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News and Vinos
Truth and Sincerity
I SORENESS THAT COMES
1 FROM THROWING COROES
i SCHEDULED FOR TIGERS
■Second and Last Stage of Aelv
I Ing is About Due for
Hurlers
I SORE ARM DISAGREEABLE
| fcakes Owner Grouchy; Makes It
Hard For Him To Live
with Pleasure
BY RALPH L. YONKER .
| £ MONROE, La., March 18.— Tha
[ torenegg that comes from the first at-
I tempts at curving the ball —that Is
! what the Tiger pitchers are due to
gat Jast about now.
a During tho spring campaign there
t are two distinct kinds of aches for
the boatmen. There is the general
soreness of arm and body that comes
Horn the first few days of training.
When that soreness, that is S6 necea
, aary to pitchers in the spring as teeth
ing to a baby, is worked in snd out of
thiir systems, those little muscles of
ihe arm. wrist and fingers that have
hot been used in the straight pltch-
Iff used for the first time when
the curves are called for, and pains
result. It is that the Tigers must go
. through next
P* fibre arms make aching bodies anti
peeved dispositions. When tho arm
h undergoing the first pangs that
dome from throwing the ball hard in
finily spring, the whole anatomy of
foe men with the wounded wing is
Jfotod. It Is like the grip—somo
thing indescribale that seems to fliTfer
through the whole body and scatter
little twinges of pain all along the
; multitudinous nerve paths.
the pitcher with the Bpring
■ore arm. He doesn’t want to eat;
he can't sleep; It la hard to be agreo
able; it hurts him to live.
Momentum —that is the salvation of
toe old-timers In their competition for
the youngsters for places on the
team. While the kldlets are strain
llg themselves to make good during
the spring so that their chances lor
folng permanent job holders with in a
Tigers may be boosted, the veterans
Depend on their past performances to
•hove them into the season’s job. Vet
erans don't die during spring train
ing; it la in midyear after the young
aeers have proved without a chance
fer a doubt their superiority to the
eld beads, that they fall by tho way
tide. Thus for the old-timers the
spring training is one glad fete if
playtime baseball, unless it rains,
ahd then it’s what Sherman called
War.
I l The case of Darey Jones and Henry
Perry is a striking example of the
Struggle between vet and youngster
for a position. Davey hasn't seen a
baseball from last fall to this spv'ug
before he came down here. Hank
was on the spot a week before any
if the other recruits,
a- And, speaking of veteran and young
ster, Perry Is almost as much of a vet
as Jones. Jones is 31 years of aget
Perry Is 28. But Jones is a veteran
of the big leagues; Perry of tho
bushes.
With only about a week of w ork left
yat to be done in Monroe, and most
of the time of the past spent in the
hotel, there it only one consolation
for the Tigers, and that is that they
are as well off, from all reports, as
-Say of the rest of the biu league
Clubs. Weather conditions all over
the south have been uniformly bad.
farmers and plantation owners
around here are complaining bitterly
rfbout the late spring and the unusual
Amount of rain. They have lost a
neat deal of money (doesn’t that
Sound natural) already through the
cold and rain.
' Traveling men, stopping here for a
for or so .have cheered the downcast
Ihgers with stories of the misfortune
at other training camps. Tales of the
Cardinals at Jackson running up and
down the main street for their work-
Buts, of • the Naps at Mobile having
Had their uniforms on only once, of
ha Nationals at Charlottesville hsv
tot to work in a gymnasium, and so
on, had a little comfort in them.
r "Right in there, big fellow." "TOei
old life, big fellow.” "A little pep. big
fellow.” The Tiger catchers enn learn
this Tbig fellow” gag by rote and
nee It with their eyes shut, for they
haven’t a chance to be wrong with
the exception of one Tiger pitcher.
This eppelation of "big fellow” is
S favorite with the coaching back
stops. It scares the batters, they
must figure, to have it constantly
rubbed Into them that a monstrous
bruiser is serving the pill. McCorry
and Pernoll are the only Tiger hurl
ere who aren't tall, and Pernoll makes
up la east and west what he hasn’t m
north and south.
CUngo flekt faaa rrpfrl to are a
peppery battle when Hugo Kelly and
r.fldle McQooriy claah at Ke.ioaha Wed
nesday night. Both boya have been
training conscientiously for two weeks
for the battle. McOoorty Is said to be
somewhat overweight and Kellv'a
manager gaefared today ha will claim
the forfeit If the Oshkosh lad weighs
an ounce over the 161 pounds at 4 SO
P. m. _
ATHLETIC*' PITCHERS
GET TOO MUCH CREDIT.
