The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-30
Believed That Mcintyre, New
Manager. viii Get Help
81 From Navin l
MA1TY WILL HAVE TO
REBUILD HIS TEAM
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Former Bengal Sees Hard Times
Ahead For Minor League
Players
BY HAROLD Y. WILCOX.

a.
Inc present dope has 1t that there
VIII be nothing doing for at least two
weeks at the Navin field Office In the
way VI information about just which
Tiger recruits Will be returned TO the
pushes before the spring trip. Ii will
pIopaDly be longer before the identity
OF the clubs TO be favored with Ben
gai cast-ons Will be made public. but
mere Is no law against guessing a lit
tie along that line.
IL seems a safe bet that the Lin.
CON- Neb., club will be among the
Denenciaries OF Mr.. Nayin's vote for
economy TO the extent OF at least a
couple OF recruits, probably outfield.
frs. The reason Is easy. Matty Nc
htyre, loyal Tiger in the champion
snip DAYS and more recently mem
Der OF the Providence squad. is 10
manage Lincoln next season.
Matty, who served as Bill Dono.
vans lieutenant at the Rhode Island
metropolis last year, was made free
agent last IAN as q reward for his
, ioyal work. and the announcement
tnat ne was possessed with manage
riai ambitions was rewarded by a good
oner from the home town Of William
Jennings Bryan.
Al presents Matty is wintering in
Detrolt, and he Will remain In this
CITY until the middle OF March, when
ne VIII Chamber aboard a RATHER for
Nebraska.
When the former Tiger gardener
completed his dickering with Lincoln,
ne was requested to bring ball club
west with him. II seems that the
western league team did not amount
70 much last year, and as a smuggling
aggregation, II grabbed a BOBBY prize.
The new manager, however, Is not
worrying much about securing men, as
players by the score. many OF them
splendid performers, have written for
chance to play with him. He isn't
going to be satisfied with anything
worse than the best available, and 1t
fs known that he has put In a requisi-
ton with Mr.. Navon for some outfield-
ers who can hit that ball. Matty fig
ures that men good enough to be cor
raled by the American league must
have class enough for Lincoln. and he
Is not worrying about the sort of per-
formers who will be turned over to
him. He has no doubt but that Navin
will come to his aid, and neither
have other folks, for Mcintyre has
earned some help from home.
Although Matty did not play much
last year, he says that he he going
to get into a uniform next summer
and break into the game as frequently
as II seems advisable. He thinks that
he still has lot OF good ball left in
him that will struggle for an outlet
when summer arrives. He does not
fear failure as a manager In the
least. He argues that II he has a
good team. there Is no reason why he
should not make splendid showing
II the team is not good. he sees little
chance for any pilot.
Mcintyre Is strong for Walter Pipp,
the Tiger first sacker who was farmed
to Rochester last season. The elon-
gated Grand Rapids youth Is heavy
hitter and fine fielder, says Matty,
and last summer learned lot about
the game. Even then be was better
than several American leaguers, de-
clares Mcintyre, and has great fu-
ture. The ex-Tiger saw Pipp work in
% games last summer, and claims
that the youngster shows continued
Improvement.
Mcintyre cannot see much Joy In
the present baseball situation for NIL
nor league players, especially In the
international league. He says that the
players knew last year that the east
ern circuit was in bad shape. but sup
posed that they had the Feds to fall
back on and were not worrying. This
winter they are learning that the
Feds have full rosters and are not
signing new minor league men, and
that discovery IL a heavy blow. The
slashing of club rolls is making the
number of available jobs even much
scarcer than In the past, and there Is
now a scramble among the players to
sign as quickly as possible at what
ever Is offered them in the way OF a
contract
The International leaguers are pull
ing strong for the promotion Of BIZ
Donovan, who Is a candidate for an
, American league berth. reports Matty.
An idea Of the shape In which the
Lincoln club was left at the end OF
the 1914 season can be shown by a
glance at the first base statistics.
Charley Mullen, the new Yankee first
baseman, led the Western league In
batting during the IL games he play
ed for Lincoln last summer, having
an average OF 1881. Harry Williams,
who was traded to Lincoln for Null.
len and who finished the season there,
batted for only .265 for 70 games.
and was last among the guardians of
the initial sack in fielding. A heavy
hitting first baseman Is among the
prizes that Marty Is looking for at
present.
The Giants are considering the TAX
ing over OF the Jersey City franchise,
moving II 70 Syracuse, and making the
team a farm for players.