The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-02-27
| DOZEN HURLERs
COM|NG To CAMP
SOME LIKEI4Y YOUNGSTERS IN
t,H.uDEI, IN DETROIT CLuB's
TRY OUT LIST.

lBv JOE s.. JACKSON d.


Unless another name Il Topped
from the list before next Saturday.
when the battery players OF the Dc
troll club are to start for the south.
MI. Jennings, who until this spring
Has had himself tangled up With the
alleged unlucky thirteen number all
through his Detroit baseball life, will
have Just an even dozen boxnaen 70
look over. Notice was received on
Saturday from J. ID. Couch, lest sea-
son with San Francisco, who for
long time professed 70 be uncertain
whether or not he would lend his
aid to the Tigers i their effort TO
cop flag. that terms submitted 70
him had proved satisfactory, and
that he will be at Waxahachie on
the date named for reporting.
Couch was pitcher for q prominent
California university chen he was
discovered, and was inveigled into
the professional game. He claimed
during the winter that he had serious
thoughts OF giving up baseball, and
completing his education. That pro-
baby was a stall, as Couch. ike nuns
erous other players. wished some
sections oil his contract revised.
and thought he had to do something
to prvsde d scare. lie is the last Of
the recruit pitchers. of whom there
will he five. to get in line. There
are seven veterans, all save one, OF
whom, coveseskie, are signed or the
twelve hnrlars. three. Coseieskie.
Mitchell and Watson, are left-fand-
ers.
It is expected that Couch will do
his signing at Wayahaci1ie. after NJ
has reported TO Manager Jsnni 81.
but all ct tiae terms are arranged 5
The youngster has had tive seasons
in professional ball. San Francisco
picked him up in the spring OF 1915,
and he pitched all or parts OF p
games. the records showing that he
was eighth in the matter of earned
runs allowed per game He was not
ready for Double A society, how
ever. and San Francisco shipped him
70 Galveston. in the Texas league.
There he worked in 81 games, and
was given q record of eleven wins
and six defeats for the contests that
stand for and against him in the
book. That gives him percentage
.of CAT. He reverted to San Fran
cisco at the end OF the season and
was there all during 1916.
Last year was pretty busy one
for Couch. who was In Sc games, one
finished with a record OF Is wins and
Is losses. He pitched $40 innings.
or a little more than "a games. The
Pacific Coast league season, it must
be recalled in scanning figures, is
much longer than those of the ma
jors. Couch is a good sized young
ster. standing exactly six feet, and
weighing $50 pounds. he and
Woods, who comes from the Virginia
league with a great record on paper,
will be watched with greatest inter-
est al the camp. The California Lad
is q weak hitter. On the dope. the
Tigers Won't get much assistance
with the stick from any OF their
pitchers.
Harry Heilman viii net be In
camp as early as expected. a let
ter from him says that he still is on
ranch. up ia Idaho somewhere, TO
which he went after his visit with
Del Baker. at Portland Heilman
originally intended to be in Waxa-
hachie before the first squads ar
rival Now he says that he probably
will pick up Bobby Jones. the San
Francisco third saeker. at Ogden, |
Utah. where that youngster lives.
completing the journey with him.
And Jones Is not due in camp until
March To-
Nothing has been heard OF Witt
of late, and 1t is understood that the
clubs position is that il is up 10 The
player to make the next move. obey
ing an order 10 report that has been