The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1910-04-29
TWILL Detroit repeat? Is the

HH1lLL DSITOlI TCpSdl. Is luO
Nv American league pennant to go
to the Wolverine metropolis for
the fourth time? These are questions
going the rounds of baseball fans who
have the interests of the junior or
ganization of the two big leagues at
heart.
Detroit has won three pennants, car
rying off the honors in 1907-8-9. The
team has been closely pressed several
times, but has managed to hold on to
the bunting, although it has been I'M
able to beat the pennant winner of
the National league for worlds cham
pionship honors. What 1910 may bring
forth remains to be seen.
Boston has taken the flag twice,
Philadelphia two times and Chicago
the same number of times in the
American league. st. Louis, New
York, Cleveland and Washington never
have felt the thrill of a f1ag-raising
day, and unprejudiced judges of base
ball seem to think their chances are
little better for 1910, although it is
agreed always that Cleveland is a hard
team to beat.
Hughie Jennings, manager of the
Tigers, says his team will bring the
honor back to Detroit again this sea-
son. Old E-yah does not admit that
other clubs have been sufficiently
strengthened to beat the bunch of
veterans with which he will fight for
the pennant. With Cobb, Crawford,
ct al, in condition the foxy manager
of the Detroit club says his chances
are as good as ever even If his pitch
ing staff is getting somewhat worn.
Connie Mack, the willy leader, as
serts Philadelphia will give Detroit
harder race than it did last year when
there was only matter of a few
games between them at the close of
the season. The recruits who have
been putting up great article of
baseball for Quakertown in the last
two years may be considered in the
veteran class this year, says Mack,
and he has served warning that they
are out for the pennant. He has stood
pat on last years team and has added
only to his utility players
Patsy Donovan, once of Pittsburg,
later a st. Louisan and still later
Brooklynite, is at the head of the
Boston team this season as manager.
Right here let it be said that in 1909
bunch of young players came out of
the hub and made Detroit and Phila-
delphia hump to keep them out of first
place. The baseball scribes called this
Boston bunch the speed boys" No
team of youngsters ever played bet
ter baseball, and with the experience
they got last year it looks as if Dono-
van has every right to lay claim to
the bunting even this early in the
season.
Jim Mcguire, known in the baseball
world as deacon" is the new man.
ager of the Cleveland team this sea-
son. He takes the place of Napoleon
Lajoie as manager, but the team still
has the valuable services of the hard
hitting Frenchman as player. Cleve-
land has bunch of hitters that is
hard to beat, but its pitching staff
has been lamentably weak in pinches.
Mcclure has shifted the players
around and Lajoie, considered as
great as the greatest of second base
men, has been sent to first base in the
practise games. Now there is talk Of
him going to short.
Hugh Duffy has come all the way
from Providence, r. l., to manage
Charles Comiskey's White Sox With
the exception of the pitchers, probably
the strongest bunch of twirlers car
ried by any club of either league, the
Chicago team will be practically new.