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Tiges Break Camp Tonight and Start Clashes With Giants Tomorrow at Fort WotH WAXAHACHIK. Tuxaa. March 29. HI'GHEI JENNINGS l* going to start hU wrond decade aa * major kMUf mKimxfr by a rousing tilt with hta oM pal. John McGraw, Ills Intentions are exactly a* gentle, kindly and pacific as the> a ere a score and more years ago. when this same Jennings, this ns me Met! raw. ands few more Baltimore Orioles kidded their way thm the National league with those same methods of self-ad ran cement who'll msde Captain Kidd himself Immortal aa the greatest kldder of all time Those Oriole parlor pets seldom committed any maaaacrea off the ball park, but that ass the limit of their self restraint. Thruout all *h*ae yesrs since then, McGraw and Jennings have loved each other with an honest Irish affection which prayed for a chance to pit their managerial skill and guile against each other In a blistering Jamboree. The Merkle boner that Wept the Giants out of a world aeries with the Tigers In IP * was th« bitterest disappointment that ever befell those famous pilots, last spring the two clubs met in five games In Texsa. Each had won two when the clubs went Into Houston for their final game. The rigors cop ped that series. But the jousts of 1916 were nothing like what starts tomorrow. They were merely practice bout*. This Is going to be a real series. Regulst plubers will l»e used, regular lineup* will be on the field, and both clubs are after gore. Ten games will be played. One goes at Port Worth Fri day. Haturdsy and Sunday will see scuffle* at Dallas. Wichita Jslls. Teas*, will get the Monday game. Thsn Oklahoma ( lty and Tuiaa, In Oklahoma; Wichita and Manhattan. In Kansas, and Kansas City will be visited In turn The trip will be made In special Pullman trains that will rival world series accommodation*, and some attendance record* for eihl bltion tours are expected to tumble. A splendiferous 10 days Is ahead. ft Is very possible that the aerie* will play havoc with both dubs It Is also possible that the series wIU put both club# on such a fine edge that they will leave their leagues at th« post when the championship barrier springs That all depends upon the weather, the condition of th# playing grounds, and whether the pitchers ar# permitted to over-exert themselves. Great Clubs Will Clash. MITCH better baseball should be played this year thsn In the Infer league aerie* of 1916. It I* a cinch that the pitching will be bet ter. because both clubs will be a week farther along In condi tion and because regular fllnger* will be used instead of rookies The Tiger* will show a catching staff per cent stronger than that of last spring, and Cobb will be In all the games and will have a week of busy batting practice bark of him. The Giants will present the greatest ball club In the National league That team t# good enough this year for the American league. The New York Infield last March was composed of. Merkle, Doyle. Fletcher and Hans Ig>bert. The catching staff was Bill Rariden and an odd lot of second raters The outfield was Burns. KsufT and numerous rookie* in right field This spring the Giants will present an infield composed of Walter Hoelke. Charley Henog. Arthur Fletcher and Hetnle Zimmerman The outfield will be George J Burns. Rennie Kauff and Davy Robertson The catchers will be Lew McCarty and Bill Rariden. This team is more of a monopoly of the star talent of the National league than a club composed of Speaker. Cobb and Hhotten, Staler, Collins. Bush and Baksf; and Schalk and Spencer would be In the American league Not that the Giants are as strong as an all star club from the American league would be. for the senior circuit has not the quantity of stars that sparkle in the John son constellation Rut If Is a magnificent ball club that McGraw has col lected. and It is far superior to the outfit that the Tiger* smeared a year ago. The pitching staffs of both clubs are similar in a great many respect*. From the standpoint of actual talent, the Giant flinging corps of Tesreau. Schupp. Sallee. Perrltl and Benton is very formidable, and for added measure is