The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-29

"a thcir superior offensive
ability land their thirt
consecutive American
league pcnnant and thereby accomplst
something which the Chicago. Phiia'
aelphIa and Boston teams. other pen
nant winners, have been unable tc
DO? Judging by the carly great form
displayed by Jcnnings vociferous JUN
gleites. answer this question. "fes'
Tho showing OF the Detroit team dur
ing most OF the season to date evil
dcnccs shat 1t is capable OF making
runaway race OF II. 1t is safe to say
that unless some of Jennings most
valuable players are incapocitated
there Will not be very exciting nnish
90 this years American league race
or course baseball Is very uncertain.
and the team which apparently has
everything its own way now may prove
M easy mark for other teams later on.
but In the case of the Detroit team 1t
must not be overlooked that In two
previous campaigns It has shown Its
superiority over the other seven teams
IN tine American league, and 1t entered
this year stronger than over.
What is more the playing OF the
champions has been OF high class
and consistent Not only has Jennings
strengthened his teams batting, but
his pitchers are showing more class
thar ever before. and his catching
STAN is stronger than II has been since
he took charge of the Tigers.
In sizlrg up this years team one
finds thnt the Tigers arc stronger In
dIvidually and collectively than they
have been In tho past two seasons
This perhaps accounts for the run
away race the team Is making this
season, or else the other teams are
weaker than they were in previous
years. At this time In the 1907-S
races the Tigers were way down In
the second division. and 1t was not
until the middle OF June that Jennings
band OF ball tossers began to move up.
The acquisition OF Moriarity and
Bush has strengthened the inflcld
Wonderfully, and no one accused 1t of
being slow last year. The former is
big Improvement over tho veteran Bill
Coughlin at third. and Bush at short
plays 4 stronger and faster game than
his predecessor, O'Leary. Stanagc. tho
new backstop. has proved that he Is
an able assistant to Schmidt.
The Detroit pitching is much strong
or than II was last year Mullin is
twirling the best ball OF his career
this season. Ed Summers years ex-
perience in the major league has
proved beneficial to him, and If he can
retain his present form he will como
near leading the winning twirlers In
his league. In the few games Bill
that he still retains the form that
made him, famous last year and the
year before Willetts is fully as good
as he was last season. and tho two
Lafitte and Speer. have
shown major league caliber
Take that wonderful outfield-can
you beat 1t? You have perhaps read.
heard OF or seen great outfelds of years
ago. but none can compare with the
Tigers trio OF outgardeners-that is.
Of course. taking into consideration
that baseball as 1t Is played Is more
scientific than 1t was years ago. It is
Of tho greatest batting, base
and throwing trio in tho ma
Tor leagues.
There is Matty Mcintyre getting on
FIRST base as oftcn as II not moro often
IHah any otner man In tho league; there
is 'Wahoo Sam" Crawford with his
timely hits and long swats to either
send him homo or at least to third
base. whence he would be driven home
by Ty Cobb.
And Cobb? There is q name to con-
lure with. Put him on the bases and he
s always getting on. and the opposing
cam Is worried. The pitcher and
'atchcr know that something will be
loing. Ty is likely to run wild and
hero IS no telling just what stunt
,c will attempt to pull off II a bunt
8 laid down by the next batter he is
more than likely to try to take two b
'ases while the out is being made at n
lrst If only single is raped out by a
he hard hitting Rossman the boy from c
ieorgla Is quite often due to make a y
lash for homo all the way from first =,