The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-01-13
Inst . Matter of Contracts. Law
yers and Smiling. Claims
DEAL FOR PIPP AND
HIGH Is NOT CLOSED
Will Be Through, Says x-Tiger,
Who Visited His Detroit
Friends This Week
BY HAROLD V. WILCOX.

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Mr. Wild Bill. what was your eN
perience in the gentle art of reclaim
Ing prodigal ball players and saving
others who were on the verge OF max.
Ing the fatal leap into Outlawed re
kions? Were there scenes of wild re-
morse, forgiveness and pledges OF un-
lying allegiance, a la Walter Johnson
end Clark Griffith? Just how did you
Hean Caldwell back TO the old home
stead In little oil New York, and save
= Peck from his contemplated folly?"
Mr.. Wild Bill smiled rosily-that' S
enough TO let you know his other
name il Dohovan--and told a simple
tale that took all the romance out OF
the baseball var.
well. u just went down 10 Cald-
wells home in York state and We re-
newed scquaintance pleasantly" said
Bill. Then, after we had decided
that we liked each other. We went
down 10 see his lawyer and the old
contract with the Yankees was pro
4 duced fors lnspection His LAWYER told
Ray thatSttet contract would stick in
courts. 50 he decided that he would
play with the Yankees ueXt year, and
that is all fhe-e was 20 &, except the
sendinc hscl. NJ the bonus to the Blu.
fcds. That has been done
"Personally. thinl that Caldwell
4 had reen -anS!ors to return TO organ
lied ball for somn timc and ! think
Thai her re n lot Of other hurdlers
who feel The same way. They have
4 jumrcd hastily sometimes in anger
and wEen they have rad a chance 10
cool of, they have been sorry
| IL - 10 81 n ~
the jumpers would come back II they
+ could.
~As Con Peckinpaugh. thar was easy
M dent think he ever intended 10 join
the Ferif although Tinker was a.
cleveland and had long conference
With Peck while YVES there, Peckin-
oaneh he'd been promised some things
BY Farrell that ' did not know any
thine about, and he. OF course, insist
I'd that the promises be fulfilled So
we waited until we could get FarreEs
eayso on the propositon. and then we
came to terms without trouble, That
Is about the extent of my experiences
with the Feds"
Some more questions were fired at
the naw manager OF the Yanks. who
was I'M Detroit yesterday for probably
. the IaStitime before the season opens
"A and It'd replies came back in ram
bling, genial fashion as a street car
jolted him downtown, where he lunch
4 "a Wild his sister, resident of this
city. nit before he grabbed the rat
4 tier fdrs Gotham.
NO. didn't close the deal for Pipp
and High while was comforting with
Mr.. Navin this morning. He told me
that Messrs. Rupert and Huston had
the conditions under which the two
Tigers were to go to New York, so
Will let them finish the deal | sure
want the two boys. High is a mighty
GOOD performer. and | expect TO see
Pipp playing first base regularly for
Z the Yankees next season. / don't
know inst how many OF the other
z players offered the Yanks by the 9th
4 81 clubs will be accepted ! have an
Idea that several of them will not be
4 Durclmeed. But will know more
nbout that when ! get back to New
York You see, ! haven't been there
eince the club has been actually trans
TERED, and / have been on the road
so much since | have been appointed
s manaeer that haven't had real cor
ferente with the new owners at all.
IAN Of the Yankees are now signed
excepf Cole, Hartzell and McHale.
4 McHale wants to go the Feds, hear.
We win not lose sleep over his hurd-
( ling tendencies.
"Yes. the Yankees have about as
few PLAYERS coming up from the
bushes this year as any other club.
a good many less than any other club.
M gue&a Farrell drafted only "A, cor
pie. 2 understand and | don't know
who eney are now although | will
md dlf as soon as get back 10 New
<Yorks I'VE have lot of material for
good team, though. and will proba.
bly, do lsome more purchasing before
the season gets well started
"YeesI understand that have moth
[ fng 10 fear IN the way OF interference
with the playing part of the club
hope that I will be- given full charge
for believe that II man is hired TO
run a. ball team. he ought 10 be elbow
4 ed iosrnn IT, n he gets into trouble.
LEI him fight II out himself That's
what j want to do.
THAT is one reason why | would
have been glad to come back to De.
froit as manager. Mr. Navin never
lnterferes with the playing end OF the
club He is wonderful baseball man.
and always knows Just what is doing
and has splendid idee OF what should
be done. but he leaves the MANAGING
20 his manager, and ! believe he finds
that it pays.
~ don't know, OF course where the
Yankees will land next season. |
don't expect TO win pennant. but 7
honestly believe that we will land bet
Ter than seventh, and that in year
or two. n the boys develop as they
Dronliee. 10 come through. We will be
10 and fighting around the top.
~ certainly have had a pleasant