The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-31
n ~ Mckee Are Fighting
Hard Battle, With Ron
deau Picked
ocGDHAU HAS THE MOST
TROUBLE WITH UMPIRES
~ - Never Talks at Them
snnnG" Them While Look
' Ing at His Pitchers
~ RALPH L. YONKER.

0MU at ChAttanooga where they will
ufn until the remainder Of the
mg ontohes up with them. the fight
the open backstop position with
~ Tigoss II becoming a strenuous
noAoou soon cinched his job AZ
S1no's nrst assistant. After arriv-
~ 0ulfpOrt he suffered consider
E trying to get into condition.
yU wae no man except Schaller so
01y a. % the former Jersey City
nnr. He limped around painfully
~ his legs got strong.
|fnoo Aondeau got into shape there
- question about his sticking
Ne club. He IL fine receiver
- sure on getting the ball. has
- Dasy-throwing arm. hits well,
10y we'll and uses his head all the
2 He has enough experience with
no0 City and other clubs SO that
nows the game thoroughly.
Do hattie between Gibson and Nc
must decide question that Man
y1nnings said he could only an
~ ~ . dip Of q coin. II he were
"a q the present time to decide
IN ~ the two men he would keep
a1Ao third Tiger catcher, he would
R fho coin in the air, let one side
800 thnx he should keep Gibson and
othor that he should keep Mckee.
sS ~ JookO q II Gibson would be the
- over Mckee II he could only
<y1D well. Gibby II good receiver.
- nice arm and IL fast on the
-. He IL . very peppery and &C
Fellow. He doesn't rest moment
~ more work that is given him
800 IL better he likes 1t.
|z $500. ON the other hand, 10 the
80 atolld and perhaps the more re-
80 o& the two. He 10 fine man
nn4 the bat and q better sticker
- Q1boon, but he isn't as active
W - last on the bases.
"a ~o1fher Gibson nor Mckee has had
o1p6rjonco that Rondeau has had.
I'm ~ have been playing in the
800 1oaGue and Mckee has been
k ~ 500 and Negaunee In the
1877 pUoinSulA Of Michigan and with
nGgaeld, Ohio.
IA ~ q not only q catcher. but
Unllas he was m all around In
ri "a outfsld utility man. He play
u sGnmoo a& second base for
1DGa 1vo at Arst base and three In
67fN61d H5t year. He fixes any
l3cn whore there II lots OF action.
Go. o41ching appeals to him more
y onythlng else.
nDon would have been out Of base
o1Qopf for the. fact that the De
Glub management would have
AG10 through his quitting. Glib
14ht Ike the way the manage
e 10 Dallas club treated him
- determined to quit baseball
~ 70 his trade Of steamhtting
w harmed that II he did quit
D1trolt club would lose.
$3.50 near going up to the major
twice before. Once the St.
1coalonals would have taken
~ hadn't been sick. For that
1n1ful for he doesn't like
~ National league nor the st.
10. Later on his ambition in
H1 nearly realized when the
wAlte Sox tried to get him.
Sh0od he has been a Sox fan
011 have been glad to go to
Go1y umpire disturber In the
41hing star this season prom
- 1Ondeau. Detroit fans
re atanAge doesn't get in very
a.
11nod disposition lets him out
~ the Temporary squabbles
oots into with the arbitrators
Go and Gibson have never
w me or been chased during
~ they have been In baseball.
t0yD that no II lucky that he
~, however. a. he once de-
Il Gt1& flne and q months sus-
- koops himself from being
~ . unique method. He never
n1 talks to an umpire. but he
Wnot he thinks of him while
Qoo1lng down giving his sig.
~ pitcher.
~ 0ood thing that You don't
oun4 and tell me what YOU
" umplros have more than
~ Mckee, "for Id chase you
oayD that he believes that
- - IN trying to show an
boeoCe . crowd by turning
(o1llng him openly. How.
III S11oher reminds the jumps
~ at - bad without try
~ A. doing 20. he Is very
~ WDot no wants.
0GVor had any trouble In
5n0E ~ pitchers deserved"
"a tysatins the umpires
TT Gibson deserved TO
<G11ng % his own opinion
= 1EDt and 0lbson
~ knows that
: - ~ q that