Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-15
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Manager Jennings Of Detroit Stih
Believes In His Teams Superiority
Usual Interest Lacking This Year
Chicago Showed Beet Form In
Series As q Whole.
(By Asset ,At<t Lress.)

! DETROIT. MICH, Oct. Ill
want to say for the Detroit club that
| they played baseball; they play d
| 1t like gentlemen and spOrtsmen. |
cannot say too much in nsaise OF
their craftsmanship and courtesy.
| Throughout tn, entire seri there
was not even a small dispute between
The two teams. the friendliest fe.l-
,, ings existing during these fiv. days
; G., intense rivalry. Manager Jennings
has Il great team. bet think the
Chicago team is greater Our team
is the great st that ! ever saw On
| baseball field. firmly believe tina:
no am in the world could have
beaten us with the kind OF ball We
/ played" Frank Chance. manager Of
the Chicago worlds champions said.
we were beaten because the Chi
cago team played better ball. free
~ admit that cur opponents played
better baseball than we did But
| will net admit that they are a better
team. D1troit did not play the game
they are capable Of There was not
! the old lime Detroit dash and ginger
to their work. and they did not mes
sure up 10 their full ability. either
at the plate or In the feld." said
I Hugh Jennings. manager Of the De-
troit team.
Cubs Worlds Champions.
BY defeating Detroit today. 2 to O..
the Chicago team O. the National
| League retained it's title as the cham
pion baseball! team Of the world. De-
! troit snatched one victory out CT the
Ave gamas played. The Chicago
team. according to the critics showed
| superiority In every department OF
the game in the series as a whole,
although this superiority was not SO
apparent on the day that Detroit bat.
ted a victory OF Pfeister's curves.
Weak In Hitting and Throwing.
Detroit was handicapped by
! Schmidt's inability 10 cut down run
ners at second. and by the failure OF
her h avy hitting outfield to bat when
hits meant runs.
!;one Of the Eetroit pitchers SEEM
ed able to consistently puzzle the Chi
cago batsmen.
Throughout the s9ries Chicago's
hitting was opportune. The errcrs
were rare and with men on bases.
and runs needed. a Chicago batsman
! was there with thu needed hit. Tho
games were singularly free from
squabtling and on only two or three
occasions were the decisions Of the
umpires questioned.
Less Interest This Wear.
The series created less interest IN
the two citiss than that Of last year,
il the attendance may be taken as a
guide Tho paid admissions were
/ only s2.232 for the five games. and
the receipts totaIcd but 1895. as
compared with $lo1 !"no last year
The attendance at the final game
this afternoon was hut s.s!o with
gross receipts Of s9.sT.5".
I or ik.~ money taken in. the play
RS ~ Chicago the winning team.
gets So $50. and the Detroit players
sIS.4ic
The club oxncrs get sI3.esi apiece
asa .hc National commission 1897.
whr8 the las: man on the Dctfo''
sid, went ont today the pendulum
Of v:c:nry ceased us swing between
the iso leagues.
Migration Of the Pensnt.
IN 1904 tn worlds championship
emblem went 80 Bcs'Cn Of the Amer
can IragUc: !. the succeeding sr!
No. YORK brought II back 10 the Ma
iional I.raguc In the fo'iowihS
wear the Chicago White Sou 70
zarion. Last year the Chicago Cuba
brought il bark to The National Lea
grc ~ defeating Detroit But iht"
war ihc Tag remains With the Ma
,Ionai I~agrr club in Chicago.
No Smiles ~ Detroit.
Thcre " gloom n Detroit tonight
The black Stripes which ali'raaief
ri.h yellow in the scheme Of dccora-
ton look Hsg crepe hung oui ccr the
death Of hopes tbst are gone.
The Detroit tiger has no smile
on It's face. Bot there Is one bold