The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-16
Baseball Boss, Here on vaude-
vile Tour, Likes 1913
Prospects
HAS GOOD REPORTS ON
THE FUTURE-GREATS
Bush Must Improve; Mullin
Must Keep Promises; Craw.
ford May Play First
By RALPH L. YoNKER.

The Tigers must depend upon their
youngsters in 1913"
This Is the first message OF Man
aser Hnghie jennings to the Detroit
fans upon his visit to this city on O
vaudeville tour.
Hughie arrived In Detroit yesterday
and Immediately registered at the
Pontchartrain. He looks we'll and is
as apparently happy as ever, but he,
like Ty Cobb, says he doesn't like the.
atrical work and II is quite evident
that once this seasons contract is over
he will stay In front Of the footlights
Jennings isn't at all worried by the
wolf cries that have been coming to
Detroit from various Tiger players.
Az to Jean Dubue. who writes that he
~ be with the Tigers IN 1913,
Hughie has nothing to say except tha;
the Tigers are depending upon him as
one OF the pitching mainstays OF the
coming season. He refuses to take
seriously Dubucs statement that he is
peeved.
He Is glad to hear that Mullln is In
good condition now and expects to
remain so during the entire coming
season, but he says that he won't wor.
ry about him bit this coming year.
II he doesn't get into shape and stay
there, with fewer promises and more
fulfilments than usual, on he will go.
Crawford Is very likely to be played
at first base according to Jennings
himself. Sans threatened holdont
isn't given any serious consideration
In Hnghie's mind. s.,-s
"A The usual stunts are expected or
Cobb. Stanage and Moriarty. but
Bush's work must improve. says the
Tiger boss. II Bush doesn't come
across with something better than he
showed last year, there may be anoth
or name besides Donie's in his place
In the batting order.
Hughie expects Louden to be at sec
end again and Veach he considers
almost as good as safe In IN outfield
position as q veteran.
This makes II appear that third base
and possibly one outfield position and
above all, the pitchers, are to se de-
yeloped from the new men.
"It Is upon the new men We have
secured that we must depend to make
q onetwo-three showing next season.
said Jennings last night. We know
what old material We have and just
about what they can do"
Bush, among the veterans, must
improve to hold his place. Otherwise
most OF the old men look good TO stay.
With the exception of the pitchers
I'VE have had fine reports on the
new pitchers and certainly hope that
they prove to live up to their advance
notices.
''I am going to make very special
effort to get the young fellows In
shape. will go south with them q
couple of weeks before the old men
report at Gulfport and will have them
working out there"
This 10 something new for the Tig
ers. II is not new idea to have the
young men report first In a few In.
| stances, but never before has there
been such an evident attempt to cor
raj all the young men early for the
purpose OF testing out what was In
them. The scheme to have the young
men Jennings hasn't seen report ear
iy this spring, together with the fact
that many of the young pitchers re-
ported early last fall for some work
I in the ebbing moments Of the 1912