The Detroit times., 1910-02-25
FROM $4,000 DOWN
TO 5000 COME
TIGER KITS
Bill Lelivelt the Only Really High
Priced One OF the Bunch
Though Pernoll and Hardin
Figure Up Well,
But History Teaches That Smith,
Who Cost Nothing, Is as Likely
To Star as Any of En-.

Original inveS .mcHt is not always a
sood medium by which a baseball
magpate may attempt TO estimate tue
strength Of his player assets. nor 5
tie baseball public. which often a..
tempts 20 come 10 Z sane conclusion,
90 be- guided by this means as an un'
failing light. Nevertheless. price Is
a clue ana Detroit has done Well with
some OF the Xpcnsive baseball jewels
like "Donie" Bush, Eddie Summers
and Oscar Stanage
In the coming spring training trip
tae Coteris Of big-league novitiate3
VIII include but one player who may
he properly catalogled as expensive.
This Is pitcher Bill Lelivelt. who heads
the list with al approximate valua-
tion 10 the Detroit club OF $4,000. Tho
deal with the Mobile club by which
Leliyelt vas secured was not cash
however. only s2,5a0
changing hands The Mobile club fell
heir. however. 10 Pitcher Suggs-a
s 500 man-and promise OF $500
or. Catcher Casey this spring.
other Mediums Than Cash.
Player deals of various character
have entered into the transactions at
tendant on the securing OF the 1910
Juveniles. Stroud, the WilliamspOrt
I ltcher, was the result OF Detroit's
handing the Pennsylvania town Bill
Coughlin for manager. The act won
first choice OF the club. First choice
was Stroud.
Catcher Casey comes back in ex-
change for Infelder Clayton Perry.
long since locally forgotten. "Ducky'
Drake has been a Tiger for three
ears. though playing with other
teams. he originally came cheap but
mas been south once and stands the
club considerably more than his orig
inal drafting price.
Summarized. the bunch OF recruits
who will be tried out at San Antonio.
beginning next week, stand the club
the following sums:
Pitcher Leliveit. $4,000
Pitcher Pernoll. $500.
Pitcher Hardin, $4,000.
Pitcher Stroud. $1,000.
Catcher Casey. $1,000.
Pitcher Savidge, $1,000.
Infelder Ness. $1,000.
Pitcher Browning, 81 900
lnfelder Simmons. $1,000.
Infielder Lister. $3.50.
Infielder Kirk, $3.50.
Pitcher Vance, $500.
Outfelder Drake. $500.
Outhelder Ball. $500.
To this list should be added the
name of Pitcher Smith OF New YORK
City who was signed from independ-
ent ball. the Detroit club giving him
a chance in order that he might show
the goods that are claimed for him b.
his admirers.
Free-Gratis Stars Many.
On precedent. Smith is Just as like
~ to make good as Lelivelt. The stars
in the big leagues have as often been
the cheap, free-gratis kind, as the
high-priced wonders. and baseball his
tory records almost innumerable in
stances OF this very kind.
High prices are as often the result
of adroit exploitation by the minor
league magnates, as excessive ability
on the part OF the players changing
hands in the deal This was by no
means the case with Lelivelt, how
ever. Bill was unquestionably the
most sought-after minor-league ball
player in the country at the time he
was purchased by Detroit. A sore
arm. however. prevented his making
good more than a portion OF the
promise which be showed while with
Mobile.