The Detroit times., 1913-02-25
Mullin, Bush, Deal, Gamer and
Lake Are In Fine Con.
dition for Spring
ALL MUST WORK THE
SORENESS IN AND OUT
Old Sol and Harry Tuthill Work
Hand in Hand Getting Men
in Trim for Real Work

QUlFPOkT, MibS., reu. So.S~~o
ing from the shape In which the II
gers reported here at Gulfport yes
.erday. the team will be In q great
deal betterAshape when 1t gets TO De
.roit this year than when 1t opened
the season last year.
The veterans who have reported
were never in q finer condition 20
start their spring work. Mullin Is
overweight but not 30 much as usuai
and everybody who hadn't seen him
since last fall was commenting upon
how thin ne looked--thln IN this case
meaning near the normal.
Bush. too, Is In the best shape ne
has ever beeN In to begin spring
sork. He right now Is In better shape
han he was at the end OF the 1917
season.
Charlie Deal, who joined the party
at Cincinnati, 10 looking well. He ID
soft. Of course, tor he hasn't been DO
ing much this winter. but loaf ana
rake light exercise in q gymnasium.
hut he is ready to get naiihard with
few weeks OF work.
Del Gamer, he of the famous IN
jured wrist. IL in good condition, hunt
lng In the mountains of West Vir-
.inia having kept the hrst baseman
in nne fet.le. That famous wrist can
be turned quite readily now. some
thing that was impossible last spring.
il the. wrist gets into shape, the IT
gers win be greatly strengthened IN
the inisld Unless Del has lost some
Aof that cld-time stariness OF the year
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Joe Lake .has been solnng, both for
pleasure and for exercise, and he says
he feels nne.
The Tigers are facing that part ot
tho training program that 10 the hard
eat for them to bear--the working OF
he soreness In and out OF their
muscles. -
n every training program this ID
The first thing that must be done. NO
one who ever hopes to, play baseDaii
can escape this ordeal. II he doesn't
ret II now, he gets It when the season
S0ens. az did DOME Bush last year
when he refused to report for prac-
ice at Monroe. He started the year
IN poorer condition than did the rest
at the men Who had taken advantage
,f the southern trip. and he had 70
work. the soreness In and out wniie
actually playing the game.
This muscle bruising episode ID
lust a. unpleasant and just as neces-
sary to the ball player az IL teething
to an infant. Nobody yet has ex-
,lained satisfactorily to q player why
Il II that he must have those awfui
aches and pains simply to get his
arms and legs lihbered up any moro
than anybody can explain to baby's
satisfaction why his gums mist be 30
-ore when the teeth are breaking
through.
There are several methods OF get
ting the soreness in; there are fewer
methods of getting 1t out. the
simplest and most usual method OF
eating II In IA running supplement-.
ed with . little throwing and catch
ing. Any exercise In which those
muscles which have been almost un-
used during the winter are brought
into play, puts that burning feeling
in the arms and legs. Care must be
taken by the pitchers especially to 80
very easy on throwing the ball for
several days. q little too much work
being enough to spoil their arms for
weeks or perhaps permanently.
Once the muscles have been stiff.
ssued by this spring work. agencies
are brought into play to- get them
supple again. First OF these 10 Ola
SOL II there 10 no sun It II very hard
work to ret into shape. Sweating Is
the most effective cure for stiffness.
All the work that can be done In the
/broiling rays 10 assigned to the men
and they 90 to It gladly for they
know that II II their salvation. Train
er Tuthill and his bunch OF rubbers
are also mighty important in the get
ting Il out" process. All the men get
their baths and rubs after every work
out. under HaEry's direction.
Although Il A not absolutely neccs-
sary Manager Jennings goes through
the grutlling course with the rest bf
the boyA He wants to be In NJ good
shape a. Any Of them 20 he suffers too.
He 10 one of ne bench managers for
whom this training period II good
thing personally. Connie Mack. SIT.
ting q he does on the bench contin-
rally with scorecard and pencil In
hand hardly. needs the spring work.
But Hughie with his active. aggressive
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