The Detroit times., 1910-02-15
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The word carpenter on/this Jou rcceu'
I, received a letter from Charlie
Schmidt. whom. in spite az WoII" IS
N--N series posi- mo.
.or,.r ,ou tems most or %,
'.MoTitE,HS' continue to regar'
MEETINGS" As some catcher. ID
which the Wlh'"i
Ccpizen OF Coal Hin. ArN. after I'u'
edying a condition which had preN"'
ed since his subscription 90 Inc l'Ihe'
ran out. sketches his winter octup'
ton as training a Wrasiler OF l"'N'uE
With him And. adds the doukh'N
Tiger. Il wish you could see iIm ne
is craCkerjatk
This may sound simple 60 some To
whom Schmdts vein OF humoi Is nos
familiar tie Is not 10 be taken al
his word. however The 'NIastleI
is Charles schmidt Jr, aged som
thing more than one year and the
yer, image OF his dad, i'm complexion.
disposition and facial characteristics.
S,hmidts resume OF mis- winter ~
very characteristic of a very large
contirgent OF the athletes who gam
their support by samholing on the ola
r,ords OF the land. summers In rae
y \
Lar any sort OF winter occupation il
saw II with the lone exception 'l
tending baby That would raise
storm that would finish ont IN series
az holdouts. fracturing all records.
For the average ball PLAYER is a fam
lis man contrary TO the someWhat
Misguided popular opinion. such men
as Summers. MoriartN Crawford.
Davy Jones Schmidt Mullln anu
Speer count those moments as penal
seryitude. in which they are forced 10
leave home and iresides 10 earn NV
ting by the exercise of their probes
sion The summertime keeps them
ont OF touch with their families for a
good share OF he time and. on such
occasions the only solace Is found III
| mothers meetings as herman
Schaefer. confirmed bachelor once
termed them as he turned away IN
mock disgust from a circle OF dotlng
sires exchanging children's SAYING
end similar nursery dope As method
OF driving duh care and nostalgia
from the scene
Ana. in the season that is 10 come.
the circle will increase as Il has IN
the past The other fond fathers viii
welcome 10 their sessions this year
none other than TyIus Cobb, the bal
PLAYER king And perhaps the gather
iuy couple OF weeks hence Will re-
veal other new elgibles 20 the highly
interesting il informal organization
The writer has never travelled eN-
teusively with anv other team than
he American league champions and
is az a loss for data bur is Informed
that the swapping OF fatherly advice
by the members OF the Detroit club
IS only a suggestion Of what takes
place on real veteran aggregationS
such as the Chicago Cubs in which
every member but one exception is
Earried man and most have children
Rut youth is something that can be
lived down and the Tiger mothers
meetings" ought TO increase in pupu-
larity ana size from now on
II an the athletes who have prom
ised 10 DO So manage 90 hold Their
seats on the water wagon until oct
l.. what terrible tearing loose there
Is going 10 be- the day after The sen
son close
IN 10 date there hasn't been a rad,-
cal opinion Vet regarding the JEFF
Jack argument which couldn't be
traced In some way or other 20 an
tlpathy hope OF financial gain or
friendship Have You noticed II?
Fred Glades father owns a little
c,isi mill I'm a little town named Grand
Island Neb The old man lets Fred
work for him when he doesn't want
10 play ball That's the reason the
New ork papers speak now and then
of the Millionaire pitcher"
It's somewhat OF change for Her
man Schaefer 10 quit predicting pei
nants for the Tigers in order 10
phophesy that Washington is bound
to get out OF the basement