. (he southern Msjdranl
for lightweight honors, today, is given
the decision over Jack Itcdinond, of
Milv auk»e who fought him eight
I rounds before ihe Southern A, (*., at
I Memphis
The usual n mount of Mate*bell«iM
mlk having been indulged in, Lddle
Mctloorty and Hugo Kell> have agreed
to get together The bout will be
staged before the Kenosha. \VI|, A. C,
March 1# It was agreed that the boys
(will weigh 1 .*>B at 4.30 on the day of
, the tight.
i Hut* I’aeUet 'lclarlaad and Oar-
Lounil Hogan declared today that they
hotted the "other fellow " wodid mix
matter* from the tap of the gOog. If
they keep' their ttrondses a high-class
contest will result when they come Uo
gether at the Kuirmoiint A C In New
Vi rk tonight.
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