Show JENNINGS i SAlARIED MANAGER I Leader of D Detroit troit Tigers Is Paid a Year Cobb G Gets ts I to rho h ha hat hatnot troIt Dee Dec 5 Hu h Jennings the contract t manac t. t o not a tl ContrarY t the varyIng vary vary- 31 tigers In 1912 91 H the sor sor- ling Ing to the tut for r rI topped leader ha has sl nell ti up dozen yearS I anywhere from Crom one to 10 a zi that have hav oli originated In parts have no ni Tigers ers of or the thc country the J attached to a contract contract contract con con- manager signature tract as yet yot ot Detroit this Is not worrying fans tan us as a PIe President says saS that understood be- be everything everything- Is perfectly tool hl him ami an and that a all al there here I Is to tu completing the thc deal which will make the lie Tigers Tigers' 11 again or rather yet ct Is Hughie s John Hancock will wi be duly affixed Urn nunn Dim n Salary Hugh Jennings will wi be b by far ai the thc best paid or at Ica least t best salaried manager in the American n l league le Juc While hl his compensation It Is not Hot stated slated what Is 18 to be It is 18 thought to run considerably considerably consider consider- ably abl over o 16 Connie Mack probably made more money mone out or of baseball last ast year than but ut it I Is said atc that he lie is th thon the on only 1 mana manager el who did He lIe le made more mone not because of ot hi lilt his salary alar however however how how- ever but because he owns a quarter of ot the club eluh and he gets gels hl his share sharo of or the profits of or the big money making making team of or the year ear In addition a to his regular regular reg reg- ular pa pay cheek check With ith lu unglue getting a fabulous salary Ty Cobb getting some per season Sam Crawford pulling puling down downa a n big green bouquet Donlo Donto Bush one of ot tho hl highest sal salaried in tho len league ue Oscar Stanage among amont the top top- In the time catching department and the other men paid stipends averaging averaging aver aver- aging well wel up with wih the paid players of ot other teams the Detroit club has the thc biggest pa pay roll rol it Is said sall of ot an any a aggregation rc aton In tho the Ban Dan B n. n Johnson or organization And ind some few tew years yearN ago aso the St St. Louis Drowns Browns were c calling this sam same Detroit bunch of ball bal cheap guys guys' when they first won the league pennant Which they shows that mak making ng good raises wa wages es In baseball as well wel as in manufacturing automobiles ern n. n 1 c c to Worth orth The owners owners o of the Athletics arc are re reputed re- re fluted to have haye a 1 bunch of low salaried kids kid so that the Philadelphia pa pay roll rollIs rollis rol Is Isery ery Very sr smith small l In proportion to the re results re- re suits obtained But ut that wont won't la last t. t When it comes time to lo sl sign n up the hands for or nex next years year's rag making the prize bunting coppers are going tomake to make male demands that will wi cause the Ph Philly 1 pay roll ohl ol to mount the same as that of the Tigers TIers did But Bul as 38 Pr President Navin says sas of ot of r Ty Cobb and his salary Its Is worth h it The rho local officers are spendIng spending spend spend- ing most of their time In work connected connected con con- with the building of 01 the new park Jerry Utley a n former University of ot Michigan an and topper Copper Country lea league star pitcher who has had char charge e of or orthe the building of several baseball plants Is superintending tho work of putting putinga a new diamond in shape which assures assure Detroit one of the best workshops in the count country One thin thing thing- that will wl be le done dono away with In 1912 of Interest to visiting tennis teams Is Js the bus ride tram front and to the tho hotel where each visiting team happens to be sta staying Jn Heretofore after ater every game game the guests have been packed Into and ato atop a couple of ot buses and driven down Michigan avenue to the Cadillac In a manner r s thA nin nl Cadiac 1 ho parties s subject t feci to the s Jeers of oAt the tho crowds if Jt the they lost and an art object of or sarcasm if thc they won A Club Room for lor Now ow there thero will be bo a club room out at the park for tor the strangers as aswell well as the home homo men where the they will vill wil have all al the time advantages of or lockers baths and so on They rhey can ride to the park In street cars like Wee ordinary human beings repair to their dressing dressing- rooms and appear on the ground In the regular wa way Not ot only will wi It I be more conven conven- lent and pleasant but the treasurer of ot tho the visiting organization v will Il appreciate time tho difference In expenses be betteen be- be tween car fare and bus hire But the visitors wont won't have anything on the Tigers at that especially during the carl early and late lute parts of or the season because the Tigers are arc going to have apartments to rest In between Innings s with wih all al modern conveniences IJ big ing steam heat The rho time old gag of warming the bench lench Is soon Hoon to b be a misnomer for tor the Tigers at home The bench will vili wl be warmed for tor them by pipes running running- from the club house to the dugout Home runs are likely to be scarcer In the tho new park than tho they thoy were vere In the tIme old The Tho left Jel field fence tence where most of them used to go will wl be fifty feet teet farther a away avay wa from the plate next season season sea sea- son than It i was last last While tho the dis dis- tance from tram the center of operations to the home run boundary used to be 90 feet teet alon along the left field foul line it lef teI lne Is going to be feet teet this coming year ear The rhe center field fence will ivill wll be so far tar out that there wont won't be le an any danger of ot anybody losing hosing the time pellet in that direction tion ton and the right field fence tence has been een peen reached b by only one or two men in the thc past T Ty Cobb being being one of ot the tho few ew who sho slammed the ball bal over It it However a home borne run Tun 03 may be re registered regis regis- ls- ls In that corner If It the ball takes take bal a bound to carry It i alon along tar far enough h. h Usual Usually however the longest hits his to the right are ba three ers The sit sit- unton In this garden arden will wIl be about the same sale as before fence too far tar out to worry orr the time pitchers much The rime new Bennett park parle it has been brought to mind will be one of ot the wi very ver very few plants plants in the country built entirely of or cement and steel steel |