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

By HAROLD v. WiLCOA.
The present dope has 1t that there
viii be nothing doing for at least two
way OF information about just which
Tiger recruits will be returned to the
bushes before the spring trip. II will
4 probably be longer before the identity
OF the clubs TO be favored with Ben
gal cast-offs will be made public, but
there Is no law against guessing lit
tie along that line. ....
IL seems safe bet that the Lin
coin, Neb., club will be among the
benefciaries OF Mr.. Nayins vote for
economy TO the extent of at least a
couple of recruits, probably outfield-
ers. The reason is easy. Matty Nc
Intyre, q loyal Tiger In the champion
ship days and more recently q mem
Der OF the Providence squad, is TO
manage Lincoln next season.
Matty, who served as Bill Dono-
vans lieutenant at the Rhode Island
metropolis last year, was made free
agent last fall as a reward for his
loyal work, and the announcement
that he was possessed with manage
rial ambitions was rewarded by good
offer from the home town of William
Jennings Bryan.
AT present Matty is wintering in
Detroit, and he will remain in this
city until the middle OF March, when
he will Chamber aboard rattler for
Nebraska.
When the former Tiger gardener
completed his dickering with Lincoln.
he was requested To bring ball club
west with him. Ii seems that the
Western league team did not amount
to 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
q chance to play with him. He isn't
going TO be satisfied with anything
worse than the best available, and IL
Is 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
viii come to his aid. and neither
4 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 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 IL he has q
good team, there Is no reason why he
should not make a 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 q heavy
hitter and fine fielder. says Matty,
and last summer learned lot about
the game. Even then he was better
than several American leaguers, de-
clares Mcintyre, and has a 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 mi
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 moi
signing new minor league men, and
that discovery is heavy blow. The
slashing OF club rolls is making the
number of available jobs even much
scarcer than In the past, and there i:
now a scramble among the players u
sign as quickly as possible at what
ever Is offered them in the way OF 1
contract.
The International Ieaguers are pull
ing strong for the promotion OF Bill
Donovan, who is candidate for al
American league berth, reports Matty
An idea OF the shape in which tn
Lincoln club was left at the end O
IuE lIlt btdbOn Cai DC huOMh ny
glance at the first base statistics
: Charley Mullen, the new Yankee fire
baseman. led the Western league 4
batting during the II games he play
cd for Lincoln last summer, havin
an average OF 1851. Harry Williams
who was traded TO Lincoln for Mu
len and who finished the season there
batted for only .265 for 70 games
and was last among the guardians o
the initial sack in fielding. A heay
hitting first baseman is among tn
prizes that Matty is looking for a
present.
The Giants are considering the TAX
Ing over OF the Jersey City franchise
moving II TO Syracuse, and making the
team q farm for players.