Evening star., 1916-05-13
BY j! ED GRILLO.

Manager Hughey Jennings and his
Tigers arrived late last night from
Philadelphia and will open four-g game
series here today. Jennings Will pitch
Cunningham against Johnson. and he
saws Cunningham is one of his best
pitchers.
1--WE have been decidedly shy of conf
petent pitching this season, and tnat
is our only weakness. We nearly broke
all records over in Philadelphia, where
pitchers of both teams gave more
than eighty bases on balls IN four
games / can't understand why my
twirlers can't get the ball over. but 1
am hoping for improvement as the+ssasQn
progresses.
"Roehler. Coyeleskie and Dubuc are
pitching ,Good ball, so is Cunningham.
and they will improve. Which means
we will get higher in the race III due
Sam Crawford will be used as
pinch hitter hereafter Sam is not
going well this spring. out ne VII VII
round into form as the weather gets
warmer. Heilman is going We'll ana
l am going to let Crawford rest for
while. Ty Cobb is not yet hitting as
he will. but he, as always, is playing
great ball.
There have been many ridiculous de-
mands made by players on their clubs
but Bobby Veach of the Tigers IS lead-
ing them all in this respect Neach IS
out of the game because he has been
suffering from severe toothacheS
The amusing feature is that Neach
demands that the Detroit club pay his
dentist bill and declares that otherwise
he will not take treatment. This de-
mand of course, has been refused, and
as a consequence Veach is suffering so
that he cannot play. but he says he has
no intention of spending his own
money to get relief Just how long
Manager jennings Will stand for TINS
state of affairs is not known. but II is
reasonable to presume II leach con-
.tinues to remain idle he Will be sus-
$ pended without pay.
! Billy Sullivan, coach of the Tigers
pitching staff. is travelling with the De
troiters. There is no more interesting
character in base bail than sullivan.
1t was he who developed both Harry
Harper and Jack Bentley while with
the Minneapolis club last season. Har-
per came through rapidly and ought TO be
: this year" said Sullivan today. L
would like to have kept him under my
: wing to the end of last season, now
Z ever. as / believe Griffith brought him
,lp just little too soon.
3 r'Bentley may have hurt his arm be-
cause he did not know how to curve
ball the right way. delivering It with
twist of his elbow. which affected
that member and made ii hard Tor
him to pitch winning ball. hope
for his sake he has gotten over TINS
habit
ing fettle. having been injured on his
knee where Scott OF the White SoX hit it
with fast ball. This kept him out
OF the game for Two weeks, but he has
o,l ic nj a vii
|. Usual brilliant standard.
4 Fielder Jones and his Browns did not
make very good impression in the
four games they played here. Their
victory in the first game was more or
less of a 1uke. and in the last three
games in which they were defeated
they scored but one run, and that was
the result of an error. There are too
many left-handed hitterS in the Jones
lineup. The first four to face the OPP
posing pitchers are of-slde batters, and
lit is needless to say that any time
.left-hander is on the rubber they are
. greatly Handicapped. Furthermore, the
fright -handers, with one exception. are
not good hitte-s. Pratt is a dangerous
batter, but Deal and Marsans are not
hitting very much.
: Jones' team does not appear to be as
formidable as was the/>one Branch
Hickey had in the last race. There is
less hitting strength. and of the pitch
The team is not apt 10 be anything
like real contender in the present
race. Ii may win games occasionally,
:, but there is little hope of it finishing in
!, the first division.
Z Harry Harper pitched an effective
game of ball and really was entitled
ITO shut-oat. The young southpaw
famed nine of the Browns and was not
hit hard a any stage of the struggle.
He was in several tight places, but he
worked himself out of these, strik-
ing out batters who were up in a
pinch and who might have driven in
several runs but for Harpers ability
TO fan them.
:. Joe Judges triple was in jeopardy
for some few seconds when Miller was
: giving the ball a race. Judge has been
!. being caught that the spectators
? thought this might happen with this
:, bow also. But Miller could not quite
!. reach The sphere. and as result il
/. " snt for . triple and made posi- bic
: the TWO runs scored iu t1e sixth in
j uing, which clinched the victory.
. Fay Morgan is earning the reputa-
iiou of being one OF the best lead off
men in the game. In the four contests
. with st. Louis Morgan got on first base
elsyen times. by either hits Or passes.
This is a remarkable record. He has
{. been indirectly responsible for the runs
. which nave been scored in the first in
nings. having scored two himself dur
? ing the series.
Morgan has a splendid batting eye.