The Detroit times., 1912-03-19
HENRY PERRY GETS HIS
chance To MAKE GOOD
ON THE WAY BACK HOME
Will Be Used in Left Field To
the Almost Complete Exclu-
sion Of Jones
is CRITICAL POSITION
Material To Spare, 1t Seems, For
Every Place Except
the Outfeld
is CRITICAL POSITION
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

MONROE, La, March 19.-The ex-
htbition games on the way from New
Orleans TO Detroit will decide whether
Davey Jones shall be used in left
field and as a lead-off man In the
batting order next summer or Hank
Perry shall be used In the of garden
and as cleanup hitter among the
Tiger batsmen.
Manager Jennings said today that
Perry would be used In practically all
the games on the way north so that
ne would have ample opportunity Of
showing just how valuable a man he
can be for the Tiger smuggling array.
While Jennings is watching his pitch
Ing stan and his infeld closely, the
critical point In the Tiger anatomy
Will be that left wing, II appears Just
now. There Is material to spare for
every place except the outfieId, II
seems.
The veteran Tiger hurlers, 1t is
agreed, cannot be much worse than
they were last year. Gamers wrist
Is coming along very nicely and the
tall boy Is shunting the pill around
the inteld In as nimble a manner
as any OF them and is capable OF
giving Indian club exhibitions with
the willow. Thus 1t looks as II that
left field is the place to be watched
for important developments.
Perry has had II put up to him to
make good before but never up to
this time In quite so square a way.
Upon his work on the trip north al
most entirely will depend whether he
stays with the Tigers or goes back
to his former home In Providence.
II he doesn't make good II won't
be through any fault of Perry's not
working hard enough. II can be safe
ly said that there is no man hero
working any harder right now, both
to get down to weight and to get up
speed, than this same big, good ma
tured Wixom man. Witness the way
he turns on the steam when going
around the bases and Hughie yells
at him, Little more speed there,
Hank. | want to see you run some"
Evidently from the way Hughie is
putting the CAD to him on this dis.
tance-eiiminating proposition he. is
not happily surprised at any show OF
celebrity shown by the big fellow
Hughie wants to see him faster.
AS further proof that Henry Is
not Sinking. Is the little exhibition OF
anti-fat methods he uses After chas-
ing around the track here a few steen
times, he trots into the club house
and lays down before a gas stove to
sweat of few ounces more OF the
avoirdupois he has been carrying.
Perry was the first man here He
and Trainer Tuthill preceded the rest
OF the youngsters by a week and from
the srst his efforts have been aimed
at reducing weight When he first
struck the burg he tipped 200 pounds.
Now he weighs twelve pounds less.
but from this time on every pound
will be harder to lose. He wants to
get down to about 1870 II possible.
1t has been the contention OF those
who have watched Perry that he can
not field. II he cannot, Hughie
doesn't seem to be worrying about
that much for he hasn't paid any at
tention TO that part of the program.
II Hank can be another Crawford
with the pump handle, who cares
whether he is well in the garden.