The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-18
LEAGUE SCHEDULE
SUITS PURPOSES
Of JENNINGS
For That Matter, ANY Old Arrange
ment OF Dates Goes For the
Tiges, According TO Past
Performances.
Cleveland Owners Backed Out In
Panic When They Found Detroit
In the Field To Get Stoyall.

Back from the American league
meeting at which the formal ratifca'
ton or the 20-yes- organization pact
was the real important matter, Presi'
dent Frank ]. Navin put In busy day
Thursday, comforting with Manager
Jennings whom he had not seen since
the fall meeting OF the league In New
York.
The pair went over in detail the ar
engagements for the spring trip and
exc hanged dope on the youngsters
whom Jennings will put through a
course Of sprouts shortly al San An
tonic.
The league meeting was one OF the
quietest in years. IN spite OF the i'm.
portRnce OF the business transacted.
according 10 Mr.. Nayin. The one pos
sihle trade or importance fell by the
wayside when the Cleveland club re-
fused 10 allow either Mig Clarke or
George Stovall TO bs considered as on
the market. AS the Clevelanders had
been the ones who had started all tn
trade talk, their withdrawal from the
field nipped everything in the bud
7 he one man for whom CLEVELAND
would consider an offer is Catcher
Remis, VINO is pretty we'll along In the
sere and yellow and whom nobody ouI
St Louis wants The Clevelanders
wanted TO trade Bemis for Wallace
and Jack O'Connor laughed merrily.
as indeed he had a perfect right TO do.
Keep Clarke and Stovall.
Jim Mcclure thinks he can Jolly
Clarke into catching the sort OF bail
OF which he is capable and Stovail
will be retained for utility roles.
Ii was hoped that the owners OF the
Ohio club were sincere in their efforts
20 trade Stoval. in which case De-
troit might have been able 10 offer
them a more attractive proposition
than ST. Louis, but all hope has now
fled.
The American league schedule,
published elsewhere on this page.
meets the hearty approval of Mar
ager Jennings. as have all schedules
in which his teams have ever mixed.
There isn't much gained in the ar
rangements OF your dates" said
Hughie. We have won our pennants
on the road and at home and no
schedule is going TO keep us from
meeting every club IL times in its
park and times in our own, so IL
doesn't make much difference how
they sling it at US"
From the financial side. the schedule
looks like the best in years. The
Tigers draw Cleveland. always a
standard attraction, as the opener,
and then grab of the opening date at
the Maps new park which ought TO
10. $40 ca ~ -
here Flag Day, June, 2S. and there is
an excellent chance that they may
be the real pennant contenders at the
time The schedule has been fused
round a bit 10 include the Elks con
vcntion, in which IL is estimated that
100000 antlered brethren Will be on
hand in Detroit. all OF whom are ball
fans. OF course. The holiday dates
suit and the 10 SUNDAYS at home are
bound TO rebound TO the financial aG-
vantage OF the club
Conflict With Blue Ribbon.
All OF which will be gratifying in
proportion to the success OF Hughie
and his men in keeping up round the
top OF the procession whereas we
have frequently noted in past sea.
sons--they really belong.
The only unfortunate part OF the
schedule is the fact that il conflicts
this year with the Blue Ribbon meet
ing, eastern clubs being schedules
here every day that the trotters are
In town.
\ mistaken impression has gained
ground to the effect that, when the
American league elected Ban John
son as its only officer for 20 years
more. II increased his salary from
$4,000 TO $4,000. The situation was
not exactly that. Ban still gets his
$4,000 salary but Is no longer under
OBLIGATION of handing in an expense
account. $4,000 having been set
aside fer that purpose.