The Detroit times., 1908-03-03
CHAT AND Till CPoRT AND
OoMMENT q OPoRTsMAN
- BY Paul H. Bruske -
. By Psnt II. Bruske-

THE veteran Tigers are In the
i south. Georgia is full OF big
league clubs training for their season,
every day sees another hold-out wheel
1-------~ into line and
PLANS still Ty Cobb and
WITHOUT Frank Navin are
Tf com. apparently as far
-Hfrom an agreement
as they were seven weeks ago.
When Cobb's first gauge OF battle
was chronicled, this column ventured
the prediction that the disagreement
was one which would make a lot OF
baseball history. For all we can see.
the incident Is still in the early stages.
Cobb holds his peace except on the
occasions when some southern sport
scribe asks him the situation. Then
he merely says that his original de-
mand still goes.
Nayin doesn't write a word or wor-
~ bit, SO far as the naked eye can
discern. The club has nothing new
10 offer Mr.. Cobb.
From present indications the battle
Is likely TO continue until the season
Is well along Perhaps the showing
which the Detroit Baseball club makes
In its early games will be the deter
mining factor. III the club gets TO
gcing we'll and is keeping the position
along toward the top OF the procession
where II seems TO belong Mr.. Cobb
viii doubtless be the one to cave. II.
on the other hand, the club seems to
be weak in the scoring department
and. in spite OF good pitching Is get
tinU hnofnr Inv m mo rOfn
time TO time, II will be difficult for
the management to resist the pressure
which will surely be brought to bear
by the fans, In favor OF advancing
some sort of a compromise to the
player. That one of these alternatives
will come TO pass is apparently the
belief of Mr.. Navin.
AS a matter OF mere opinion" said
he. In discussing the case the other
day. II don't believe that we shall see
Cobb before the season Is wei under
way. The boy is In the hands of those
foolish advisers who got him into
trouble last spring and, with nobody
To steer him right. Is likely to hold on
as long as he feels that he can. We
are going right ahead with our plans
TO play without him. We've got a
good outfield and couple of nifty men
In reserve. Csbb's terms look as i'm
practicable now as they did in Jan
uary."
GRIM. old Floyd Cutcher. the Ar
NJ NADIA wrestler, gets of a good
one once In while and Il is as likely
to be dropped In the heat OF some
strenuous tussle on -------------------1e
the mat as any FLOYD
where else. CUTCHER's
Cutcher hooked JEST.
up In terribly
hard match at a local theater the
other night, his opponent being Eddie
| Coniey. the Cieveiander, who has a
| long and honorable career on the mat
The pair had gone at IL hammer and
tongs for the 500 sidebet and purse
that. had been hung up, but neither
had been able TO secure an effective
advantage during the first half-hour.
Things settled down a bit then and
Cutcher began a grinding process on
the person OF his adversary who re-
sponded in kind Muscles strained
and Joints cracked. The crowd stuck
to see the fun. Two hours were duly
CiOChCu Oh anu bNlli thC tiitn OIL hb6Atd
along. Cutcher on top nearly all the
time, but Conley cleverly keeping him
self ont of harms way.
In his roughing tactics one of Clutch
er's chief delights was to place his
bristly. hairy chin on his opponents
bare back and scrape away. After an
hour or so of this process, Conley's
shoulders and back were bright
shade OF pink, verging in scratches
into the red that showed where one
of the why spikes had actually pene-
trated. Finally the Clevelander lost
patience.
IF you were gentleman" he re-
marked TO the Armada ditch-digger,
you'd buy shave once in a while.
This is awful"
"Shet up" was Cutcher's reply.
These here whiskers hev all grown