Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-17
TY COBB PICKS 1912 WINNER
He Dopes Tigers to Take Over the
American League Pennant.
GIVES ATHLETICS SECOND PLACE
While Chicago white SOx VIII He
Hard TO beat, They Cannot lie
Considered Seriously "a
Pennnnt Hopes.

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.--Tyrus Cobb, who
is now back in Georgia, says that the
Detroit Tigers will win the American
league pennant next year. The open sea-
son for base ball forecasts is at hand.
and the king of hitters is the first to turn
prophet In the course of his remarks he
places the New York Highlanders poor
sixth next year, in spite Of the fact that
reorganization of the club is imminent
Ty cannot see the Philadelphia Athletics
from amy angle whatsoever. Since De-
troit has been the only team to give the
Athletics a fight it is natural for Ty to
pick the Tigers to finish first His rating
Of the teams next year is as follows:
Detroit, Philadelphia Boston. Chicago,
Cleveland, New York, Washington and
| st. Louis
! According to Cobb, luck was against the
Tigers last year. but with the brilliant
| Del Gainor back at first the way is
paved for a triumph over Connie Mack s
outfit. The Philadelphia pitchers, he be-
| lieves, have now stood up well in three
hard campaigns, and the time is ripe
for one OF the great trio of Bender,
! Coombs and Plank to fall by the way
side If any one of the three fails to
! come up to expectations the chances of
|
Boston may be the dark horse in the
brace, in Tvs opinion. The Red Sox arc
sure to finish better than they did last
season. and they will probably be in the
thick of the ,pennant fight up to the
| end of next season. Accidents to star
players and the lack of good first base
man handicapped the team in the last
campaign.
Boston Looms Up.
With Jake Stahl fine first baseman
and hard hitter, back Boston looms up
as a formidable flag contender, accord
ling to Cobb. O'Brlen, a brilliant young
tpitcher. who was pronounced a find after
pitching few games toward the end OF
last season. will be on hand to help Joe
Wood. With these two stars in the box,
who can win the majority of their games
the chances OF the Red Sox are better
than in some time.
/ While the Chicago White Sox will be a
hard team to beat and may improve a
trifle over last years form, they cannot
be considered seriously as pennant hopes
says Ty. The selection of Jimmy Gala
han as manager is a step forward, he
admits, but the whole team is too much
unsettled to be developed into winning
machine without a full seasons expert.
ence.
Ty picks Harry Davis to do well as q
manager Of the Cleveland Maps, but he
selects the team as occupants of fifth
place, nevertheless. Brilliant pitching
with a demoralized catching staff anc
infleld kept the nine out of the race las
year, although it proved strong enough
to forge ahead of Chicago and Boston
Cobb looks for the Red soX and White
SoX to show Improvement next year
which the Maps cannot checkmate.
The Highlanders. he declares viii mo-
finish better than sixth. and even ther
WIZ be hard pushed by the Senators
With Clark Griffith at the helm and q
few important changes in the lineup
Washington ought to make a better show
ing. Cobb says that Griffith is due fol-
a change IN the hard luck which has
followed him IN his career as a manager
and fortune will smile on him next sea
son.