The Detroit times., 1913-02-24
Half Again as Many Men in
GulfpOrt as We're at Mon
roe Last Year
REPUTATIONS ARE OF
THE HIGHEST GRADE
Hardest Kind of Work and Re-
turn Ticket Promised
for Shirkers
BY RALPH l.. YONKER.

HATTIESBURG, Miss. Feb, 24.-
Especial On account of freight
;rain wreck which delayed the
Tigers special six hours in Kentucky
sunday. the Tigers were forced TO
.emeln here until l0:30 a. m, this
morning instead OF arriving at Gulf
nort last night
they weAe scheduled to arrive in
.ulfport at l.. this afternoon. attend
meeting called by Manager Jen-
nings, get their uniforms and run
Ground the track once.
Tomorrow serious work begins.
When the advance SQUAD of the
rigers step onto the diamond in
nlfpcrt. they will do so as the best
prospects Manager Jennings has ever
aad an opportunity TO develop.
There are more new men, with
letter regulations and with pros
aects OF harder work. than have ever
lafore been gathered together by
President Nayin and his band OF
couts
However, ii is conceded that there
need of more and better material
han the Tigers have ever before had
n the club IL to make showing In
he American league race this COM
ng season
II is conceded that the Tigers. with
robb. Crawford, Stanage, Dubuc,
Mullin and Bush cannot land very
low. especially with the ST. Louis
Brown and the New York Yankees
persistlng In playing In the league,
for Il Is doubtful ii even the Tigers
at their worst would beat them to
he cellar.
But II Detroit is to see team
that is ''up-there fighting,' as is
predicted by many critics, there are
, several men who must be developed
out of the crude material that has
been brought here.
Here Is what Manager Jennings
rays he must have out of the recruits.
Three pitchers, one infielder. two out
felders. and two second string
atchers,
There are eight jobs open, and
here are Is men to fill them, De-
roit will be mighty lucky If II can
et these eight. But there Is a pos
ibility that more than eight good
men may be found among these
Young men. II that be so, you can
rest assured that the extra ones will
BE disposed OF to some club where
hey can be recalled Immediately
lpon being needed.
Last year the number Of Tiger re
rnits broke all records. Al that
time there were u young fellows.
This year there are half again as
many. II was thought last spring
hat the pinnacle Of magnitude in
-reen squad had been reached but
ghen President Navin found that he
needed more men in 1913 he gather
I'd them in by sheaves and has sent
nearly all OF them south.
TO take care of such a large bunch
If men would be an almost impossl-
ble task for single man. Conse-
ruently two extra coaches, Joe Sug-
den and Jim Mcclure, both great
ratchers in their days, are here with
sne youngsters ready TO assist Man
eger Jennings in picking the choicest
fruit of the scouts harvest.
These men proved their worth last
season with the pitchers and the
ratchers. They demonstrated their
.alue so completely that they were
engaged early for the 1913 trip.
Most of the major clubs have vet
Grams with their managers In the
south 10 aid in developing men, But
each club usually has only one. De-
troit has lead the way in this, as in
MANY other things, by providing two.
Not only does the increased num-
nor of men who are trying for jobs
With the Tigers for the first time
kttf tho a r.
calience OF the youngsters reputa-
tfons Is a source OF delight to hlm.
9eputations are not everything but
,hev mean a whole lot in baseball.
The men the Tigers have we're al
most without exception leaders In
heir departments in the various
! leagues in which they played last
,eason. And nearly every one is from
league OF importance in ia chase
bail world.
- A glance at the recruits with the
club last year ts-fnterestlng. rake
some OF the pitchers Tor instance.
asst year among others whom the
rIgers had was Remneas OF the
,tnion association. Rem rad pitched
out there only from June OF 1917
ntu the Tiger scout saw him. lie
hadn't been tried out thoronghly Dut
he was taken because of his tine
physique. good head and the stun he
showed in pitching In the mino.s,
his spltball being especially GOOD
However. after being kept south ali
during the training period. Rem fail
ID miserably when pittcd against big
league hitters ifiothe north. OF course,
s,his much may be said of Remneas:
ne was III in the south which pre-
vented his getting the kind of spring
work he should have had!
Then there was McCorry. a right
I, handler whose smallness Of stature
was against him. II was evident TO