The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-05
AFTER THAT FLAG
Detroit Americans to Work for
Fourth Pennant.
Hughey Jennings, Tiger Man.
ager, Talks a Little.
TOPEKA OFF HIS MAP.
Will Drop Capital City From
Exhibition Game Towns.
Declares Arthur Griggs Too
Sleepy, Needs Pepper.
TOPEKA OFF HIS MAP.

To mark Topeka off his map is now
the plan of Hughey Jennings, the
Ey-ah manager of the Detroit Ameri-
can league team. Jennings has twice
brought his squad of pennant winners
to Topeka for games and both times
the weather has been against them.
Previously the Detroit team was
brought here with the same luck. Jen-
nings says his training trip has been
good and that the men are in splendid
physical condition for the opening of
hostilities.
The other squad of the Tigers, which
appear today in Louisville, are worry
ing the Tiger manager. The men are
not hitting the ball as he would have
Vile, 3 to 2. is the third game they
have won this year. Jennings says
that he will wire them congratulations
today on having accomplished the
The regular outf1eld, pitchers and
catchers are with the other squad and
the hits are rare indeed. In Calves
ton they amassed total of 2 hits in
got 5. At Mobile they garnered 8.
The hits are not forthcoming. And
Hughey likes a lot of figures in the hit
column.
Squad Divided First Time.
This is the first year jennings has
divided his squad. He says he will not
do it again. His plan for next season
is to take his men and stay south I'M
til April. Then. he says, his north
ern TIP will include only about five
games at such towns as Memphis, Mo-
bile, Louisville and Indianapolis. No
more of the plan used this year for the
Detroiter.
Jennings was deeply interested in
book this. morning at the hotel.
1t was some kind of a Chance story.
now this doesn't mean anything like
you will probably think it does at
first glance because Chance is in the
Chance for all that, and it pays to
be watching for them. Jennings is
a great reader of books. When the
Detroiters are at home he reads near
not always devote himself to this
recreation after the game but as
much as possible he does.
Detroit, always Detroit first, Chi
the four first division teams in the
American league this year, according |
to Jennings. Chicago is much
stronger than last year except in the |
much of the Sox outfield. Last years |
inf1eld for the Sox was worse than |
none, according to the Eyah manager.
Isbell, Atz and the rest were down |
and cutters, he thinks. especially when
compared with the men who are fill |
ing these places this year. The loss
of Sullivan will hurt them some, he
says.
Going After the Flag.
Were going to go after another
pennant," said Jennings. ''Of course |
I'm little wary about winning pen
nants now. 1t is bad to win them be- |
fore the season opens. But We'll be |
right there fighting for everything
as usual. We have everything good
that we had last year and a lot of
strength which we did not have. |
Well give them all we've got"
Jennings says Speer does not have
the making of a major league pitcher
but that he should go good in the
minors. Speer pitched about two
games, according to Jennings, in last
years contests: Then he held out
for q raise of wages and knocked |
himself out of the training trip. |
Burial in Buffalo is more of the pun
ishment melted out to him.
Manager Jennings would think a |
great deal more of Topeka Arthur |
Griggs, he says, had the youngster |
more pepper. Griggs. he says, is too |
sleepy for him. Good ball player |
other Sc" declares Hughey.
With the squad which stopped here |
are the following players and |
trvouts: Casey, Stanage. Works, |
Browning Penroll, sum- !
mers, Lister, Ness. Delehanty, |
Bush, O'Leary, Moriarty, Nc |
Intyre. Ball, Drake. Smith and Col |
onel Jennings.