The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-04
colo FIGURES ON
] TIGERS CONFIRM
suspicious
There Are Some Finds Among The
Bunches Hughie and Wild Bill
Are Chaperoning Through
the South.
Drake, Simmons, Ness, Pernoll,
Stroud and Browning Showing
Best in First Months Play.
sy PAUL HALE BRusKE.

BY PAUL HALE BRUSkE.
The Times takes pleasure in pre-
senting TO the readers OF its sport
page the first statistical summary Oh
the work of the Tigers on the tram
Ing trip through the south. The ng-
ures accompanying this article are
complete Up 70 the games OF yester'
day aud show conclusiveiy the
strength and weakness OF the young
STEERS whom Manager Hughie Is try
ing out. as well as the respective
stage OF efficiency attained by the
veterans.
Considered In a general way, the
work Of Drake. Simmons, Casey, Per-
noll, Stroud and Browning, stands out
most conspicuously In statlstIeai
way.
There are none of the recruits who
have not shown real ability, however.
Must Keep Drake.
BRAKES LAURELS ARE REALLY
SO NOTEWORTHY THAT II WOULD
SEEM A MOST DOUBTFUL PRO
CEDURE, WERE DEROIf TO AL
LOW HIM TO DRIFT TO ANY
OTHER AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUB.
Daring Summers. whose batting rec
ord Is a freak. as any fan acquainted
with his weakness will note, Del Is, the
real leader of the club, with batting
average lacking but three points of
round 400 in Is games. and no mis-
takes chalked against his record In
the field. Dels feet have been sore
all spring as the result of the rocky
outfield at "Santone" and he has lost
several hits through his inability to
cover the distance between the plate
and first base with his normal speed,
yet he has been getting his hits WITH
regularity and his three doubles and
five home-runs show that he has been
shifting them hard.
Simmons is the only other recruit
OF the regular players to force his way
inside the 800 list He Is. as the
player who will hardly develop into
q star, but is likely TO be a most
handy sort of a man to have around.
II He Could Only Hit.
Joe Casey hasn't been batting much
OF any but his catching has been uni
formly fine and he has yet to have
IN error or passed ball recorded
against him.
Pernoll, as everyone knows by this
time, Is a sure find. barring that
slight element OF chance which al
ways accompanies the advent of a
youngster into the big show. IN "a
iINNINGS-THE EQUIVALENT OF
FOUR FULL GAMES-HE HAS AL
LOWED THE HOSTILES AN AVER
AGE OF BUT FIVE HITS A GAME
AND HAS STRUCK OUT MORE
THAN SIX. His control has been re
markable and his record would be all
the better were II not for four In
nings pitched against San Antonio
one day with a lame arm, during
which he allowed seven of the Is hits
scored against his delivsrv.
Stroud's work has been very similar
TO Pernolls, although not quite so SEN
Sational. OF the 1909 twirlers. Works
has really done best, though unlucky
on several occasions in having what
proved TO be the winning runs scored
on his delivery.
Mcintyre, Crawford, 6eckendorf
and Stanage have come to form quick.
or than any Of the other regulars.
Matty's all-round work has been SUI
perfine right along, while Sam has
been hitting them hard, as he always
does. Both the eatchers mentioned
are far ahead Of Schmidt. who. in 10
games has failed to hit safely and
though this point has not been
brought out In the averages-has been
running up a startling array Of passed
balls.
Ness Leads First-Ssekers.
OF THE THREE FIRST BASE
n. NESS RECORD LOOKS THE
BEST. While Lister leads him sew
eral points in batting, the Wisconsin
man has been hitting them farther
and seems to have started a home
run habit which will prove helpful
IL continued in the big fight. Ness
sped on the sacks is apparent by a
glance at his record. BOTH LISTER
AND NESS HAVE OUTFIT TOM
JONES.
Chick" Lathers has been holding
his own very we'll The other re-
crnits have been performing In aver
age style.
The saddest part OF the record.
aside from Schmidt's failure at BAT,
Is the performance OF DOME" Bush
who has been fielding terribly and
batting but little. Delehanty. worlds
series hero. hasn't made an error as
yet in the field but his hits have been
almost as scarce. Both OF them will
come TO form later on. without doubt
Summarized, Drake has made the
most hits; Mcintyre has scored the
most runs; Bush has made the most
errors; Tom Jones and Mcintyre are
tied for the lead in sacrifice hitting;
Ball has a shade the best Of the base
steaIers; brakes total bases are high;
Pernoll leads the whlffers and showed
the best control. while Vance Is the
widest Of the twlrIers.