The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-15
Three RECRUITS ON EACH
TEAM IN TOOAYS BATTLE
or TIGERS AND WHITE SOX
Oscar Witt and Buck Weaver
Used To Play Shoulder
To Shoulder
BOTH WERE WITH FRISCO
John Dubuc, Also Recruit, Ought
To Hold the Galatians
Low in Bingles
9th WERE WITH FRISCO
ny RALPH L. YoYKER.

By RALPH L. Y0NKER.
The Tigers meet in their seconu
series OF the year q team that mas
been ranked generally only nttie
ways above Washington ( and 81
Louis. But Hughie Jennings mas re-
spect for the White Sox, and II is not
with the idea that there VIII De some
easy meat for the Tigers claws al
Chicago that he hooks up with Jimmy
Callahan.
Six recruit players and a recent Dig
league manager will battle In TO-DAY
game. Two of the youngsters VINO
viii struggle played last year shoui-
der To shoulder. Two others played
The same position with different teams
B IN the same league.
Oscar Witt, the Tiger temporary
outfielder, and Buck Weaver, the chi
cago short stop were both with the
San Francisco club in the PACING
Coast league last year. Witt was at
third and Weaver at second. The men
were nearly equal in ability, accord
ing to the dope from the ngures,
\ Weaver excelling our find somewhat
4 in hitting.
Morris Rath, the Chicago second
haseman. and Bill Louden both player
third in the Eastern league. Inc
3 Tieers took a good look at Rath last
year when he was with Baltimore In
= series at Buffalo and decided that
he didn't look fast enough for tnemr
~ made no effort 10 get him. he
was highly recommended to the De
froit management at that. But Loud
en- looked better.s
Mattick. Chicago outhelder, Is an
other White Sox recruit. John Dupuc
Il the sixth OF the youngsters VINO
win work this afternoon.
aCan the Tigers repeat?" was the
question when they started out for
the white Sox territory this morning.
"Can the Tigers repeats?
In the first series with the Chicago
warriors last year the Tigers put the
games In storage, one, two, tnree'
fonr.
The Tiger hurler today, according
10 plans. John Dubuc, is hailed as the
hest OF the Tiger recruits. Just who
the White Sox. main guy Is to be has
not been announced, but there Is one
crumb OF comfort and that Is that IL
can't be Big Ed Walsh. Used In the
opening game to defeat the Browns,
he was used for the same purpose
again Yesterday, but failed. The Sox
have used Walsh, Scott and Peters,
the latter a newcomer, IN the games
thus far.
with Dubuc in good shape 1t looks
like an initial victory for the I1ges:
That John can hold the Sox TO a hall
dozen hits seems probable, for they
haven't been getting more than that
on the st. Louis pitchers.
Nine OF Lake on opening day Is
their very best record. Seven from
Powell, four from Brown and six from
Baumgartner were secured in the last
three games. or course, 1t Is highly
possible that the hitless wonders may
alp one over on meagre number OF
bingles.
The Tiger Big Four, consisting OF
Mullin, Donovan, Summers and Will
lett, has an excellent chance this year
+ OF becoming the Big Five.
One OF the men who looks to have
fine opportunity OF breaking into the
select circle OF Tiger pitchers Is the
man who won yesterdays 10 game
for us from the Maps, keeping the
Davis men supplied with enough stun
to hold them 10 three hils sSaIteiSN
In AZ many innings.
"Tex's" record OF leading the Amer
lean league last season in percentage
4 OF games won was an indication that
he had class. II might have meant
that he was bloomer, for he pitcned
comparatively few games, but coupled
with his success was the evidence OF
stun In his pitching
In m
weakness was In control. This spring
his main effort In the southland. out
aide of escaping rain storms, has been
~ secure a reasonable amount of au-
fhority over the routing OF the balls
he delivered.
That he was much more accurate
than usual is evident from casual
ELIMINATION OF the statistical report
~ the fracas I'm which he was the VIC
tor Three bases on balls and one
TRANSPORTATION as a claim for damages
IN being hit by fast inshoot were
Al that Tex suffered from lack Of con-
troll
To Jim Mcclure belongs a great
1oal of the credit for Coyington's de.
v.1opment this spring. Jim worked
Nth him every day the two mel
could get away from the hotel al
MONROE. His constant aim was tc
S <elp that control and develop the
6oafer Tex discovered he had.
me advent OF Bill Burns with the
riders proved entirely to his liking
win the Tiges banging out sever
rnns in one lone inning BIZ could
hardly help but win.
RI there is anything to the PROPOSE
t,on that pitcher must find congen
isl company to win. IL looks as II BIZ
had come to a bunch OF long los
Ril had something to help him Sat
nrday that Covington didn't have q
-och degree Sunday. He had tn
bineies OF the big duo. Ty and Sam.
TEX can hardly complain on tina
score. however. for his winning ruI
came through a triple by Sam witt
~ on after two men were out
Tk~ wolverines won from the Hose
a soccer yesterday. SO.