The Detroit times., 1910-03-15
LISTER MAKES A
PRONOUNCED HIT
WITH HUGH|E
Left. Hand Hitting Handicap May be
Balanced by Carrying an Assistant
Who Bats From the Opposite
Side of the Pan.
Huehie Thinks His Three Youngsters
Bat Better Than Tom Jones and IL
Looks Like Real Battle.
ev PAUL HALE eRuskE.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Mafch 10
There Is every reason to oelleNe ma
the Detroit baseball club will carr :
for two months more, its present 'o'H'
OF four Businessmen. with a poss'o'e
chance that there will be three OF unehi
ON the club for the greater part OF the
season. Tom Jones, Pete Lister 'ohn
Ness and George Simmons comprise
the quartet, the last mentioned oelhs
also a third-baseman OF considerable
promise. When the fact is recalled 10
mind that Moriarty is seasoned hrse
sacker who made New lork heaI4s
forget that such a person as fiai Nuase
ever lived, and when one memory
also logged a bit on the aoilig vi
Wahoo Sam Crawford al the same po
sition. II is not hard TO understand
that Manager Jennings Is better IMAM
fairly we'll fortified at the initiaI CUT
ner this year.
That Jennings. nevertheless. REGARDS
the sack as the danger point on the
Tiger defense is obvious from the man
ner i'm which he is proceeding 10 Sc
lect the man he deems strongest be
fore leaving on the present trip Win
the colts. Jennings told the writer thal
he believed he would carry two men,
not including Simmons, for first base
all through the season. AT this juno
ture he Is strongly OF the opinion that
one OF these men will be Pete Lister
Pete the Best Fielder.
Pete Is unouestionably the best field
ar of the four men mentioned. he is
probably the best batter. though In this
respect Simmons and Ness must De
considered as very dangerous men. All
three of them bat better than Jones,
I'm Hughie jennings opinion, and all
of them-Ness in particular-are last
or on the paths than the man who
played such good ball at he position
I'm Detroit last year. after the Ross
man defamation. On the other hand
& old Toms unexcelled ability TO sac
rifice-hit and squeeze, as we'll as his
knowledge of the American league
batters and runners. and their ways
"a left-hand hitting first-baseman
isn't an .impossibilityt with US. but his
presence would also require right
hand hitter on the club who could go
In and play the bag on days when we
"
Is the way that Jennings sizes up the
situation. And that summary seems
to hang a few tinkling bells on the
chances of Mr.. Lister. This player.
Huchie believes. has learned lot
about baseball since leaving Toledo
Two wears ago. after his brief tryout
with Cleveland. He is now an artist
nf the finished order in his fielding.
~. L. har nd A
dom offers at ball not over the plate.
Those Of us who were in doubt regard
Ing Listers aggressiveness are no
longer OF that opinion. Pete has shown
as much zeal In the games played up
10 date, as any member OF the CLUB,
and his coaching has really develop
ed into a feature.
II Manager Hughes present inten-
lions hold good, Lister will be the log
ical rival OF Tom Jones and their bat
tie mere and through the first month
OF the season will be a more interest
ing affair than ii seemed TO promise a
week ago.
First or Nowhere for Jones.
If the younger man wins the right
10 the regular Job. IL will be all on
with Thomas. for the assistant first
sacker Job is going TO fall to either
Ness OF Simmons. Neither OF these
men Is in Jones class when It comes
TO salary and both are youngsters
whom II will pay to develop. It's
bound TO be first or nothing with the
old war horse. Simmons, Hughie
says, is sure 10 be on the club, and
only the other day the little manager
told Ness that there wasn't chance
in the world for him to go back 10 the
Wisconsin league for a while yet. at
any rate. tile information being called
out by a telegram from the manager
Of the aggregation for which John won
he pennant last year. The manager
wanted John back and was willing to
pay his Detroit salary. which is con-
siderable for burg like Madison.
Iohn naturally took the letter to
Iuphie for an answer.
That Ness has It on Simmons as a
hrst-sacker Is the general belief. as
heir batting ability seems about equal.
gith speed and natural equipment all
Moss favor But II hardly seems
possible that the club will carry three
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