The Detroit times., 1910-02-24
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,,cu,, niugs, the energetic
AIN A1sA Napoleon OF The
WINNER. Detroit clubs cam
paigns, has been
mixed up with a lot OF winners. But
! doubt il the average bug has really
the leas, idea OF the whole truth IN
this respect
Hughle Jennings has put In eleven
years on the baseball diamonds OF the
National and American leagues.
IN ALL THAT TIME HE HAS
EITHER BEEN WITH A CHAM
PION OR THE CLUB THAT MADE
THE PACE FOR THE CHAMPION,
RIGHT TO THE FINISH
II is doubtless safe 10 say that
there is no other player in baseball
who can claim such record.
Jennings entered baseball IN the
National league, as q member OF the
Baltimore club in 1894. provided we
cast out OF reckoning the few games
in which he took part Nth the Louis
vile club as a sort OF utility man. dur
ing the fall OF 1898. Baltimore, As
everyone knows. won the National
leagues championship in 1894. 1898
and 1896.
In 1897 and 1898 Boston won with
Baltimore second each year.
In lS9s Jennings. transferred with
Keeler and the other Baltimore stars
20 Brooklyn. won a pennant and re
peated in 1900
In 1907 Jennings was with Philaiel'
phia which finished second TO Pitts
burg.
Then follow I'VE years spent 10 the
minors - the manager OF the Balti'
more Eastern league club In these
seasons Hughie did the best he could
with the limited means az his disposa
He was usually mp round the top OF
the league but his team never quite
won a pennant though often coming
close.
Back 70 the big league in 1907 came
Hughie with the Tigers. In HIS old
element and with chance to exer-
else his talents as an inspirer %
doughty deeds. Hughie cut loose again
and his team has never vet been beat
en- iH the three races in which II has
engaged with Jennings as leader.
In recapitalition let us note that
Hughie Jennings has played or man
aged eleven years in the big-league
arena.
His club has been eight times first
and three times second.
Third? Never
Fourth? Forget t.
The other. places IN the first div
sion were Just a. unfreQueuted by the
sorreltopped native OF the pornsyi-
vania coal regions as the positions
further down
There have been TWO famous post
season fixtures In big-league baseball
the Temple cup for which the pen
nant winner and runner mp In the Na-
tional league used to compete. and
the American-Natiou worlds cham
pionship series. Mr. jennings mas
been an active competitor In Iour ~
the Temple cup matches, Of which
HIS team won two. In the American
National pCst-season dispute. as We
all know. the three essays which his
club has made, have all been failures.
indeed. if there IS a piece OF hard
luck discernible anywhere In tnIs
most remarkable record IL is in the
fact that, on but one occasion-the
1896 campaign OF the Baltimore
which managed TO win both its league
pennant and its post-season series.
But that doesn't really seem like
good ground for complaint.
Jack Johnson S manager pulled
new one up at Saginaw and cheated
the authorities BY giving vaudeville
show and then adding a boxing mum
ber free Of charge Where is the fight
club that will unloaded this wrinkle?
\ new set Of triplets up in the Cop.
per Country and still Howard p Hall
iaments in the esteemed Kalamazoo
that Michigan Needs Good
Breeders"
Interesting fact--Jefries and John
son have met eight common oppon-
ents. Jeffries making a better showing
against every one with the exception
OF Fitzsimmons who was far gone
when Johnson knocked him out.
We wait in vain for the announce
ment tha; Kid Walker is after the
position soon 10 be vacated by Keene
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