The Washington herald., 1913-05-20
In the Wake of the Nationals
Cleveland, Ohio. May 10.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

Germany Schaefer, one of the wisest
ball players in the game today. rises
to remark that opposing clubs which
believe Ty Cobb has lost his throwing
arm completely will some day wake up
and find that the Georgia Peach has
been slipping somebody surprise
package.
1T is true that Cobb's arm is not as
strong now as 1t was four or five years
ago, but Ty can still use 1t to take on
| his hat or handle a soup SPOON. said
| Schaefer.
II have watched him during the
three games we have played against
the Tigers on the present trip. Cobb
| Just loops the ball In from the out
field, giving everybody the impression
that he cannot throw farther than Sec
| ond base" he added. .'- .-
Il think Ty is just figuring on up
! setting a lot OF dope. He wants TO
give opposing teams the. idea that he
cannot throw a lick. and Is carefully
| nursing that old arm of his along, SO
that by the time We run into hot
weather he will be able 10 cut loose.
Cobb is always trying to pull of
| something. 7 can imagine now close
game between the Tigers and we VIII
say the Athletics, played next July.
Some baserunner will attempt to score
the winning run from second on a
base hit. Then watch Cobb shoot the
| ball home. Just wait and see II
haven't got the right DOPE" the Teu-
ton concluded.
Despite adverse criticism from West
ern sporting writers. Manager Jen-
nings, of the Detroit Tigers believes
he has a ball club which, with any
| kind of luck, will finish the present
season in the first division. He counts
on Cobb and Crawford to pull him
through. and declares that when his
young pitchers get going at top speed
he will be able to present the neces-
sary defensive strength to win games.
Time alone will tell.
Bob Groom says he asks for nothing
softer than to pitch against the Detroit
bail club all season. For some reason
or other Groom always did have the
! Tigers at his mercy His tantalizing
| curve ball they cannot fathom, and. in
addition. Sir Robert has Sam Crawford
stopped before the Wah-oo barber steps
up to the plate.
In Saturdays game. Crawford came
to the bat four times. but failed to get
anything that resembled a safe hit.
Records will show that during the five
years Groom has been a member of the
Washington pitching staff Sam Crawford
has failed to get more than half a dozen
hits off the lanky twirlers delivery.
When a pitcher can stop Detroits
cleanup hitter from cleaning up. the
chances are that the Tigers will be
beaten before the nine innings is over
and Groom sure has Crawford stopped.
The 1913 season is scarcely more than
Il
ready accumulated nearly twenty-five
beat his old record of lightweight pur-
Joined sacks all to pieces, although
when the weather gets warmer rival
catchers will take more chances throw
ing to bases than at this stage Of the
game, and Milan will find that II Is
harder to steal bases during July and
August than during the first two months
is off to a fine start and his teammates
declare he will this year establish
mark for steals not liable to be reached
in many seasons to come.
Nobody on the Washington club wei
coined the purchase of George Mullin in
a more whole-hearted manner than Ger
many Schsefer. utility infielder and
comedian.
I'm glad TO have my old teammate
back again, said the Teuton last night.
"Griff will never regret signing Mullin,
take il from me-"
Melville Gallia and Joe Boehling are
referred to by facetious out of town
scribes as "the Nationals fire cracker
pitchers" and with good reason too as
neither one has finished a game he has
started, and in the games both have been
called upon to finish as relief twirlers
neither has shown consistent form.
In spite of this Griff believes that Boeh-