The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-03-15
TEXAS COLLEC|ANS
/ ARE NOT So
VERY MUCH
TIGERS HAVE EASY TIME IN
WHIPPING THE RAH-RAH BOYS
BUT so WOULD THE SAGINAW
BUNCH.
BY PAUL n. sRUsKe.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March To-
Detroit fans should not wax too judi
/. liant over the defeat OF these. Texas
teams by the Tigers. While the Ions
Horns have been soundly walloped.
thrashed aud made to like II. IL 10
about what is coming 10 them Oh gen
eral principles They are not very
classy and the Jungle Tribe shout.
get lots OF good batting and base-run-
ming practice against lhem-but NJ
really hard wear.
AS the San Antonio bunch lined up
y Sunday, the Saginaw champions ot
the South Michigan league. Burkarts
+ brides, should trounce them about five
games out OF six.
Is "A. Jennings is again revising the
schedule. a game is. 10 be played
"Wednesday with San Antonio and an.
other one next Sunday. The Dallas
management. which has scheduled the
Tigers for two days IN April, has pro.
posed that these dates be transferred
TO st. Louis, the two American league
teams being esteemed better attrac-
ton.
Texas university wants another
Z chance to demonstrate.
Sundays Games at san'ntone.
San Antonios Texas league cham.
pions were taken into camp by the
Tigers q to in Sundays game. There
was paid attendance of more than
!. 1000, which was a bright feature. JeG-
B nings' nell got their runs early and
4 the Bronckos did not score until The
game was safe.
Davy Jones was a star With a home
/, run, single, three stolen bases and a
4 couple OF passes. Bush, O'Leary AM
K Crawford starred In the fielding end
and Beckendorf looked very good be-
\ hind the bat.
Each side used three pitchers. one
\ OF the Bronchos being Main, who
\ lives at Ortonville and used to play
with Flint Bumpus Jones pitched
little too hard and has sore arm now.
a Works was wild and Speer also show
ed that he needs more work. Mortar
" was spiked in the hand. but not
n seriously.
Training Camp Talk.
George Winter Is homesick and.
freely confesses IT, Sunday evening
he saw MIR. and Mrs. Mullin going out
Tor stroll under the silent southern
stars and the sight was too much.
Il wish I'd never come down here,
he admitted, almost on the verge ~
tears Il haven't seen little Georgs
nor his mother for ten days and there
X will be mouth more OF II. I'll never
\ be able 10 hold out.
Jennings IL going 10 try 10 teach
Bumpus a better windup motion. He
claims that Bumpus is too much IN
cIined to hand the ball TO the batter
s.in the groove" and believes that, II
Oxford's pride can learn to pivot vs.
his back to the batter before deliver
Ing the BALL he WY perform the
4 double purpose OF deceiying the batter
and making his control bit less
fatally perfect.
Dayy Jones has earned the reputa-
\ ton OF being the Tigers most danger
GUS batsman down here. His home
n run In Sundays game was a clean
drive TO the flag pole IN left field. Davy
sprinted TO third with all the speed
< for which he is noted and the fnal
f. lap of the trip found him staggering,
but game
The fact that. away down IN Texas
the Tigers ran across a pitcher haii-
ing from Flint Mich. affords still
further proof OF the real smallness or
the world Main is his name and he
h f. as tall as Falkenberg, Of Cleveland.
He winds up as though turning
I crank
Detroit's share OF Sundays receipts
!, e452. is the largest sum taken In re
cent years BY the Tigers in any south
or Mason and Dixon's celebrated
streak.