Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-25 | Page 21 | Jennings has Hope of Flag this Year

kJEIHHGS IAS HOPE FU6IS YEAR Detroit to Be Feared if Two of Young Pitchers Deliver. By Tribune Special Sport Berrice. NEW YORK, March 24. If Huffhie Jen- nlnps develops a couple of strong young j pitchers who can stand the pak In the American league, look out for those Ben-pals Ben-pals next Bum me r. All Jennings is worrying About Is his pitching staff. But he is going to make a valiant 'effort to put the rlpht kind of props under it, and the spring training camp of the Timers will be largely a school for young hurlers. 'Jennings took about fifteen pi tellers tell-ers to the camp of the Tigers. Of this number, six will be veterans, unless he pulls off a deal or two in the meantime. iPauss, Coveleskle. Boland, James. Cunningham Cun-ningham and M Itch ell will make up the seasoned staff. But look at the young-, young-, sters! The Tigers ha.ve captured Ehmke, from Scranton ; Jones, from Clinton. Iowa ; Couch, from San Francisco ; Woods and Auten, from Portsmouth ; Flanagan, from Maiine; Watson, from Denison. Tpjand a couple of young semi-pro Jtevs named Acten and 6 warts. Ehmke and Couch are expected to make good, and If reports Jennings gets on some of the remaining youngsters are true, he may have an abundance of talent. Developing the youngsters successfully will mean much to Jennings. He has the foundation for a good staff In his veterans vet-erans and if he can get two who are capable of facing major league batting out of his recruits he will be satisfied, and then some. It was largely the fact that the Tigers Ti-gers were outpltched in crucial series late Inst season that kept tbem from making a stronger finish of the race with Boston. Not that they didn't figure strong, but that they would have shown to much better advantage had they been getting the bang-up pitching that such a race demanded. This year Jennings is living In hopes that his seasoned slabbers will show all comers the kind of wiggling they are capable of when in their best form. And if they do well, look out for the Tigers. Tn addition to the big squad of young pitchers, HngTiio carries four catchers, seven infielders and seven outfielders to Waxahachie. The catchers will be Mc-Kee, Mc-Kee, Stanage, Telle and Spencer. The outfielders will be Cobb, Crawford, Veach, Uellman, Harper. Nicholson and Allison, the last named a semi-pro player. The lnfleMers who will cavort In Tlarer unis are Burns, Bush, Vltt, Young, Dyer, Jones and TClllson. Fuller, an extra inflelder in-flelder last season, has been dropped.