THINKS EOOIE SUMMERS
MY MALPFf L. fOXKKR.
MONROE La- March 18
"It won’t make ao much dif
ference aa moat people think If
the Athletic* pitcher* alow up
tM# year." any* Eddie Hum
-•Haas. "Too much gtreee la laid
upon the work of Connie
Math** pitcher* ft’a the rest
of the team that win* for the
Athlottao hr their hitting.”
HOW CONNIE MACK TRAINS HIS WORLD CHAMPIONS—HE WATCHES HIS YOUNGSTERS, LETS VETERANS TAKE CARE OFTHEMSELVES
jy
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GREATEST FIST FIGHTS
IN PAST 50 YEARS
Kid Lavigne Describes His Ter
rific Ring Battle With
Wolcott
By GEORGE ("KID") LAVIGNE,
Ex-Lightweight Champion of the
World.
Naturally T don’t feel like saying
much about my own fights, but 1 have
been told bo often
that my battle
with Joe Wolcott
is considered one
of the greatest by
the public that I
quote what the
newspapers said,
adding such facts
as I know of, some
of which may be
news.
I met Wolcott at “Kid” Lavlgne.
Maspeth, L. 1., before the Empire
Athletic club, the night of Dec. 2,
1895. We weighed in at 133 pounds
and I was to last 15 rounds with the
“black demon,” to get the decision.
Wolcott at this time w r aa the sensa
tion of the ring and was beating them
all, big and little.
The lightweight division was then
headed by Jack McAuliffe, who Lad
retired undefeated. After my fight
with Wolcott, McAuliffe said he con
sidered me his successor and turned
the title over to .me, in New York.
O Rourke offered two to one on
Wolcott and Phil Dwyer laid SI,OOO
against $2,000 of his money. After
ward he presented me with SI,OOO of
his winnings.
In the first round Joe landed a hard
swing on my left ear, which began
to swell, causing me muen pain. In
the seventh another swing burst the J
ear and a cry went up from the'
crowd. Had they kn6wn how that 1
punch relieved me they would not
have felt so bad.
I heard words of sympathy and
John L. Sullivan asked the police to *
stop the slaughter. I leaned over and
told Sullivan not to worry, as I was
coming strong.
At the end of the fifth round my
right eye was closing and Wolcott
was bleeding from the forehead.
Aside from my ear, I was not getting
hurt much, although Wolcott had
hammered me about the ring contin
ually.
In the ninth tho reporters said my
left ear was hanging loose and my
nose was bleeding, but I felt better
than before and was not weak. I was
sure Wolcott could not get me. He
tore loose in the 10th doing his best
work and fighting me about the ring,
but I got to him every time 1 had a
chance.
I started to sprint In the twelth.
I felt fresh and didn’t think Wolcott's
fast pace had helped him any. I
rushed him to the ropes and hit him
on the head and neck and he kept
jabbing me. The crowd yelled for
me to ’’get him.” •
In the 13th 1 continued rushing and
got to Joe’s face with my left. He
hammered my body but they said the
round was mine.
In the fourteenth the crowd stood
up and cheered when I outfought Wol
cott along the ropes and into his own
corner. O’Rourke kept yelling at
Wolcott not to quit, and right in the
middle of it, Wolcott asked him:
“For God s sake boss, what can 1
do?”
He was almost out at the time, but
hung on. In the fifteenth he hung on
and I couldn’t knock him out. When
the gong sounded Wolcott was car
ried u> his corner and I walked to
mine.
I never saw such a slßht from %
ring as followed. Mon hugged each
other ami cried like babies when they
realized I had beaten Wolcott.
FIRST PLACE IN DOUBLES
TAKEN BY LOUISVILLIANS
CHICAGO, March 18.—Phil Sutton
ana Nelson R. Owen, of Ixmlsvllle,
Ky. f today have what seem* an al
most sure hold on flrnt place in the
doubles event of the American Bowl
ing Congress tournament, with a
•cere of 1,259. Only once In the
eleven championship tournaments
has this score been beaten. Bippen
ana Bey®, the St. Louis cracks, were
forced out of top place after holding
It less than a day. Hutton also dis
placed A. Sallander, of Chicago, in
first place In the all-events lead. He
baa knocked down a total of 1,84.1
pins.
