The Detroit times., 1912-12-13
Red Just Couldn't Get the Besk
Out Of Himself This
FAN
HOPES TO MAKE GOOD
IN NATIONAL LEAGUE
If He Can Do as Wen There -
in Association, Hell
Be Happy

BY -RAlPd-L-~Y YONkEh-
When John Corriden leaves The
Tigers for the Cubs, as 1e is slated 70
do. following the completion OF the
Tinger-C Chance -Corriden deal. he wiIi
go satisfied that Manager Jennings. of
the Tigers, gave him every opportnn
ity possible TO make good here
John has written 10 q friend here
as follows
~ know that . did not show The
Detroit team anything last fall.
have no excuse to offer at all.
do know that Mr.. Jennings gave
me all the show In the world, but
II seems as though things would
not break for me AZ all. I only
hope that l can have a. good ~
year In the National league ~
had In the American association.
" ! can, know that Will feel
satisfied with my sfason's work. z
Corriden is the Kansas City young
ster who was touted so highly last
fall and who was snapped up for a
price reported to be $12.50O by Presi-
dent Nayin to save the kid from gOtn4
ity that he would be blown In some
direction besides iungiewards-
Corridsn, with the handicap Of the
Ibig price paid for him. did not prove
as he is frank to admit, the wonder
that 1t was thought he would. IN spite
or the fact that some fans howied A.
him because he wasn't beauty riktt
at the jump, there we're many otherE
who contended that Corriden wculn
show his true pace before the race
were done, provided he could be kept
here.
|, AS is well known, Corriden was
the pivot upon upon which swung the
ITinker-Chance deal. which has been
Thoroughly discussed: IL was only
when President Navin consented to-
sell him to Pittsburgh so that the
Pirates could send him to the Cubs
In part payment for Tinker that thN
opportunity of letting Chance become
a free agent was Afforded.
Corriden spends his winters in
II.ogansport, Ind, where he pursues
his trade as a mechanic for the Van
dalia Railroad Co. He says tnat
swinging a sledge and pushing q Tile
he finds to be excellent methods or
keeping In condition between the first
OF November and the latter part OF
February.
He says that he doesn't see how
they can keep the Tigers out Of the
American league race this coming
season, providing the Tigers can de-
velop a couple OF good pitchers.
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The names of George Mullin ana
Sam Crawford continue to be associat-
ed with rumors coming from New
York regarding all kinds Of trades
and SO on. ~
They say now that Sam Crawford
is TO be sent to the Highlanders TO
help bolster that team. Presumably
1.-THE supposition Is that Chance win
play first and Chase be given to the
Tigers Cor something like that).
| Garry Hermann, OF the Cincinnati
club, said that he was going TO get
some "star American league pitcher
In connection with the recent deals.
and Dame Rumor has II that 9eorgo
Mullln, of the Tigers. Is TO be sold.
IMuIlIn wrote only few days ago that
he had heard that he was to be sold
or traded, but he didn't lay enough
stress on that fact TO make Il seem
probable that he took IL seriously.
While IL Is absolutely true that all
the American league magnates would
like To see the New York Highlanders
bolstered up SO that the younger
league could compete with the strong
Giants I'm the biggest baseball center
In the world, nevertheless Il looks a.
II Navin were generous enough whea
he sacrificed Red Corriden for the
sake OF engineering the Chance deal.
Charlie OLeary. who has been seen
several times around the American
league headquarters In Chicago dur
ling the recent meetings there, is book
ed for Providence, 1t Is said. Bill
Donovan would surely like to get hold
of Charlie to bolster up his Greys.
The two big league meetings closed
yesterday. the American league with 4
banquet at Chicago and the National
with game OF pinochle at New fork
Outside of the bis Tinker-C Chance Cor
Iriden deal pulled on at Chicago, there
was nothing much done there.