The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-06
BY RALPH l.. YONkE ER.


GULFPORT, Miss, March 6.-Man-
eyer Jennings has bunch OF mysteri-
Ills training stunts- -up his sleeves and
ne promises to roll them up and get
,usy right after the series vi games
With the state Normal college and the
incinnati Nationals.
. Up 10 the beginning OF this series
Of games, the work that the Tigers
we're doing was almost altogether for
,he. purpose OF getting them into such
physical condition as would make II
possible for them to exhibit some real
baseball Following the four games,
two with Hattiesburg and two With
the Reds, il Is expected that all the
men, will be In good shape.
Then Hughie will unlose upon them
load OF stuff that belongs more prop
erly to the baseball school than TO the
baseball hospital department. Just
what these things that Jennings is 60
ing to have his men do he doesn't say
as yet
He is silent upon that. part OF the
subject for two reasons. First. he
hasnt de6nitely made up his mind as
<to.eN G&HnAosss 1eQond.r some thai
he he's In mind may not prove to be
practicable when the time comes for
their introduction and they may be
omitted.
Last year at Monroe, the Tigers
nuss had a set OF plans formulated for
some special work for the men in or
der to strengthen them in some OF the
departments of the game In which
they Seemed weak, but the nasty
weather of the whole training period
left the men In such poor condition
hat II was nearly impossible to pull
on any Of them.
Taxing IL for granted that by the
time the present series OF games Is
aver the men will be entirely without
soreness and that their legs will be
strong. there will be special drills In
sliding into bases among other things.
A portion of the ground will be svad-
I'd IN and made soft like the pit into
which Jumper in a track meet leaps.
4 bag will be placed on the soft
earth and the men taught how TO slide
uroperly. This Is just a sample OF
The exercises In which the men wi
engage unless present plans are COM
yletely upset.
Manager Jennings has no encourage
ment TO offer for promoters on the
school for baseball players" which
is to be established at San Antonio
his coming year, according to reports
from Kansas City.
al don't believe that school snch
IS is proposed can be success, SAID
Jennings today las manager OF
4 major league club, certainly
wouldn't send any of my men to any
,chool for instruction. To teach the
players who come to me Is part OF
ny own duties. and I don't care TO In
trust them to somebody else.
81 can't see where the men behind
the school expect to get their pupils
+, il claimed that they will have 500
10 start with. Where will they get
them? think there are few men
with the time and money necessary
10 attend such school who wouid
do so.
"And what would professional base.
ball do with the 500 students II they
did get them? There would be very,
very Few of them who would be
worthy OF consideration by even Class
d clubs.
81 know this to be true from my
experience as baseball coach at Cor
,sll | have had $50 candidates out
Tor the team there. A great many OF
them were kept ont working for the
sake OF college spirit and loyalty put
cut OF the $50 there were never more
than a dozen or Is who were worthy
Of playing even on college team,
and knew IL from the first day or
two that saw the men,
The plan of the promoters Is to
have 20 diamonds fitted up near San
Antonio Players are to be condition
ID there and also taught some Of the
line points OF the game. III they