The Detroit times., 1915-04-05
Always Goes Bad In
Exhibition Games,
He Asserts
CITES RECORD
OF LAST YEAR
Expects to Wallop Ball
As Season
Starts
RY nARoLD Y. WILCor.

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LOUISVILLE. KY April MAN
age Hnghey Jennings. OF the Tigers,
has reduced the championship Ifs"
20 two. They are George Boehler
and n. stuart Young. better known
as Pep Young.
m Boehier would only pitch as he
should. and Young hit as ] hoped he
would. we would stili have a fine
chance 20 win the bunting Hughey
has said at frequent intervals during
the past few days I'VE have a club
that viii give the pitchers an aver
age OF four runs game" continues
iiugbey Auburniocks In his mnsins,
-snd that margin should make al
most any pitching STAFF q winner. II
would ours. n only Boehler would
come through and make fourth. or
nth. nj the best. dependable hurier
on the squad. We have the best out
1sld In the league. and II Young
should start to hit. out inheld would
be az good as any. -Pep- can field
well enough TO hold down his job on
heavy hitting club like ours with
OFT any trouble. but IL he would only
swat that apple more frequently,
think what help II would be-"
Boehler Is trying hard, but he has
no idea whether he vim pitch THIS
year rs he should or not. But Young
10 troubled BY no such doubts. He
Ii OF the opinion that Jennings IL
engaging In lot OF unnecessary
worrying and does not hesitate 20
say 90 when enfangied In confdsn-
sial conversation. The Pep person
does not expect 10 be a 100 swat
ster, but he n considering nothing
lees than a $50 average I'm the big
show. which win be very satisfac.
tory under the circumstances.
Il don't know why anyone should
become discouraged because am
NOT hitting In tie spring says
yoong II never. did Last year my
average In the tx6fbition gsmes on
Aths coast was Id. and am doing no
tcrse than that now I ai~ays was
: slow starter with the twalloper
But have always been ready when
the championship season began. I
started In last year after the exhibi-
tion games a. a 300 gait. and when
the season was well along. / was bat
ting $40. Then I was injured and
ont for q while. ! got a slow start
agafn. as I always do when I am out
Of the game for while. and dragged
my $40 mark down 10 .2f6 before r
could set going again But I finished
the season With an average OF IT'S
which shows I must have been hit !
ting them safely rather consistently
during the closing contests.
II may not oe able 70 90 that wen
up here he continued, "but know
that am regularly lots better at the
bat than I am now. and am positive
that viii do as weil as .25e this
srmIner. expect To do much bet.
ter. Some funny stories about my
hitting have come out Of the west
since the Tigers bought me. One OF
them was that I was weak on a
curve bali. l know that have weak.
MISSES. but that curve ball stun Is
Funny. A twister gives me less
trouble than almost any other kind.
Another yarn is that I never step
into ball. Batting left handed, /
have been known to lift inside balls
to left Held. II that doesn't mean
stepping into the ball. I don't know
what could Indicate IT.
All OF which shows that Young has
conhdencc. at last. and that win not
hurt him any with Jennings. even n
he does not hit as he thinks he viii.
II there Is one thing Jennings likes
more than another. next to natural
ability. II Is confidence.
Young Is one Of those versatile
boys who bats either right or left.
handed. Thereby hangs another
tale. Eack In 1913, or therea bouts,
Young was trying out with the Phil.
lies, and when time came for the ex.
hibition games. he vas put on the
sccond squad under the tutelege of
Pat Moran. y no is now managing the