The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-21
NIFTY TIGER GAPTAIAGGY
HAS WORRIED CAPTAINS
MORE THAN JENNINGS
Hughie Could Get Along With
out Field Leader; Cap
taincy Jinx
HUGHIE SAME AS OF YORE
Former Pupil in Cornell Says
That Hughes Actions Are
Same Now as Then
HUGHIE SAME AS OF YoRl
BY RALPH l.. Y0NKER.


has been very little apprehension
about Moriarty's showing up here
The lack of apprehension has MOI
been because MoTy would not De 9
serious loss to the Tigers If he should
decide that his baseball days "eIe
over, but because Manager jennings
seems sure that he will be mere III
time TO start on the northern ulp
with the team.
Just as Georges not appearing on
the scene here was not worrysome' Sc
was the doubt as TO whether there
would be Tiger captain this year. A
team with no captain would be IKE
that OF two years ago.
The term captain" Of major
league baseball team Is one that Is
very ambiguous. or more properly
very indefinite. The Importance OF
CAPTAIN I'm most teams Is IN lndlTecl
ratio 10 the importance Of the man
ager. With the Tigers Hughie is
the absolute boss and hence the pow
err and responsibility Of the captain 10
not as great as II Is in other teams
with Hughie on the bench, the cap
tain would technically have the con-
troll of the team while il was on the
field. This control would extend as
far as calling which OF two men
should take fly and perhaps but 1t
tie further.
The captain is usually sort OF an
ex-officio aide-de-camp to the man
ager. He is the prime minister's ad-
wiser. Now when the prime minister
decides that he can do without an
official adviser, 1t doesn't matter
great deal whether there Is one.
Furthermore, the Tiger captaincy
has been OF a very jinx like appear.
ance of recent years, the Tiger CAP
tains have had very little OF the
horseshoe brand OF fortune.
"Hughie Is the same peppery base
ball man that Coach Jennings OF Cor
nell was" remarked Francis j. Tyler,
one or the principals with the
Sheehan Opera company, who used to
partake OF Jennings baseball instruc-
ton when he was teaching the Cor.
nellians how TO play the game.
"Of course, Hughie shows that he is
much older now than he was when
learned from him." said Tyler, but
In his manner OF acting and talking he
has the same style that he used to
have.
Jennings always used to have
laundering for those big tall players
when he was in college. Guess he
must have IL yet" appended Tyler as
he noticed Remneas. Moroney, Gamer
and few others OF the tall men.
The field here at Monroe IL not OF
major league caliber and perhaps IL
is well. II may be a benefit to the
infielders to have some work on a
greater-ground.
Il Ii likely that the infield at De
troit will be little rough at the
opening OF the season and for some
time after. Ii is very hard to get
new field into billiard-table shape
during the first year.
II Is, II must be admitted, rather
hard to judge as to the merits or the
dement's OF the diamond in Navin
field from this distance, and IL may be
that this is-all the wrong dope. But
II IL is it's because the new Detroit
field Is the exception and not the rule.
In case there are moFe@badH hops
and less dependibility on the Detroit
than on the others in the
league during the coming season, :.
ought TO throw what little advantage
there Is In II to the Tigers side. The
Tigers will play on that field about
half the time while each other team
will be there comparatively few times
Hugh Jennings believes that the
Americans will win the coming Olym.
pic. He was reading an article by
New York writer. In which he express
ed his confidence in the Yankees
Hughie seconded the nomination.
The Americans have well.bal.
anced team this year. ] think" said
Hughie, "and / believe that they viii
win"
There are two kinds OF poker that
Jennings doesn't like. One is the
kind that keeps his Tigers up late at
night; the other is the Kind that is too
expensive for some OF them.
Players demand amusement" says
Hughie, "and some of them can't find
Il In books and magazines. For these
men poker is their main resource for
entertainment
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