The Detroit times., 1911-03-14
TIGER Band : WILL
ROAM FOR REST
q 0F ABSENCE
|. Two Teams Take the Road and
Will Keep It, With Only
Sss Four OF Days, Until
Return.
Long Schedule Of Exhibition Games
Ahead for the Teams of Hughie
-- and Wild Bill.


49, MONROE, La, March 13.-The II
: sers have taken the road.
One of the teams left here last
night: the other will get under way
! 4omorrow. From now on, excepting
only march 2Lz4. there are two games
.schedpled for practically every day
nntil the opening of the season In De
><poit, April II.
~ The second team. which left here
last night for Hattiesburg, was made
Z MP AZ follows:
Donovan. manager: Schumm, secre-
tary; catchers. stsnage and Sugden;
pitchers. Donovan. Summers Works.
STROUD, Loudell. Peasley and Smith:
/. 1nlelders, Ness, Kirk, Wufdi. Lathers
end Corcoran; outfield, Smaller and
I two substitutes.
Tho regular team, which won't get
Away until Tuesday, includes the fol.
owing:
tt The Regulars.
Jennings. manager; Tuthill, train.
er; catchers. Casey and Beckendorf;
pitchers. Mullin, Willett, Lively, Ca.
vet. Covington and Mitchell; infield.
sSrs, Gainor. Delehanty. Bush. Mortar
t.ty and O'Leary; outfielders. Drake,
I Jones and Crawford. Later on, this
tsam will be joined. It is believed. by
( cobb and LATTE. II Schmidt decides
10 Join the club In the south, he will
undoubtedly hook on with Donovan's
team which campaigns Texas later on
IN the month.
Donovan's team plays the following
Mississippi clubs on its present trip:
Monday and Tuesday, Hattiesburg;
"wednesday and Thursday, Meridian;
Friday and Saturday, Jackson; Sun,
y day, yicksburg-
This completes the list OF scheduled
dates for this team, up to March
IA. and leaves four days which VIII
he spent either here or In Waco. Tex
n The first teams preliminary trip Is
As follows:
!, i 4 wednesday and Thursday. New Or
Leans; Friday, Saturday and Sunday
<7fobile; Monday. Montgomery.
IA In case Manager Jennings decides
- reunite the teams, he viii return
from Montgomery to Monroe. Other
wise, he will play three practice games
Il Mobile, taking the road March 23
fer the long swing northward.
caInor Scores Q Point.
80 The Detroit boss thinks that his
I. .selections of O first and second team
.~4Cfll remain about as they are, for the
<:6pring. II il obvious that he consid.
Us Covington. Cayet. Mitchell and
Lively the pick Of the young pitchers.
- he has taken them along with him
On the trip. The fact that he has
{sken Gainor, leaving Ness to the sec.
md team, does not imply. however,
rfhat the West virginian is first pick.
-)6nnings is still In doubt on this point
npd may shift the assignment OF
y ainor, before the teams start their
1Qng trip.
.@<In case Gainor makes good In the
Half-doxen games with the Southern
hague clubs, he will have made
Bng stride toward recognition as
: oxst-choice first-sackeE.
Jennings also wanted to arrange 1t
!, . that he could get q good look at
hickey Corcoran in action. He hasn't
.lkeen able to do this but may do so In
Ime long trip. At present IL looks as
Mi Mickey and Chick Lathers were
INVOLVED in a survival of the fittest
Broposition. Both will undoubtedly
\ @6e held until the league season IL
under way, however.