The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-01-05

IN JdhudiA. duu III
| x,.r. ,<n that SORT of stun.
nus LITTLE There are some
sCHAr hook. ambitious newspd-
per correspondents
down in the Indiana burg who insist
ON regarding George as fair bait Tor
numerous winter stories. with the DE-
troit new spapers as the game Tor
which they are doing the casting. No
BODY who knows Mullin will admit for
a moment that he is doing much more
than one thing this winter
Tucked away snugly beside the
fireplace In nice new home. buit
from his worlds series earnings on
the past three seasons. sundry DOL
uses and other emoluments. George
sits these winter days, with a Dook
on ais knees and 4 smile on his race
diligently reading.
The book has no title and no plo',
though il is big enough and contains
4 sufficient amount OF reading matteE
and Illustration 10 endow an entire
circulating library. Furthermore. the
work is still in an ineompleted eond'-
ton IN spite or its size. II is Mulin
belief-and the hope of his friends
be affixed for many years yet.
For the work might very properly
he entitled. The Life and Deeds uf
George Mullin. Baseball player
No, George hasn't gone into tue
autobiography game yet. But ne IS
one OF the many scrap-Gcok nends al
baseball and one OF the most thoF-
ough and Conscientious. huh"iei
or more authors are represented De-
tween the covers OF the large. thouga
not musty tome And they nave au
written about G.. Mullin. Quite nat
urally NEST OF the articles which the
patient compiler has pasted into the
book. are laudatory. For Mr.. Mulin
has many times and oft butted INTO
the limeliSht as = purveyor or De-
trnit victories Occasionally. as has
been inevitable. the critical tone mas
made its appearance Such articles
have not been sighted. either.
For eight years big George has
been pitching in the big leagues. The
eight wears are neatly arranged N
order. with q summary OF the pitching
done and the record OF g. Muliin for
the year. az the end. The spring
training the opening of the year IN
which Mullir has almost invariably
oiIiciated on the slab. the long, hot bat
tie and the finish follow in order. with
post-season games at the end. Occa-
sionally there is = marginal comment
in Georges copperplate handwriting.
The whole thing Is virtual history
OF the Detroit baseball club during
that period.
T~avo knAn winters .gnRn rho
big pitcher hasn't cared so much for
the winter review But this winter
no man could keep away from so con-
else and tacitly eloquent record CT
His team the league
leader and the champion through the
fact that he himself was admittedly
the leagues best winning pitcher:
himself the hero OF the gallant. 81 los
ing. post-season series--it ia an
which the average man
would give years on his life to own
and hand down To his posterity.
And there is plenty OF room in that
book yet. for the addition or three or
four more campaigns. George got
the biggest scrap book i'm stock when
he purchased il in the first place.
Although there isn't much racket
in progress over the fact. ii is quietly
whispered in Detroit's Canadian
suburb that the result OF the recent
election won't be in the
least prejudicial to the interests OF
the little Loxing entertainments that
weekly lure thousand or so Detroit
ers TO grab the ferry
Interesting fact-Makers Of motor
cycles are planning on doubling tho
product this year and will put out ap-
$4,000 OF the efficient,
speedy little two-wheeled motor cars.
It's nice to be able 10 sit back AMI
the yearning OF Other
towns for new baseball faces. The
scanned lineaments of the Tigers Of
1909 wons he considered monotonous
here
The Washington authority who *
booking OH great results from the i'm
mense intellectualities OF Gessler and
makes enc OF the grand rec
ords in this Winter league.
VIII the stories that tell how the pc
lice grabbed Jack Johnson's trunks be
q bit more explicit please? Trunks
theatrical or trunks athletic?
Don't swallow all those stories about
Hans Wagner's basketball play, is the
Of an acquaintance WHO
has played with and against Hans at
the indoor DasIime Hans Is some
player when winning but not ali
there" when the batting is reaIy
strenuous, he SAYS.
The y. VI. q. \. ~ angling for n game
Monday with the SpaldinEs.