The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-01
JENNINGS HAD
 THRILLING CAREER

When 1t comes to genuine personal i rarrt1larity with the fans, everyone ad- r4its out in Detroit that Hughie Jen- nines holds a place of high esteem As manager of the Detroit Tigers, Jennings has showed himself equal to off,er Headers. such as McGraw. Chance or even Connie Mack. Hugnle does all the things that the other man agers do and does them well, and pe- sides that he puts on side-show or his own on the catching lines every time the Tigers play. No capers in dulged in by ball player or mana ana. ker prior to Hughie's advent as boss | of the Tigers made the hit that ms famous .swhee-ah," his shrill whistle, ! his high-kicking speciality and his -ather antics have done. AS a source ! of never-failing merriment in the coaching box he is all alone In ms cla@s Be the Tigers winning or los ! ing, regardless of score or probabfli- ties, Jennings does not stint his per formance From the first inning to the last whenever his men are at bat, he will be found stationed near first or third base, picking grass, hopping around or standing on one leg ana
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 sJennfrtks has been famous in base ball almost since the day he broke in % years ago with the Louisville club of the National league. He was born in Moosic, Pa, April ?, 1871, and first attracted attention by his work on tbe lots around the city of Leighton. 1t was as a catcher that the Tigers euss.-e manager first came into organ ixed ball Hughie says that he was a good catcher, too. but it is evident that his early managers did not think 60, for we find him ascending the lad der of fame as an infielder. After two years with Louisville, Hughie was sent to Baltimore. where he knocked around in various jobs for time un- til settling down as shOrtstop Of the famous Orioles. who won the pennant in 1894, 1895 and .1S96. Associated with him in those days were such men as McGraw. Keeler. Brodie, Joe Kelley, Dan Brouthers. Doyle and Robinson, under the leadership of Ned Hanlon.
 It was a hard-fighting, aggressive. earnest bunch. and although Hughie will not say so for publication. down deep in his heart he thinks 1t was the greatest ball team ever organized. We dreamed baseball, ate baseball. talked baseball and talked of nothing else '' says. Jennings in speaking of the old Orio1es '-It isn't any wonder that we won games. for if a man made a bad play his companions were liable to tear him tos pieces before Manager Hanlon even had a chance to 'cal1' him"
 When. poor patronage in Baltimore made it expedient for the stars of the Baltimore club to be sent to Brooklyn, -Eughie went with them. By that time he had lost his throwing arm, 90 he went to first base, where he played an excellent game, keeping up the strong batting and the aggressive methods that had characterized his work at shortstop. He was with Brooklyn when it won two pennants. playing either first or second base. From that city he went to the Phila- delphia club and from there back to Baltimore which had become a mem Der of the Eastern league. Jennings managed Baltimore in the Eastern league for several seasons, and in the fall of 1906 was drafted by the Detroit club of the American league for duty as manager, succeeding William Ar mour. By studying winters he grad uated in law at Cornell university.
 Jennings reported to Detroit in the spring of 1907 and found that with the material on hand he wasn't conceded q chance to do better than finish down in the ruck. But Hughie discovered that among the Detroit players were a number who could hit. as we'll as some pitchers who could be effective if they saw anything to work for. By infusing in the Tigers the same spirit that made the Orioles famous.