The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-07
STEVE WRITES
ABOUT Tigers
FORMER CALUMET BOY CLAIMS
JENNINGS is UNABLE TO
GET RESULTS FROM
HIS PITCHERS.

AT last the mystery is solved. CAL
umet baseball fans. who have wondered
at the apparent slump of the Detroit
Tigers, will be interested TO learn what
steve Nowak, a former Calumet boy,
but now of Detroit, considers the vul-
nCrable point in Hugh jennings line of
battle. Steve's baseball judgement has
been considered unfailing, ever since.
as a boy he worked at the Mctropoli-
tan barber shop. His knowledge of
major league players. their batting
ability and fielding averages, attracted
considerable attention from travelling
men, and finally 1t was arranged that
Steve should witness the first worlds
series between Detroit and Chicago.
Soon afterward, he transferred his af
fections from Calumet to Detroit. hut
he never fails to keep his Calumet
Friends posted.
AS Steve sizes up the situation. the
slump of the Tigers is due to jon
ning's inability to develop and get the
best results out of the young pitchers
In letter to his brother in Calu
met, he says:
If Detroit wins the pennant. Jen-
rings will have to pitch his youngsters
Mullin and Willctt are disappoint-
ments, Works showing has been poor
and while Summers and Donovan have
been effective, they will have to be used
| sparingly. Jennings secured a big lead
in the Spring by using his youngsters,
but after the veterans got started, the
bew men did not get much chance.
LATTE Is the only young twirler who
had a good try-out Lively. whom
Jennings claims is not ripe. would to-
day be the best pitcher we have if he
had half chance. Covington has not
pitched a single bad game this season
| His record is seven games won and
one lost. on two occasions he has held
Philadelphia TO one hit i'm four innings
and two hits in five. Mitchell twirled
in one game against Walter Johnson
and would have won, If Jennings left
him in. Donovan has been going good,
hut "Bilr can't pitch every day. While
Works has a good record, most of the
wins should be credited TO the team
and not to Ralph.
| Jennings can't develop any pitchers
end he never will, If he continues as he
has i'm the past. Suggs. WARRIOR and
n few others. discarded b. Jennings.
are winning pitchers, simply because
other managers are not stand-patters
as Jennings is. This ancient history
idea has proven itself 10 he rot.
| "In Stanage we have the best catch
or i'm the business. The infeld. out
side of third base is all right. Gainor
on first Is a dandy lie is n fixture
! Rauman on second in the games he
has played, has shown that he is big
| league material. He is fielding sensa-
tionally and hitting over 800. Bush
needs no mention. He is without doubt
the best in the business. in his posi-
ton. A youngster must be developed
on third. Moriarity has gone back and
Delehanty is no third baseman. neither
is he Bauman on second. Lathers
who was here all last year, is on the
bench. Tutwoler. n new infielder ar
rived the other day and is trying out.
cobb and Crawford. you know
about. They rank one and two among
the outiielders. Drake is better mar
than Jones. for while not as fast on tn,
paths, he bats and fields better and
does some good base running. Their
too Drake broke his ankle i'm Sprinf
training. which has slowed him up q
little this year.
Anyway you figure IT. 1t is as plair
IS day. that Jennings cannot win with
his old pitchers. Unless he develop:
his youngsters, Detroit will not get q
chance at the worlds championship
this year"