The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-07-02
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Hughie Could Add Thousands of
Dollars to American League
TREASURES as Yank
MUELIN COMES WAY BACK
That First Inning Looked Bad,
But After That
Whit! Whiffl
MUELIN COMES WAY BACE
By RALPH L, YoNKER.

BY RALPH L. IONhhh'
Were rlmors and mere guessworK
facts. there might be a story written
< like this:
Manager Hugh Jennings, or the
Tigers, Is TO leave the Detroit club at
\ the end of this season TO enter the
employ OF President Farrell OF the
New York Highlanders. He will not
assume the leadership of the Yankees
next year, but will manage an inter
national league club for one year, on
receiving a block Of stock, and then
viii become Yankee MANAGER lie
,wfll be succeeded by William Dono-
van Al manager of the Tigers"
But the rumors and guesswork that
+. enrround these statements refuse 10
take any more tangible form under
the skillful handling OF Messrs, Jen
(. tnines and Nayin, both OF whom have
been questioned as TO the rellaDllly
81 the assertions. They both laugh
..at them.
But whether it is to laugh or wheth'
cr Il Is to be serious, the rumors Iur-
with the Giants going as they are
New York. the American league
<heeds To furnish some strong COM
nctition to produce the crowds that x
A deserves there. The Giants at pres
Fl emit are pretty nearly the whole show
n with the Yankees, taking the fag ENDS
OF the business.
II Is plainly evident that If some
n n 10 VNVrf under
Hiehianders TO get back part OF the
A gate money that Is going 10 the Folo
"a grounds right along instead Of to the
N HILTON. II would mean thousands OF
hdollars more yearly In the treasures
OF the American league teams.
II is also evident that, in spite OF
the fact that the Tigers haven't been
swimming games as much as they might
NJ have, this year, Hughie Jennings
I. scouldn't be kept out of the big leagues
If he were to bid goodbye TO the II
gers. The stuff that has made him
Dfamous here would go just as well "
N a new city as II has in Detroit.
Why not have the American league
a magnates get together, then, and hX
n It UP 50 that jennings would go %
q the Yankees and put them in the race
4 that means dollars to every club il
4 the circuit? aa,
Good
But Harry wolverton, present man
ager OF the Yanks, il is said. has
two-years' contract with the manage
mem OF the Highlanders, which
means that he must stay in New
York at least another year after this
Here's pretty-how-to-do!
All L. wit
wolverton gets ready to leave?
(Pause).
Ah-ha, We have It! Well give
him a bunch OF stock in some minor
league club just to keep him there
for year and then shift him 10
Gotham.
Locking over the minor league clubs
we find that Farrell gets a bunch OF
players from Rochester in the Inter
national league He must be gu
friendly terms with the owners nj
that aggregation or perhaps own a
part interest in 1t.
So the story goes that Hughie is
to go to Rochester next year, and the
Yankees the year following.
And, again; President Navih
laughs.
Rochester. he says. has won pen
nants regularly during the past few
years and It's eminently successful
manager, John Camel, owns quar-
ter interest In the stock of the club.
That, he says rightly, makes II look
like fine chance that Jennings VII
be sent there for a year and given
part ownership in the club
In the meantime, Jennings and
Navin have got together, talke1
things over, and Navin announces
definitely that he is not considering
new manager for the coming year.
So, there you are!
II looked very, very dubious for