The Washington herald., 1912-07-23
Jennings Says Mackmen Must
Wake Up if They Expect
to Land.
OTHER SPORTING BRIEFS
SERVED HIM RIGHT.

SEW Ell HIM hlShl.
Where are you going my pretty maidG'
Tin going to the ball game sir" she said.
May ] 10 with you, pretty lass?''
Yes. kind. sir. you've sot a pass
Then III not go with you. pretty maid
Nobody axed you. sir. she said.
whereupon the young man kicked him
self in the solar plexus and looked quite
crestfallen.
Manager Hughey Jennings, of the De
troIt Tigers, is of the opinion that the
Philadelphia Athletics will have to wake
up and get busy mighty soon II they
hope to capture the American League
championship this season.
While Jennings refuses 10 pick win
ner at this stage of the race, it is plain
TO see that he does not believe the Mack
men will again repeat.
1t is a queer coincident that when the
Athletic twirlers show signs of distress
the club Immediately slumps in every de-
partment, and past performances this
spring show that the Mackmen have not
been blessed with the kind OF twirling
which was such a potent factor in their
games last year.
Why the team should not play winning
ball. even though the pitchers are going
poorly, is a conundrum. for with such
talent as Mack has surrounded himself
with the Athletics ought TO capture the
majority OF their games with any old
kind of pitching.
AS the season advances IL appears
more and more evident that the Mack
men will not ne leading the parade when
the bell rings next October.
When the Nationals leave for the West
Thursday afternoon Griff will take with
- L4.
and Musser.
Nick Altrock was signed yesterday and
will be carried for his good looks and
used principally on the coaching lines.
With Altrock and Schaefer doing busi-
ness at the same time there will be few
dull minutes in any ball game the Ma
tionals play.
Griff will work either Jim Vaughn or
Bob Groom against the Detroit Tigers
this afternoon. while Jennings will doubt
less pitch Edgar WiIlett
Sporting Editor Herald: On Friday.
July 10. A bet B that ST. Louis would
win one out of the three 10 be played
with Washington on July 10 and 20.
The game on Saturday. July %. was a
tie and called of on account OF dark
ness.
Who wins?
Ans. The bet is on Only two games
were played Saturdays tie causes the
game 10 he played over again. B is en-
titled to a run for his money.
Saws the ST. Louis Post-Dispatch:
when the Chalmers commission makes
its finding. this year, in the matter Of
naming the greatest all-around player In
the American League, ii will be up
against a pretty little problem, brought
up by the famous strike Of the Detroit
club
The commission is supposed to make
its award TO the player after considering
his standing in the following factors:
Base running, fielding. aggressiveness.
aid to team play. time OF reporting 10
club. quick thinking. conduct on and of
the field. and respect for club discipline.
The question arises: What relative
value is the commission to give each
factor? A little stress on the last two
will about put Tyrus Cobb out Of the
running for first honors, even though
lis actual baseball proficiency may en-
title him to the laurels Cobb's violation
OF both points mentioned are. in the eyes
of most critics all but inexcusable.
Incidentally. the wonderful Tyrus is
now leading the league, his squirt OF
Wednesday having at least temporarily
carried him past Speaker and Jackson
and fixed his batting figure for the first
time this season at over 400.
'Tyrus is coming strons but there
seems a weakness in his underpinning
that has kept him from achieving quite
as wonderful a base-stealing record as
he owned last season. This year Clyde
Milan and Eddie Collins both have 1t on
the Peach in a number OF stolen bases"
"