The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-11
TIGERS VETERAN 6
COUNT ATHLETE
OUT OF It
Mullin Points Out Interesting Fact
That Comics Men Win Only
On Alternate Seasons
In Race.
Advent of Pernoll Is Figured as Ger
tain To Enable Tigers To Stop
the Boston Redsox.
BY PAUL HALE sRuske.


( Who is going TO make the runnius
lor the Tigers In the American league
race this year?
Here is question that finds the
veterans or the Detroit club virtually
OF one opinion.
They all agree that IN an probahil-
lity IL wont be Philadelphia
+ Tn less emphatic way they are in
clined 20 the opinion that IL Is very
likely TO De- Boston
The unanimity with which IL IS
maintained thai the thletiCs viii not
figure in the 1910 race as prominent
ly as they did last year is based on
diverse array OF foundations.
40 is fairly obvious that the time
cannot be far distant when the deterl-
Grafton OF the veterans or Connie
Macks team will place id among the
league hack numbers. but the Tigers
in their forecastiug go .arther than
that.
Have Comics oat"
The Athletics viii never give as
battle Tor a pennanr. SO long as con
mics team has fresh in It's memory
the squeal he made last year just
at the time when he should have been
stiffening up the spines OF his men,
says Hughie Jennings. Connie show
ed himself a poor fighter and | don't
believe it's possible for a team 10 be
any drawer than its leader How can
his men ever forget the way Connie
cried over little accident like the
spiking OF Baker? We have their
goat. mark my words
George Muliin takes a similar view
OF the same situation and. admitting
the truth of Hughes premises, goes
bit farther.
Have you ever noticed that the
I Athletics have ben prominent IN the
American league race only in the
years they have finished AT home?
/ inquiries the king OF pitchers. Look
up the dope as far back as g02. Every
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 win finish on the
road No chance our opposition IS
going to come from some other club
anu II looks like Boston to me-. /
hope IL is From what hear. Ed
Killian is going To have a mighty good
year 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
/ Donoyan's men won't win many games
! from the Tigers II ever there was q
sucker club against "a good left-hand
| pitcher il was that Boston aggregation
OF last year and II is practically an
unchanged team for 1910.
Cans Figure Chicago.
jennings, Donovan. Mulln and Nc
/ !ntyre have trouble figuring tie
/ Whitesox. though it seems out OF TIE
question for Copiskey 10 organize a
/ team which viii take the field with
/ noviCes ina three OF the four inield po-
sitions, and win any overwhelming
per cent OF It's games in the first year.
Perhaps II is Ca account Of their
/ friendship for Herman Schaefer; al
lauy rate 10 Is noticeable that all the
Detroit veterans are inclined to grant
la very considerable chance TO tdc
Washington clue this year IL IS
lrmnted ont that jim McA.eer will have
la battery stan second To but one o.
1.-Two in the league. a veteran inheie
and a fast, aard-hitting outdeld Il
this combination. with the inevitable
lalded enthusiasm incident 10 a change
\ in managers IS not sufficient TO push
ltae chrome Senator's up into fourth
| or fifth position above such Joke clubs
as New York. s.. Louis and Cleveland.
The local bunch would like 10 be
shown.
Training camp Is a great place for
ltheouzing and as rule IL Is hard 10
find two veterans who agree 20 the ex-
tent the De,rOiters mentioned above
on the topics under discussion. II Will
be interesting 10 sec from the events
of the season Just how accurate tie
Tiger prophets have aimed their little
shot.