The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-01-15
THREE DETROIT PLAYERS
SLATED FOR JOBS WITH
ROESINHS LEAGUE CLUB
Dickinson and Schaub, Semi-Pro.
Players, and MacC onachie,
Have Places.
CLEVELAND MAY COME IN.
Chick Lathers Is Mentioned as
A Tiger Who May Be
Offered Position.
CLEVELAND MAY COME IN.

A. j. Roesink returned this morning
from Chicago where he attended n
meeting OF the magnates OF the newly
organized Columbian Baseball league.
with franchise for the Detroit club.
lie announced that three men now
IN Detroit would be among the play
ers In the new team. Horace Dickin-
son and Joe Schaub, outfielders who
nave played with Roesinks semi.pro
teams for some time, and Gerald Mac
Conachie, who belongs TO the Norfolk
va, team, are the men.
With these three men an n start.r
Manager Roesink will build up his
team from players who may be OBJ
famed from semi-pro teams all over
tne country or from the league teams
IN the national organization.
am optimistic in regard to the
success OF the new league" said Mr..
hoesink this morning. II have al
ways drawn good crowds with semi
pro teams at Mack park and shall ex-
pect TO do the same with the club in
the new league.
Just now We are trying to ret
Cleveland into the organization In or
der to assist Detroit In holding nm
THIS end or the circuit. NJ. A. Bobick
a Cleveland man with plenty OF finan-
eiai backing, will probably enter. He
wanted, as | did. to get into the INT
TED States league, but when its hack
ers decided not TO come this far west
he turned his attention TO this west.
| ern organization.
ne cities who are now In the or
ganlzation, are Detroit, Chicago. NIL
waukee. Kansas City, and st. Louis.
with Louisville, Cincinnati, indian
apolls and Cleveland possibilities.
Most OF the criticism OF the league
nas been along the line of lack OF
financial backing. I have two mon.
eyed men in Detroit back OF me in
tnls proposition SO that there Is no
rear Tor Detroit on that score.
AS Tor players, shall not try TO
rob the big leagues, but will confine
my EFFORTS TO picking up men about the
country and here and there a major
league player who is dissatisfied with
his job 49,
Chick Lathers OF the Tigers. for in.
sSance,' might want TO consider a lob
Witp me. ! understood that there IA
every possibility that he will be sent
TO Providence against his wishes. He
may want TO drop organized baseball
and play with my club. However. 7
nave not as yet consulted him about
that
Il figure that I have an east side
crowd TO cater to, the same as Bennett
Park has west side crowd. The east
side is nearly as large as the part OF
the city west OF Woodward avenue and
it has better class of baseball pa
irons. Parks in the western part OF
the city have failed, while Mack park
In the eastern has been decided sue
cess.
! There is one thing object to, and
that Is having the new league called
an outlaw league. ! don't see why
Ii is an outlaw any more than another
theater in the town would be an out
law theater.
THE players in the Detroit club will
be paid from 5000 to $3.50 a month.
The admission TO the games will BE
from % TO so cents. We will play
here only when the Tigers are away.
alternating with the Cleveland team
in case II comes into the league. Thus
you see We are in no way trying to
buck the big leagues. but are rather
trying to cover field they do not en-
| ter"