Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-20
DETROIT TIGERS TO
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Manager CantiIIon Will Put
His Strongest Team Against
the Champions.

Tomorrow the champion Detroit Tigers
will open up a series Of four games in
three days with the Nationals, starting
with a double-header.. These games will
be unusually important and a great crowd
will turn out to see the sport. Tomor-
rows first round is carded to start at 2
o'clock.
The eyes of the entire country will be
turned toward Washington during the Sc
ries, and it is to be hoped that Manager
Cantillon will see his way clear to put
the strongest possible team he has in the
field against the Tigers. There is no
doubt but that the Washington players.
to a man. sympathize with Detroit in the
fight, which places Cantillon in a very
bad position. He will keep Schaefer and
Killifer out Of the games. but an outfield
Of Gessler, Browne and Lelivelt would
look very sweet. Then with Unglaub on
first. Conroy at second. Yohe at third, and
Mcbride at short. his best infleld would
be on the diamond. Working Gray.
Groom. Walker and Reisling in order,
be nothing further for Cantillon to do,
it then being up to the players.
Sentiment and sympathy play a very
small part in base ball. and it is
more than likely that the Tigers will have
the warmest battles of the season to hold
up their end in the coming games. 1t
would be big feather in Cantillon's cap
to trounce the Detroits. as his enemies
have been predicting that he will not half
try to win. -
Telegraph wires are being run into the
park from all parts of the United States,
and the press box will hardly be large
enough to hold the operators, let alone
the members of the press.
Manager Cantillon and his players were
out at the park this morning. and all the
youngsters took part in warm workout
for an hour. Tom Crooks was on first
pleased Marse Joe, who kept his eyes on
him continually In the batting practice
Crooks also showed up nicely. standing
up we'll to the plate and making hard
drives that travelled in safe territory.
Crooks has hosts of friends in this city
who would be glad to see him perma-
nently in a Washington uniform.
The only rival of Hughey Jennings for
the honOrs he holds most dearly is dead.
Herman Long. next to the fiery-haired
OriOle the greatest shortstop that ever
lived. has passed away. Years and the
playing averages have shown that there
lived but one Jennings when it came to
was winning games for Ned HanIon, in
Baltimore, and Herman Long, with that
wonderful Boston infield. was pulling
down games for Frank Selee, there was
the greater. Even today old-timers will
get together and argue as to- the relative
merits of Jennings and Long.
Long finished his major league days in
that he was with Boston. Herman knew
but one thing-base ball. OF the field he
was AS a child. Love Of drink and an
utter disregard for money sent him down
the road so many other famous stars
have travelled. He left Detroit and went
to manage the Des Moines Club. IT was
there that he had Claud Rossman On his
team, and made him a frst-sacker. They
still tell a story of how he ordered Claud
to bunt once and Ross swung on the ball
plate, Long. furiously yelling in German
and English mixed. fined him for disobey
ing orders.
Five times Long played on pennant
winning teams for Boston. He was for
years the idol of the big hub town. Like
the Chicago stonewall infield of other
years the Boston inner garden was one
There was Nash. and later the peerless
Jimmy Collins. greatest of all third base
men at the far corner. At short Long
held sway. At second Bobbie Lowe. now
scout for the Tigers. made his wonderful
reputation. And at first there was Fred
Tenney. ----
1t was Jennings, who during these
stormy days when Baltimore and Boston
were fighting for the flag. just the
Athletics and the Tigers are now battling.
devised the scheme for breaking up the
hit and run play. He never left his po-
sition until the ball was hit. or the old
timers who do this trick we'll now, Hobe
Ferris is about the only one left. 1t was
Jennings who devised the fake touch
scheme used much by Baltimore, the
trick of pretending to touch a runner on
a close play and then throwing the glove
aside and walking from the field as
though positive the man was out. They
used to fool the umpires with 1t until
they got next to it