The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-04-10

Every baseball fan in Honolulu and
Hawaii viii certainly pay close atten.
tion 10 the fortunes Of John BrodiC
Williams, the Honolulu boy who led the
Pacific Coast League pitchers last year
and Is NOW Sat homev with the Detroit
Tigers of the Ameriean League in the
East. " Honolulu john has been IN
most Of the time and Manager Jennings
is keeping an eye on him all the more.
The following will be found of interest
TO local ball fans.
GULFPORT, Mississippi, March 22.--
~ have never before had squad Of
recruits who looked as good 70 me as
a whole as this bunch have here this
SPRING" said Manager Jennings after
having watched his new men for q
month. my old men are in great
shape, also, and shall not be satisfied
with anything less than first division
position in the 1914 American League
pennant race. While do not really ex-
peet to GUST the Athletics from first
place, and Washington looks very strong
TO me, ! cannot see any other club that
looks any better than the Tigers
Ty Cobb, Detroit 5 greatest star, IL
inst about as optimistic as his mana
ger. Cobb says that he can not see any
worse than fourth place for the Tigers.
He doesn 4 have the faith in Washing
ton that his manager has. To him
league, especially IL Connie Mack gets,
some new young pitchers, but he cannot
see that Washington has any eineh on
second place. He believes that there
win be four clubs lighting at the heels
Of Philadelphia, these fonr being De-
troit, Washington, Boston and Chicago.
According to Cobb what the Tigers
need to make a swell showing this year
is that enthusiasm that will come IL the
team gets the jump in the spring. The
club Is young. The pitching STAFF has
only three veterans and none Of the
''vets'i has been with the club more
than two years. The youngsters In the
infeld look like hard hitting, earnest
playing gang, and the outheld win be
composed about the same AZ Inst year
with Bob Veaeh looking much stronger
than he did last season. ~
No Denying Teams Improvement.
Tiger prospects are certainly good
this spring. While the weather here has
been in and out, there has been enough
good weather to give the team chance
to get in real work. Not only are the
men in shape physically but they have
more baseball schooling in the rudi-
menbs Of the game than they have ever
had before. II looks as II the club |
will have big staff of young pitchers,
only one of whom Is expected to be
a great star the first year out, but all |
Of whom will be very good twirlers |
There win be a couple of additions TO |
the infield and another right-hand hit
ting outhelder on the squad. The
catching STAFF in the main win be about
the same as last year.
Manager Jennings has announced the
names Of the men who will form the |
first and second squads on the trip |
North which starts Thursday. The f-st |
squad win be as follows: Catehers,
Stanage and Baker; pitchers, Cavet,
Covaleskie, John Williams, Main, Boeh-
Ter, Comstock and Shepard; first base
men, Burns and Pippj second basemen,
Kavanaugh; third baseman, Purtell;
shortstop, Bush; utility infelder, Witt;
outfelders, Cobb, Heilman, and Dem
init; Manager Jennings, Scout Mcclure
and Trainer Tuthill. This team will
play games at Jackson, Memphis, Chat
tanooga, Louisville and Cincinnati. Two
games that were originally scheduled
with Toledo 90 to Indianapolis. Then
the Tigers go home to open the season
with the Browns at Detroit April IA,
Second Team on Trial. XVI
The second squad viii be in charge
Of George Moriarty and Scout Jimmy
Burke. The catchers will be Mckee
and Gibson; pitchers, Dauss, Dufue,
Hall, Reynolds, Schultz and G. vii. !
liams, the latter southpaw; first
baseman, Gamer; second baseman, Bau-
man; third baseman, Moriarty; short.
stop, Fitzsimmons; outfelders, Veach,
Crawford and High. Arthur Sheehan,
The assistant secretary Of the club, will
accompany the Yannigsns. They viii
play at Montgomery, Birmingham,
Memphis, Nashville, Owensboro mil.
Faukee team, Evansville, Terre Haute
and Grand Rapids, joining the first
squad at Detroit in time TO start the
Ieason. sa,
The makeup of the first and second
cams was determined largely by the
mount of attention Manager Jennings
wanted TO give his men. Those of
whom he was sure were as general
hing sent with the second team. Those
Who were either good enough to be surs
Il their jobs, or bad enough so that
here was no chance, or those young.
tiers whom he had already seen sufii-
l.