The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-22
MEAT TRUST HAS
NO TERROR TO
c. SCHMIDT
Detroit's Veteran Backstop Eating
Ten Pounds Of Rare Steak Every
Day and Is Already in
Training.
Youngsters Figured as Likely To
Beat Him Fail To Daunt Arkan-
sas' Only Big-Leaguer.
BY PAUL HALE RauskE.

From the depths OF lie Wllds O
Arkansas comes a ferocious roar 1
cmanstes from the throat OF {
Schmidt. Tiger catcher. and il oode.
III 10 the youthful generation OF back
stops whom all the baseball world
has grooming e take away his posi-
ton as first catcher OF the Detroit
baseball club.
Schmidt has already started traiA-
Ing. The climate OF his home town
permits him 10 Sc; ont with base
ball on any sunny Gay and work with
out fear of any M results from tie
Temperature. Also. the proximity OF
the Schmidt home 10 the sources OF
beef supply. permi; the husky back
Z stop the sort OF todder which he likes
when engaged On any strenuous dta-
letic stunt
Il have had the best winter | ever
had In my life ana I'm feeling fire
I've started training and I'm on diet
Each day I eat about 10 ponncs 81
very rare beefst teak. I'm getting so
fierce that l can hardly wait for soine.
body TO slide into ne al the plate.
Gameness Must &c Admitted.
Thus writes Schmidt and thereby
lie proves that ne is q game, persist
p cnt athlete. even it the critics OF the
country do put in q large share OF
their winters with diatribes 10 the
effect that the Dolycit club would be
all right II il could only develop one
frst-class catcher For a man 10 take
tie sort OF a gruliing that is handed
out each winter To Schmidt and then
10 come hack. full of pep and ready
for another whirl al the job, does the
big German a lot Of credit and IT IS
plain to infer from the spaces between
the lines in Schmidts letter that lie
aill has confidence in himself.
Il think I'm a good catcher he adj
mitted 10 the writer a few days after
the conclusion of the 1903 world ;
series. waen he was being submitted
to the annual Jornients or the gan
"They all keep saying that I'm nol,
and | suppose ought 10 be convinced
But ia show them all before / get
through with this baseball thing one
thing they've all got 70 admit is the
fact that, with me catching most OF
Z the games each year. the Detroit clu-
has won three Anglican league PEI
nants. | can't be SO awtully rotten.
Schmidt has noted newspaper
articles of various character durins
the winter, implying that Hughie Jen
nings had lost confidence in him. a
one time ne was @eally convinced that
he was to be traded, which, as pat
ter of fact, has never been seriously
considered He will be gratiiied &C
learn, when he reaches the training
camp. that Jennings and his mates
have no inclination TO ape the SNAP
4 judgment of the National league
sporting writer's who have been
knocking Schmidt SO religiously each
winter Il is true that Beckendori
and Casey Will be given thorough
trials. but that does E0t signify Dy
any means that Schmidt is going 10
be crowded into the background.
May Remedy One Fault.
Hughie Jennings believes that, II
schmidt can overcome one fault, he
will straightway become every day
the great catcher he is which when
working at his best.
Charlie Is eTratic and unsteady in
his throwing largely because he mas
too much confidence IN his iron arm.
said Hughie. before leaving Detroit
for bis little society stunt al Cornell
"He is prone TO wait too long before
throwing TO catch a base-runnSr and
the result makes his throw hard to
handle and a bic hurried de throws
with such terrific speed that the bali
has TO be right in the hands OF his
inielder or else is likely 60 ga
through. II he could only change his
style and use q portion OK his
strength promptly, | think Schmidt
would develop into the best throwing
catcher in the league Perhaps ! can
persuade him 10 30 it next year"
When il comes TO ont guessing The
baserunners, Schmidt is We'll mp with
any OF the catchers Last year he
had fewer passed balls than any MAI
in the league who caught anything
like as many games His natura
equipment his batting ability and n:
yameness are unQuestioned. Manl
believe that he viii come back anC
resume his old place as the regulai
Detroit catcher on days when right
handed pitchers oppose. At any rate
his fight for his. JOB is going TO be one
of the many interesting phases OF the
netroit clubs spring trip