The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-28
Says He Has His bearings Nov
and That He II Going 70
Whale Them Out
MAY BE TIED UP By
SMALLPOX QUARANIIN
Is Getting Himself in CondItIor
BY Hunting the NimbIe
Rabbit

All ye who have tombstones be pre-
pared to donate them. for the deatn
and burial OF a time-worn statqment
Is now due.
For year, fans, scribes. and PLAY
ers have said, III Bill Louden could
only hit, he'd be one OF the brLE1(ttI
stars In the American league.
This sentence. at least the rou1i-
tional clause, IL TO be wiped out 81
existence, n Bill Louden. Tiger ser
ond baseman, has his way.
Louden says that he feels that n<
has his bearings now after one years
experience In the big leagne, and that
he will hit along with the best ~
them during the coming season
Coming here from Newark. Last
spring, Louden was placed at third
base. He failed to make good there u
Jim Delahanty hadn't been In such
bad shape that he was Ia danger oL
being turned loose at any time. ieov-
ing the Tigers with no second sack
potentiality except Louden, Bill would
have been sent back
President Navin. OF the Tigers, has
commented upon the luck OF players.
He cites the case or Eouden a. IN
example OF the way things will some
times break for or against q man.
IF Delahanty had been depend
able" Navin says, "Bill Louden would
have been turned hack TO the minors
and he probably would never haye
been back In The major league He
was hanging On to his Tiger job b<
an eyelash during the early part of
last season, but we had no one We
could use In case DeIahanty went bad !.
50 We simply had to keep Bill Nor
he Is a star" M 4, \.
Tiger fans are familiar with me
way Louden picked up when he was
placed at second last season after .
long siege on the bench. At third
Bill had been able to handle the balls
that came to him, but the long throw
across the diamond had put him 70
the bad and wild toss after wild toss
had wrecked his fialding average. But
at second, he both felded and threw
perfectly. During one long stay ar
home during the latter part or the
year. he felded the whole siege per-
fectly, which Is some record
But Louden has never been able to
hit consistently In the big show. He
must bring his average up within q
speaking distance OF the coveted 800
mark II he expects to hold down HE
Tiger Job permanently
Louden blames his failure to hit last
year upon inexperience. but he says
that he Is absolutely confident that
he will be able to rap the pellet along
with the best of them in the year
-1913. - -
49, 4
Louden has written that he may nor
be able to get in on the Tigers spring
practice on account OF smallpox. Pied
mont, w. Va. where Louden makes
his home In the winter, Is In the
throes OF smallpox scare
Vaccinations and health Certificates
are rampant People can hardly 9ef
In or out OF the city without pro1uc-
ing evidence OF one or the other.
writes Bill.
Some more cases may develop ana
then the town is likely to be placed
under a strict quarantine. which would
mean no Gulfport for Louden.
Louden has been hunting this win
ter to keep In condition and for the
love OF the sport. Rabbits and
pheasants have been his prey. With
some snow In Virginia now he intenda
renewing his efforts and viii rum the
game afoot.
Bill mas heard the gossip about Cor
riden's leaving the Tigers, and he n
sorry to see the auburn-haired young.
ster go. He says that Red 10 going
to be star this coming season.
He hopes that the Tiger manage
ment and the threatened hoid0uts get
together before the season opens ana
II they do. Bill says the club that wins
the pennant will have to beat the
Tigers.