The Detroit times., 1914-10-20
WILLETT SLATED FOR
SCARD BY FEDS, REPORT
% Tigers Jump to Soft,
Bsrth" Earns Him Place
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der JONES PLANS
HAKEUP ON TERRIERS
nws Claiming Whole Major
cogue Peace Plan Is De-
vised by Sphinx

IoxU O6T iaSt spring now tucy Nofu
@&nt Edgar Willett. one-time Tiger
1or, Jumped to the St Louis Feds
<uoe he was afraid that he was
D1ng and he wanted To make sure
~ long berth somewhere else than
~ bushes? Now comes the sad
of the story. Manager Fielder
- q scurrying around the coun-
WITH q $4,000 roll with which to
1T big leaguers. and he Is plan.
= ITO use his new acquisitions,
- are said to be numerous, 10
liant host Of 1914 regulars,
t0s the discards-to-be being one
~ Willett. We hardly know
lher to laugh or weep. II the
~ 81 true, Ed surely has earned a
1)ack mark in the error column.
Cmoo, who at present Is burning
4 tho outlaw circuit with activity.
M 4 genuine Yost shakeup arranged
he boys who have been drawing
okD from the former Tinker club.
even dozen players are slated for
e discard, among them Infielders Al
cher, AL Bridwell. Jack Misss,
y uathes. Hughie Miller; Outfield-
\ Del Drake, Fred Kommers and
m Miller: Catcher Mike Simon,
Pitchers Hank Keupper. Ernie
Hart. and--shall we smile or sob
1Gnr Wtllett. Tobin, Kirby. Mar
Groom, Crandall. Davenport,
t1ey and Chapman are sure OF
- Jobs for another year. II IL said.
hen Jones announces the names
re men he has already kidnapped
~ faIl from organized baseball,
~ win be wailing and gnashing OF
~ IN the Johnson and Tener cir
~ declare the outlaw chiefs. The
80 ere being withheld 50 that the
Iropoes will not be embarrassed In
|octing their bonuses for their
|u61id work this year. Two pitch
y ohortstop, third baseman,
|oher, and an outfielder are already
|no1 ~ the Terriers, an attache Of
D club ID said 10 have said. From
~ sources comes the report that
toou. Pfeffer, Burns, Fletcher and
nay, Of the Giants, are the lads
" have been rounded up by Jones,
= that Daubert and Cutshaw, Of
4 DODGERS are nibbling ut the bait.
~ there II Fritz Maisel. Yankee
~ seeker par excellence. who Is
20 have tainted when he saw
,1u' bankroll and found himself an
6W when he came to.
= ~ nrst baseman referred to as
nod may be- Borton. Of the coast
~, Who II one Of the classiest Of
|1lxo soma" He was once In the
hague. being traded by the Sox
4 Chnnce for Hal Chase. Chance
INIT nee him. but Jones did. and
IS Tor Borton as soon as he signed
with St. Louis.
10 artistic temperament ranking
ouoe Of the way Jones has seized
y center Of the stage, Charley
IoGhman has given vent to an out
~ the substance Of which IL TO
erect that the Chifeds have
III, or are about to sign, seven
|ItonaI and American league play
y two OF them pitchers. The
80 viii be made public Friday,
~ Weeghman.
RE climax of the weekend thrills
~ reeched when Robert B. Ward,
, baker-owner OF the Brooklyn
-. took time to emphatically and
nbouyantly deny the story that he
y about to purchase the Yankees.
~ an oDuloDf Fad ma gnata should
~ % purchase the Yankees was
explained.
Dlnce II begins to look as II the
more circuit were serious In its
|ontion to invade Cincinnati and
~ York, the peace plan drawn up
Al Sphinx. has drawn to itself con-
|crable interest. Here Is the way
INK would rearrange the allies and
outlaws:
National League.
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