The Detroit times., 1915-04-03
Bad Weather R0bs the
Tigers of Much of
Their pep"
POOR SHRIMP
GETS THE BLAME
Sea Food Believed to
Have Sickened Sew
eral Players
BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.

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LOUISVILLE. KY April Ait Is
! rather dificuit thing this weekend
10 talk Tiger and come MP smiling
n the playing and general physical
condition OF the Junsaleers during
} the past week were TO Be taken as q
criterion OF what Il to come. the op-
timists wouldn't DO able 10 get the
ball, past the infeld. The team has
bsen out Of condition. several Of the
players. Including Manager Jennings
himself. have been al. the weather
on the whole has been abominaole
and the pep and ginger that char
acterixed the earlier weeks OF the
trimming trip has been consistently
len a. the hotels before the game
n the Tigers reach Detroit In the
shape which the end OF this week
nnds them the fans can nnd some
thins 70 praise In the beautiful
schedule that has been handed De
-troit this year. n any other club
than cleveland were 10 open with
Detroit bad start would seem In
ovifable.
a BIT q yrubing Into the present
situati0n. however. makes II seem
possible. and even probable. that q
very different team wfli come 20
Junglseowf . week from wednes-
~ from The one which dreariiy
I climbed out % the Pulfmzns at
/, Ls~isviile this morning. The most
rno11rnant source ct the present
tr0ublo II IN inconsiderate shrimp.
rhlch was not N the pink OF con
ditioa rhen 4 climbed into q meas
u ths sea ssxeta bles served the II
xers BY some oulfport friends Jus,
be1ore ne tsam left the coast NO
bo1y became seriously III. but q
number OF the players. including the
manager. we're dumped for several
eays - that physical condition COM
knbon]y termed a. ''off their feed
- anything can rob n team OF ginger.
4 y IN attack OF stomach trouble.
o. top Of this. Moriarty got sore
eoot that would not keep him out of
Z the game during the season. but
which put him on the bench for a
while this week because there was
no need of taking chances OF az
gnyating the injury. DOME Bush
vas hit In the ear with q bad boun-
der late last week. and until the
last day or two, sore and swollen
cords In his neck and shoulder
made life miserable for him. The
boys who were bothered with diges.
rive dificulties and the boys who
we're injured are nearing form again.
& and by the time the new week
4 starts. they should be back TO the
c0ndition which they had reached a
week aso. That Is not saying lot,
Tor bad weather the last week in
camp slowed them up lot. But "a
person VI optimistic tendencies
the dope seems to be that the TT
gers are near. enough IN conditior
90 that II they should get 10 day,
Of balmy weather. they viii reach
Detroit In as good. Il not In better
condition. than any other American
lcngxc club will return home.
WAh Cleveland as the initial foe
4 still seems probable that Detroi
VIII cop about six OF the nine gans.
that start the season and II thos,
contests are played under decen
weather conditions. the team will b,
In splendid shape to meet the NOR,
formidable >netny.
The two Inst ciscouragins thing
n the Tiger camp now Is the lacl
Of pepper ana the slowness Wit
which the pitchers are rounding int,
shape. Tigers without an abundance,
o. battling spirit are among tn,
worlds rarities. and Il does not seer
poosible that such an unusual situs
ton can be permanent. with Jer
nings back In uniform and those n
digestible shrimp forgotten, tn
team win certainly speed up. Tha
can b taken as Z verify.
4 10 very easy TO scramble into
oloom cave when the pitching sta,
- nentioncd. But that 10 not yet
Necessity. There n still reason 4
hope that the Tigers win have fou
- I've winning huriers this Yea,
~ " they DO. they are by no mean
1GDoIoss. n fact. there are sever,
rooeons. Dvsrybody knows IN,
C0vo1oekie. Doboc and Dauss m