Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-07-02 | Page 4 | Tigers Forget How to Hit Ball

TIGERS FORGET IT BALL Something Wrong With Jennings Jennings' Jen Cobb Cobb Heilmann and Veach By H. H C C. Hamilton United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK July 2 A A glance at tn tM standing of ot the Detroit Tigers In these days Is a sad commentary on past records records rec rec- of ot that famous club In the old days it was a a. commonplace thing to state that it If the Tigers rs could only accumulate a few pitchers would be knocking at the d door or of more worlds world's series fame Now the pitchers pitchers pitchers' are among those present and the tha hitters have passed in their hitting checks ap ap- Even the mighty Cobb hasn't hit as 01 Ot jore Harry Hellman and Bob Veach fi aro fen have forgotten how to swing the e mur murderous derous maces they formerly wielded George Burns has departed for tor other climes The reason for tor reverse in form Is ts easily traced so tar far as the pitchers are con con- Bill Donovan the man who ac according cording to certain to-certain certain New Yorkers couldn't aC 1 do anything with a baseball club has been talking to the with good results Donovan once upon a time was one of ot the greatest pitchers in the American league so it Is not strange that he has been able to impart some of ot his cunning to the men who are trying to to hold up the Detroit club as he once did There Is an old age saying in baseball that a man never grows too old to hit so there is still d Sj me hope for tor the Tigers Slumps are frequent in lives of ot hitting ball players Ty Cobb rarely falls into one but if It he hasn't struck one this year folks folies would like to know what ItIs it itIs Is that has crawled astride his batting average I