The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-05
D ON D vAN-M ULL|N
FORM IS WHAT
WILL TELL
Tigers Bad Year Is Bound To
Come When Both Members of
This Pair Fail To Win With
Old Regularity
Mullins Hyper Enthusiastic CAM
Paign at Weight Reduction Has
Bruske in Apprehensive Vein.
BY PAUL HALE sRusks.

SAN ANTONIO. March o. PauSlns
for moment iu our dally aud hectic
contemplation at che EFFORTS 81
llughics Juvenile pitching depart
mcut. lee Us make due note of the fact
that barring most astOuudtGs develop
mcnts. the success or failure OF the
Detroit baseball club is going 90 rest.
rs IL has fer tho past eight seasons
I on the pitching uf George Muffin and
/ Hill Donovan.
! With all due credit to The unhouDt
ed class of The Youngsters az the
training camp 10 is sale 60 infer chat
/ Manager jennings would readily sac
rifce all OF them al one tell swoop.
rather than lose The services OF either
of his veterans ln tact this is a very
moderate way of stating an unques-
/ Toned truth
I What wots 30 ID tNo or three young
F pitchers show bis league ability II ia
4 the meantime a real veteran star is
( lost?
/ This line OF aru1mcnt admitted.
/ brings up The question traightway:
Where Danger Lies.
How about NuHu and Donovan
or. more property Why is there any
reason ~ doubt tIlcir presence ON the
jobg'
We'll the writer mas be yoi,ins
retolutionury scuDmen, but he is ga
Ing "a go ou record risht now that II
the Detroit cluh tails 70 ADD to it's
consecutive trumphs fourth pcU-
nant the failure lis going to be- oc-
ca7i0ned by the collapse or ljs ycf
erau pitching staff That tragic event
hasu taken place nor 81 II to be re-
sarded as PROBABLE but its ueyerthe
less like breaking sticks to figure oui
how it can very possibly take place
/ The great strength az The Tiger
pitchers LAST Year was unQucstiouahly
Mullin. and George has au arm and n
physical equipment which ought -
make him good for as many wears I'm
baseball as Cy Youne Last Year ha
added much 20 his effectiveness rs \
stretch of rigorous spring tranins
coupled win "A selfdcnial almost a-
celtic lie won a dozen games iu A
row ~ the start and led the leae0c
az The finish r. looked then ms Z
Mulltn had only just found himself
j George Too zine"
But now he situation has radically
changed Where once the cause or
Worry about Nuln was Thar ne wou'd
NOT take or enough Tat 90 permit him.
self to 90 his real ability Justice the
fear is u0N that ne viii carry
newly found training enthusiasm -
such an extent hat hc viii so stale
before tho season starts. not only I'M.
pairing bis usefulness no that time
but rls0 placing himself in "a coudi.
ton which is often followed by
typhoid. malaria and similar diseases.
Muffin weighs now bu' ~ pounds,
which is considerable. lighter than
asi spring and is ln fact liehtcr
that ho has been al any time since
hc passed his seventeenth birthday.
icn years ago lie looks drawn amt
paic hut hi spirits remain excellent
and SO long ass this is the casa" Train
az Tuihill can see no ground Tor com
plant George is the architect 81 his
own training season as he was los.
/ year
As for Wild BIZ. there seems no
more ground for worry than has bec1
given the great twirley's admirers iot
the last three years. Bills best year
in baseball followed his worst which.
contrary 20 general opinion was not
1903 hut 1906 There seems no NOR,
than The usual ground Tor anxiety
over his return 20 form. liut bono
van has been pitching curve balls for
ii years and nothing bur the solicit
tous care DC has always given HIM
self has kept his uaturaiy frail con
sutution a ms primo go long some
day the end Will come If The event
proves concurrent with bad season
for Nullir, Detroit viii indeed be IN
bad shane
How We Would Miss En-.
with Donovan and Muffin ont Of j.,
the Tigers would have to do me best
they could with Willett and summers
I,nt en,c,,,,s ba4 .etor boon an ina
MD rta, II, some extent yery LARGO.
r. mo Leyoud doubr to nm tnbrnt
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