a spitbsller named Anderson, who ought to be good The Tiger array of Coveleakie,. Itausa, James, Mitchell and the rest la also formidable on paper Neither of these staff*, however, has been able to perform up to standard recently. Both of them look great this spring What they will do will not be the least Interesting of the angle# involved In the coming invasion of the western Jungle Covey Unpopular OF THF Tigers who played against the Giants last year, four pitch era and eight other players will be on the firing line tomorrow The pitcher* who wrangled with the McGrawoon* In March of ’l6 and who will he called upon again this year are Coveleakie, Bo land. Cunningham and l sous# One of these follow* Is going to be a storm I enter thl* year His name Is Harry Coveleakie. John McGraw has been waiting for nine years to bounce a brick off till* Pole’* coco. Whereby wags a tale that ia one of the classics of baseball. Coveleakie broke Into the big league In the fall of 1909, after the Trl state league season had ended and lainraster had dismissed the southpaw. Harry reported to the Phillies at New York. It waa September, and one of the most sensational pennant rac »* the National league ever experienced was clattering down the home atretch. Tb# Cubs. Pirate# and Giants were neck and neck The men of McGraw seemed to have the inside track. The aeries with the Pbillle# at New' York and another Immediately at Philadelphia seemed to give the Giant# a cinch, for the Quakers had won only one game that season from the Manhattanite# On Monday Covelea kie was called upon to pitch at the Polo grounds. He won a close game. Again on Thursday he was ordered to alab againat New York at Philadel phia He won another close one. On Haturday the raw buaher waa again started against McGraw and he won a third game ail in the same week It was this calamity that plunged the Giants Into such a predica ment that It was possible for the Merkle boner to scare the gonfalon away. Coveleakie had no right to beat eggs in those day*, and McGraw never did forgive him t Recalling Last March COVELESKIK and the Giants never met again until last spring. Then Harry southpawed eight Innings In two game*, holding the Me- Grawmcn to six hits and one tally and getting credit for a pair of victories He was a# Invincible as In 1908. It la expected that be will go the route on< ♦* or tw ice In the series at hand and a Jolly time is expected by all Another Tiger pitcher who held the Gtanta helplea* last year was Cunningham He worked seven Innings In two games, and al lowed four hits and only one run. It was his work againat New York that cinched Cunnie -i Job with Detroit. Boland and Dauaa also did well. In six innings. Bemto gave three hit* and two tallies, and In five rounds, Dauss was nicked for six base knocks and one counter Poor Bill McTlgue was the fellow at whose expense the National leaguer* prospered. TTi* only pitcher who was really effective against Dwtrolt waa Anderson, who was u buat during the actual seaaon. Bennie Kauff was the big noise last spring, and his play againat D* trolt attracted a lot of attention. In 29 time# at bat. Bennie accumulated four runs and six hits for ten base#, all this netting an average of .300. Five Tlgera heat this mark The work of the Jungaleers against New York |s revealed In these figures: Player %»• It H TH RS Pel. I raw sere 9% 9 * fa I 41* Hitk . if « f * a «ta Work 91 9 S It I .9*l *!#•»##* • • . 19 9 4 K * Ml Heilman • 9 9 « I XXX < 4 9 i 9 i xrva V onna 1* » « * « 9X9 Harper 19 I 9 X * .IX9 Cobb plaved In only one game, which was the laat. Roth he and Kauff s*nnd one hit that day That waa all Bennie did do. except to catch one fly and nils judge half a doxen line drlvea that nearly played car rom* off hi* skull Ty was also safe on a hunt, scored two runs, walked once. Stole a ba«e. hooked another In a slight miaplay, and did the most s-nsatlonal fielding of hla entire carver It waa that same evening that Kauff conceded that there were things about baaehall that he could learn from the Peach. Bennie Han Claan For all thjs Kauff ia a grand little ball player. He had many faults last seas-on. <uch aa