The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-24

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stadent OF baseball realizes that. IN
his dual capacity OF PLAYER and man-
$50 ager. hughie Jen-
u,,..,, n.ngs the energetic
HWIIs Napoleon of the
WINNER. Detroit clubs cam
= - paigns. has been
mixed up with a lot OF winners. but
] doubt II the average bug has really
the least idea OF the whole truth IN
This respect
Hughie Jennings has put IN eleven
years on the baseball diamonds or the
National and American leagues.
~ ALL THAT TINE HE HAS
EITHER BEEN WITH \ CHAM
plON OR THE CLUB THAT MADE
THE PACE FOR THE CHAMPION,
RIGHT TO THE FINISH
IL is doubtless safe 10 say that
there is no other player in baseball
who can claim such a record.
Jennings entered baseball in the
National league as member Of the
Baltimore club in 1894. provided We
cast out OF reckoning the few games
in which he took part with the Louis
vile club as a sort OF utility man. dur
iug the Gall 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 1899 Jennings. transferred with
Keeler and the other Baltimore stars
20 Brooklyn won a pennant and re-
peated in 1900
In 1901 JENNINGS was with Philadel-
phia which finished second TO Pitts
burg.
Then follow FIVE years spent in the
minors as the manager OF the Balti-
more Eastern league club In these
seasons Hushie did the best he could
with the limited means az his disposal.
He was usually UP round the top OF
the league. but his team never quite
won a pennant. though often coming
close
Back 20 the big league in 1907 came
Hughie with the Tigers In his Old
element and with a chance 10 exer-
else his talents as an inspirer %
doughty deeds Hughie cut loose again
and his team has never yet been beat
en- In the three races In which IL has
engaged with Jennings as leader
In recapitalition let us note that
Huehie 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 g.
The other places in the first divi-
sion were just as unfrequented by tho
sorreltopped native OF the Pennsyt
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 up in the Ma
fi0nal league used TO compete. and
the American National 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 pCstseason dispute. "a We
all know the three essays which his
club has made. have all been failures.
Indeed. If there Is a piece OF harl
luck discernible anywhere in this
most remarkable record il is in the
fact that. on but one occasion-the
1896 campaign OF the Baltimore
Orioles-was Jennings with club
which managed 70 win both it's 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 num-
Der free of charge. Where is the fight
club that will unloaded this wrinkle?
A new set OF triplets up In the Cop
per Country and still Howard p Hall
Iaments In the esteemed Kalamazoo
Telegraph that Michigan Needs Good
Breeders
Interesting fact-Jeffries and John
son have met eight common oppon-
ents. Jerries making a better showing
against every one with the exception
OF Fftzsimmons 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 70 be vacated by Keene
Fitzpatrick.
HOT TALK BY C0RBETT.