Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-09
Pitchers Again
Jennings Problem With
Hard Hitting Tigers

Year after year Hushie Jennings
has led his Tigers into the American
League race facing one great prob
lem. Year after year his club has
piled up more runs by ar than any
other club on the circuit.
But even with Il club which scores
almos, IA run more a game than the
average American League club,
HushIe cannot win because he has
been unable for almost a decade t"
get a pitching staff which will hold
the other clubs to less runs than his
heavy artillery can produce.
j innings starts the 1918 season
facing The same problem. He has a
raft of pitchers training at Wax
ahacEic. hut of tho whole lot there
is not ono who can be considered Il
really great pitcher.
DauSs Boland. Cunningham. James.
Harry Coveleskic and Mitchell are his
seasoned pitchers. None of them
showed anything remarkable last
year. His most promisin. 1917
pitcher. Howard Ehmke. WAS taken
III the draft. His recruits this year
arc kallio. ~tinneran. Jones. Erick-
son. Brooks. Poison. Foster and
Workman. The quantity is there. all
right. hut nov about the quality"
Harry Covelcskie really looks bet
ter this spring than he has for years.
He declares his arm Is in better shape
than it has been io,. several seasons.
II Coveieskie is right he is good for
more than 20 victories a season. Be-
and ard Cunningham are the next
i best bets. Boland is rather small. but
is very consistent. James and DauSs
are about through. Willie Mitchell
comes TO hat this yea with the state
i mcnt that he is due for a big season.
That's Nitchell's word for it n VIII
lie may have something up his sleeve.
OF the younger pitchers kallio and
Finncran are showing real class. Jones
looks pretty fair. The others prob.
ably will not last.
The success of the Tigers this yea,
depends entirely upon what %.Jenning'
can get ont of this pitching staff. l,
may be that the coaching Of Bill Don,
ovan will help the pitchers materially
Jennings has often admitted that he
know little about handling pitchers
and with Donovan in charge Hughit
MAY sc. better results out of his box
nor.
With the exception Of George
Burns the lineup is about the same
rs last year. Heilman probably will
nIay first. although the job may 20
to Dresser. a promising young re
cult. "I'p has Dttll plfHlnS IuiG4t.
good ball at WaSahachie.
Pep Young will he ut second anf
DOME Bush. Of course. at short. Nit
will play third.
The outfield will be composed o
Cobb, Neach and Heilman. unless thu
latter PLAYS first. in which cas-
Walker will I've sent to his field.
Stanage will again head the catch
rrs. Tub Spencer, has quit baseball
Yel1e. who joined tn" club last yea
and q. youngster. C!ary, will reliev'
Stanage.
Jennings will enter tho field thi
year with his same old ~fencehuStin,
AGGREGATION. Cobb. Neach. Heilmal
and Witt are good for many hits dur
ing the season aud Bush. Cobb AM
Neach arc the best run scorers in TIL
league.
Detroit Will ""t tho runs this year
They viii got more run than an
".h"r rl,', in tho league. likely. bu
it is II question whether their pitch
or: viii hn able to keep their oppo
n"r!s from running away with game:
Tho Tigers ar" II sure first diviSio
club. hut it is not likely they. will fin
ieh much better than fourth. wit
'lird Il nossihilitE. If they shout
newman to get ~ood pitching Dctroi
~, give any club in the league a hat
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