The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-03-20
Not a Single Rule Has Been Laid
Down by Manager Jen-
nings as Yet
CONDUCT OF PLAYERS
WORTHY OF PRAISE
Have Been Real Professional
Men Both on and OF the
Field of Play
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

NEW ORl.EANS, La, March zo-
The Tigers leave Gulfport, Friday, 80
days after their arri al there without
a single training rule having been laid
down BY Manager Jennings.
II Is amusing TO the Tigers to no.
tice some OF the ronclad stuff that
was set up for some of their fellow
ball players 10 follow.
For instance. take this one from the
code of the St Louis Browns. as
framed BY Manager George Stovall:
Rule g. Players must be courteous
and polite while on the trains and st
. he hotels The players conduct in
the lobby or other parts OF the ho-
| tells. also on trains must be such
that 1t will not attract undue at
tention, or be Objectionable. The
eood reputation of the players on
the field, both in St Louis and on the
road is a valuable asset to the club,
AS well as to the individual members
| OF the team"
Here's another: Rule 6. During
. the training season only, each player
will be allowed 81 per week for press
| ing and laundry: therefore. the man
agement insists upon the wearing or
white collars by the players in the
lining rooms and lobbies Of all no.
tells"
A few more rules relating 70 the
. arrival and departre OF the athletes
at the ball grounds tor daily practice.
. the number of times they should go
around the track and so on, would be
lust as laughable TO the Tigers as are
the rules given above.
The fact of the matter liz that be
yond a suggestion that they cut out
cards IN the hotel rooms, the Tigers,
vets and kids. have needed no atten-
ton whatever called to discipline.
.T haven't had 10 order man
around this year" said Manager Jen-
ninps TODAY. THE veterans knew
what they ought 10 tlo and went ahead
,rd did IT, The kids have followed
every suggestion that have MADE
without my putting it~in the way OF
IN order
"I have never had a bunch or play
ora who we're so easily handled our
',p spring training as Is that which
have now" So
As Manager Jennings vouches ior
tho good behavior OF the men on the
field Mrs. Jennings. who. has oeeh
With the team every day since leav-
inc Detroit up to the time they ar
r,ved at New Orleans. will vouch lor
~ GOOD behavior OF the men on
,ro,rs In hotel lobbies and dining
rnor,s-ves at the ball rooms and the
lheaters, too. ro
"The Tigers this wear certainly are
wonders as good behavers, saia W..
Jennings as she rode in the i,seIo
special coach over to New or'eah'
from Gulfport.> ~ ,,orars
ri have known fftafi na!i-pi.ss -. :. :
hut have never met hher squau
NJ Young men than the Tigers OF 'hl'
season. Every one Of them Is ee"
tleman." oms
The Tigers squad this year seems
N no in accord with the moVemen.
of baseball which has sent ou. 's
cal, IN the better young men or the
country Once upon a time. basepa,i
nIavers were looked upon as eNcer
,ant men to watch or the held put
rood fellows to keer away from o''
the field. ha.
This old school of PLAYERS mas
rsssed. and Is giving way All over
- the class of men who make pase.
ha,, profession and not mere
...ans Of having good time ana
earning money while doing so
AZ the men have made II more oi
nrofession than they used 10, they
nave demanded more money for tne'r
.orv,ces and have received It, Iue
having NJ plenty of money TO spenu
has naturally led them upward III
their tastes. The major feague. WIZ
doesn't enjoy the best there is IN ,nc
theaters and magazines Is oacR
number. .... ,,overs
have had the reputation OF BEING over
,v Ioud.mouthed In public places, was
shown the other evening at thea'er
,r Cu,fport. An outside member Oh
rortv most OF which were Tigers
w.s making loud and uncalled Tor re-
,,aTrs about the pictures that were
ha,ns ehown. After the show he was
ssvaroiv criticized by the players VINO
claimed that he mad created .ne us
.urbance while with tnem' anu, .ne,.
fore, they would be un,ustiy o'a"eo
for IT, - .,,,,
There isn't bad man on the clun
now. Even DOME Bush, VINO used 70
cut loose with some or the mos'
classic flows OF uneEpurgated IAN
guase that Chaucer ever tnougnt OF
~. reformed himself and Is now ad
omiat and serious-mannered as any
,m.n-on the team. RIM over the list
~ Tigers and you can't find n one
who il tough or who wants TO oe
thought tough.
That doesn't mean that they are
bunch OF deacons. There are some
Of the greatest little kidders In the
world along with the club. The palm
for cIownishness is banded over tt
old Par Schaller Immediately. Az
lisht.hcarted as his feet have beer
heavy, since his ankles have beer