The Washington times., 1909-10-10
City, Baseball Mad, Greets
the BattlerS for the
Pennant.
JENNINGS AND MEN
ARE SURE OFWCTORY
Pirates Are Equally Confident and
Both Managers Claim To-
morrow's Game.

N ETRoIT. Oct to.-Detrots
is baseball crazy today.
II there is a sane man
here who can talk calmly and
considerably on anything except
home runs. Ty Cobb, Wild Bill
Donovan. and the pennant, hs
hasn't appeared on the street.
Hughie Jennings and his Tigers
rode into town early this morning
on the same train with the Pirates.
The members of the national COM
mission came along with the
crowd but they were hardly no.
ticed by the frantic fans, who al
most mobbed the players.
The news spread out that the
boys had reached town and ths
fans gathered at their hotels BY
the hundreds. A stranger in town
might think that Ty Cobb or Bill
Donovan had just returned from
the North Pole or Africa, such
great heroes did they seem. Dono-
van has shaken hands with SO
many excited fans that he will not
be able to pitch another game
during the series. he fears. They
have nearly jerked his arm out
But Hughie Jennings got busy
after awhile and drove the fans
on from his Tigers. He COM
manded his men to go to bed ana
sleep most of the day. with orders
to the clerk to say they were out.
No more visiting for them. he de-
clated. until the pennant waves
over Detroit.
Tigers Confident
Of Landing Pennant
II would be Impossible to fnd a mors
confident band OF men than the Tigers
we're this morning. when they arrives
in their home city. From Manager Jen-
nings down to Rsstus. the bat boy ana
mascot. the members Of the team ars
confident that they will land the PEN
nsnt that proclaims the champion BALI
tcssers Of the world. The winning oe
yesterdays game has done more to in
jeet tense interest into the members
OF the team than a dozen doses OF Jen-
nings' pepper.
we certainly have them going now,
and We will win the worlds champions
ship just as sure as We won yesterdays
game" declared Manager Jennings. AZ
his hotel this morning. "Of course. (
know that we have a hard fight on our
hands as the Pittsburg team is good
ball team and a worthy foe. but I be-
lieve We have it on them in several re-
spects.
Il don't like to boast very much fo1
no one can tell how ball game is GO
ing TO come out until the last man IS
out, but [ am sure that We are going 20
win Monday and Tuesday as though
both games were tucked away. Even
though we win but one OF the games
scheduled we will land the peanaut. bus
[ an sure that We viii win both games
Pirates Are
Equally Sure.
At the Hotel PoutChsrtrain, where ths
Pirates are stopping. the players who
von the National League championship
md are now battling with the Detroig
Tigers for the worlds honors, are jusc
IS confident SIS Manager Jennings that
they are going to cop both games on
Monday and Tuesday. II would be hard
@ find two set Of men with farther dif-
'erent views on the same subject than
he members Of the Pirate team and the
Tigers
There is no doubt but that we will
win Mondays game" said Manager
clark. Il think we have il on the
ri gers in every respect. unless II is in
he pitching department. and we are
ust as strong there as are our oppo-
tents. OF course. we lost yesterdays
game. but we did rot expect to land
our straight games when We began
,laying the worlds series. We may
ose one or two more games yet. but
when the series is over we will be thaj
,ictors and champions. and don't let
hat get away from you"
Are Willing
70 Back Judgment.
Because OF what was shown and wha4
vas done in yesterdays game at Pitts
,urg, Detroit fans think the Tigers are
ow possessed of a royal chance for the
worlds title. and as result they are
Wiling 10 chance their bank accounts
o back up their opinions The fans
gure the advantage lies with ths
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