Evening journal., 1916-01-11
WEILMANPROVEDTHE
TIGER J|NXLASTYEAR
Tall Southpaw Beats Iunge-
leers Eight Out of Nine
Attempts
JENNINGS SLUGGERS
WERE HELD IN CHECK

Among Hugh Ambrose Jennings
New Year wishes there probably was
one to the effect that his Tigers get
even with Carl Weilman, OF the St.
Louis Browns, during 1916. Certainly
the Junglcmen have many old scores
to even up with the tall southpaw,
who merely beat them eight Of nine
times last season, winding up by put
ting them absolutely out OF the race.
Carl has been just as effective against
the Tigers as Mordecai Peter Centen-
NAL Brown used TO be against the
Giants, or as Christy Mathewson once
was against the Reds He will start
the next campaign with record OF
having administered II beatings to
the Detroit team and with only hav-
ing succumbed to Ty Cobb & Co.
seven times.
Weilman's average of wins against
the Tigers is .70S. They made his ac-
uuain1ance on September S. 1912, that
being the day Weilman hurled his
first game in swift society. He then
fell before them, 10 ]. Edgar Willet,
last season with the ST. Louis Feds,
having the honor OF leading the Tig-
ers to victory. Since then the Jen-
ningsites who have put Weilman
down for the count have been Mark
Hall who died during 1915; Miles
Main, who pastimed in the Federal
League last season; Pug Cavet, who
now is connected with a Pacific Coast
League team; Jean Dubuc and George
Dauss. Dauss conquered Woilman
twice, the others each downing him
once.
weiiman played havoc with the
Tigers batting averages, as well as
their pennant prospects, last season,
their mark against him being an
anemic .1S9. Carl pitched 76 2-3 in
nings against Detroit in 1915, 261
times at the bat being charged
against him. Jenningsites collected
40 hits. OF which six were doubles
six were triples and one was home
run. These raps netted them Is tai
lies. Weilman hit one man, passed
2S and famed 20.
R0ut Nemesis Only Once.
The Tigers clawed their Nemesis
only once last year. That was in tn
front section Of the bargain bill
staged May %. when they groupe
four hits on him in the first innin
and sent him 10 the cyclone celia
without his having retired a mar
Weilman came right back in the sec
ond tussle and twirled one runles
inning. and on the following da
showed some more OF the return stui
by abating the Junglemen. to ?, Il
- innings. They never got TO hir
for more than seven hits any tim
they faced him in 1915, and only ono
did they gather that number. Twic
the Tigers gathered six safeties Of
Weilman. twice they gathered five
four times they gathered four, one
they gathered three and once the
gathered one. Tho times the Tiger
made one and three hits of Wei
man we're in single innings, his hes
complete games against them hein
three. in which he permitted only fou
wallops. one of these skirmishes bein
a i2-round fray.
The queer part about Detroits hi
ting against Weilman last season wa
that the irregulars batted best Georf
Boohler got double off Carl the on
time he batted against him and Bal
Doll Jacobson and George Moriarli
found him for percentages Of .3S
Each made two hits, both Of Jacol
sons being manufactured while
was doing pinch hitting tricks an
both being for extra distance. II WI
on account of Jacobsons battir
against Woilman that Branch Ri
key took him as part payment for Bi
James.
Wcilman wrecked Detroit's wroc
ing crew. for Cobb only batter .
against him: Veach only 200 an
Crawford only .147 Tyrus work.
the Tiger hoodoo for nine passes al
took the strikeout count five time
This is what the Tigers accomplish
in the batting line against Weilm;
last season:
lYhaf friCcrs Did 10 Mcilman.