The Detroit times., 1912-10-07
ew Stripes Have Replaced
the Old in Tigers
Makeup.
sTRANGE THINGS MAKE
UP YEARS HISTORY
For Instance, Waivers Are
Asked on Mullin-Pitches
No-Hit Game.
Bg RALPR L. YOEKER.

there have been Tiger years since
Hu<hie Jennings has been the man
@Kfr OF the Jungle crew that have
1&en more successful but certainly
Eone that has been more eventful.
6tarting out this year with practi-
<ally the team OF 1911 in the lineup,
1 the Tigers have been shaken up so
that only their closest friends know
hem ensemble.
Many OF the stripes remain but
they have changed color and have
had other stripes placed alongside
+ them 10 that only a careful student
/ ~ the animal would recognize him
with his changed coat
You remember how they started
4 Ihe season with Del Gamer at first,
Delahanty at second. Bush at third.
Iones. Cobb and Crawford in the out
. Ield and Stanage behind the bat
.ouden at third was the only new
man and he was replaced soon. Mori-
&rfv resumed his position at third.
Now out or that bunch, Cobb, Craw-
ford. Stanage and Bush alone remain.
without doubt. not considering pitch
ers. these are the tried and true stars
( of the Tigers. Jones has been play
ing In the last few games. also, since
Crawford went east.
Bill Louden has sunk from pros
Dective third baseman TO bench
warmer and then risen TO star second
haseman. Qf you have seen him play
only In Fridays game you are ex-
cused for doubling this preceding
4tntement, for Bill had an on day
With his four errors them.
I'd Onslow has been brought from
the South Michigan league, set on
. the bench to watch for a while and
then turned loose on first to show
what he could do. There II little
. 6onbt but that he will be taken south
this spring.
Red Corridor. callen by some the
I>ajoie Chauffeur" because OF his
mysterious work in failing to handle
the kings bunts, when he and Cobb
we're In q batting race once, was pur-
chased from Kansas City for $12.500
10 keep him from the draft and has
been working at third.
Afeld there Is Bobby Veach, receiv-
"a from indianapolis in return for the
men sent there early IN The season.
He was the pick OF the Indians. He
joined them after President Navin
had turned over his men TO Indian
apolis. coming from Peoria.
These are the new men who have
been working out regularly to show
What they had under fire.
N long series of strange events
make up the Tigers history this year.
They started in new park, one OF
the best In the country. They started
late because rain prevented the first
Eame's being played here on scheduled
time. There was big celebration at
the opening and a big baseball ban
ul1ef In the Pontchartrain.
Manager Jennings has been highly
Draised and severely criticised for
the way the team was being run.
There were rumors that this was his
|1&f year here. Then he signed a con-
@ract which bound him to the Tigers
s [or three years.
|'1 ~ Cobb leads the batsman in the
4merican league again but falls to re-
co[Ve much consideration in the
Uhnlmers trophy award.
They ask waivers on George Mullin
1@couse OF irefficiency and George re-
/urua TO pitch no-hit game on the
/oufth OF July, his birthday, against
/1n Browns. Later, Hamilton, of the
|roxns. pitches a no-hit game against
I. Tigers. Both these games we're
.I1ved on Navin field. Jean Dubuc
@I(rhes a one-hit game against Chi
r&ro two days after Mullins feat is
. u@rformed
eChief- Summers never gets his
1rm into shape during the early part
. ~ the season and Is sent home to get
~ shape for 1913.
Mid bill Donovan can't make him
.aIf amajor league pitcher and Is
&enf over to manage Providence.
Waivers are asked on Davey Jones,
IMf nothing more is heard of them.
charlie O'Leary snd Joe Casey are
.eIt 10 Indianapolis Charlie O'Leary
I& shortly after made manager OF the
Indians. but quits later. Joe Casey is
@>nf 70 the Minneapolis club.
n<I Gamer tries hard 10 make him
11|( nrst baseman again this year.
. 11| has 10 submit TO an operation on
&|1 injured wrist and goes to his home
1/ EIkins, w. Va. TO rest up for next
Cobb refuses to play in Chicago be-
cause he doesn't like the way he Is
I<eafed by the management OF his
1oteI and by the Tiger manager
here and so comes home In the mid.
1Ie Of May he punches a spectator in
#ew York who abused him. He is
&,Ispended indefinitely. the Tigers 20
81 . strike and a scrub team consist
|nK OF young college men. Joe Sugden
an1 Jim Mcclure play the Athletics
n Philadelphia
DiII Burns is secured from Min.
1>apolis while the Tigers are at
Toledo on their way home from the
.oufh. He fails to stick. but pitches
<>od BAN, when he is returned TO
"A X|0ueapoiis.
Ioe Lake. Brown veteran. Is
&ouehf from 81. Louis 10 nll In the
HER pitching stan.
T>x Corinston pitches fne ball the
/<.f 81 the year. Is sent to Proyldenee
.1<r a. opiipnal agreement. "a
&.1lI back 10 avoid the draft and n
"a "a Kansas City
|&'r1 Works y sent to Providence