Sallander held first with 1.818,
•luce the third day of the tourna
ment.
Dii«lWM-llkf Prtntia*. No funs and
no feathers The plain, neat kind that
looks right. rime* mating r«*.. u
John R-st. Ms In 1491 or City Sltl.
THE TIMES SPORT PAGE
mm
D. A. C. Five Plays Y. M. C. A.
and Friendship Lodge
Quintet
That the state as w’ell as city cham
pionship honors in tho basketball
| lino will probably be settled this
i week seems certain, according to the
I schedule of games arranged by the
D. A. C., Y. M. C. A., and Friendship
Lodge fives.
On Tuesday the D. A. C. lines up
for its second game against the ”Y”
quintet at Light Guard armory and
according to the riopesters this should
decide honors between these two
fives. On Friday the D. A. C. is
scheduled to meet the Friendship
team at the Moose temple and on the
outcome of this contest depends the
Deltas’ claim to the city and state
title.
It is likely that one of the D. A. C.
five's star men, Jake Mazer, will be
unable to play, Tuesday. Mazer’s son
is very ill and Jake prefers to remain
out of the contest.
Central High plays two games
aw’ay from home this week which
have an Important bearing on the
state prep school title. On Fridny the
Central team lines up against Pontiac
High, and on Saturday plays the
strong Kalamazoo high school five.
When Pal Brown. of Hibblng,
Minn., and Jack Redmond, of Mil
waukee. enter the ring at the Wind
sor A. C„ Wednesday night, for the
eight-round final bout, fight fans ex
pect to see one of the best mills ever
Btaged across the river. Redmond is
considered a lop-notcher, having
fought the best. Among his best
fights was a 10-round draw’ with Ad
Wolgast; draws with Ray Bronson
and Grover Hayes, and victories over
Rudey T’nholtz, Willie Ritchie and
Charley Turner.
Brown has been seen In action be
fore. arrosß the river, and gave a
good account of himself.
MEMPHIS. Tfnn. March IS— BUI
Dahlens Trolley Dodger* will play
an exhibition game here thl* after
noon with the Memphis Southern league
clut for the benefit of the widow an.l
children of "Pern” Finlayson. of Brook
lyn, who twirled for the local club
last year The around* are heavy and
a airw contest Is expected. Brooklyn
defeated Memphis yesterday 6 to 1.
ANAGER CONNIE MACK of the
.world's champions is here, training
his team for the 1912 campaign aud
picking out the men who can be de
veloped into stars two or three sea
sons hence.
This training trip will cost bis club
SIB,OOO. That's as much as some
major league clubs paid in salaries
to all their players for a whole sea
son 25 years ago.
Mack could have toured the south
with his champions this spring and
cleared all expenses. Instead, witn
no idea of finding a “phenom” to re
place a star this year, he is toillDg
like the leader of a tail-end club to
spot the lads who, two, three or four
seasons hence, may be qualified for
regulftr places on his team.
Mack Is always planning for the
years to come.
He develops bis own players. Ho
Connie Slack wntchlna bli lads.
BASXETBM.L TITLE MAT
BE SETTLED THIS WEEK
BROWN-REDMOND BOUT
PROMISES TO BE BEST
JACK ONSLOW IS THE
4 HUMAN BUMP ABSORBER
OF THE TIGER SQUAD
HY RALPH L. YOSKRR.
MONROE, l-a, March 18
Jack Onslow, the human bump
absorber!
The sturdy Tigerette catcher
has taken more pitched halls
In his ribs, his feet, even his
head, thsn any other man in
the squad since practice was
begun here.
The worst blow he has taken
is one from McCorrey. which
bounced off his bean while he
was batting.✓Mt never bothered
Jack for a moment.
THE DETROIT TIMES) MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1812,
N«imc of Xnck'a »<|U«d mailing a turn a( bat.
„ . * ,
" ■ i
gets them very young, usually out of
high schools or colleges. He aims to
secure them before they have base-
st. Patrick’s Day
in the Afternoon
I A pretty St. Patrick’s day start that
Is. The one here Wednesday w’e take
and also the rubber Sunday, of course.
“Chick” Gandil, tho umpire, wel
comed old friends in Kocher, Onslow-,
Perry and Westerzll, all of whom have
played with him.
