The Detroit times., 1908-03-28
18TH THE G IN THE
wv TIGERS OOUTHLAND
BY Fail II. Bruske

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MEMPHIS. March 2S.-Harry Tut
III hill, the trainer of the Detroit
team. has been much impressed with
the excellence of Pitcher Eddie Sum
ers' slow ball. He
TUTHILL's watches Summers
YARN or A in action with
SLOW BALL. great appreciation
-------ea and pays particu-
ler attention TO the Indiana boys arm
at ali times.
THAT knuckle ball will fool q lot
OF the batters this year" says 1uthill.
Its q bird, and no mistake. Us the
best I've ever seen and only sur
passed by one that | have heard of.
"McGraw heard one summer OF a
young pitcher over in Brooklyn that
was said to be ripe for big league
trial. He sent scout over TO watch
the BOY work Now, this scout was a
good Judge OF ball player when
sober, but was inclined at times to
take d snifter or two OF the red stun.
He was very plainly having a day
after when he reported to McGraw, az
ter watching the youngster work.
The young fellow any good?" ask
ed McGraw.
Simply Bird said the scout.
Hes got good speed and a nice curve.
but his best point Is his slow ball.
You ought 10 see IL, Any time he
gets three balls ON the batsman he
uses the slow ball II IL starts over
the rlate he let's 1t go. IL 1t starts
wide he chases after 1t, pulls it down
and -itches II over again. He'll never
give q base on balls for you You'd
bette sign HIM, Mac"
II UGHIE JENNINGS greatest de
IL light is TO get bunch of colt
pitchers into the outtield and bat them
long flies. rhe object OF the practice
! is not to make out ~--------------------
! fielders of them, "PLENTY
but rather 10 cult OF
vate their wind ROOM
and get them into ------------~
good physical condition. II also az
fords a method of exercise which can
be taken with lmpunity during the
scream period.
And what a chase the manager does
give those pitchers
Regardless of the fact that the men
are obviously out there TO catch
flies, Hughie proceeds TO make this feat
virtually impossible by batting the
ball lust out OF reach. Far of to the
right or ftft or, occasionally, square
Is over their heads he hits the ball.
In regular rotation the men tear after
It. Once In a long while Hughes
calculations go wrong and one OF the
pitchers gets his hands on the ball,
but such thing doesn't happen once
in a dozen times. unless the field Is
virtually filed with hy-pursuers.
One day at Little Rock the writer
counted 20 flies which Hughie hit to
Bumpus Jones and Warhop--two of
the best fieIders OF the young tribe
before Bumpus finally froze to one OF
them But every single drive was
nevertheless within distance which
lured Bumpus and Jack TO their top
efforts. And, on every occasion while
the fielder was tearing after the
elusive sphere, Hughie would urge
him on with the shout Plenty OF
ROOM or course, he meant thereby
that there was no fence or other OBJ
struction to interrupt the course OF
the fielders frenzied sprint.
Plenty OF room has come TO, be a
Dy=wUrd m ire Detroit camp TOT some
thing utterly unattainable.
nEL DRAKE, the lanky outfield-
- or, whom the Detroit manage
ment yanked out OF the o. and p
league last fall. is quite interested to
e----------------Hk now what Is like
"DEL" DRAKE ly 20 become of
PREFERS himself He has
THE NORTH. had look at the
H--------..- regular outfield Of
The club ana has tumb1ed TO the fact
that there isn't a. chance fnr-aay
youngster TO. break In there, or even
Only One PROMO QUININE, that Il