The Detroit times., 1910-11-12
What the Tigers Can Do in 1911
If They All Pull Together
and Play Out the
String, e
Team That Beats Detroit Will Land
the Flag and You Can Bet
Money On That
BY HARRY NELLY.

Who's going to stop the Athletics
in 1911?
With the worlds series out Of the
way that question is being PROFOUND
ed up and down the line
Who's going TO beat out Detroit In
1911?
Just paste that in your sky.pieco
and think II over during the cold vim
ter about TO ensue
The team that beats the Tigers
In 1911 will win the American
leagus pennant. Just sort o. let
that soak In, for II 10 true az
Gospel
II Detroit gets one good, reliable,
twice-a-week pitcher out of the crop
on hand, II one good outfelder is de-
veloped and II .. II. StanAge catches
the ball OF which he is capable. the
Tigers will give them all a battle I'm
1911. It's pretty early TO commence
talking about next season. but the
surfeit OF written junk emanating
from Philadelphia and elsewhere has
appealed 10 us rs a trifle beyond facts
in the case and we're just putting you
wise.
The individual members OF the De-
troit baseball club learned their les
son this past season and learned II
we'll Every member has had i'm
pressed upon him strongly the con.
vincing truth OF the assertion that,
without team work a ball club is moth
ing. The warning gentlemen who put
personal so-called pride" above team
welfare will have ample opportunity
of thinking during the cold winter
months OF how much coal $4,000
worth OF pDst-season money would
buy, OF how much OF last seasons sal
airy might 20 into the savings account
IL the worlds series coin had mate.
rallied as IT did In the three years
previous.
To be sure none OF the athletic
brethren are on the verge OF the poor
house. but n penny muffed is a penny
lost and there you are.
Upon Hugh Ambrose Jennings will
rest the major burden OF what the
Tigers do next year II Mr. Jennings
permits any breaches OF discipline, IL
he tolerates any internal warfare, TX
he permits lot OF things which work
ed to the clubs disadvantage last sea-
son he is less OF manager than
everyone has given him credit for.
was an easy matter in 1907 1908 and
1909 TO keep all hands busy. When
prospects OF the soft coin went glim-
merins in 1910 a lot Of the Tigers fell
into the habit OF getting past with as
much credit as possible TO themselves
let team work go to the dogs. In
1911 the Tigers will have constantly
before them the fact that the Ath-
letics are credited generally with own
ing the best ball club on earth and the
task cut out for Manager Jennings
will be the most difficult he has en-
countered in his baseball career.
The season ~ 1911 has nothing TO
90 with 1910. The Athletics may blow
like the Cubs blew In 1909. You never
can tell in baseball. One enthusiastic
Athletic writer Gordon Mackay, OF the
PHILADELPHIA Times. boldly claims pen
nants for 1911, 1912 and 1918. but good
ball teams have gone to the bow-wows
In less than three months 10 say moth
Ing OF three years. Look what hap
pened TO the Boston Red Sox after
cleaning up Pittsburg in 1908. Boston
hasn't exactly recovered yet and didn't
get ont OF tho slump till the whole
crowd that trimmed the Pirates went
the ultimate way OF every ball player.
There were lot Of unpleasant In
cidents in the campaign OF 1910. MANY
OF them involved some OF the best ball
players on the club and the writer was
mixed up in few sGuabbles himself
In which verbal battles played prom
inent parts However, these things
are all part OF seasons work and
they are over now.
II would be grand thing " the
men who assailed each other pri-
Vately and in newspapers would
just forget all the little unpIeas-
sntnesses and just remember one
fact-they are working for the
Detroit Baseball club and are
drawing liberal salaries for de-
llverlng their best efforts.
II that one end is kept in view
there will be no trouble In 1911 and
the Tigers Will come whole lot near
er the pennant than they did In 1910.
Harry Boyle issues Challenge.
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