“Chick” used to baa White Sox
first baseman.
Attendance 1,000, a record-breaker
for Shreveport.
Davey Jones waited ’em out at bat
and pranced while fielding in his usual
style.
Westerzll hits ’em on the ground
and finds tho holes in the infield.
—<s)—■
Smith prolonged Kocher’* life when
he missed a tick, alter Koch had two
on him.
—(®y—
Bauman, Westerzll and O’Leary
handled pretty grounders In succession
that resulted In outs In the second.
When Topeka began to throw the
ball wild there Was that sound of the
bushes ugain.
—(Sy—
Moroney looked at 3 in the second
and called them X. G., but the umpire
called them strike* -
In the third Galnor would have
scored had the umpire seen that Smith
only made the motion of touching Del
at the plate, without doing so.
—(•)
One, two, three, for Topeka in the
third.
Burns' went to tne wondi for a lino
running catch of Dubuc's long fly to
left in the fourth. He got the hand
deserved.
Every fielder backed up for Perry In
the fourth. He short singled to cen
ter.
The Bull Durham sign in center was
familiar to Jack Onslow. Hi> hit It
twice while playing with Dallas in
1910.
Remneas whipped 'em sweidrei in
the sixth.
Dubuc was out in the eighth on a
queer play, the ball hit the short end
of his bat as he tried to duck. He
didn’t try to go to first.
Bauman was lucky on his hft In the
fifth, h hop sent It over the shortstop *
head and another let it past the left
fielder.
llughle was not in uniform.
-{•V
“Hope, he’ll be here next Sunday"
was the general expression In the
stands.
Jones rnd Pumic watched Walsh's
fly off Taylor fall between them. If
scored Sorenson.
Taylor had hard luck, one hit hap
pened as related above, another was a
fly lost In the sun Imbue didn’t even
see It.
The crowd at Shreveport was amus
ing. it started to leave at the fifth
and filtered out from them on.
Monoplanes were flying at the fair
grounds. The real ship exhibit was at
tiie hall park, howover.
Oalpor was hit in the bark twice at
bat.
The stands a» Sb-eveport are a joke.
—(®V—
Topeka was the favorite with the
crowd.
P. f*. TTiffce. boarh of the Louisians
Industrial Institute, Is an old college
pal of Joe t'nsry.
Carl Morris expect* to get another
chance with Jin Flynn, the Pueblo
fireman. If he succeeds in disposing of
Jim Stewart at the Empire v «• tn
New York Wednesday night The f>k-
Irhonu heavyweight claims he has Im
proved wonderfully since he met Flynn
and believes he can win a return bout.
hall habits; that is, false or incorrect
methods in batting, throwing, pitch
ing, etc.
Muck first watches a lad’s physical
faults. He trios to correct them. If
the lad won’t listen to advice off tho
team he goes. His ticket to a minor
loaguo city rends only one way. Only
one man In 11 years ever came back
to the club. Jhis is Brls Lord.
After curing a player of his false
motions, Connie starts to train him
physically and mentally. He coaches
the lad oh the field and he seats him
near him on tha bench during a gan:o
nnd explains to the lad the various
plays as they come up.
Mack next tries him in every posi
tion until he finds the one the lad can
play best. Then he waits for the
decline of the veteran. —Some day a
man is needed for a man’s job on tno
diamond andThe recruit whir has been
trained carefully steps into the lime
light a finished baseball product. It
was so with Collins, Barry, Me*
Innls and it will be so with others.
Connie uses his own judgment, not
that of others. Thomas was a beuch
warmer at New York and Detroit.
Two years under Mack made Thomas
a hero of two world’s series.
Twice a day Mack meets his play
ers. They discuss the plays of tNo
game before. They plan the battle
that Is at hand. Every opposing
RECRUITS BEGIN LIST
WEEK Os TRAINING
Two More Games With Topeka
Will End Season
Here
BY RALPH L. YONKER.
MONROE, La., March 18.—A
bad fog hampered the Tigers’
practice this morning, but all were
out except Louden, who was not
allowed to work-out because of
hit Injury. Vitt’a arm is still
sore.
MONROE. La., March 18.—With
that 14 to 13 defeat by the Topeka
bunch at Shreveport, Sunday, resting
none too lightly on the Tiger recruits,
they began their last week of train
ing here today.
