The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-07
'RED" DOWNS, FORMER
GUTHRIE SENATOR
Actively Shared III Placing
Detroit at Head of
American League.

Guthrie baseball fans will natur-
ally root for the Detroit Tigers in
their coming series of games with
the Chicago Cubs" for the baseball
championship of the world. for our
own Red Downs, who played second
base ia the Guthrie Senators" team
in its last season in the Western asso-
citation. has been playing the same po-
sition with Detroit this season, in the
temporary absence of Herman Schaet-
fer, the regular second sacker Downs
was signed by Detroit as utility
man and his appearance in the worlds
series will depend upon any of his
fellow players being out of the game
through injury or otherwise.
The entire baseball world will think
aud talk of nothing else for the next
ten days other than the coming cham
pionship games Hughie Jennings OF
the Detroits has the utmost conf
dence in the winning ability of his
game fighters.
Manager Chance. OF the Cubs is
not talking much, but simuy points TO
his strong array OF boXmen, sufficient
in itself, in his Judgment to win The
pennant
Describing the feelings Of Manager
Jennings last Saturday after Detroit
had cnched the American league
championship by defeating the
Browns a St Louis dispatch says
"Hughic Jennings was, not only the
most nleased man in the world yester-
day after he had won the game from
the Browns which represented the
championship Of the American league.
but one of the most confident that
he would also capture the worlds
championships from the Chicago Cubs
Jennings is popular IN st. Louis, and
when the final ont was made the
crowd surged around him and all but
carried him off the field Jennings
could not control himself for JOY over
the victory, and not only danced an
the way TO the bus, but ran foot
race on the street besides Jennings
has no misgivings as to what his
team will do to the Cubs In the com
ing series
Why should ! not have confidence
Ia the ability Of my team TO win2' said
Jennings after the victory Has it
not fought one OF the grandest battles
in the American league this season
that has eyer been seen in shat or
ganization? 7 fail to see where the
National league is as good as the
American league, and If my team was
good enough to win the Dennaut in
the former organization, why should
IL not be good enough TO win the
world championship"
MY team viii be right at its best
when we face the cubs. and we Will
win Just as surely as we won from the
Browns this afternoon. am glad We
won this afternoon II will give mo
an opportunity TO use my men TO the
best advautage for the next couple Of
days and put nine in the field IN
the bis series which will be in shape
to do its best We will have no ex-
cuses TO offer Il the Cubs beat MS. but
there will BE no need for any, as we
viii win 20 certainty
AS for special plans for the big
series. have none We will play the
same kind of ball we have beeu play
ing in winning the American league
pennant and that means that my hoys
will play every inch of the way.
That is the only way 10 Win. Ny
pitchers will be used TO ihe best ad-
yantae. but lust how they will twirl
VIII be decided by conditions as they
crop out later on"