The Detroit times., 1912-01-18
PLAN OF HAVING SUGOEN
GO SOUTH WITH YOUNG
PITCHERS PROVED GOOD
Tried For the First Time Last
Year on Hughie Jennings
Suggestion
sUGDEN A WISE TEACHER
Culinary Department on Train
ing Trip May Include
Chef and Walters
BY RALPH |. YoNkER.


Reports from the east incident to
Hugh Jennings signing his contract
indicate that he will be in Detroit on
Feb. 22. and that the young pitchers
and catchers will be sent south two
lays later under the care OF Joe Sug-
~ This idea of sending the youngsters
away under Joe's watchful eye is one
of Hughes pet notions, and without
doubt. II is a good one. He tried II
# Tor the first time last year, and that
ID has been successful, is proved by
The fact that IL is to be tried again.
Sugden knows battery men about
rs well as any man in the business.
Hnghie is an infielder. He feels COM
petent to take care OF the man on the
corners but evidently thinks that he
cannot attend TO the firing line also.
Hence, the unemployment OF Sugden.
Another thing that Hughie believes
In Ii proper care OF the culinary de-
partment Of training trip and with
his end in view he is considering Sc
curing an experienced chef and
corps OF walters, according TO the
feastern correspondents.
He also intends, II possible, TO lease
s fitted up as a regular training quarters
Tor the team, thereby doing away with
the necessity of putting mp at hotels.
Grifith is going to have a spy
Watching training camps, according to
washington reports.
A system OF espionage. In which
Nike Kahoe will be the central figure,
wiz be In vogue. Scout Kahoe Is TO
visit all the training camps of the
american league during the month OF
March. and thus get line on the
{oiine players that are being tried out
Iy these teams In this manner.
Manager Griffith hopes TO have a
rorrcct line on all the youngsters, so
that when the time comes to cut
down the players to the regulation
n,llnb<r of twenty-five, Griffith will
know those to pass up and those to
hold up.
M Grifith realizes that he is not in
rosition 10 let any likely looking play
ers 20 back to the minors. He figures
that for the mere waiver price he may
be eble to pick up few players who
will help his team.
kahoe will start out on his new
,teouting duty just as soon az the
4
be IN constant touch with his manager
md keep him informed on what his
rivals are doing.
4 II Is figured that within a month he
will be able to have fairly good line
pa the young players on other teams.
Every year some Of the strong clubs,
which are In no particular need OF
STRENGTHENING, turn back young play
frs who have ability and would help
the weaker teams, and II is TO get
t0n1e of these that Grifith has intro
duced the system OF espionage on the
trimming camps of the other teams.
The assertion that there are several
men on the Detroit team who can
IIzc4f ny Cobb hundred yards, Is per-
haps correct, and yet Cobb makes
these same players look like cart
horses when IL comes to running the |
bases, says J. Ed. Grillo. in the Wash |
ington Evening Star Cobb's success |
lies In the fact that he uses good |
judgment on the bases, and further /
more II Is fact which experts have
observed that Cobb has as much speed
In his first step as he has In his last
He is q quick starter and this, to-
gether with his daring, easily makes
cttS VI NhC AOiCihOot odoC
OF the game.
Cobb will beat out infield hits which
faster men are thrown out on, simply !,
because he gets away from the plate
with his swing. Base running does not
depend entirely on speed. In fact
eoue Of the best base runners the
game has developed were not fast
men.
Ed Delehanty could run bases, yet
he was not fast. This was true OF
Buck Ewing and Bill Lange, but they
had the judgment 10 get start and
tkat more than made up for what they
lacked In speed.
Just what the Washington club will |
10 with Kid Elberfeld is becoming
problem, according TO reports from
the capital. The failure of the Chat
innooga club TO purchase the veteran
has thrown him on the market, but
here are no bidders. II was limited
that George Stalllngs would want e.
beffeld for his Buffalo team, and so
Manager Grifith wrote Stallings, ask
ing what he would bid. He received
4 letter IN reply TO the effect that he
copl6 not use Elberfeld, and Griffith
. N a. sea what TO do with the Kid He
. cannot use him on his team, and there
does not appear TO be any minor
league club willing to buy him, Elber-
field cost the local club $4,000, and
IN addition thereto he drew a similar
amount of salary every season that he
played here. Grifith feels that the