« A game with the Topeka team here,
Wednesday, will break the week and
preparations for another game with
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pitcher is put under a magnifying
glass, so to speak.
Every twirler has certain htile *3o*
tions which he makes in delivering
different kinds of balls. These are
pointed % out. It was because u mem
ber of the Athletics discovered mat
Mathewson made a certain movement
with his foot when he pitched his
deadly “fadeaway” that the Athletics
heat New York when Mathewson was
pitching. They beat Mathewson not
by hitting the "fadeaway” or by try
ing to hit it, but by leaving it alone.
Having culled the youngsters ne
deems worthy, Connie puts them with
the veterans. Not one of the latter
would everxiare attempt to discour
age a youngster. The star may oto
his job slipping from him, but he has
an abiding faith in his manager. Ho
knows that Connie is watching out
for the future of his men and a vet
eran seldom leaves his club without
first getting a job as manager of an
other team.
Pitchers Brown and Danforth, yho
were with the team part of last sea
son, Catcher Egan, Outfielder Mag
gert and Salmon, a southpaw’ fresh
from Princeton, are the men most
likely to be retained from the present
squad of recruits. Mack has spent
months of effort trying to discover
an inflelder who can be developed for
regular duty some seasons hence, la
this he is disappointed.
Mack never forces his players in
the spring. The word “weight” is
never spoken in the training camp.
From the first day of the trip to
the last every' man thinks most of one
thing—batting.
Other teams when they start to
practice begin by tossing he —tratr
around. Mack’s men grab a bat as
soon as they step on the field and
they whack the horsehide until they
are tired. Batting comes first, even
the pitchers being compelled to swing
the “war stick’’ as much as the field
ers.
THE SECRET OF CONNIE MACK’S SUCCESS.
There is an expression, "Cos nnie Muck luck.” It is Bhouted
whenever Connie springs anew star.
It isn't luck. It’s hard wor k. It’s perseverance. It’s care
ful selection of players and pat lent teaching. It’s prudent handl
ing of the raw’ material. It’s seir -denial. It’s weeks, months and
years of preparation. It's a con slant, never ending effort to be
prepared always for the day wh en a star begins to go back.
Topeka next Sunday, will end it
For Sunday's game, Manager Jen
nings has promised that the Tiger
veterans will take part, with the ex
ception of Cobb. This announcement
pleased the crow’d yesterday until the
fact that ”Ty” would # be out was
made known, then there was ex
pressed disappointment. Hughio stil*
hopes to get the Cardinals (or a couple
of games.
All the young pitchers now except
Dubuc have had a chance to work in
the box. Manager Jennings preferred
to leave Crawford at home, Sunday,
and use the Frenchman in the out
field.
McCorry had a good day. Saturday,
in the Tigers 15 to 2 victory* over tho
Louisiana Industrial institute. He
threw 10 balls and fanned three men
in the second inning. Pernoll fared
pretty well In his two innings, one of
the hits off him being a scratch.
Maurer was plainly nervous in the
first inning in which he worked, bill
calmed down in tho second. Ijafitte
was not In good shape, and thanks
to Joe Sugden's losing the ball in the
sun, let in a couple of runs.
Moroney was effective enough
against the Topeka bunch, his ilow
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Edited by
RALPH L. YONKER
Slack *1 hr look* on Ihr foul linn.
1 1 rjtf ►
drops being his best offerings. Tay
lor was in good shape. The Topekans
got to his successor, Remneas, and
pounded him hard, and when Works
tried to pull the game out of the
pound, they slapped his fingers, too,
tied the score, and then bumped In
the winner in the ninth.
The infield recruit Job seems to bo
a Jinx for injuries., Bill Louden’s in
jury* was a result of being spiked bj
Wise at third, Saturday, but It did not
bother him this morning, but Vltt’s
arm, hit by a pitched ball, Saturday,
was still sore. Neither went to
Shreveport yesterday.
George Moriarity is going to have
some fight on his hands to keep Lou
den, Vltt or Westerzll from grabbing
his job. Ixniden has a good head and
U3es it every minute. Vitt is a won
der on covering ground, and gettlnv
nasty hops, Westerzll excels at the
bat, clouting for safeties with remark
able regularity.
Perry Is not showing what is ex
pected of him except that he is field
ing better than it was thought ho
would. If there is anything the inaf
ter with Del Gainer, there are seven
clubs in the American league that
won’t discover it.
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