Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-24
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Will Not ACCede to Demands of
Cobb, Crawford and DubuC.
.TY MAY GET $4,000 BOOST
Detroit Magnate Has Sent Players
Ultimatum and Will
Stand Pat.
TY MAY GET $4,000 BOOST

DETROIT, Mich. January 24.-CnleSS
President Frank Navin changes his mind
between now and the time for the 1913
base ball season to open, the Detroit
Tigers will open the season minus some
OF it's stars 1t is reported that President
Navin will absolutely refuse to grant the
big boost in salaries some of the noted
stars. who are holding out are asking.
The principal reason for .Navins atti-
tude in regard to boosting the salary Of
his high-c!ass players is that the Detroit
magnate and Manager Hughie Jennings
do not expect the team to finish better
than third, and probably not better than
fourth place in the club standing, at the
end of the season. With the Tigers down
in the percentage column, it is figured
the team will not be as big AN attraction
as it has been for the last few years. and
when the club is not drawing big crowds
President Navin can see no excuse for
raising salaries to the sums asked by
tn, holdouts.
OF the big holdOuts, Tyrus Raymond
Cobb. star center fielder of the Tigers, has
the best chance of getting a boost, but
even he will not get what he asks. In re-
gard to Sam Crawford and Jean Dubuc,
Navin declares he has given these players
the price he will pay, and they will not
receive another cent.
Navin says he has not refused to listen
to the demands of these players. however
but he SAYS he has given them the
amount they will draw if they play next
season. He says 1t is purely matter of
business with him, with all the sentiment
withdrawn.
Cobb will not get his three-year con-
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This is a boost of $1,000 year over what
he has been drawing during the past
three seasons. One thing is sure, accord
ing to reports Navin refuses to sign Cobb
for three years at any such sum, but 1t
is possible Cobb will be offered a con-
tract giving him a substantial boost of
something like $1,000 or $4,000 for the
season of 1913. That is said to be the De-
troit magnate's limit. and it is up to
Cobb whether he will sign for single
season for any such sum that.
Iron Man George Mullin has sent in his
signed contract and notified President
Navin that he is satisfied. 1t is a sort of
sliding contract giving Mullin so much
money for the season, with a bonus If he
keeps in condition and wins thirty games
during the season.
Manager Hughe Jennings will come to
Detroit early in February to arrange for
taking the youngsters to the spring train
ing grounds at GulfpOrt, Miss, about
February Il. The veterans that sign up
or intend to will go to the spring training
camp two weeks later.
Manager Jennings has booked many
exhibition games. but they will be played
in towns that can be reached in Pullman
cars and that have real hotels. The red
headed manager has come to the conclu-
sion that it does his men no good to
travel in freight cars: and eat and sleep
in third-rate southern hotels during the
spring training trip. The following is the
list of towns and dates.
New Orleans, March 16, II, Is, 10
and %.
Mobile. March 20. 23 and ~.
Memphis. March - and 80
Chattanooga, April I. = 3 and 4.
Louisville. April > and q.
Cincinnati. April Z. 8 and Q.
Del Gainor. the unlucky first baseman
of the Tigers. has signed his contract
and returned it to President Navin. He
says he never felt better in his life. and
promises to star at the initial sack next
season, barring accidents Gainor had an
operation performed on his wrist last fall.
and he says that it is as strong now as
it ever was, but he has asked permits
sion to go south with the Tiger young
sters to work the stiffness out of his
wrist before the veterans arrive.