The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-04-14
Indian Chief Thinks
Highly of His 1915
Team
IDEAL WEATHER
FOR GETAWAY
Witt Will Replace Mo-
riarty In the
Opener
BIZ HAROLD Y. WILCOX.


Does Il pay TO advertise in the
Ttmesf Remember that big want
"a on the sport page yesterday call
Ing for some real weather for the
opening day? Have we not just
what we called for? The moral
-ouite obvious. watson; quite So"
Indians are on the war path in De
troIt and there Is imminent danger
OF an uprising that win strike terror
10 the loyal citizens OF this fair city.
\ That Indians would be here at this
time has been an accepted fact
ever since the American league
schedule was made public. but that
there Would be any war path stun
involved comes as great surprise.
Hut Joe Birmingham. manager OF
the erstwhiIe Maps. nov dubbed
with redskin monieker. Is author
ny for tine uprising angie 20 the sit
! uofi0n.
Cleveland no longer has meek
ana humble BAH club. according TO
Chief Joe. A tribe OF loyal and
spirited young Warriors has hit the
tran 70 Detroit to help celebrate
the arrival Of che open season on
the horsehide sphere. says rotund
''Birmy.. and the medicine men
Who have been dwelling about the
spring camp fires Of the Indians are
passing ont the same line OF dope.
Birmingham has fred his stars.
plugged up the holes In his team
with ambitious youngsters, cheer
fSzIly acquiesced In the discard OF
somnclsnt title Of Maps in favor o.
7 the more militant indiana and
this morning expressed himself on
the reiuyenation az follows;
~The Cleveland team il going TO
b q ighting team. Every player
Z knows he viii be expected 10 night
every minute OF the game. BY Q
hGhtins ball player I mean one who
doesn't know when he's beaten and
plays out the string In every game.
when q player forgets how to play
lighting BAH he also viii forge, to
play on the Cleveland team.
~TfSs years Cleveland players
win make mistakes. plenty Of them
but they will be mistakes Of the
hand or mind and not OF the heart
want to state right now that
want TO be held responsible for
those mistakes The boys viii be
out there playing under my dtrec
. lions. and n they do the wrons
I thing Il viii be because I told
them
Birmingham feels that every play
y or n going to do his best TO make
the club q winner. and banking upor
the loyalty of his men has announc
cd that be has put every member
OF the squad on his honor in regard
10 his personal conduct.
Il have spoken TO every member
Of the team privately and outlined
my policy" said Chief Joe II TOLD
every player what expected OF hin
and what he might expect of me.
There VIII be no attempt Il
drive any player. II 10 poor policy
to drive young ball club, espe
I ciaily when Il Is composed OF high
class boys like those who will rep
= resent Cleveland this season"
Right here the everlasting ele
X ment OF bitter competition in base
ball Is forcefully called 10 mind II
Birmingham has SO improved hii
team, II win be expected by the
Cleveland fans TO win some games
IN this opening series. II the In
B dams do win. Detroit win be giyer
IN unexpected jolt that viii cosi
heavily In valuable eariy-season con
0dence and may have serious ef
feet on the Tiger showing in the
pennant race. II Detroit does clean
Nd on the series. the Indians will re
turn 10 the Forest City to face q
q horde Of fans who will say unpleas
ont things about "the same old los
Ing stun Charley Somers would
then be very likely TO lose heavily
on season that might be made pro
f1table BY peppery showing at the
getaway. Baseball r.. after all. 9
game played for big stakes. and
that's why Il makes madmen OF san,