The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-03-08
BY PAUL HALE eRusKE.


MONROE. La. March THE De
troit Baseball club for 1911 will con-
sist OF 81 players and Manager Jen-
nings. Three OF the players will be
catchers; seven will be pitchers;
seven more will be inhelders and the
remaining four viii be outhelders.
With this hypothesis. the task OF
eliminating the superfiuous Tigers
loses a large part OF its difhculty
Three catchers almost certainly mean
Stanage. Schmidt and Casey, in case
"Smitty"- plays with Detroit. IL he
doesn't, Stanage, Casey and Becken-
dorf will fiji the bill.
You can't lose Donovan, Mullin,
Summers and Willett from that list
OF seven pitchers. Room for three
more, gentlemen. Works. Lively and
Cavet look like as good a combination
as the training camp has developed
yet. But there are many weeks yet
before final selection must needs
be made.
Seven infielders. The sure ones
are Delahanty, Bush, Moriarty and
O'Leary, OF course. Hughie says that
two more will be first basemen. He
is going to carry both Gainor and
Ness until well into the season. II
not through its entire progress. There
may be one that Will outclass the
ether, but II is more likely going to
be a case OF two good youngsters with
different specialties. Both will stick.
That is the big point There is room
for one more infielder. It's an open
race between Lathers. Corcoran, Wes-
terzill and Wuffli. The last men
toned, with his IS years and his boy
ish bearing. looks little too light for
the Job. Lathers Is almost surely the
best batsman but can play nothing
but third base. Corcoran is q right
handed hitter and has had thor
ough education at second base, third,
sbortstop and and the outfield Wes-
terzill will surely show US something
before he gets through. He looks TO
be the speedy child OF the quartet.
The outfield reverts to a question
OF Drake or Smaller. One OF them is
sure to stick. Drake Is the batsman.
Smaller the all-round ball player.
rrake is a right-hand slugger; Smaller
hits from the left side. II both come
20 the date OF the league opening as
evenly matched as appears the case
right now. IL will very likely be a mat
ter OF getting waivers of claim from
the other clubs of the American
league Detroit. In that case, would
keep the man on whom the other
clubs refused to waive.
Last Cut June I.
Personally, doubt IL Manager
Hughic will be able to get down to
the minimum he has set. before the
season is well advanced. He is as
/ fer time. As for the pitchers, I ex
pect to see nine Of them in harness
until June 1. But the infield and out
field will doubtless be cut TO the as
signed size early In April.
| II will be a source Of genuine pleas
ure for the friends of Gainor and
Ness. to know that Manager Jennings
is going to retain both these men for
the whole season. Particularly is this
tpleasing to those who have feared
that Gainor's illness and loss OF
weight this spring would initiate
against him in the elimination con-
test. The first base situation Is one
which jennings honestly thinks he
las solved in this way. II both the
youngsters fail. after this expression
OF confidence, II viii surely be sur
prise all round.
First saekers Compared.
The writer believes that Gainor is.
In all probability, the more brilliant
OF the colt first-sackers. On the other
hand. Ness impresses one as the stall
wart standby who will always be
there with certain amount of goods.
as was Tom Jones. OF course, Ness