Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1915 — Careful of Throwing Arm. [ARTICLE]

Careful of Throwing Arm.

Manager Hughey Jennings is opposed to his men using their throwing arms when necessity does not compel it The Tiger leader believes that a good many promising ball players are ruined before their time because of the practice of warming up when they should be sitting on the bench taking things easy. Hughey insists that his ball playing days were shortened by five years because of the habit of pitching for hours before a game. “Cobb has spoiled his arm by pitching before each game and doing a lot of unnecessary throwing,” says Jennings. “Ty had one of the greatest arms I have ever seen when he came to Detroit, but he overtaxed the cords and the muscles and lost much of his strength.”