being over confident, always cutting at the Bmt ball, and a dozen little things like that. Rut the talent ia there, and last sen on he learned a lot about the major league game Dennie is smart, game, ambitious and capable. It’s a 10 to 1 bet he and Cobb will have several little evening sessions next week. In which Ty will be tutor and the Fed phenom will be tutor## Bennie has been hitting the ball mighty hard this spring, and la likely to give a very surprising account of himself during the next ten daya. Os course the chief value of the TlgerOlant clash Is th# major |f*gue education such fellows as Khmke, Cunningham Jonee. Dyer, Ellison. He||. ninn and Nicholson will get. Travelling every night and playing dally with such a galaxy of veteran stars as thee# two clubs can boast, the trip will he a wonderful experience for these boya. Barring the possible evil results of overexertkm uod#r bad weather conditions the series will put both club* on fine edge for the pennant scramble. MARCH " 191 T. * Fore! \ -v I ; (?/ ißl^ *4- * Jimmy Anderson’s Right Fails, And Frankie Murphy Wins Go .. ... A Bronson's Protege Shows Up Well In Fast Bout BY OICK FARRINGTON, Jimmy Anderson, of Indianapolis. lan into a shower of right* and lefts Wednesday night In Windsor with tut a weather stick Ft ankle Mur ph), of Denver created the atorm Incidentally Mr. Murphy can come bark to the city acro#s the bay at any time he feels so disposed as far as the handful of fans who attended the bout are concerned. He proved a good two-handed scrapper. It mav be satd, from :he outside, that Le cannot take much of a punch, but he waa a>l# to »vad# Anderson’s right hand wallop thruout the 10 rounds This, of course has been itone before, but Jimmy mans an awful kick Anderson mat a hoy who carried more guns than be did. The In dixnapolls chap fought a fine battle He showed that he had the ability the stamina and the nerve. Never did he give ground. In this con nection It may be said Murphy clinched whenever the rea became tro rough But that'r all In th* game and be won Te fight from a spectator's stand point waa satisfactory. It was tie cld atorv. a boxer againat a flgter. Murphy la not a clever boxer, for he missed many chance* with hla left. Ray Bronson waa In hla cor her and this naturally medhs that be fought the beat fight that waa in him Bronson told him how to win Anderron and Br> naon ooroe from the came humble little tovrn of Indianapolis and Ray know# Jim better than th# history of the first time he met Packey Mi Farlano In New Orleans aud cracked him in the first round Much credit is due for th* way he handled Murf>hy. Both boy# weighed In un der the 142 pound mark at 3 o’clock - The only rounds won ty Anderson were the second and ninth In the Training ( amps VT PKTKRnni'flO, Fla—Outfielder Georg*- Wilted screed to sign the contract to play with the Phillies Wednewday afternoon for the com ing e*ason He donned hla uniform and began practice in earnest The heavy hitter had been holding out for more money hut it te thought he ■igned for the amount originally of fered by President Raker. HOt'FTON Te* With everything in hi* favor .foe larkson. Soi out fielder, le going to he hot na Ty f’nhh ■ trail this season. Jtrli#nn bee ueee show leg up hatter this sea son than ever before and hla team mate* predict the beet record of hta career Resides an overpowering em hit ion to get along. Jackson ts hitting the bail. Pre-Seanon RpruHa At Memphis Inning* . .. I 1 1 i 1 t It f It Ro*ton . InsOOISJfI f. —.7 Brooklyn ... 001*10110 S —4 Ratterlea—Jone*. May* and Cfedy and Thom** Marquard. C’ootnWs. Cheney and Meyer# and Miller. At Cordelia. On ion In g* . 