The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-19
TIGERS UNITED
At SAN ANTOINE
Only Cobb Missing of Detroit Play
ers-One Week More of Practice
Before Squads Divide.

SAN ANTONIO. March 10 ne
main body OF the training Tigers were
joined here this morning by Hughie
and his pet juvenile transformers anu
the entire aggregation is now encamp-
ed under one tent, to-wit the Hotel
Menger This is the greatest gather
ing OF athletes that has ever been
seen under the Detroit banner. There
are 32 in the squad. with Ty Cobb still
To hear from, and without counting
war correspondents, wives and camp
followers
The climax of the training season is
at hand in the week which lasts until
Assistant Manager Bill Donovan. with
the veteran outfielders, catchers and
pitchers. supported by the kid infeld.
leaves on Good Friday for the inya-
sion OF the North. going by easy
stages. A game OF some sort is due
every day. Today. the Kittens, with
a smattering OF veterans, play the San
Antonio heroes for sweet charity. To
morrow the veterans get into the game
for revenue only.
Yannigan- Regular games are due
every day thereafter and will not De
interfered with by the clashes Monday
aud uCSQdg btIo6CA l4tlus San
| tonic Bronchos and Indianapolis. The
, Indians have engaged quarters at the
| Hotel Menger. arriving Sunday and the
effable clerks are arranging 10 store
all IS of them in one room on cots.
shelves and among the bric-a-brac.
This is the hight OF the tourist season
and rooms are at premium.
The veterans are in fine shape for
the coming duels. Mullin, Willett and
Killiar have been pitching curves free
ly in the workouts and the rest OF the
vets have got past the preliminary
stage of sore muscles.
Yesterday the old-timers started the
season by playing West Texas Military
academy. The cadets were very
youthful bunch, their pitcher bearing
the weight OF about 13 summers and
the Tigers started the first inning by
punching home runs from the bats of
Davy Jones. Crawford and Delehanty.
Shortly afterward the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty TO Children in
tervened and the game ended with the
score 5 TO in favor Of the Tiges, the
two runs of the cadets being gifts.
Jennings and his men are very glad
to get back to the climate and accom-
modations OF San Antonio. They tell
sad tales OF the privations encountered
along the trail at Fort Worth and
Dallas.
Kittens Closed Well.
The classiest pitching so far dis
played by the recruit hurlers was
shown TO the Dallas fans Friday in
the che game played in that burg
Messrs. Pernon. works and Browning
acted successfully upon the slab, the
two former each allowing one hit and
the third none at all In addition.
Pernoll came to the front with the
daily home run. thus displacing the
tall Mr.. Drake from the batting hon
ors for a day.
Dallas really offered some opposi-
ton, the run poled in by Pernoll
being all that was doing in the tally
line until the ninth inning. In that
period. witt two out and Casey on
first, Browning doubled and Mcintyre
tripled, scoring the two runs shown In
the box score.
The base-running Of the Kittens was
rash and unchecked. They frisked all
over the base paths and persisted In
various untimely ways in so doing
Their fielding was great. however
Pitchers Pernoll and Works started
double plays at opportune times, which
is a very good habit for twirlers
Evans, the Dallas pitcher. who started
the game, was the best tosser that the
Kits have met yet. He is a left handler