The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-25
= He = 50 Per Cent Better Than
Any Man." Says Hughie
jennings
0IJCHIE GIVES PAPERS
CREDIT FOR GAMER
Gava Their encouragement Made
y Del Most Valuable Man on
N Eastern Trip


ssRed Mckee ia a catcher 80 per
4 eent better than any other on the
a xiesr STAR" said Manager jennings
1has morning.
This 10 the biggest boost that Hed
~ BEEN handed yanybody this sea-
u -. and he has been fed some tany
!. oscnr with the rest OF the Tiger re-
h Gt11fs.
Z ConainS a. It does from his boss, IT
Y rSonns more TO Red than az II 1t came
4 - one without authority.
\ ~l(cKee II catching better ball than
\ mlnnaso, and hitting far better" said
\ nehie. while he may not throw a.
4 vp6l q Oscar and probably never
'iIDlL he u catching well, hitting well
80 using his head we'll. Besides
khaG he II In there fighting all the
$50 with the old ginger"
II 1foKee II one Of the surprises OF
80 year. He u another example OF
- uncoetainty of baseball.
t TAis spring there we're three re-
E1ult Oatchers reporting to the Tigers
Enk 0ulfport, the spring tanning camp.
3ZhnV weo Rondean, from the Jersey
IOoly club In the International league;
{Hoon, from the Dallas club In the
|tlurns league, and Mckee. from the
kupr1ngAeld. Ohio. club.
OF the three. Rondeau was picked
- the best, with Gibson and Mckee
II nnHt5ng n out for second choice. NC
!: E1l had trouble getting his arm in
uhnpe and the Tigers were nearly
}1SnS6o before he was In condition. In
~ meantime Gibson had been going
Vou and was picked over Mckee.
After the season had started, 1t was
n toos-up between the two men. Eth
4 ~ one might have been let go But
Mckee was drafted man and II waiv-
~ were asked on him he might be
wnhbed by another major league CLUB.
he Detroit management feared to
fnke q. chance. and 30 asked and got
fWaiverB on Gibson. . purchased play
~. the request for waivers upon
whom they could have withdrawn II
thy had seen that some other major
4 league club wanted the player.
" - Mckee stayed through bit OF
abG6eball technically. and has made
\ himself 80 per cent better than any
other catcher on the club. this in
Guiding Stanage. often called the best
oockSt0p In the league.
Macs weakness Is on foul balls
back of him. He has not yet learned
$to. Judge them quickly. he doesn't
otnFt quickly enough after the ball.
ana he wastes energy running after
beIh that he can't get.
Manager Jennings giveh the credit
.forth return Of Del Gamer to the
Do9eoit newspapers.
Del was the most valuable man on
the eastern trip" said Hughie. "He
v1s hitting for such q high average
Z Int he was hitting for long dis
ktonoes whom he hit safely and hitting
~ ban hard when he didn't hit safe
Nv. He was hitting timely, too. And.
E1tAormore. he was hitting with just
EUo much confidence when there were
49, strikes on him as ever"
q Hughie says that 0ainer came back
G1t1r his short rest on the bench be- /
Gtnoe the papers treated him with
lonei6erAtion. saying that the rest
Eyo11a do him good and would restore
- confidence, instead of panning
n HI. which have been very likely to
l1vo discouraged any player In his
oBttion.
Manager Jennings hasn't great
1oal Of respect for Clark Griffth's
f0ebpme Of housing his men while at
Homo at Washington In q farm.
n the hrst place, Hughie says that
ne noise and hustle of q city IL not
kpUSticularly detrimental to men who
TIE care Of themselves. Most of the
~ league pennants have been won
III New York. Chicago, St. Louis and
6otOn. the four largest cities in the
{ koNntry. That would hardly seem to
4 AoW that the city life was bad for
!. ~ men.
The Tiger boss doesn't believe In
t1y1ug to house II his men up togeth-
\ ~ ia player 10 going to take care
x1e himeelf. he'll do 30 when roomina
6Iouo Just 40 well as he will when
&kh his teammates. II he is going
/; - dissipate, he'll hnd way despite
rvorything.
There - . big entry list for tho city
n Amateur Golf league tournament 10 DO
held on the Bloomfield Hills course
4 ttarting Thursday
%{ ~ defeat 81 Percy Donovan by keu-
10y was the only surprise yesterday OF
HE city tennis tourney being conducted
Eog the Detroit Tennis club.
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