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PRESIDENT SAYS DETROIT WILL RE IN THE LEAGUEDeMoss Has Strong Team To Represent Motor CityJust when the local fans had settled back to wait for the opening* of the Negro National League baseball season in less than a month, the tranquillity of the situation was suddenly turned into a muddle with the anounce-ment by Levy Tindle, Pontiac semi-pro baseball operator, tihat ht? could not arrive at an amicable agreement with owners of the park, and would not finance a team in the league.Mr. Tindle, who had announced at the bseball meeting held here last month that he, with the cooperation of Walter Norwood, would place a team in the league under the management of Bingo DeMoss, telephoned DeMoss ir; Chicago last Thursday night that the deal had fallen through. Hu . also wired president Gus Greenlee in Pittsburgh to the same effect.President Comet To DetroitGreenlee and DeMoss arrived in Detroit Sunday and immediately went into a coference with Tindle, Mosc Walter. John Roe-nink and Everett Wat*wn. The conference lasted until early Monday morning with no definite results.Monday morning Greenlee and Demoss confered with Rufus Peak, associated with' Watson in the Detroit Stars in 1931. The president tried to persuade Peak to finance the team. After a conference with Watson, Peak decided that the time was too short to ride placing a team in the league.Tindle declared that he hud been informed that the* park watt j owned by the Detroit Lumbertkunpao*-. lie U'kxi l« *r»* afrom the lumber company for tho use of the park, but the official* demanded an exorbitant price— $1,500 a month.At the conference Sundap evening Roesink stated (hat ho was still owner of the park and that no lease could be issued without his consent. He further declared that he was willing to rent the park to jome one with n team at the same, “price he had rlt;ceivet! n past years, tf wwlL percentage of the gross receipts. VNotwithstanding the gipoqjy outlook, Greenlee declared, he-fore he left, for Pittsburgh Monday afternoon, that Detroit would have a team in the league when the flag dropped for the beginning of the league race on April 29. He will return to the city the latter part of the w*oek.DeMo»» Collect* Hi* PlayersIn the meantime, manager Bin go DeMoss has surrounded him self with some of the best taleqf in the league. He has sprinkyed a jfino group of youngsters with some mellowed veterans—men well known for their ability to perform creditably against high clies competition.He has signed Big Ed. Rile, former first baseman for the Detroit Stars; Newt Allen, Kansas City Monarch second sack or; Jake Dunn, the promising young short ,stop who was with Detroit in 1931 and Robby Robinson, Detroit tfrtrd sacker in 1931. for his infield. Chet Brewer, Kansas Ciiy Monarch*; Andy Cooper, old Detroit Star r.nd Kansas City Monarch southpaw; Nel on Dean, the leading hurler of the Stars in 1931; Theodore ‘Double Duty' A RmdcHffr, Crawford Giants * ar -flinger and catcher last year, and ft youngster from the east, for hia hurling irtaff.Leslie Palma and Radcliffe will C do the receiving. Diala will be ono of the outflcders.Palms and Radcliffe arc already on tho scene, waiting for the order to start practicing. Thu. other players will arrive a* soon' a* word is sent out that everything is jakc for baseball in the
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Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Michigan, US
Tue, Apr 04, 1933
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