The Detroit times., 1910-03-11
TIGERS VETERAN
COUNT ATHLETICS
OUT OF II
Mullin Points Out Interesting Fact
That Comics Men Win Only
On Alternate Seasons
In Race.
Advent of Pernou Is Figured as Ger
tain To Enable Tigers To Stop
the Boston Redsox.
81 PAuL AALE eRuskE.

SAN ANTONIO. Texas. March II
( Who is going 70 make the running
tor the Tigers in the American leagu,
race thls year.
Here is question that hnds the
veterans az the Detroit cla6 virtually
OF one opinion
They ali asree thaJ. IN all probable
lty. it won't be Philadelphia
In less emphatic way tAey are IN
clined To the opinion tha, IL IS very
likely 20 oe Boston
The unauimlty with which il is
maintained ina, the Athletics Will not
figure ia the 1910 race As prominent
ly as they did last year IS based on
d diverse array OF foundations
IL is tairls obvious that the time
cannot be far distant when the deteri-
Grafton OF The veterans on Connie
Mack, team viii place IL among the
league back mum beers. bat the Tigers
IN their forecastng 60 farther than
that
Have Comics Goat"
The Athletics Viii never give Us a
y
MES team has fresh in is memory
the squeal he made last year. just
az the time when be should have been
suffeniug up the spires OF his men,
SAYS lIughie Jennings Connie show
81 himself poor fighter and / don't
believe It's possible FOR a team 20 be
any Drawer than its leader How can
his men ever forget the way Connie
cried over q little accident like the
spiking OF Baker We have their
goat. mark my words
George Mullin takes a similar view
OF the same situation and. admitting
the truth OF Hughes premises. goes
a Bit farther
Have you ever noticed that the
Athletics have been prominent in the
American league race only in the
years they have finished az home
inquiries the king OF pitchers Look
up the dope as far back as 1902 Ever
other year Connie has been up ON
the OF years he's been down And
the up years have always been those
IN which his team has finished at
home. In 1910 they will finish on the
road. No chance our opposition is
going To come from some other club
and IL looks like Boston 10 me
hope it Is From what I hear. FL
kilian is going TO have a mighty good
wear and we've got this young Per
noll who locke like another classy
left.hander They ought 10 pitch two
thirds OF the games against the Red
sox next year. And IL they do. Patsey
DonOvans men won't win many games
rom the Tigers II ever there was /
sucker club against good left.hand I
pitcher II was that Boston aggregation 4
of last year and IL is practically an I
team for 1910"
Can't Figure Chicago.
jennings Donovan. Mullin and Ne.
ntyre have trouble figuring tie 4
Nhitesox. though it seems out OF the
question for COpiskey 70 organize :
cam Vhich viii take the field with
lovices In three Of Tire four infield DO
ltions, and win any overwhelming
ier cent or its games In the first year
Perhaps 1t Is ca account OF their
friendship for Herman Schaefer. at
my rate u is noticeable that all the
Detroit veterans are inclined 20 graft
very considerable chance 20 thc &
" Washington clut this year Il -
soInted ont that i'm McA Ger will have
4 battery stan second 10 but one O.
.wo IN the league, a veteran inhe,d
uld a fast, Aard-hitting outfeld II
mis- combination. with the inevitab,e
added enthusiasm incident 10 a change
10 managers IS NOT sufficient 10 push
the chrsnIc Senators up into fourth /
Or fifth position ABOVE such joke clubs
as New York ST. Louis and Cleveland. /
he local bunch would like 90 be
shown
Training camp is a great place FOR
.heorizing and Us a rule it is hard 10 .
ihd two veterans who agree 10 the ex
ent the Detroters mentioned above .
On the topics under discussion. n vii (
De interesting 20 sec from the events .
IF the season lust how accurate Tie .
Tiger prophets have aimed their little
shot