The Detroit times., 1912-01-19
D6R JENNINGS HAS YET
no sIGAnRsT CONTRACT
1 AS MANAGER Of TIGERS
b Written Agreement For
Tiger Boss Has Been
Thought Necessary
AS PLAYERS CONTRACT
Fesident Van Dusen, Of Provi-
hence Is Pleased With Con-
ditions In East
) PLAYERS CONTRACT
~ EAlpA I. YoNKER.

Resident Navin hag been to Scran-
has seen Hugh jennings and has
ussed plans and players for 1912,
returned to Detroit, and yet the
~ leader has signed no managers
|ract for the coming year.
||efe Is no need Of worry, however,
Hughie has yet to sign his hrst
1ement Ito be manager OF the Tig'
He has been held under a play
"A ontract, but there never has been
= vitten agreement as to his man
..h Ap. The terms have always
f. :. rfectly understood and salts
|orv 70 both parties and neither
= <6nsi, \ered legal papers necessary.
1n6er tine players contract Hughie
<&Id ~ Detroit and could not be
q s fr6ry IN league unless every club
&|xed his stTvices, which Is nardiy
~,-eibility. Mr.. Navin found Jen-
.'< 81 GOOD spirit and with his usual
< |roIrsn A TO tue coming pennant
->nk r Van l9usen, president OF
pr6vider,ce clup. who accompan-
/ ~ Nayin to PIT. evidence, was ex'
"a ~ arrive In loerroit Thursday
He WI ge. from here 10
IA ne remainder of che winter in
,~,x4 M van Dusen found things
= much 10 HIS liking ins providence.
|@ne there are confdent that tney
a Ave- 4 much better team In 1872
"A ~ preyious years and are salts
X VIII the way the new manage
<nf = takinsahold OF things
peakihe of sign-tipping. Clark
I1lfh has something to say about
.line signals. II have my susr dcions
IND certain club getting thu sig.
||1 and propose to have some itnn II
nd that It is going on" said ne,
her ball players think they know
1k Is coming all you have TO DIV Is
11 them few times and they Will
E away from the plate, and that Us
1f am going to have my pitchel's
Knowlng what a pitcher is going to
c1 Is an advantage, Of course, but
[<s known instances where a team
- tipped on on every bah and yet
hid not hit.
when / had the Chicago team we
&vo0 IN Boston one day, and Cy
nx was working against US. After
II of study / was alb to always
| just what Lou Criger was signing
he had q way OF showing his
&r6 down when he gave the signal
Il fsst ball. and holding It still for
n k~r. ~.axv v11n and
/x1 them the tip Just before every
~ >fas pitched. but Notwithstanding
||1 advantage Young shut MS out with
&< II run and but one hit ] was sc
rs that could get Criger's signs
|1nately that I offered to give any
MY pIayers q hat II made a mis-
~ during the game, and none OF
IN collected II, but we knew 1us'
hit kind OF ball was coming"
n y Kirke. once a Tiger recruit. Il
|.re az a fob with the Red Sox.
president Ward says that he ex
<cts to nave Jay Kirke, Hank Gowdy
IA Ber, .iouser rying for first base
the spring and Eddie Mcdonald
@erton and spratt tryin~ for third
~ lrst base, end G.. ise affair. looks
3 ri<ft but the other : not pleasing
Bsn Honser shows up first class al
.s fnffiai corner In practice. doinf
<(fer than Kirke, then Kirke will bt
|0ved over to third. IL no regular mar
Eotten. -. -.
KIrke's ability to fiirt with that base
m stun win make him a certainty IN
6me regular berth at the start OF the