The Detroit times., 1913-04-02
Week That Was Expected to Dt(r
eide Their Fates Has
Failed to DO So
WILL ALL BE CARRIED
TO DETROIT, PROBABLY
Will Pick Those to Go With the
Veterans to st. Louis by
Lot, Hughie Says
BY RALPH l.. YONKER.

was regarded as one OF the most
crucial weeks In the spring training
| UP This was the week that was eX-
| pected 10 determine the fate of some
or the recruit pitchers.
Yet so far az can be seen, IL has
not as yet done So.
from all appearances regular.
scheduled American league games
must decide which OF the new hurl-
ers are to be kept Never has Man.
ager Jennings had such a perplexing
question To solve as is this one OF
which hurlers TO keep
Last year II will be remembered.
two or three OF the twirlers were let
40 before Detroit was reached One
OF them. Wylie Taylor, was dropped
even before the northerly trip had
been fairly We'll started But this
year IL looks as II nearly all OF them
will be carted along to Detroit.
When we leave Cincinnati, | shall
take the four veteran pitchers. Null
lin. Dubuc. Willett and Lake, to st
Louis. and then to Cleveland The
five other pitchers that | shall take
with me. will undoubtedly be picked
az random from the new men. The
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seems to be very little choice among
/ them thus far
I This Is the way Manager Jennings
sizes up the situation. IL was thought
| that some definite decision would be
reached before the arrival at Louis
vile, but this makes IL look different
The situation has both It's advan.
tages and it's drawbacks. Inasmuch
as there is such perplexity, it ind.
Gates that the Tigers have picked no
lemons In the bunch OF pitchers that
/ they have garnered There is almost
| always some one or two hurlers who
blow quickly. The Tigers seem TO be
clear of this kind on this trip
On the other hand. there seems 10
! be no bright and particular star who
| is likely To create a sensation in the
American league as did Jean Dubuc
last year. From the moment that
Dubuc exhibited the slow ball last
year he was jotted down in the note.
book containing the names OF the
men who would stick.
klawitter and Hall have been tout
ed as sure things right along, but
Manager jennings says that they ara
not absolutely certain OF holding their
Jobs Their boosts have been based
largely on their regulations aided and
abetted by the stun that they have
shown thus far in the games they
have pitched. Neither one has his
arm strong enough as yet TO show all
that he really has
! These two men together with Boeh.
Ter and Zamloch, got the Jump on the
rest or the pitchers down at Gulfport
In that they managed to get their
arms IN better shape earlier than did
the Others and 80 had more of an on.
portunity TO show.
| Boehler got in condition quickly in
spite OF the fact that he had suffered
nom diphthcria and smallpox during
the winter Zamloch arrived week
later Than did the other men, but he
was In good condition with the excep-
tioE OF his wind almost as soon as he
landed In the camp. He began put
ting stun on the ball before any or
the others.
| lt TOOK some time for Lefty Clauss
to get working right He has been
rounding to quickly in the last few
days, however. and Is showing a ten.
dency to conquer that witness that
is apparently his chief fault He will
stay with the. club for he IS the only
left-hander in the bunch. Last year
Manager Jennings got along for n
while without southpaw, but he evi.
IDENTIFY doesn't intend to be without
one for minute this year.
Wheatley apparently abused his
arm early In the training season. He
was repeatedly warned that he was
going too strong, but he persisted in
doing SO. The result is that he has
been feeling under the weather dur.
Ing the past few days. wheatley IL
having hard row to hoe now. Not
only has the climate seemed to affect
| his health, but homesickness has
played its part in making him III at
ease mentally. He keeps up a brave
front among the players. but he Ia
not in the best of spirits. Bad news
| from home has added to his troubles.
| Dauss had hnk In his arm thar
| refused to leave II for a while Hs
! complained that his arm was weak
and that he could not get full power
| from 1t. However. he apparently
knew just how to handle 1t for he re-
fused to worry and went plugging
| along while some OF the more fortu-
nate ones seemed to outstrip him. He
is gaining strength In his I'm right
along now and will be In shape 10
put up battle when the final iudg-
ment day comes around
John House has had the most seri.
GUS difficulty with his clipper.
II don't believe that IL il fair to
let House go before he is given every
chance to show what he has said
Manager Jennings. "If he can get
his arm in shape, he'll get all the OBJ
portunity in the world to make good.
House has had a kink In his shoul.
der that has prevented free action or
his arm. His curve has been elm
mated altogether. and his speed has
been slackened. He says that IL he
can't get his curve. he will make a
desperate effort to stick by using a
splitter.
John has had more attention paia
TO his arm than any other man. He
has not only had 1t rubbed but has