The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-21

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he had made
s,,x fielding error or
! WINS HIM had failed in go
A CHANCE ing through with
his assigned task
al bat
This man reasoned that every good
ball player is sure TO fail now anu
then. No such thing as human per-
lection exists. He believed that, with
| other equipment up to the norman
! standard, the successful ball player Is
the one whom minor failures only
spur ON to redoubled efforts. Players
1 who showed themselves disconcerted
| after making a mistake he always set
down as lacking the class needed IN
4 the big leagues.
| Jimmie Casey, the Detroit scout last
wear. is another who subscribes 10
this theory to a certain extent AS
result, Detroit Is to try out young
hall player In the south this year,
| who owes his chance solely TO the
4 fact that he made an error Of judy
1 ment-and didn't let IL interfere WIN
his efficiency in the least.
| Il went down TO Springfield III the
Three-L league one day TO see our
man Cavett work In Q game, re-
counts the genial little dentist, ana.
1 incidentally, to watch the work Oh
both the clubs that were playing tnat
day.
There was q high wind blowing
and Il made fly balls very hard 10
Judge. In the early stages oil the
4 game ono OF the visiting batsmen nj.
n long. high fiy that was misjudged
nv Smaller I'm left field, the wind car
ryins II over his head. Before that
time. I hadn't noticed Smaller particu'
larly. hut after that! Wow He tore
after that ball and winged 1t into the
inf,eid like a streak of light. Then ne
4 began to play. He ranged far and
i wide and pulled down drives tnal
looked ticketed to the fence. He gave
the other outfielders a series or cnases
NV his efforts at bat He stole, ne
coached, newell, he Just rippeu
things wide open. IL was like a prize
| fighter who needed to be little stuhg
before he could really 90 to mis- Work
with real heart.
.I liked his comeback SO well tnat
In followed Smaller for several days
and ended up by buying him. As soon
| as he knew that there was chance
for him TO go to the big league, ne
simply set that league on nre. e
batted over 400 in the closing mon.ns
of the season and honestly look Ior
him TO make good for Detroit: IneIe
isn't q question In my mind put ne
better than Mclean, who mas maue
pretty good with the Chicago Wni'e
Sox. 80,
"There's no denying though, that
I'd have overlooked him as everyone
else had, II he hadn't misjudged tna'
fiy ball"
| Ladies' and gentlemen. the battery
for today will be Doc White anu
scbumann- II eink--but stop! That was
week ago!
Boston Is actually discussing the ad-
: visibility of permitting proiessiona'
J baseball on Lords day.
The baseball careers OF his three
Milwaukee predecessors snuffed out
bv violent methods doesn't bother
Tom ZONES a bit The jolly night,
with its Municipalities and succeeding
,, melancholia does not form part Oh
, the T. Jones program. Mr.. Jones, We
, nredict. will be much more durable
! than the late Messrs. McGann, Bate
man and Hynes.
I Michigans star pole-vaulter aas
I smashed an elbow. IL was news 70
g most of US that there had been pole
!. vaulter at Michigan since Dyorak
day.
}, without mentioning any names
n there is a certain American league
Q club that Is pinning It's hopes to
e certain recruit shortstop who Is goins
8 to prove about the saddest disappoint
d ment ever, IL a certain Tiger scout ~
+ whom we have much confidence IL
!, correct In his information.
Il Now II they will only put wheel!
II on that Detroit motor boat-bird. ant
n equip Il with some sort OF an attach
q ment for deep sea diving, we will have
d TO concede that IL is going TO be
truly versatile craft.
There is still a Detroit paper which
% hasn't trailed along with that
N Kaufman $50, 000-contract story TIA
1T appeared I'm The Times two week
ago. but hope Is rampant yet.
81 Another little prediction: Strippe
y OF the word painters verbiage, the ~
" port OF the Knockout Brown-on
Round Hogan scrap is going to be
sad disappointment all round. Thos
savage children are at their best whe
Is opposed to a man who isn't likely I
@ infiict any return damage.
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