The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-01-31
Has Some Strange Ideas About
the Wild Jungaleers Who
Are Coming
THEY AWAIT aSTANNIGE"
AND GEO. MORANTYv
Are Relieved When Told That
Tigers VIII Be Like Other
Hotel Guests
BY RALPH .. YONKER.

The citizens OF Gulfport. Miss. al
ready know great deal about the
Tigers that they must forget.
Like Hughie Jennings stage mascot
Ben Smith, they have been informed
thar the Tigers are. ball players and
not jungle beasts, but along with that
Information they have been sgiven
great deal OF misinformation.
One OF the Gulfport papers ran a
loLg story the other day the chief pur-
pose of which was to inform the
anxious public that the ball players
would act just like the other hotel
guests. They had apparently harbored
the notion that the Great Southern
war to bE turned into semi-lunatic
asylum Just ass soon as the Wild Tiges
hit IT, ;-
Henry p. Edwards, Cieyelan1
sport writer who was in Gulfport. as
sared the breathless natives that snch
was not the case. In fact he said,
with sauvity. the regular guests OF the
hotel would hardly realize that these
strange men OF the diamond were rin
their midst" except when they were
in uniform. He assured them that a
bah player in citizens clothes looked
human.
il Furthermore, number OF the play
ers are likely TO have their wives with
them, vouchsafed Mr. Edwards. and
| they would actually be seen enjoying
the sane and moderate game OF golf
and the light exercise OF tennis, no
doubt
AS for eating, the Cleveland scribe
promises them that several OF the
Tigers could look at menu as long
as an arm preparatory TO ordering a.
$1.66 meal on the company without
having said menu become a hopeless
blur before his excited eyes while the
coIored gentleman shifted from one
foot to the other waiting for the in
evitable. We'll, George, bring me soup
and, fish,"
Mr. Edwards handed the Gulfport
people some of the lubricant thac
makes the social machine run smooth
tly when he told them that the Maps
| would have been at Gulfport IL they
had not been dilatory while Jim Nc
Guire OF the Tigers rushed In and
grabbed the spot for the Tigers.
or course, Cobb is mentioned first IL
the natives. The reporter thinks that
no doubt this gentleman will attract
much attention the moment he sets
foot on Gulfport soil. Yes, he Will, II
anybody there knows him. Strange to
say, Cobb In his civilians clothes isn't
recognized as easily as Cobb In his
Tiger skin and he may slip one over
on Gulfport by walking down the
streets without having the native stare
at him.
Along with the statement that Cobb
is holding out for $4,000 comes the
announcement that Sam Crawford is
demanding 81 900 year. Well, that's
making II high enough-but It's thou
sands of
Now II you have tears (pardon An
tony). be prepared 10 shed them. They
refer TO our oscar as "Mr. Stannige."
Ugh, And there Is George Moranty.
The reporter who jotted down these
names ought TO take lessons in writ
inV from Hughie Jennings.
They call Jean Dubuc (Sic) a
French Canadian. finely educated.
polished and sauve." Outside OF tha.
he's roughneck. Tile Is said also TO
be an excellent pharmacist.)
Bush is said to be a fine little man.
of the ball field but Is a man who
baits umplres and players until he
gets their coat
But here Is the most unkindest cut
OF all. pardon. AGAIN. They call
him "Huey" Jennings II looks as n
they believe In deformed spelling down
the gulf way and became acquainted
With chop suey before ball players