The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-04-20
sETILEMENT OF TIGER
STRIKE is UP TO THE
LEAGUE MAGNATES NOW
Will Magnates Insist On Navin's
Rights Or Will They Sci
fshly Submit To johnson
GOATS ARE DETRoITERS
Navin, Yawkey and Jennings
Angoras in Chief With
Fans in the Herd
BY R1LPH L. YONKER.

The last time the Tigers threateenc
to strike previous TO this year II wa'
in order that they might attend the
funeral of comrade.
Whose baseball funeral are they go
INK 10 attend this time? And Will they
or Ban b. be the principal partici
pants?
That is the question that is worry
ing the baseball public just at present
and most of the anxiety Is caused by
the fact that 1t may be Johnson who
Will win out.
In questions of politics, Of business
OF nearly every line OF activity opinion
Is more or less divided. In this cues
ton of baseball whatever opinion sup
ports Johnson is so meagre that II has
been lost sight Of
The public looks forward now TO a
E live concerted action from the mag
mates setting Ban Johnson down q few
4 pegs. II they will allow one of their
number to suffer untold financial loss
simply to satisfy what appears to be a
mere within of the man who has run
the American league since its birth,
they will be regarded with much dis
gust.
II has been demonstrated pretty
\ clearly that both factions are bound TO
remain adamant unless an outside In
fiuence is allowed to interfere. John
son missed his first chance to set
things right and rest on his dignity
when allowed the opportunity OF re-
yefsing, his opinion go after reading
Hughie Jennings telegraphic explana-
tion of the affair.
Now the best and quickest way 20
straighten up the whole affair Is for
the magnates to stick together in their
meetings as the players have done and
force Johnson TO settle the strike i'm
niediately even at the expense OF his
dignity.
The magnates are on trial. II they
selfishly refuse to insist on Johnson ]
settling matters with the Tigers peace
fully, they are condemned.
The final power Is in the magnates
hands. 1t Is up to them, not Johnson
now.
And while Ban B. Johnson Is salts.
flying his own sense of propriety,
there are three Dig Detroit goats and
4 herd of smaller ones.
The three big goats are Frank j.
3 Navin, William II. Yawkey and Hugh
Jennings. Navin and Yawkey as own
crs of the club, are suffering financial
\ loss and are likely to suffer much
more in case Johnson does not lool:
ut the situation from what is general.
ly thought to be a sensible point OF
view. Jennings Is suffering from
anxiety and humiliation.
The herd of smaller goats is the
collection of Detroit fans, who have
paid their money for American league
baseball, and who want to see Detroit
represented in the organization by a
real team and not a bunch OF green
college kids, such as those who took
rhe Tigers places Saturday at Phila
delphia in that "a to 2 farce, when
the boys from st. Joseph's were head
ed by Sugden and Mcclure.
This situation is enough TO try the
patience OF even q cooler business
head than Frank Navin's. Navin has
had to go through many sieess OF
unpleasantness, which he has entered
and from which he has emerged smli
ingly, but none has equalled the pres
emit one In its dire threatenings.
The revolt of the Tigers cones al
IS tdm6 pcCulldIly Udu lOI Dan ID
Johnson. The owners of the Tigers
have Just erected an immense plant
Only few games have been played
In a. Thousands OF dollars have beer
Invested. The investment was thought
secure, because of the Tigers pres
tige as big leaguers. Now TO knock
the pins from under huge investment
such as Navin and Yawkey have
made seems entirely unfair TO the
thousands OF Detroit fans whose Guar
X tiers, halves and dollars have made
the Investment possible II creates
sympathy for Navin.
Jennings. too, is in a position tC
command more than ordinary sym
patty. After the hardest winter the
Iplucky manager has been forced "a
endure, to have this heap of trouble
piled upon him only increases the
hatred of the fans for Johnson
All feeling of displeasure TOW ards
johnson Is feeling OF sympathy Cor
the Tigers.
From all over the country come en-
couragement to the Tigers. Nothing
could cheer them more than the mes
sages they have received.
The suggestion from Milwaukee, 10.
Instance. that they come over there
and play there under the colors OF
Con" Raulf a millionaire coEtrac
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