The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-16
TIGERS JAUNT
IS PROHIBITED
Mullen Has Players Signed Up
for Cuban Trip, But Rules
Forbid.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1s.-First
players to feel the effect OF legislation
enacted last winter. when the major
leagues decided to regulate the affairs
of their players all the year round,
and agreed on new form of twelve
| months contract, are those of the De-
troit aggregation, at present in this
city. An even dozen members of the
present champion team had decided
TO make trip to Cuba for a month Of
winter baseball. the start to be i'm
mediately after the regular season. or
the worlds series. according to the
fortunes Of the Tigers in the Ameri-
can League race.
This trip itself has not been ex-
pressly forbidden, but the players have
/ been apprised by President Nayin. of
the Detroit club. that in the event of
the making of such trip each par
ticipsnt Will be assessed $500 for his
action. This statement is said to fol-
low out an understanding arrived at
at the league meetings in the winter
AS such salary slash would wpie out
all of the profit of Cuban trip, Mr..
Navin s announcement proba bly, means
cancellation of the tour
Mullin Has a Team Signed.
George Muilin, the Detroit pitcher.
has been arranging tor the trip. Null
lin went TO Cuba last fall, with a De-
trott team that did not make much
OF a showing and has been assured
a big piece of money II he could bring
one back that would look the part
The cubans asked for a team of twelve
men, Offering transportation and all
MOTEL bills, with sum of money that
would give each player a little more
than $500 as recompense Nearly all
or the regulars had declared in, and
the team 10 go included Tom Jones.
pelahanty, Bush and Moriartty for the
inheid, and Crawford, Cobb and Me-
Intyre for the outfieid Muilin and
Wiilett, pitchers, and Stanage, catcher.
We're the battery players signed Don
ovan was to go. but was forced to de-
clare out on account OF mis- Detroit
business affairs. Schmidt could not
make the trip, and Beckendorf. of the
Nationals, was considered as his sub
stitute.
Now all of these players are won
dering what they will do about il.
The money looks tempting, but il Ia of
no use II an even bigger fine Ia to he
slapped ON. And the American League
-" '0Sn sP iue petroSt cfub III tfe
men so TO Cuba and are fined for so
-nnln&--1t-!s- sAat-este two OF
the Tigers will go TO the island indie
pendentiy, and action in their cases
viii be watched with interest
arguments on Either Side.
rms legislation that was passed to
enable the clubs TO prevent these barn
storming trips was the result of con
sietion on the part of the magnates
fhat on season baseball hurt their
men. And the present American
League season Is offering interesting
material for argument on both sides
or the question. The Tigers went 10
Cuba, and are losing the first pen-
nant that has eluded them In four
years But, on the other hand. Con-
ME Mack took his team 20 California.
on a much worse and much longer
tour, and his club threatens to be far
Their in front at the finish than De-
troit has been in any one OF its three
years.
Mack took with him and used his
star pitchers. Their work is the sem
sation OF the race. Detroit's Cuban
team had Muliin, Willett and Leifvelt
Wiilett never was as good as this
year. and Mullin Is a winning pitch
err Its funny proposition. The one
really good argument against the win
ter Jaunts is the fact that a player is
liable TO be injured. and thus to lose
his value to his club. The big ar
gument that the Tigers are making in
favor OF going is that they were badly
trounced last winter and wish to "a.
deem themselves