The Detroit times., 1912-12-11
Detroit Players Wonder What
Navin Has Up His
Sleeve
ARE SCATTERED OVER
THE ENTIRE CONTINENT (
Only Two Spend Winters in De-
troit-They Are Craw-
ford and Jones
By RALPH Z. YoHKER.

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sixty-four Tiger eyes are focused on
Chicago.
Sixty-four eyes are watching Presi-
dent Frank Navin at the meeting Of
the American league magnates, won
dering what. he has In that hard head
Of his In the way OF ideas OF trades
and purchases.
These sixty-four Tiger eyes are
scattered throughout nearly every part
OF this continent, They are In l6 states
and one OF the provinces of Canada
From Rhode Island to California.
from Georgia to Quebec. they are
watching.
or the thirty.two Tigers on the pres
ent roster. only two OF them reside In
Detroit They are Sam Crawford and
Dayey Jones.
John Dubuc's home Is In Montreal.
Quebec, where he is interested In the
Palace bowling alleys, highly profit
able establishment, judging by reports
that come from there John Is also
interested In mines In the Cobalt
region which are said to be making
him a rich man. II fns for this reason
that he returned his Tiger contract
last year with the explanation that he
had to have more money TO play bali.
He got 1t. This year he is looking for
another substantial rslse.
Several thousand miles from Dubuc
Il the man who did the receiving for
John most OF the time. Oscar Stan
lage. called the worlds best catcher.
lives away out In Alameda, California
Oscar Is ont with the California colony
OF ball tossers. He started playing
ball there. being at one time a player
and student In a university on the
coast.
Taking another jump across the con-
tinent We find Ty Cobb down In
Georgia, where the Peach Is enjoying
some hunting. Ty alternates between
Atlanta and his little home town, Roy
ston. He will-no doubt stay south un-
I'll the Tigers are ready to start clip
ping their string OF exhibition games
on the way home TO begin the season.
Rowing up the coast we run across
Del Gamer and Bill Louden I'm West
Virginia. Gamer is doing everything
possible TO get his wounded wrist
(about which everything but songs
and poetry have been written) into
shape so that he can hit ball on the
ground this coming season. Last year
Del had to quit because he could hit
them only up into the air, and they
had to go over the fence or fall into
an outfelder's hands.
Bill Louden INDUCES In little anna
teur minstrelsy when he is home dur.
ing the winter. helping put on home
talent entertainments. He and Joe
Casey and other OF the Tigers Of last
year had quartet in the south last
spring that gained notoriety II not
fame.
Oscar Witt gets his mail ON the
coast, although at this time he may
be up In the mountains of Colorado
with Buck Weaver OF the White Sox
hunting. II was Oscars plan on leav-
ing for the west to go up into the high
attitudes for some shooting.
Several OF the younger Tigers are
in Pennsylvania. Charlie Deal. gar
nered from the South MichiRn last
year, is in Williamsburg, and Ill Jen-
son, the young pitcher obtained from
New Haven, is spending the winter a
his home in Philadelphia Troy, the
big pitcher, formerly OF Adrian, II also
In Pennsylvania.
Over along the Mississippi there are
traces OF the jungle. There are three
in Kansas, and another in Oklahoma.
Edgar Willett halls from Caldwell.
Kansas wheatley is from Rosedaie.
A new Tiger, HOUSE, is also from that
state. Rabbit Powell. another young
ster, is from Oklahoma.
The middle west claims the greater
number OF the Tigers. Indiana having
lour. Illinois two, and Wisconsin one.
Mullins home Is in Wabash. Donie
3ush lives In Indianapolis. Corriden
,ets his mail In Logansport. Dauss Is
/ fellow citizen of Bush.
illinois claims two Tigers In Mori-
aFty OF Woodstock and veach OF Her
rim.
| Joe Lakes home is In Brooklyn. N.
Y. George Boehler spends his winters
in Lawrenceburg. Maryland.