The Detroit times., 1910-04-08
CHAT AN00GA GETS
pete" LISTER
FROM T|GES
Williamsport Graduate Will First
base in Shadow OF Lookout
Mountain Throughout the
Coming Season.
Manager Hughie Couldn't Stand for
Left-Handed Sucker of Only
Average Batting Ability.

Hughie Jennings had swung his
snickersee and a head has fallen int
the basket. The dome OF thought is
none other than that OF the affaol'
and agile Pete" Lister. colt first-base
man, who leaves the club az this juno
ture largely on account of the fact that
nature equipped him with an appar
atus which was best fitted Tor LEFT
handed batting.
Were Pete a right-hsnded hatsman
IL is safe TO say that he would still, IN
all probability, be Tiger, ana for
some time TO come. ~
Lister goes 10 the Chattanooga club
Of the Southern league at price said
to be $1,000, the Detroit club reservin9
the fight TO repurchase him at the
close q the season for the same sum.
That Jennings insisted on keeping
a string attached 10 his new infielder
shows that lister is highly regarded,
despite the fact that the 1910 team,
in Hughes judgment, is able 10 get
along without him.
Promising Player, Though.
Lister came 20 the Tigers from the
Williamsport club OF the Tri-State
league, with tremendous batting
and fielding record. He had led this
league. in fact, and it has the reputa-
ton of having turned out more big
league ball players who have made
coed, than any organization OF SINH
lar class With the Tigers Lister
showed himself a finished player-the
sort, in fact. which would have delight
ed the soul OF any Detroit manager
prior TO the time the Tigers secured
Claud Rossman. His fielding has
been practically perfect. and his work
in practice showed him TO be fast and
the possessor OF a think-tank which
operates rapidly and with excellent
judgment. At the bat he hadn't gotten
started as yet, his figure with the
Tigers being around $50. That he
would have struck his stride even
tually is conceded by anyone who has
seen him at work He was particu-
larry unfortunate all spring in the mat
ter of hard-hit balls, driven straight at
the felders.
Lister Will be at home on the south
ern circuit, as IL was at Nashville sew
eral years ago that he won the fame
which brought him into notice as a
bigleaguer with Cleveland.
Tom Jones Pretty Solid.
JENNINGS DECISION TO LET
TER GO FOR THE YEAR
GREATLY STRENGTHENS THE Pc
OF TOM JONES.
Ness still remains as a possible
for Tom, but the Wisconsin
graduate is young and has the ways
Of the big leagues to learn, with only
two seasons OF bush experience TO
guide him. II has seemed evident
from the first that the position would
lie between Jones and Ness, with odds
favoring the former for the
early part OF the season, Listers only
chance TO beat out the other pair be-
ing a sensational batting squirt. in
GLIDING a demonstration of his ability
10 hit left-handed pitching hard and
far.
That more than one or two other
releases may be expected shortly is a
reasonable expectation, though this Is
very largely contingent on the securing
Of waivers from the other clubs.
Jennings will have 10 keep two ball
clubs intact for the remainder OF the
practice season, however. AS re-
suit. II Is not likely that he will CIT
loose OF any OF his players. aside from
pitchers. Listers absence will not
make II necessary for any substituting
10 be done by pitchers. as the club
still retains two hrst-basemen, evenly
divided between the suuade