The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-04
COV|NGTON AND WORKS
J. ARE LOOKING BETTER
NOW THAN LAST YEAR
Works, Especially, Is In arGreat
Deal Better Condition
Than Last Spring
BOTH AT RIGHT WEIGHT
To Keep Them Curbed Is the
q Only Trouble Coaches
Are Having
BOTH AT RIGHT WEIGHT
BY RALPH |. YoNkER.

year and that or last that Is notice
able to Joe Sugden, who was VITA tue
Tigerettes here last season, ana tcp'
Is that TEX" Covington and Rslph
Works are going along whole iot
faster now than they were at lhls
time last year.
Works, especially, is showing up
great deal better than he did In I'LL
Last, year he wasn't able TO throw tae
bali from the pitchers box TO the
home plate without hurting himsell
badly. He was weak up TO the last
day of the training trip. II Is true
that when he did start 10 get into
condition, he came up rapidly, but re
missed practically, all the benefits OF
The early training. -.
This year. he says, he never IeIt
halter in his life than he does right
nav He wants TO take on a little
weight and then he thinks that ne
Will be in tip-top shape. SO lar he
has lost a half dozen pounds but tpat
is only superhuous fat that VIII De
replaced by solid fiber within week
oE so.
-sa,oyington says he feels in as GOOD
rendition now as he has usually IN
rnid-season, with the exception tnat
his arm is a little sore. Tex mas
been hunting all winter 10 Keep IN
condition. He has walked hundreds
Of miles and almost lived outdoors.
Quail has been the species yictmlzed
by Tex's trusty gun, Covington ior-
cot his gun, so that he cannot rlval
Ralph Works here in the SHOOTING
line.
The trouble with both OF these Eel
lows is that they are too anxious 10
get down to real work. That VIII De
ain about tomorrow, but these Two
have had to be curbed continually
ever since the first day OF WORK.
TOO much stuff on it, Ralph" from
Joe Sugden, to Works.
~Cut down that speed, boy from
Mcclure to Coyington.
These are the warnings that are
constantly hurled at the two Tigers
when they're on the Held.
There promises TO be battle royal
for the position of third Tiger catcner
between Onslow and Kocher IL On
slow can get into good shape, ne
would seem to have IL on Kocher from
present looks. He is a bigger man.
With more beef and has shown more
arm thus far.
However, II is question as to
whether he will be as in good trim
when he gets down to weight as
Kocher will be. Kocher Is lightning
FAST on his feet. Kocher has 1t on
Onslow for experience, having played
baseball in professional circles for
year longer. Both men are % years
of age, and both were born in Penn
Eylvania.
Jim. Moroney thinks that he has
Just the right kind OF experience 10
nj himself for successful career III
major league baseball. He has had
six years in professional leagues,
starting in Maine in semi-pro stun and
continuing in the east for six years
Il started playing with profession
ais when / was 49, says jim. MOST
fellows are playing with sand-lot anna
teur clubs at that age, and fiddle away
the years when they can learn tho
most without any coaching OF any
value to them and without getting any
experience in the professional tricks
Of the trade.
ION the other hand, have had in
struction from both the managers OF
/, the small league teams and from the
: ofd.timefs- leave the big leagues
TO take jobs on the smaller teams.
You get them coming and going.
Furthermore, the grind up from
the class @ leagues. TO the majors
seems always TO be -the-stun that
"a makes real ball players. There are
few phenoms, like Alexander and
Gregg, In this business, and I would
rather take a chance on gradual
rise than squirt such as those fell
lows took"
One OF the games that Moroney Is
proud OF is one that he pitched
peainst Christy Mathewson. He lost
the game but he modestly admits
that it was not his fault.
In this game, which was played in
1908. between the Giants and the
Phillies, six hits and one walk were
lifted from Moroney and nine Of the
bingles and pass came from Mat
u. The game was lost 90 when the
ball got lost in the sun field in the
f. ninth inning. letting q Giant score.
Moroney has had a wad OF choice
cpithets stored up for the sun field
ever since. To have a chance TO beat
4 the mighty Matty and have II lost
" iuCh ID Vi COuTbe DOud Uue IL
Qonee for q few burners.
Remneas is showing all kinds of
tfjeed for a youngster so early in the
mason. He IL burning them over for
the batting practice all ready. and
lite the others, has to be cautioned
~ hold I'm, rather than urged to let
himself out.
flRcmneas has a nice build for a
pitcler, except that he appears to be
A little slight. He Is tall and tapers
nicely from his broad shoulders to
his trim ankles.
Londen can play either at third
torc or ut short, but he prefers the
<hrccQuarter station. He originally
started at third but when with New,
Ark was switched for a short time
70 make room for Eddie Zimmerman
1f third. When Zimmerman wen
20 Brooklyn, youngster was tried
~ third but failed 10 make good and
Louden was shunted back there.