The Detroit times., 1913-01-10
Here's Some Folder Information
About the City of Gulf
port, Miss.
MORIARTY is WRITING
SONGS AND PHOTOPLAYS
Is Anxious for That Choo- Choo
Going South - Boehler
Adds Contribution
BY RALPH L. YoNKER.


After you ask the janitor II he won't
please turn on little steam, because
this lat is like Darp, and you haven't
been warm for week, gather closely
around the tantalizing. deceitful steam
pipes and list to this one about the
poor Tigers who have to leave the
Lnow and ice IN 40 days and encamp
in the baliny breezes OF the Gulf OF
Mexico where
We have a bunch OF folders which
various railroads and the hotel where
The Tigers are to stay, have kindly
forwarded. Upon the cover of one OF
them Is picture OF q young lady golf
er, nattily dressed In appropriate cor
tune, with her waist cut low at the
neck and high at the sleeves. She Ia
bareheaded. Behind her are palms.
Behind the palms Is the gulf of Mex
leo. A sailboat leans with the wind.
Over II all Is the caption. Where
the flowers bloom In December" This
Ia where the Tigers are to train.
The picture to your right shows the
Great Southern hotel at which the
Tigers will encamp during the few
weeks In the south. 1t Is at Gulfport,
Miss.
The geography pupils will tell you
that as the coast line of the Gulf OF
Mexico sweeps north and west from
upper Florida, II Is indented about
= halfway between the northern part OF
The peninsula and the delta of the
Mississippi river by q sharp bay called
I Mobile. Il r-f ~.
Nov hslfwRy between this bay and
New Orieahs Il Gulfport- The state
tof Mississippi juts Itself In between
q 1ouislana and Alabama, Just long
enough TO get strangle hold on Gulf
port. one OF its most important coast
cities.
"Gulfport," proclaims folder. has
a fine deep-sea harbor, with a channel
seven miles long and 800 feet wide 10
deep water Its dockage facilities are
constructed to accommodate ocean
kgoing steamers, and IL is the largest
: lumber shipping port In the south"
The Tigers hotel is called one OF
the most completely equipped OF the
. south's modern hostelries. II has ac-
commodations for 800 guests. II Is a
stones throw from the ocean. II has
sun porches. II has tennis courts. II
has golf links near It. II has good
hurting near II. II has good fishing
near H.
Emil Haisman. the Tiger ground
keeper, who has been working there.
says that Tigers won't find many ways
to expend their energies except in
/, outdoor sports.
Thus II appears that II the weather
will only be good this coming season,
the Tigers will have an ideal spring.
George Moriarty is a busy off-sea-
son baseball man, Morrie writes:
Have been writing songs and pho
toplays. and, II you are willing to take
my word, II is not all play, as II re-
quires much time and thought.
However, baseball Is always up
-permost In my mind. and l am sure
that no player Is more anxious to
! board the choo-choo that will spin us
! over the Mason and Dixon line to
start training than I.
at have great hopes of seeing George
Mullin at his best In 1918, and with
Dubuc duplicating his performances
of last season, the Tigers may occupy
IA roster berth than Is generally look.
ed for"
Geo. II. Boehler, the Tiger pitching
recruit, who In thought by George Mnl-
lin to be the best OF the bunch he has
seen, kicks In with the following In.
formation:
Il am hunting and taking all out
door work to keep myself In good
health I think my prospects for the
next year are fine. hope TO help pur
the Tigers In the race. ! am constant
,ly gaining strength"
: Roehler.s home is at Lawrenceburg
Ind. ~
Among the stories Of holdouts, Clyde
Milan has a new one. Milan says he
il holdout and that he has been and
will be every year.
II II the custom Of the Washington
outfielder 10 return his contract to the
Nationals In, the winter when 1t IL
sent him and talk over his prospects
for the year with hts manager when
he reports in the south for sprins
work.
So he has sent back his document
unsigned and says that his signature
will be forthcoming after personal
talk with Clark Griffith.
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