1 J t 4 4 4 New Y»>rk Americans 0 o 0 0 f> o—# Boston Nationals 0 J 1 0 0 x— I Game called on account o f dark ness Batteries r*#»dwnll. liove and Nunamaker and Walters. Nehf and Oowdy. Eastern high la la fine trim for Its clash with the Northwestern Marketers In the latter's gym Frl day night The squad has been working bard and a lot of fine ma terial has been developed North western la In *T4»f shape and a i clone meet should be ataged With Tigen Three Season*. McKee In Released to ’Friaco Ray McKee, a member of the Tiger catching t-taff for season-« has been released to San Francisco of the Pacific Coast league McKee waa second string catcher to Stanage until the ad rent of Hack ttpenorr. who la in fine form this season. “Red” waa troubled with a sore arm much of the time he vu working with the Tlgera, but It la believed that with regular work he will de velop into a much better beck stop. VARSITY CLUB ~ SHOWS UP WELL U. of M. Player* Slam the Old Pill With Vijfor In Initial Workout BY JAMES BCHERMRRHORX, JR. (Staff Correspondent Detroit Timet) ANN AREOR, Mich., March 29. Michigan's baseball squad In Its initial practice game of the season showed plenty of hitting strength, the batters getting hold of ihe Tsall for long drlvea. Reem, Bt an Jell end Mattson led in the hitting, seeming a couple of doubles, one triple and a few singles "Morrie” Dunne, var sity catcher also connected for a three-base drive that would have U*en good for a circuit clout on a dry field The lack of Infielders hux made Coach lAindgreo draw one of hta OU!fielder* to fill the hole at short while another may be brought In to Flay third Captain Brandell. who rlaved bot.i short and center field la#« a*axon starring In both posi tions, has been definitely placed at short, while Reem, left fielder iasi year, may play third If liorwit* *nd I-xrson. the two tntwl pronurlng of the hot corner candidates, do not tbow more hlttrng sirength Waltcrhrnss, who played short and second last year, ha-4 been #*nt to the outfield Parks and Lush show Ae meet stuff rn the mound The t#um as It now lin**# up and as It will pcotMibly play on the southern trip la Park*. Villrr. f.ush. Glenn. Ohlmiw*h*r. rltcher* lwnn*> and Mattson, catchers: Newell, first. Dancer, second; Captain Rntndoll, short; Horwltx or R**m. third; The Last Two Games This Season |P A All-Star* ★ Pick of the 0. H. A. O DETROIT A?' Friday and Saturday Nights Tt< TC ETB (m BALK AT BOX OFF'iT /ifITIIA wi V*vfil fir J Arena '1- <• 9atmd.« Take advantage of the l#«t f. ■« to enjoy the ice Skating after ' »e Saturday night game until 12 n<> Woodward at Maodrla extra eharga DETROIT TIMES Martin, Klrchgessnor, Rt'em, and Walterbouee. outfielders. The board of r4*g*nts will meet Friday afternoon to discuss the question of .Michigan’s return to the western conference, the matter hav ing been In id before them at tbelr meeting a month ago The members of the board axe nearly evenly di vided on the question. The can pus opinion still seem# to favor a return. With the Pugs NICW YORK —ls Fr«*d Fulton man ag«*a to fulfill prediction* and knock 4'arl Morris half way back to Hapul pa. Ok . when they meet tn New York, it la very probable that hi# nut effort will he in opposition to the comeback efforts, of Jim Coffey, the local heavy weight Negotiation# have been • tsrted by Frank Force, manager of Pniton f<# the battt*. and txlteattona are #oa*e agreement will k« reached. „ f’l-.KVFn.AND-I>e# I*arcy prnbfcbly win h# matched n.g#tn#t lack IHlion Indianapolis or George Chip. New castle. Pa, In Mat* Hinkle* #h'*w hare neat month. No c«>nir»i t ha# been signed, but Darcy aivi Hinkle authorised the announcement late Wednesday Darcy will go from here to New Orleans soon to fight J *ff Bmith .pnl 5 He announced today that he had signed the contract. xnw YORK- Mike OTVwd. fit. Paul middleweight, ha* b*en matched for a 10-round bout with Al McCoy, who claim# the middleweight cham pionship. The hout will take place the night of April 12 ■P I I'll 1 |'''| m J ' ,II RE-fc.LE.CT JEFFRIES for JUDGE Recorder’s Court Faithful Public Servant By Ripley. Ellison Out of Hot Corner Race But Will Be Retained Rookie Said To Be Ideal For Second Sack Job By HAROLD V WIIsCOX (Staff Crtrretpondent Detroit TYm**) WAXAIIACHIE. T#x., March 29 - Burt Ellison ia defiaiterfy out erf the rare for the third baa# berth on the Dwtrolt olttb Bobby Jones and B#n Dy#r will have the battle to themaelv##. and Manager .Jennings Intends to alter nate the#e fellow* at th# hot comer thruout the series with tb# Olants, which starts tomorrow at Fort Worth Hughey does not Intend to let Rl llj-on get away from him however. Hi- simply