New-York tribune., 1911-12-24

T. Cobb. the man who makes baseball
records IN hitting. run getting and base
stealing. pays a high tribute TO Hushey
Jennings, manager Of the Detroit Tigers.
who IS now recovering from the automo-
bile accident in which he so narrowly
missed losing his life. He is quoted as
saying IN q Pittsburgh exchange:
You have probably heard Jennings blamed
Tor the poor showing made by the Tigers
last season. but / want 10 set him right
before the world. Jennings was not in the
least 70 blame for the finish of the De-
trolt team, Davy Jones, in series OF
articles given 10 an Eastern paper early in
the fall said that Jennings had not worked
his pitchers properly end that he was
wholly 10 blame for the failure of the De-
,-oi,ers % win the American League PEN
nsnt
Nov. IL seems 10 me bad grace on the
par. @ Jones 20 knock Hughey in any way,
Tor you can take il from me that no mem
ber Of the Detroit outfit was ever more
royalty treated by the manager than was
Jones. Why, 10 be candid Jennings sent
Nstty Mcintyre 10 the White SOx just 50
thai Davy could have free rein.
Jennings is one Of the grandest figures
m tle realm Of baseball to-day, and no one
who really knows him can truthfully say
one wor6 against him. OF course. I have
never had many employers in baseball, but
than Hughey. He knows exactly how TO
ueat his men. and the tosser who really
tries 70 do his work viii never have any
ground for complaint on the way he is
For a team Of the strength Of the
Tgsrs. VIC pulled some pretty raw stuff on
OCCASIONS last season, yet there never was
A time when Jennings forgot TO be the
Who is ambitious is more or less a hard
oser. but HUghey can see defeat staring
hin IN the face with much better grace
than many Of his colleagues
After O. game that was lost Jennings
would come into the clubhouse, 20 up to
fho PLAYER Who had thrown the contest
away, slap him on the back and say. We'll,
they col that one. didn't they? But DON {
morrow He never harbored anything
against a man who treated him on the
square. and always stood up for the men
under him.
as matter Of fact, the Detroit team
ost out last season because Gainor was
hurt We were going finely when he met
Win his serious accident. We had won
iWenty-sX games and lost but six UP to
that time and ] actually believe but for
hat one thing the Athletics would never
have figured in the worlds championship
series with the New York Giants.
Fred Tenney. once Of the Giants and now
manager Of the Boston club Of the Ma
tonal League, SAYS he is planning to write
hook on baseball
The craze Tor naming the worlds great
- twenty" has reached baseball Follow
Ing Charley Comiskey's list. Clark Griffith,
he new manager OF the Washington Sena-
tors. is out with his twenty" with the Old
Roman az the top. The list follows:
Charley Copishey, Frank Chance. Hal
ghdsf. I'd Dslchauty, Larry Jaioie. Willie
het,er Amos RUsIe. ChristN MathewSon.
walter Johnson, Ty Cobb. Hans Wagner,
Lreo Clarke. I'D Walsh, Hugh Duffy. Jimmy
collins Eddie Collins, Nap Rucker Nor
oflal Brown A0dle Joss, Mike Kelley.
An ocuIist wants Hank O'Day VINO win
guide the desunies of the Cincinnati Reds
next season. 10 equip his players with mag
nly.ns glasses. so that the baseball viii
'oek as big as q football Better not, u
football IS not so easy 10 CATCH judging
by some Of the games played this year.
August Hermann. in commenting on the
new outlaw league, says: "All those
leagues wind up at The same plsce-no-
where 4"