The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-17
Fans Refuse to Get Excited Over
Possibility of Georgia Peach
Going to Feds
PRICE OF SEATS AT
NAVIN FIELD REDUCED
Paddy Bauman and Williams
Send in Contracts-Pipp TO
Go to Fort Wayne
BY RALPH L. YoNKER

It's a pot-pourl OF news and com
ment that greets the baseball fan to-
(, day with the signing OF players 10
Detroit contracts, the reduction ot
/, prices for seats at Nayln field and the
fabulous offer made Ty Cobb. Tiger
star, by the new Federal league hold.
ling the headline places
The most spectacular OF these
! events, the Offering OF cobb $4,000
] for his services for the next five
tyears, happened yesterday. IL sud
denly dawned on the Chicago club
! In the Federal league that they had
missed an opportunity for publicity
land President Gilmore. OF the Fed
eral league, rushed Cobb a message
asking him IL he would consider an
offer OF $4,000 year for five
years
This is looked upon as being done
,eolely for press purposes. 1t affords
something TO talk about. Detroit
fans look upon 1t with the same In
terest that they do vaudeville
mountaineering but not import
ant. Cobb has made public his prom
Use to sign with the Tigers and GER
tainly IL DOME Bush stuck 10 his
promise to sign after being offered
$35. 900 for five years, Cobb won't
renig for the offer made him by
Gilmore.
AS a matter of fact il Chicago did
get Cobb IL would be likely TO make
the Chicago club SO far above the
others In the league that there would
~ eli In, 81. Ln1n mr..
ganization. Cobb could not be
reached at his home by wire yester-
day. He Is supposed 10 be at Roy
ton, Ca, hunting and will not re-
turn to Augusta, Ga, until early
next week.
The decision to change the prices
Tor seats at Navin field is In reality
nothing new although IL was made
rkIblic for the first time today. Frank
Navin has for some time been con-
sidering dhe change. He has felt
oalt other clubs and the Detroit pub
Nc with view to arranging his
prices so as TO suit the greatest num-
Der for the greatest time and yet
Weep his income at a point where he
Considers IL should be.
The prices for next season will be
g follows:
Bleachers. 25 cents.
Pavilions, so cents.
as cents.
First three rows back OF catcher
and third base. reserved. $500
! Box seats by the season, 800
Box seats by the game. sl.25.
/ Some OF the 75-cent seats will be
reserved and sold for 800 each on
Saturdays. Sundays and holidays az
1 the demand for them requires.
I This change in prices Is expected
to bring larger crowds into the
Grandstand week days. Last sea-
soon the seats In the front rows just
hack OF the boxes, costing 500
each. were nearly always very empty.
Two Tigers sent In their contracts
yesterday. They were Paddy Bau-
man, second baseman, who has been
sought by the indianapolis Federals
and Claude Williams, the southpaw
who pitched a game or two for the
Tigers last season. He was obtain
"a from Nashville. His home ID in
Springfield, Mo-
Walter Pipp, first baseman, who
played on the Catholic University
team at Washington. was secured by
the Tigers. sent to Providence and
then Scranton. and recalled. will be
sent to Fort Wayne. the club which
made Del Gamer the whirlwind first
s6cker he proved 10 be the first few
Months he was with the Tigers An
injury slowed Del UP materially, but
af Is believed that Pipp has a chance
u develop at Fort Wayne as Gamer
did.
|nN Cleveland Gets NO-Hitter.
a The Cleveland Maps have signed
pitcher Matt Hyncs who was drafted
6v the Portland Pacific Coast club
rom the Canadian leaGue. Hynea
uftched a no-hit game against van
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