The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-03-16
|MANAG' ROFFERS TO
ARRANGE SALARY
FOR COBB
MAY EVEN SACRIFICE PART OF
HIS OWN PAY TO SATISFY
HoLp-ouT PLAYER = TIGER

HOT SPRINGS. Ark. March 10
Obviously acting In the belief that the
present deadlock between Ty Cobb
and the Detroit Baseball club is likely
IT, continue indefinitely unless some
new element ID injected into the situa-
tion. Hughie jennings has taken NY
ing awe into the melee and has made
Cobb an independent proposition
which the scrappy little manager be.
-lfeves VIII cause the Georgia Peach
to let 60 all holds and drop into his
basket
II have written to Cobb with new
proposition altogether" said Hugnie
today. 1T Is good proposition. TOO
--one that most players would jump
1t. no matter what their ambitions IL
enables Ty TO make about as much a.
he wants. provided he has as good .
season AZ he expects.
II have done this entirely or my
own volition. although, IL l come out
al right. I expect that Mr. Navin VIII
see me through. II not. am prepared
70 make good myself, and il will be
just 90 well"
Hughie would not admit that he had
offered Cobb bonus out Of his own
salary. but surface indications strong
~ peint that the Tigers. ambitious III
tie leader has made that very proposal
70 his sensational young outnelder.
Annals OF baseball do not include
any Instance where such sacrifice was
ever made. II comes about as near
sublime renunciation Is any instance
which has ever been produced.
Players Called on BIoemerettes.
Our Tigers didn't Iced to boil out
any on Sunday, though many OF theru
took their mineral baths as usual. The
hot sun made veritAble Turkish room
out OF the wide versndshs of the Park
hotel Thermometers registered 50
In shade. II was . terror.
e IN spite OF the heat quite number
or the Tigers managed to get up ambi-
ton to make q cali on the manager OF
q female baseball clue which Is resid-
ingSin it, car back of the hotel. The
D1anas cook their own meals, and II
Wa evident from some considerable
djstance that they regard Bermuda
onions as prime articles OF training
diet The manager proved TO be an
uHable scout and can AFFORD 70 be IL
his tale OF $1,000 prone with his bloom
cred team last season is to be cred
tied.
Jones WIN Move Here.
x Outdelder DavT Jones' made known
the Information f6day that he had dis
po8ed OF his property in Tomah. Wa.
and II to shake the Indian reservation
Tor Detroit, Mich. as his permanent
place OF residence. Davy coyly admits
that he knows more about the drug
business than be does about fine points
Of the outneld--a statement that nat
ually places him pretty high In phas-
xDaceutical line.
OF course he will run q store ia De-
troit and his brother will take care OF
Il during the summer. Davy also will
build or buy himself house In De-
trolt this summer.
Siccem, you real estate men.
Pins oiusS for a Practice Ground.
jennings heard last night that the
Little Rock field would not be avail
able till March 26. A frantic effort
Will be made TO secure Pittsburg,s
permission 10 use the infield here TIL
March %, when the Pirates arrive.
II not, Pine Blum Is possibility for
. feN, days. The Tigers are certainly
hard put to II for practice. as the In
spring.
Hughey jennings left this mornings
Tor Pine Blur, NIX. to make arrange
mentS for the neld In that city with
= view to taking the Tigers there TO
train e he succeeds the TIGERS and