has come to the oonclu alon that a huge mistake waa mad# w'hen Ellison was first a*nt to third bwae In the minors, and that a great on* has been made here at camp j 1f attempting to keep him there According to the Jennings notion Burt has the making* of a great j aecond baseman or shortstop. His 1 moves are ideal for these position*, | particularly hi* throwing. whll* th**e very things handicap him a« tl.ird Hereafter Jennings will prop the youngster for second or short. Th# Tlgera will park tbelr trunk# ti night and break camp Friday morning. This la th* last day of one of the finest training trip# the olub ever had There have been windy daya. but the weather on the whole has been quite warm, and there baa been practically no rain Only one-half a day of practice has been lost all month. The team never was In better condition at this time of the year One fine thing ia the spirit of the club Everybody la happy and enthualaa tlc There have been no grouches to nuree nor pessimists to comfort. Pitcher Watson waa scheduled to leave today for Houston, where he will pitch thla season The left hander le altogether too young and green for the big show, altho he has quite a lot of ability. It ia probable that Flannagan will leave the club at Dallas He Is the prop erty of the Muscatine club, being here only on approval. There Is every reason to believe that he will soon get another trial higher up All the other rookies will go to Detroit and most of them will be earned thruout the season Manager Jennings has announced ti\4 pitching program for the flrat ami maim ONDDIPII "lafct* a#e te IXW GARRICK ANNA HELD la th# a**4ril Jolllt 7 FOLLOW ME sss henry lewis Next Week—Seats Nww belling EMMA DUNN la the 4r*Ms‘* Rtn«*t 4 omfty Hit “OLD LADY 31“ *TMK BRIT N,AT IN TK AM" —MoClurs a Magaitn*. DETROIT ■« ULInUII Mat «*t*r4*>. Stl» HENRI W, MVAOC Offsr* EVERYWOMAN Her nigilM*#* ta *>■*■! *4 Uv*. Our* Dt*m» ■ Mx«lf I C*4**e#7 Next Week —Scat# Now Selling DAVID WARFIELD $ In hli imtat iurc«i* The Music Master rttfM, as.eo t« nor. I MADISON , Broadway Thr Contlnunu* and Orand f harming 12 N**on Circus P»rk r*.Ni*r« to 11 PM Edith Story aiKlAßtontoMorfiiM i IN Aladdin From Broadway ••t APT. JINK* KID*" I frank Daniels ( •m«4r) Haro’d Unis 'A’.V.r.T Hrtßirr-nmr. wkiwiy Hu.l Wfll»r.^o>r«n nAfI.V «l L T mail • ». rn. GEORGE M. COHAN ««• U JOMKO” KTMiliiai. JK-Wr. ttdlaf**, IMft* EE& M ii.m to 4iM. 7.30 an 4 tilß VALENTINE VOX 7 —OTHKH (.RI4T 4< ■'TO T rnrr. photo n.*Y«. tacm «• Mat*.. I fkr - SOr. tlkr-»r-.UVr MVA4A7RWSI iik.hi m «;R4t»r hi pi mqi r TM K IPIF, li KI. mK V I K T-O'ltr* to M.»tln<*ra lftc. >M' HitMn 4k W rotAo. CADILLAC B' LALMLLAV D om n*t*l taMhr “HELLO GIRLS” Halt War A. *T%# rkanalM Wlim" AVENUE r.w.s, HIGH FLIERS* cJSr 4(it Mtaii IrMlaif HtaOrta. four games wltb the Giants. Dauaa aid Boland are expected to work the first game. Ehmke and Cunning ham the aecond. Coveleakie and Jon*# the third, and James and Mitchell the fourth. lAst night the townspeople gave a reception to the Tigers at the Ho tel Hagers. Thl* replaced the aa nual Tiger dazx e which waa passed up because of circumstance# which made It impracticable Tb* »t. 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' ■-4>rtra>l Tbr end attractive than on Us initial # velatlow hern, or than tb* faaag# hallmark would lead u* to tipwf In part a ap*-ta<-)e. la part a •omedy and u> still another way a faet moving drama of nallam. nation and modem *o< lal devoiopmont. A oapabie east of p iarevw f rerognlzrd north Tb# title role, In the hande of boauttfal Pbula Shaj I# e fir »h<*d ’rlumph. The srenlo tevoetlture ta *4e#wale and r|t-h «h# muel. at rinklngiy ai>proprlata" Raiph F Holmoe tn Dotrwtt JeOTgl Oil nfa * * 11* at Pnatofdo* CoBtiBUOU# Ito 11 Matlaea# .... . . H Wle tidlH 423D Blgbt%Pma,lVol. ■ —i Frank Reenia DIVING GIRLS BUfedV .< t»-<«* a # ■S t r;.a , ny: The Brifc >f Ms 9 Mrt. Vernon Ta^# 4 «?!#iJde^«tria €\ WASHINGTON SrlfW j THE BARRIER By REX BE fi CH!?.V\7J KI'.^.TCS Detroit Symphony Orchestra WESTON GALES. CondocUir DETROIT OPERA HOUSE, FRIDAY, MARCH 30th AT S*o •OLOIgT MME. 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