Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1915 — TIGERS’ STAR HURLER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TIGERS’ STAR HURLER

Willing to Play Any Position Manager May Request * * I s •** Jean Dubuc, French-Canadian, Has Willing Dispoeltiont-Flelds Position as Fsw Other Pitchers in League Can. Jean Dubuc stands head and shoulders above the ordinary pitcher when it comes to hitting. -Jean can hit when he can’t do anything else. Dubuc depends principally upon a change of pace and a crossfire. His slow ball is thrown identically the same motion as his fast one, and the batter who divines the Tiger’s intentions is considerable of a mind reader.

The first impression of Dubuc is not usually a favorable one. To the uninitiated it seems as though the pitcher is throwing himself off balance when he pitches and that the batters, when connecting, would have little difficulty driving balls through the box. But after watching Dubuc field his position any doubtful impressions are soon dispelled. Dubuc fields as few other pitchers in the American league can. There is seldom a game but that he has three and four assists and he handles them all cleanly. Jean is modest. He attributes his success to the fielding work behind him. Talk of pitching and Jean will tell of fielding plays that jerked him from ticklish situations. Insist on talking pitching and he will tell of wtyit the other Tigers have done. He keeps himself in the background. There are young pitchers who would “lose their head” were they to

be smiled upon by success as has been tbls French-Canadian. But not so with Dubuc. He keeps himself in condition. He is willing to pitch any time he is called upon. He is willing to act as a pinch hitter. And, if asked by Jennings, would play any position in the infield or outfield without a murmur. Dubuc is not only a rarity as a pitcher, but he is a rarity as an allaround player and a rarity so far as disposition is concerned.

Jean Dubuc.