Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1915 — FOLLOW UP ALL TIPS [ARTICLE]

FOLLOW UP ALL TIPS

“It is a mistake not to follow any tip on a ball player -that may be sent in to a club,” remarked Hughey Jennings. “Had we taken advantage of a tip Walter Johnson would have been a member of our team now. Before he joined the Washington team in 1907 we had several tips on him, but because he was touted as having struck out 22 in a game we thought the tip came from some enthusiast who was exaggerating and we allowed Johnson to slip through our fingers. But since then there is not a tip comes to the Detroit club which is not run down, regardless of how much time and money it takes to do so. Good ball players are mighty scarce these days and a club cannot afford to overlook a chance to pick up one.”