The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-10
SIMMONS Wins
REGULAR BERTH
Jennings Will Carry New Inhelder
Through the Season-Pernoll and
Browning Also Make Good.
BY PAUL HALE sRUske.

-(Speclalj Following The game or
yesterday in which the players again
acquitted themselves well, Hughie
Jennings last night formally an
Inouuced that George Simmons. the
Rochester infelder OF 1909, had made
a place for himself on the Detroit
baseba squad and would De retained
for the season barring some un-
ieXpected development.
simmons has been playing third
base up 10 date but Jennings believes
that. in spite OF his average stature,
he may also develop into hrst sack
CT on occasions His main merit Is,
however. the fact that he hits right
handed and hits the ball hard almost
every time he is offered II lie Is
fairly fast. very strong, and is the
possessor OF a throwing arm that Is
really remarkable
Pernoll and Browning have shown
Jennings class enough. he says 10
make II certain that they will smell
American league powder. Balls Ia'I-
ure 10 meet the bali squarely in the
4 game OF yesterday made Jennings
doubt whether or not the Michigan
! boy is heavy enough for fast com
pany. Regarding the merits OF the
/ Lister. Ness. Jones question, jennings
professed himself as likely 10 wait
until along in May before making
definite decision.
Cverconfdence is Feared.
! HuChie Jennings is honestly OF the
opinion that. IL he can keep the Tigers
from becoming careless N their pas
and lax in their training rules. me
American league pennant Is as good "a
won for another year. Just now he Is
engaged In bringing up number OF
child players and that feature ism;
Worrying him much But, when the
regulars arrive and he takes up The
! real work OF training the ball club that
will sport the big ID this year. ne
will hold a series OF meetings al when
a very tart line OF talk is going 10
be handed out.
The reason so many clubs have
won three pennants and failed al the
fourth attempt is merely in the fact
that the players. after three victorl-
Gus years. have come 10 regard them
selves as the greatest aggregation ever
gathered and believe that flags are
easy 10 win The minute they arrive
al this frame OF mind. it's all on. I've
seen il IN Baltimore and I've seen 1t
IN Chicago.
Il don't think there are many who
recall the campaign OF 1897 in which
the Boston club took the championship
from Baltimore. who don't Still be-
lieve. deep down in their hearts, that
the. old Orioles should have had thai
aag as they had those OF the three
years preceding. But the fellows OF
our club didn't all stick 20 their knit
ting as they had in former years and
the result was a close finish in which
We were nosed out We should never
have allowed Boston 10 get near us.
Cubs the Best Last Year.
Similarly. who is there who doubts
that Chicago last year mad The best
club in the country. TO say nothing or
the National league? And yet the Cubs,
shy a couple OF their chesty stars,
Thought they could loaf along and sort
OF half-play with the result that Pitts
burg with an improved club and some
lucky stick work, came up and beat
them
why. in two cases in addition 10
these. / can mention clubs hat swelled
up 10 such an extent you couldn't hand
one OF their substitutes a ripe peach
all because they had won a couple 81
flags And every time this has taken
place there has been new champion.
This business OF having 10 introduce
the players to each other every morn
ing is what is going 20 wreck any
lscam. regardless of It's superiority over
It's rivals.
THAI the big thing the Detroit
Tigers Will have 10 look out tor, and
guard against. this coming year. We
don't want any OF our players 10 stay
cut Of baseball a month or two at the
start for their health. or anything like
that want every man AT his post
on schedule time and II anyone Is
. late. they're going 10 hear from ne.
This pennant race is going TO he just
'as hard as any of the three that have
gone before-harder. maybe. But, T.
II can make this plain 20 the boys.
think they stand better chance than
any OF their rivals TO cop again
Worlds Series Have Helped.
We've gotten along up to date with.
out a bit OF the swell-headedness tina,
has characterized the work OF the
typical champion team Perhaps the
fact that we We been miSed mp in three
worlds series without winning any 81
them. has helped 10 keep the feature
OF conceit In the background BE that
"a IL may. realize the increasing
nature OF the danger and I'm going "a
Tyert il il can.
The minute the boys get IL int
their heads that they have theii
laurels picked already. were gone 50,
far as championship possibilities are
concerned and / 10 want 90 win this
flag"
Mother Erroress Game.
That jennings has bunch OF field
Ing phcnoms was demonstrated agar
Wednesday when the Aspirants beat
son Antonio again without making a
single error in doing so. The nearest
thing to a misplay was Stanage's short
PASSED ball on Payne in the ninth
1.-The muff coming on the occasion OF q
bird strike and allowing the local
hoy 90 reach first To score. the
Bronchos had 10 get the ball over the
fence Pope Strengthened out one OF
StrQuds shoots and lost II. N
browning. stroud and Pernoll all
nitched well for Detroit. All the runs
made by Jennings pupils were OF
southpaw pitchers. Gilbert and Ables.
As viii be noted. Drake again led IN
the clouting. a homer. considered the