The Detroit times., 1912-10-05
Former Royal Has Merited an
Increase in His Yearly
XXX EmoIument.
VETERAN WON'T GET
BOOSTED, PROBABLY
Conferences BE hind ..Giosed
.Deors IN .Navin,s. Office Are
Order the Day,

By RlLPH L. YoNKER: '',''''
Manager Hugh jennings has gone
&1.t 10 report the worlds series, the
bid Tigers are preparing 10 'ieate and
me- youngsters are having hnal try
outs before the season ends. In a
Short time the team will have. 'als
banded, ana all ~Detroit baseball taIas
eyes will be. turned towards~the east
where the big series will be played.
Conferences behind closed doors
between President Navin and the DC
parting memhers of the team as last
Is they can be arranged are the or
der OF the day, While the contracts
win the, price mark written out are
not ready for many Tor Tor all that
a being said at the baseball headuuar-
fere any9 or the players, they are all
anxious TO- know Just what kind OF
treatment they are going to receive
next year. ~'sf~--I--
Weiisdefned report has 1t that there
won't be any increases in, the, salaries
Df-many OF the.4Tigers. Z The bad year
fhey have had has placed them In
rather had position. TO ask for any
raises. On the other hand, there Will
probably not be any material reduc-
ticR lD the compensation received BY
i i1an pubnc. the recruit : pitcher
wiz WSs irdfted from Montreal, IS
due -f6F the Dfggest raise or any OF
the men. He has made himself solid
bv his wonderful work OF the year.
His bu<iness- if-- -AEsRtEeal- --gixas him
eomethlng solid, 10 fall hack on in case
the Tiger .snlanagement- doesn't want
" TO come -scross with a sufficient IN
There. Is little doubt. however, but
that Jeap. and the Tiger boss can
settle on terms, easily. Mr.. Naym has
not been known to let any good ma
f<riaI get away for lack OF enough
Of the fiaknetic power thefe' fs- IN gold
70 attract players. -'Ss-s-'-'.-Se'-
Bill Hsontien IL another- Eiees who
IA dues f0P- a. raise Bill Was on. ~the e
ragged edge for many q day towards
the irst3part .of tha.year when he MAS
trying .unsuccessfully to be a third
baseman. Luck. broke for him. bow
ever, for Charlie o'Leary was getting
old and Jim Delahanty was slowing
,Ip. Three were no expert infielders
In sight anywhere and even the Tiger
youngster, Witt, was kept out OF the
came through illness. The Tigers
simply couldn't let Bin go. They
conldr't keep him at third either. So
they hud Ito make use of him at
second,
And there he made good with a
starry vengeance. II there had been
anybody at all waiting TO MI BiTs
place this spring. he would have been
tnrped lpose Byt there wasn't any any
Ia that second base Job In way that
Indicates that he won't drop 1t for
willie
Veach Is no doubt slated for an In
creasg-fn sxfry-- Hc-probably wasn't
signed at-a very high priee-foE the
few weeks Aof this -eeasoR He has
showed excellent stun and won't be
les 20. as there is no. youngster. TO
take his place. Corriden will prob
ably stick, for Jennings likes him.
Just what. VIII be done with the
Iiglet pitchers who have been work
inr the past few weeks, President
K1vin doesn't say. 1t Is likely that
most OF rhehf wifi.t5e taken south 10
G1lfport mkt spring for tryouts.
REPORT has It that Cobb is to get a
I& Increase in salary. Fiction says
|I1f he Is going to ask for $4,000 for
me next three years, when he expects
|o .hs ~ his prime 1t makes interest
|.4 speculation; but neither Ty noI
ne Tiger president think 4 polite &c
|&|k about the matter, so there Is nc
.3od foundation for the statement
Whether DOME Bush has the hold
1||t bug again this year is not known
|r.is hardly likely that there will. be
any fracas this year between DOME
and the managenaent- as--there -was
|.tt. For one -4hing there are toe
many youngsters looking Tor Bush's
j1b. Bush was the only Tiger to fur
n|1h the fans with any holdout excite
IIent last year.
Oschr Witt was scheduled for a biz
ADVANCE the way he was going at the
htkinning OF the season. but hIs III
IIts has set him back so that the in
<fIase he gets won't be what IL would
have been had he been in betteI
health and able to play lin more
1nmes. -,ss,"' :, 49,
.Prcsident Nayin has way OF mak
inr his men feel good as a genera
/|Ing after they see him. Take the
<.ne OF ceorge aMuJlln,. (or Instance
NJ will be remmbered that there wa'
rood deal OF hue and cry about .Mul
|.I this summer Waivers were ask
"a on him and according TO report,
|''tt filtered through rheadquarter,
"Ire refused by rs major leagu,
<|'|bs. Hut anyway, the formality O
.Iking waivers was gone through
|IIh and Il was understood that Mar
1|tr 1ennfngs was -anxions 20 get riC
tIfNuIiiB = ---- - ----
-Foetorday.--c George and -Mr--Naxir
closed the door OF the presidents pri
||tt once, talked for while ant
||en .1InUin came ont he announceC
|..| his contract was as good al
med Meme happened 10 be made
.|I ready for MHIlIn.s signature, bu
''~| .ihtd 6f1f iii8tFefs Briefly afi.
.|||I on the proper terms for N,
..||.| season
>|.rte Il rolng 90 stay-ln Detroi
.|| HIDleI-and 10 there was NO hun
1h0ut stniktnN. tlrc.rnattery over ~
..|| f1c desire 10 have an agr~emen
.|.Io1 I|nllln Niil pitch for tn
.|1n1 0tsoto LEAN .fonr or .fiy
..|4 I1Io couline- week. Nhila th
|. ||||11 A. RoinR on stephen
||I Healtily Inmhernan up i