The Detroit times., 1913-02-28

GCLFPORT. Miss, Feb. 2S.-Al-
though the training season Is less than
i week old, the Tigers are already
looking forward TO the first exhibition
same.> The most important Of these
are tne two with Cincinnati at Mo
uile March s and g.
Manager Jennings has also 3rrdEg
ed two games with the state normal
college at Hattiesburg OH March and
l. and with Cincinnati here the week
following the Cincinnati games at Mo-
bile.
There Is one man in particular that
the Tigers are anxious TO face when
;hey play the Reds. He Is Ralph
Works, the former Tiger pitcher.
Ralph is now member OF the Cincy
club He was always on the verge OF
being disposed Of when with the De-
troit club, but was always good enough
so that the Tigers kept him until last
.year.
Finally he was sent TO Providence
and when the drafting time came
around Hermann got him. Garry was
about to let him 90. in fact he had
announced that he had cancelled the
draft, when Charlie Schmidt. former
Detroit and Providence catcher, put in
good word for Ralph and Hermann
kept him.
Works pitched whirlwind ball
against the Cubs one game a! the end
of the season. While In Detroit this
winter he said that he was going to
have the best year In his life with the
Reds In 1913. Some OF the Tigers
failed TO see how he could have any,
thing good with Cincinnati. but they
wished him well
In these exhibition games here lies
Works only chance to get some d.
rect, personal revenge upon the Tigers
for their. dropping him Nothing will
please Ralph more than TO pitch some
winning ball against the jungle crew.
OF course. this will hardly be a fair
test either for Works or for the Tig-
ers. Ralph will be lucky IL he IL able
70 put anything on the ball SO early
in the season and the Tigers VIII be
lucky IL thay-can- sea 4t-if he does
There Is little chance that Works
will pitch more than few innings but
those few will give him chance fer
vengeance
That the Tigers will receive hearty
welcome in Mobile seems certain.
President Baugh, of the Mobile club
was on the Tigers special car on the
way down from Chattanooga, where he
vas attending a meeting Of the South
ern league magnates. He said that :he
Tigers were very popular and that
they would undoubtedly draw we'll in
Mobile
Manager Jennings is under the i'm
preston that the Tigers and the Reds
will draw better here than they Will
At Mobile. The townspeOple here have
shown lively interest in The team.
There have been scores Of people out
ut the grounds. which Is good walk
from town. They have come in auto.
mobiles. carriages, street cars and on
hoof. Not only have the men seen the
Tigers workout but the women nave
been there also.
The sedateness OF the recruits who
are here IL noticeable. Every man
seems to be here for business There
is work and work aplenty out at the
fair grounds and little energy Is vast
ed during of hours.
There has been no Tiger quartet
organized this year The Tigers are
content to let the hotel orchestra FUR
nish all the music required.
There Is no circle of Tigers In the
hotel lobby telling stories. There
seems to be no proper place for such
A circle In the lobby and no stories to
tell and no one to tell them.
In fact. 30 quiet have the men been
that some have absorbed the idea tnat
the Tiger recruits are a dead lot. Tf
singing and telling stories make good
baseball play ers, they are bushers End
rank ones
But the battles that are won IN
hotel lobbies don't count in the per-
centage colupns Of Spaldings Record