The Detroit times., 1913-07-25
Bin Donovan, Leading Man, APP
pears At Navin Field in
Chief Role
DETROIT VETS AND KIDS
FORM PROVIDENCE CLUB
ONLY a Few Players Have MOI
Drawn Their Pay From De-
trOit Golfers
BY RALPH L. Y0NKER.

BY RALPH IL. fONhG
Tiger fans will have chance 10 greet
: coterie of their old friends "heh
.na providence and Buffalo clubs OF
the international league play al
win f,eld, Sunday afternoon. r,.s
Greatest among the former ,nd
and most popular among them Is Il" iln
Bill Donovan. who VIII pl'ch az IN,
mart OF the game for Providence p,"
Donovan is undoubtedly the mos ~
Mar player who ever wore pe', o''
uniform in these later days al ieas,
Donoyan has baseball career 'ha'
he NAV well be proud OF. startihs III
1.-THE league as a youngster' WIN de
hare. he gradually gained controi anu
Nnally was able TO pitch the lisels
into 4 remnant practically all aiohe'
ufwo other years he assisted ma
4 terially in showing the Ilgers up
where they could grab the nag
But the greatest honor OF MS ca
raor came when he had outlived MS
usefulness sas Tiger hnrler. lhsteau
OF being the subject OF waivers oelhs
sent dow nto the minors and allowed
IN drift Donovan was held AT Detrol'
nrenartory TO sending him 10 the
Providence club as manager
LAST season Donovan was kept on
the Detroit payroll for months AFTER
he was of little value to the Tigers.
FiuaIlv when the situation was right
I'm the Providence club, he was sent
there as manager. some time after
Nayin Yawkey, Jennings and Cooo
had purchased the team.
There is still a suspicion that Don
ovan is a pitcher who could make
good in the big league If he were
reeded here more than at providence.
While they don't accuse Bill OF stall
ing his last year, there are some VINO
still wonder If he couldn't have shown
real pitching after his hot Donovan
weather had come.
There are other vets and youngsters
besides Donovan to attract attention,
however. Among these is Matty Nc
lntrre. outfielder, who was with the
Tigers aeveral years ago, allowed 70
go 10 Chicago and finally sent to the
minors. He was last year offered
bigger salary TO play on the Pacific
coast than he had received in the
majors bur he refused TO do so AMI
finally took job at Providence. Me
Intyre was n very popular player
when here He slumped in his hit
ting one year, MAS SEM to- Chicago
and there piled up big average, buf
couldn't stick.
Old Bill Bailey. former ST. Louis
Brown hurler, Is the pitching main
stay OF the Greys this season If they
had one or two more like him. they
unr,ll lan n ~ al a
league.
Providence also has Pitcher Ed la.
ntte. dentist ball player. who is in the
same class with numerous other al
most Tigers. LATTE never made good
enough in the American league TO
cinch his Job with Detroit. but ne is
sticking in the class of clubs just be-
low the majors. Iafitte Is near rela-
tive OF the famous pirate ii is said
There is also Southpaw Clarence
Mitchell. who the experts thought
near-wonder last year for A while and
who they thought would De back.
Also. Collegian Moran. another south
paw. who was with the Tigers few
minutes.
The Providence catching stan is
made up o. men who were second and
third-string backstops here last sea
son. RUDE Kocher and Jack Onslow
Both caught few games for Detroit
last year.
At first base. Providence has Wal.
ter Pipp. the Kalamazoo youngster
who worked ar the first corner for De.
troit in several games this season
He is playing fine ball for Providence,
his hitting being extra fine. Eddie
Onslow, another former Tiger, is also
Providence frstsacker, Onslow
has been hitting finely but injuries
and illness have kept him ont OF the
GAme much of the time
Paddy Bauman was playing short
for Providence. but when Detroit re-
called him. little O'Mara. who had
3 been farmed out 20 Evansville. was
in turnYrecalled from there 10 Proyi-
dence. IL
AT third base Providence has Char.
d lie Deal who was released 10 the
Grcys from Detroit only recently
4 Deal has made big hit AZ Proy!