The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-07
FORGETTING BATTERY
PLAYERS, TIGERS LOOK
BETTER THIS SEASON

time, he II looking like devotee Of
what Is known as the inside" game.
The Improvement has been notice
able for two or three weeks. and
the dope has II that. barring acci-
dents, Robert will show greatly In.
creased class this year. Physically.
he Is In better shape than the ma
jority OF his teammates.
Jacobson is the newcomer in the
outheld. II can be taken for grant
ed that he IL a fine player, since he
was handed a regular berth without
n bit OF opposition. After watching
him a month. II is my opinion that
the fans will find him TO be the fast
est big man In baseball. an accurate
Judge OF ny balls, a better than aver
age hitter. a very good base runner
and a valuable asset to the team.
There is no question but that the
big Swede Will more than replace
High, who Is now playing regular
berth for Bill Donovan al New York.
II Burns were on first base. Jen.
nlngs would have a wonderful In.
feld this, year. from a fielding stand
point. With Kavanagh on first. he
win have a good inheld-better than
the average. Pep" Young II q
fielding wonder Bush makes more
sensational plays than any other
shortstop In the big leagues. Young
will furnish as much melodrama this
summer as Bush. That is a sweep
ing statement. but Young furnished
the basis for IL by his work this
spring He may not throw in such
sensational manner as DOME. but
he will get the ball to the bag in
time. nevertheless.
Every spring II Is reported that a
second baseman fast epough TO work
with Bush In double plays without
hampering the shortstop has been
secured. The same In told this year
Of Young and Bush. Pep" is not
quite as fast on his feet as Bush.
But he is fast enough TO make Bush
work at top speed, and that Is more
than any other Tiger second base.
man has been In years. IL Young
can hit the $50 he promises TO,
there is no question but that Jen-
nlngs has vastly. improved his In
field by the acquisition OF the
rookie from Sacramento. Like Bush,
Young gets a lot of bases on balls
and Is a splendid base runner. so a
.ew lapses with the bludgeon can
easily he forgiven him.
Bush rapidly rounded into cond.-
tion this spring. although he report
cd late. lie felded and threw well
and was hitting up to his usual
standard. a pad bound caught him
In the ear. however. shortly before
Tie squad left Gulfport. and he de.
veloped lot CT sore cords In his
neck and shoulder The injury
made II necessary for him TO take
things easy for few days. and he
was no, himself until the first OF
this week The injury Is. OF course,
7nly n temporary hpndicap. DOME
Is the same pl@ycT this year that
waT las, His sprinJ work has
Indicated that the fans can expect
=" moro and no less then the srlen
I'D service he has always given
s.n
-" -rty s,a-tcd tho spr.ng se..
rith Vlsh Thea 2 sore ar--'
'h"rci him for few lays a1d
f-ct Kept rim OFT cn,1 ro-c
'Tt ~ rot NC sort CT & iHg ttst.
ovid Pvt him on the heHcb dp-inZ
- ch~moionship race. IN hc, win
- IN h.s ell scrti n; tairl vh-n
n cr~'~in gore vp Ncx; wpch. TIC
~rinc TIL ialloated fhat "AIory"
ro''ld ave ? rcr -on very similar 80
las' vear'r IL felde1 splendidly
~ h-ttcd ab1Tt 90 rsuri. The sore
nm y 1870 nd I've perfect peg TO
e--t :" b~ct o. tho job. II f. not
.kelv th"t nnyboiy will get Mort
ar'v's lob this year
The big question mark OF the In.
field Is Kavanagh. Marty found him
self This spring. When slated for
tho discard. he was given an acct.
dental tryout al third. and did so
splendidly that he was Immediately
seized upon for second season.
Then Burns went under the knife.
and Marty was sent to first base.
Nobody knows what he will do there
during the two months he must hold
down the job. He has tried hard.
and improved wonderfully. His foot
work was faulty. but Il is getting
better every day. He has shown
himself weak on some sorts OF bad
throws but he is daily improving.
Jennings is Of the opinion that Kav.
anagh will jog along. working hard
each game and scoring putouts by
hook or crook with considerable sue
cess until he can be relieved. without
greatly weakening the defensive
strength Of the team. With another
week In which 10 improve still more.
Il Al