The Washington herald., 1908-01-23
GATES WANTS BONUS
Oakland Recruit Asks for
Half of Purchase Price.
GOSSIP OF THE DIAMOND
Cobb, the Dixie Boy, VIII he Big
Card of Spring Trip of Tigers in
nings' style On FieId-DecIareE
CantiiIOn 10 he a Fighter.

Eli Gates the California pitcher who
VAS obtained by Joe Cantillon last fall.
has put in a claim with the Washington
club for half of the purchas, price which
was paid the Oakland club for the play
er's release
When CauJillon made out the contracts
about month ago, ne sent one 10 Gates
which, according 10 the PLAYER. c1ls Tor
salary of $3.50. This sum is satisfac-
tory $50 far as the salary goes. bur the
pitcher feels that DE b. entitled To- 81 $50
ass his share of the price paid Oakland.
While such a request is not entirely UNI
usual There is no law of baseball which
will force the club management 20 COM
ply with Gates wish and he will prob
ably come into line for the original sal
airy.
CantIlion is counting upon Gates 10 he
the most valuable OF the twiriing recruits.
he pitcher made a good record ON the
Coast last season and several major
league clubs made bids for him. but one
OF Canuillons agents in San Francisco
signed the player before any OF the other
Eastern clubs were able TO get in "A salts
factory bid
Detroit will be the envied team Of the
American League on the spring trip 1t
viii not only have the championship ban
ner as an added attraction for all its
spring games, but it viii also have the
champion ballplayer. who is "a Dixie lad
Cobb viii be the big card Of the spring
trip in the South
When / was making ARRANGEMENTS for
the spring trip" declared Charley Muir
ply of the Cubs. in Chicago. the other
day Il heard nothing in the South but
Cobb among baseball people They stand
by him 20 man below the Mason and
Dixon line. The bitterness against the
Cubs for defeating the Tigers. with Cobb
on the team, has worn away, but the
feeling was mighty strong for a while,
/ guess
Detroit this year has some neat trips
from a financial standpoint. and the
southern expenses ought TO be far lighter
than they were last year. Every one
wants 90 see Cobb i'm action down there
They have a way Of standing by man
from their neck of the woods that YOU
do not get i'm the North 1t matters little
whether he's from Georgia. or Alabama.
or Florida, he's a Southern boy"
Somebody said that the New York
Americans. as they will take the field
this year VIII not compare with the New
York and Boston Nationals in point of
stick work. Fans who differed with this
opinion. resorted 10 the official batting
averages, and, taking the figures Of Dom
lin, Jake Stahl, and Joe Kelley. for 1907
they compiled the following data. show
ing the batting strength of the three
teams
New York Amerlcans-Chase, .2S7, Niles.
80; Elberfeld, .271; Moriarity. III. Con-
roy, pa StahL DO; Keller, .23i; Hemp
hilL $50; KIeinow. .254
New York Nationals - Tenney, .273:
Doyle $50; Brdwell, .2lS; Deyliu, 81;
Donliu, .3l4; Seymour, .2g4. Shannon.
POO; Bresnahan. .253; Needham, 1856.
Boston Standardization. DDS. Ritch-
ey, .255; Dahlen, 207, Brain, .g7g; Browne
.26b, Beaumont. .522. Bates. .2G0. Kelley,
Do; BoWermau, .260.
In the case Of the New York Americans
IL must be remembered that both Keller
and COnruy were III a greater part Of the
season and did not begin 10 bat up 10 the
usual percentage. In 1906 Keeler's aver
age was 300, while Conroys was %
You may talk al you want about Jeu-
nings getting work cue o. his men on the
coaching line, and about him showing
them tricks of the tusiness," saws Dutch
Schaefer of the Tigers, but you miss the
real pOiur of the .l.1n1uus szrE+arD 10
does "a world of COOL on the coaching
lines. and he Is always springinE some
little stunt for us To try with success.
But il isn't that alone that makes him
leader
It's as much Jennings himself as il
rs his knowledge Of the game that made
the Tigers win. Ball players. You know.
are human. and they don't forget little
kindnesses ne is always showing them.
Those hats alone did as much as any
other thing 10 make him the best leader
I'm the business.
After "a hard game that we had lost
Hughle would pass around the cigars
after supper. Don't think that didn't
count The boys appreciated it, It's the
hundred and one little things he does that
have nothing to do directly with baseball
tnat make the Tigers play for him.
on can make a hundred errors and
he'll never say anything 10 you as long as
You have been trying. He's always fight
Ing Tor you, and YOU know it, That's why
i Ike Joe CantillOn. When / was with
him IN Milwaukee it was the same way
II you tried hard for Joe, he never forgot
H. lie would always stand by you. And
oank on this-rOast him all you want 10.
but give him the-men and vCr'U uao b5,,,