The Detroit times., 1909-03-09

Donovan will be on hand as soon as
he finishes his course of baths at
Hot Springs. At meeting held this
MOI ming at l0.3 80 Manager Jennings
outlined u code OF signals and told
the men with the team for the first
time the sort OF a training which was
expected OF them.
! SAN ANTONIO. Tex, March 9, 1909.
Unless all surface indications are
destined TO go wrong, Detroit's Tigers
have cemented an alliance with the
populace and civic authorities OF San
Antonio, Texas, which is likely TO be
one OF lasting permanence and ex.
tremely beneficial results
Safe 10 say that never yet, has u
baseball club been SO welcomed To
strange stamping ground as has
been the case with the Tigers IN this
historic old metropolis OF Southern
Texas. AS the bunch disembarked
from the good ship Gramatan which
had brought them all the way from
their home city, strains OF music from
the San Antonio military band rent the
air. The melody-nothing but Mich
! igan, Ny Michigan How they ever
] SpN ~ N'S u ottiy hOl Wv ui6tu ny
| the effulgent band master Thei:
handsome leather travelling bags
swinging jauntily and Hughie himsel:
leading on the Tiger cavalcade passed
through the train shed into the hand
some new station where numerous
band OF citizens headed by John g.
Darlington, secretary of the San An
tonic Business Mems club. rendered
/ "a formal h.. 80 . 40
city.
All OF the bunch with the exception
OF Captain Schaefer, who honked gail :
away In an auto. then embarked In
two seagoing street cars and paraded
the streets, which were brightly
lighted up for the occasion, A devious
route was pursued to the Menger
hotel, where libations were poured.
The crowd simply packed the rotunda.
They say that r.. II. Hartman hardly
created a flutter when here, compared
with the whooperino that greeted the
Tigers.
Just why ali this is the case is Il
matter that everybody has been theor'
izing over ever since However, Nor
ris Block, president OF the San An
tonic club, is some pretty fairly cute
SUI VI duN GIllStT. ne mas SOlllc
games scheduled with the Tigers
When he took SO effective manner
as that to Welcome the big leaguers
he may have had Interior purposes in
view In the way of shckels at the gate,
AT any rate. he seems TO be an individ-
ual who is abreast Of whatever is go
ing on Mayhap this sordd view Of
the case Is not correct-if not, all the
better.
But one feature of prominence was
missing from the Tiger welcome. That
was the absence of G.. Mullin.
Where is portly?" This remark was
heard frequently among the Tiges and
resulted in inquiry which disclosed
the fact that Mullin hadn't been seen
since he asked for his key at the
office about 30 and retired. leaving
a seven O'Clock call. George Is keep
ing the hours OF the birdie down here.
AT any rate, he did SO the first night
when there was chance for his move
ments to be checked up.
Red Killifer, Stanage, Speer and
Ralph Works were all on deck, how
ever. Hotel accommodations seemed
very much to the o. *. All reports
have II that the climate is ideal,
though last evening was admittedly
251 degrees cooler than anything on
record for the winter.
This morning Hughie Jennings let
the Tiges rest TO their hearts con
tent, getting over the travail OF the
journey. This afternoon they are to
have their first workout
The first duty of the morning was
a facial hair cut all round. the only
Oh % 10 "a I.,, s.,,,
been II. Jennings who got his during
a five minute stop in northern Texas.
That's good, Check the bet;
Twenty-Five cents more than you"
II pass" and similar expressions will
be heard no more for while. Jen
nings has ordered that early retiring
be the rule for a time with no eXcep-
tons.
b. Jones and S. Crawford are ever
seeking some secluded spot, there 20
discuss learnedly peculiar character
istics OF various popular makes Of
autos. How Bumpus butts in as n
mechanical expert is not explained
Prominent absentees from various
games OF chance during the tour were
Messrs Jennings. Crawford, OLeary
and Summers.
Big leaguer Busn got BACK some or
the coin that fell to the lot OF Recruit
Beckendorf in the early tits
Familiar southland signs were all
noted along the line. House flies.
frogs. dark:es. cotton fields and finally
cactus, the last an entirely new phen-
omenon for the Tigers, were encoun.
tered In due order
A couple of railroad men who arc
in attendance are planning 10 take
the entire party to Laredo, Mexico, for
hull fight some Sunday