The Detroit times., 1910-03-23
Spies WATCHIh c
THE TIGERS AS.
THEY TOLL
Two Big-League Club Owners Here
To Size Up Talent Jennings
Will Have To Place on the
Market Soon.
Bob Hedges and John 7. Bush Both
Openly and Covertly Laying
Plans, II Is Believed.
BY PAUL HALE sRuske.

BY PAUL HALE BRuSkE.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. March %
Were there further proof needed re-
garding the truth of the statement
that the Detroit club secured last fall
and is training this spring. the most
promising players developed in the
minor leagues OF 1909, IL would be
given by the interest which the club
owners throughout the country are
showing in the Detroit Tigerettes and
the PROBABLE disposition which Jen-
nings will make OF them In the emer-
gency which is soon TO arise when the
leagues ruling to cut To 20 men must
be obeyed.
Not only is Jennings getting letters
daily from managers OF minor league
clubs who are willing to concede any
thing within reason for one or two OF
the extra Tigers: the demand comes
from clubs in the big league, as we'll
Hedges and Brush Here.
For several days now the Detroit
practice games have been watched by
the owners of two major league clubs,
one OF which was a hot rival OF the
Tigers in the pennant campaign OF a
couple OF years ago. Robert Lee
Hedges, president of the ST Louis
Browns, Is one OF the magnates. and
John T. Brush, OF the New York
Giants, Is the other. Mr.. Hedges has
been mere twice. too. He makes no
secret of the fact that he would be
very glad to get several OF the young
Tigers. notably Pete Lister.
Though Mr.. Hedges wouldn't admit
II, surface indications strongly point
TO the existence of a grave doubt in
Mr.. Hedges mind regarding the abil-
fly OF Abstein TO make good. The for
mer flrstsacker OF the worlds cham
pion Pirates came to the Browns as
cast-off and is said to have nothing
like big-league form as yet
Also the Browns want pitchers.
Harry Howell, with a dead arm. has
become n scout and RUDE Waddell
will soon be relegated to one OF the
10000 leagues under the sea. accord
ing to n report which has him his
same old careless self and then some.
The Detroit club has two pitchers
more than IL can possibly expect TO
keen. That Mr.. Hedges is here get
ting pointers on these players cannot
be doubted As for Joe Casey. the tt
ger catcher. II is an open secret that
Hedges club covets him.
Treatment or Ball Players?
Recurring to John T. Brush. base
balls man Of mystery. a less amount
of definite knowledge exists. Mr..
Brush. as everyone knows, has been
for 20 years or more a sufferer from
locomotor ataxia He may be here
solely for treatment. There Is no
doubt that the place was recommend
ed to him for this purpose by Harry
Tuthill, who was for years the train
err of Mr. Brush's New York Giants.
Yet IL is possible that the hope of Sc
curing beneficial treatment from the
experts here. and the balmy climate OF
Ban Antonio, are not the sole magnets
which have drawn Mr.. Brush to the
4 metropolis Of southwestern Texas.
Mr.. Brush's team, the New York
Giants, Is not the universally-feared
aggregation II once was. In fact, II
showed last year that IL stood very
much In need of Strengthening. Daily
Mr.. Brush receives from Marlin
Springs, Tex news from Manager Nc
Graw, regarding the progress OF his
team. Ii is said that McGraw finds
himself In sorer straits than ever.
Is Mr. Brush here with a view to
getting f1rst-hand knowledge on the
Tiger Kits, who must soon be placed
on the market? There is enough cir
cumstannal evidence on hand to make
this more than a mere suspicion.
Why Kits Must Go.
There are 80 men on tie Detroit list
now, of whom eight must be cut of
before June /. There isn't man TO
whom the Detroit management
wouldn't like 10 retain title. Not one
of them can be sent TO minor league
with privilege of re-purchase. in case
4 club IN the American or National
. league refuses TO waive claim. The
interest which the other clubs are
showing In the Detroit youngsters
seems to pretty nearly ensure the GER
tainty that there will be refusals to
waive In more than one case. In fact.
Il would be well nigh an inexcusable
blunder for some OF the weaker clubs
OF both leagues to pass up the chance
they will inevitably be given. OF Sc
curing some Of the surplus talent. OF
which there is so remarkable a wealth
I'm the club under jennings