Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-17
q'ETRO|T TIGERS NEED
MORE YOUNG BLOOD
'ubb and Bush Only Players Jen-
nings Has Who May Show
Improvement.
{ THEIRS SURE TO GO
BACK EVERY YEAR
>etroit Club Has Sent Out Strong
Force Of Scouts in Ho2e of
Gathering Some New Material.
rerial Dispatch to The Star.

.ierial Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, July 1e-If there ever Is
any falling off in the standard Of the
Tigers IT will be through no fault Of
the owners. No expense Is being
spared, as the circus man says. to get
the best available material with which
to build up the Detroit ball club.
At the present time five scouts are
securing every league from the class
IA to the class z. armed with de-
termination and much money. Presi-
dent Frank Navin is being deluged with
telegraHfs and written reports from the
scouts. and If anything good gets away
Il will be the fault Of base ball luck
and not Of the owners.
The Tigers are in the position oc-
cupied sooner or later by every cham
pionship club. They have reached that
point where the men who are the back
bone Of the club have come to a stop.
base ball careers. and there's no telling
when they will commence to slip.
There are less than half dozen
young men on the club, so far as base
one youth on the inneld; one in the
outneld- OF the men who 90 In there
day after day Bush and Ty Cobb are
the only ones whose work can reason.
members have been in the game too
long to advance.
n 10 we'll known fact that the
average ball player stands still but .
!; IL rapid. New material must BE- &C.
cured or a team will\ ind Itself in tho
position OF the Boston American four
years ago-down and out.
TO secure the new blood before the big
crash comes, 30 the youngsters can be
worked In gradually That policy has
brought the Athletics to their present
s Il: Nap. out Of nr 70 Division. although
in the veterans still in their lineup.
Youngsters Hard to Get.
You can't always get proper young.
stsrs on minutes notice. and that
10 the reason why the Detroit owners
and management have instructed the
scouts 10 overlook nothing. Money 10
n. o.; 'e'-'''' ball players who are
The Tigers have eight players labor.
ing IN minor leagues under optional
agreements" which means they can be
recalled before the drafting season II
the club owner cares TO exercise its
Some Of these young fellows have
been doing srsa. work. Four are pitch
erU and line UP about ~ we'll a. anybody
!n the leagues In which they work.
which isn't saying they will do in the
for Minneapolis Of the American As.
eocietion. Cavitto has done good work
for Rock Island. while savage 10 max
ing . pretty fair recorG with Roehss.
ter IN the Eastern League. Hardin 30
pitching for wilkesbarre.
OF oil the recruits out for season ing
Jocks best. Ness 10 hitting around .sso
and has been O consistent performer
81 that mark. Ness lacks training and
herstofore has taken to base bah more
- q pastirne than a. a business. II he
awekes TO the possibilities OF base
ball career IL IL not unlikely that he
viii Be . valuable man. possibly not
sons.
0ayner. with For, Wayne in tho
Central League. and Iis.cr. with Chat.
tsaooga, are the others boina groomsd
10 take Tom Jones' place whom the
veteran slows up. Later was In the big
Maps few years ago. At times his
work was brilliant. but he was an In
and outer.
The only other younss,s- on tho string
10 Kirk. Scranton, Second basernan. There
apparently II no need OF preparing a new
second oasemen In view OF tina way Jim
Dsiahanty 10 going. However. no player
can last forever.
Must Show IN Fast Company.
fns fact that these younssters are do
Sna we'll IN the minor leagues 10 no sign
they viii be ready for the big show In
gamble. and often the man Who looks