The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-08-30
REMNANT BEE IN
RED SOX BONNET
Boston CLUB Hopes to Fly Rag
at BeantOWn by the
Bay.
TIGERS MAY BE SLIPPING
OTHER NEWS WAITED OVER
HILLS FROM EAST.
BY MANHATTAN

New York, Aug. 2S.-The pennant lee
is buzzing boisterously in the bonnet
of the Boston Red Sox. The devotees
of Browning and Emerson are full Of
confidence and cayenne. TT don't seem
to make any difference what club Is
Titted against them, they Keep plugging
away with a repertoire OF smartly ar
piled tactics, and all-rOund good ball
playing. They have climbed the ladder
steadily, and unlike any other club in
either of the big leagues. although
meeting with occasional reVerses, have
not taken the slump that is taken as a
matter of course in all clubs. "Will Il e
Red Sox win the pennant?" That is
the question being asked throughout
the east. If they continue to play ball
as they have been doing for the past
three weeks there can be no doubt that
this years American league pennant
Will go to Beantown-by-t he-Bay.
X X x
1t is pathetic to see Hughey Jennings
Tigers on the way down the grand
slide. A month ago not a fan in the
country could be induced to say any
thing against the club or their chances
of winning the pennant. The Tigers
seemed to have as tight a strangle hold
Lon the rag in the American league as
SRe Pirates did in the National But
every road has its turning, and the
Tigers have turned mighty sharp. How
far they viii go down in the scale it is
hard TO predict, but unless Jennings
manages to inject some hot stuff INTO
his bunch, they are doomed for the head
of the second division
X x \
1t was with regret that the fans
heard that Napoleon Lajoie had re-
signed as manager of the Clevelands.
1t was against the wishes of the man
agement of that club that the great
first baseman handed the reins over to
another. But there is consolation in
the fact that Lajoie will still retain his
old position with the Maps LajOie
simply got tired of being a fgurehead.
He was manager in name only, and al
though pOwerless to increase the eff
ficienCy of his team, having to take any
material handed to him by the manage
ment and with the sporting writer's of
his home town and surrounding cities
venting their chagrin at the poor show
ing the team was making on Lajoie's
devoted head, ii is no wonder that the
popular player insisted that his resig-
nation be accepted.
Outside of HOnus Wagner of the Pr
rates. there is no more popular player
on the diamond today than Lajoie, but
an able. popular manager cannot make
a winning team ont of a bunch of bush
leaguers in one season.
1t may occur to the management Of
the Clevelands, in the near future, to
employ a manager that will manage the
team, and whip it into shape.
x X X
Having given up all hope that the
deal between John McGraw and the
Philadelphia club. whereby Mike would
join the latter team this season, having
been dispelled, DOnlin has signed a con-
tract for six months with a theatrical
firm. which is having a new sketch writ
ten for him and his wife, Mabel Hite.
It is said the new sketch will be tried
on the dog. which in this city is Buffalo.
y. Y, early in the fall.
Mike says that he will be in the game