The Detroit times., 1913-03-07

HATIlESBUHG, Miss, March T.
II the Tiger infield and outfleld
recruits were set up in the order OF
the brightness their prospects OF max
Ing the team right now, they would
undoubtedly be ranked in the same
.uccession as their speed.
That asset OF the new men that has
delighted Manager Jennings has been
lhe feet footedness of the new
youngsters. All were touted as be-
ing very fast; all OF them have lived
up to their touts this far.
Il would prefer ,225 hitter with
great speed TO a 800 hitter who Is
only moderately fast said Eughie to.
iay In discussing his prospects.
Take this man Stanley as an ex-
ample. He hit .370 with Burlington
SO there is no doubt but that he Ia
good sticker In the minor leagues
But what impresses ne. more than
that hitting was the fact that he has
shown such speed In the short time
that he has been trying for place
with the Tigers.
"Ehere are possibilities in that man
which have never been brought 6Qs
in the minor leagues. There are pos.
sibilities In him that he himself
doesn't know about. 1t is my pur-
pose TO bring those out OF him. l
may not be able to do 80, for he may
have some weakness that l cannot
| correct But as things look now, he
| viii make q very valuable player.
Ellis record of $40 In the minor
league doesn't mean 80 much as 1t
would seem at first glance. He has
mad to change bis style of hitting al
ready. While he may have been hit
+ ting properly enough for minor
| league pitching, he had stride that
| had to correct. II he can get the
proper stride, he will probably be a
great hitter in the majors as well as
. in the minors.
Il liked the record of Stanley,
| Powell and High particularly because
| they were not only all 900 hitters but
they hal good records at base steal
| ing. Stanley had the best with 58
stolen bases In 124 games. Powell
| had 4S In III games. High had 25
in 121 games. The speed that was
| indicated by these figures has been
substantiate ed by the work OF the men
In their preliminary practice.
"If these men have heads that are
equal to their heels they certainly
ought to show the American league
something for recruits In the art OF
stealing bases"
Manager Jennings has tried to ar
range as many games for the Ilgers
as possible before the regular league
schedule begins When he came
south with the team. Secretary
Charles Navin had a good string OF
exhibition games for the trip home
all planned, but Hughie wants even
more than were arranged for him.
He has looked for games here as
much as possible. He has had less
trouble in arranging contests away
from here than he has on the Gulf
port grounds. despite the fact thae
he has guaranteed visiting teams ex-
ppnses and has made offers that
would be likely to give them some
booty besides ont of the battles.
AS last resort, Jennings tried
the scheme of dividing his men into
sides for games with one another and
for a week this has been the program
for the afternoon.
Hughie believes that games with
as much as possible OF the realism OF
scheduled contests and with as much
az possible of the desire to
win are the only practical methods OF
testing out men thoroughly before
the league season begins.
II is probable that as many OF the
recruits as can be kept on the Tigers
roster will be held after the season
opens. Unless some OF them show
some weaknesses after the exhibition
games are well underway and they
begin to face real opposition most OF
the Youngsters will be kept until De-
troit is reached and perhaps for some
time afterwards.
Joe Lake says that he agrees with
Heinie Zimmerman OF the Cubs that
golfing Is a great help IN hitting. The
first rule OF golf, keep your eye on
the ball" he says. proves to be oil
great value to the batsman.
n that 10 so, then Cobb's hitting
ought to improve this coming season
for he has given golf serious atten'
! tion this past winter. making th1t tn
stead of stagecraft his vocation.
Many OF the Tigers, inspired by Joe
Lakes enthusiasm for the game. have
taken what spare time they could and
gone out to the links here. When
Joe won the frst honors at the golI
tournament last week he opened theiI
0Yoa as IN hta ahSlifv He took 6rat