The Detroit times., 1914-06-19
If Anybody is Dickering With
New League, He is Keeping it
Very, Very Quiet
CARR'S ACTIONS MAY
CAUSE CHANGE OF CAMP
If~Charley is Active in Business
Affairs of War Organization,
He May Lose Tigers
BY RALPH l.. YoRKER.


With the Federal leaguers coming
to Detroit aud grabbing Schulz, the
New York southpaw from under the
nose of Manager FraAk Chance. TAX
ing stars from the Chicago White
Sox, worrying Walter Johnson OF the
Washington Nationals, and getting
promises from Eddie Collins Of the
Athletics, these same Feds have
failed 10 bother the Tigers at all thus
far.
They have pursued them. but APP
parently pursued them in vain, In
the early part OF the season they
we're on the trail of some of the Tiger
recruits who looked as if they were
slipping. They made offers TO them
but they failed TO gain a sympathetic
ear, even Of those Tigers who were
released TO minor league clubs.
If any of the Tigers have been both
cred by the Federals recently they
are keeping it quiet. They say that
there arc no war agents worrying
them There is no gossip around the
clubhouse about representatives OF
the new league making any of the
The reason that Detroit is being let
alone is given by the Tigers as due
10 the fact that they are entirely
satisfied with the way that they are
and have been treated by Frank j.
Nayin, president Of the Detroit club,
and the Federals know this TO be
true.
One OF the first men the new league
would be likely to approach would be
DOME Bush. They tried TO get MIN
with some alluring offers in Indian
apolis this winter and failed. They
now have one of Denies best friends,
Charley Carr. playing first base for
them This would seem TO indicate
that they would be strong with Bush.
Il don't know anything about the
new moves of the Federals" said
Bush today, however They haven't
seen me lately. l wasn't surprised
that Carr started playing first base
for the Indianapolis club, but didn't
know that he intended TO do So
haven't heard from him lately. lis
doing that won't have any effect on
me-"
One of the Tigers sized up the opin.
ion of the club pretty we'll when asked
why the invaders hadn't tried hard
to get any OF the Tiger stars.
"We're working for a good guy
that's why" he said "Navin has al
ways treated us all right and any
body who would desert him would
be fool / don't blame some OF the
players on other teams for quitting
cold and joining the Feds but they
wouldn't do il IL they had been work
ing for our boss"
The action taken by Charley Carr.
who Joined the Indianapolis Feds as
a first baseman. will have no effect
on the Tiger training camp at his re-
sort near San Antonio, but IL he ia
too active In the business aHairs Of
the new league Navin is likely TO get
huffy.
What Carr has done hasn't affect
ed the Tigers training camp as yet,
said Navin this morning. II expect
TO hear from Carr shortly getting an
explanation OF just what he is doing.
He was a player without job and
without the ability 10 get one in the
nf45or leagues. He was a free agent
N0%contract bound him 10 anybody
What he did was all right, | natural
ly don't want him active in advancing
the business affairs Of the new
league, however What he does in
the; future will determine whether
the Tiger training camp Will remain
at his place"