The Detroit times., 1912-05-14
JENNINGS HAS DELICATE
JOB IN REPAIRING THAT
TIGER HARMONY COG NOW
Looks as If Some Tigers Tried 10
Show Him Up After he
Yanked Works
THAT WILL NJ V + r Do
Whether With or Without SUI
ficient Provocation, That
Won't Win Games
WILL NEV + r D Z

The question Of the hour has shifted
Politics will have TO be laid at rest
for few days until somebody straight
Ems out the tangled wires that are gov
erning the Tigers,
"A special meeting will be called, II
s is understood within few days4to
consider ways and means OF conduct
ing the coming campaign in the west.
rkhe loss O fthe eastern districts Is
rIractically conceded despite complete
returns.
She Tigers ardent supporters hard
N hope for sweeping victory IN
Pannsylyania where the Connie Mack
forces are strong and at the rate the
opposition is going in the capitol there
vill be nothing doing there when the
Nationals are met.
But II there isn't home harmony at
the special meeting than is apparent
n the lighting forces OF the, Tigers
xitst now there will be no pennants
Won't there. There may be good many
tkings damaged In the Tiger machine
Int that harmony cog seems TO be one
that is causing the greatest amount Oh
tfouble.
one thing that has given the Tigers
.snch a bad start, II is admitted, Is
lack OF condition. That could be over
come only by time. There ought 10
have been time enough for that al
ready.
Poor Mr. Lacko Condition has been
blamed for all that is coming 10 him.
II the Tigers aren't ready to play base
hall now, it is doubtful II they ever
will be-
Now Mr.. Lacko Harmony is due TO
get his.
fThere is one thing about this har-
nkony cog in any machine When the
machine Is sailing along merrily taking
ehmes as they come and slowing them
away. the harmony part adjust itself
automatically. II is not put TO the
test.
When the machine begins TO stop,
however, there is little strain on II.
When IL starts TO go backward there
e. more strain. When IL hits the to-
boggan, the harmony part has to be
very. very strong or II will snap
kIt looks as il the Tiger cog had
slapped.
So Hughie has another delicate re-
ptir job on his hands.
THE inner workings of complex
bhseball machine made up OF steen
dIfferent kinds OF dispositions and
temperaments all set crosswise by the
pfecipitation of the past few weeks
are very delicate and ii doesn't take
\ much TO smash the whole thing.
HIt does take a mechanic skillful In
the manipulation of human frailities,
however, to readjust these same dis
positions and temperaments. This Is
tie Job that Hughie has before him.
How he is going to do it worries no
body. probably. quite so much as
Hughie himself. There are few who
cEre how he is going TO do ii. There
Aa|e a whole lot, though who are ex-
tfemely anxious that he shall do it
we'll and soon.
Random cares little whether Oscar
SfRnage upholds Ralph Works in his
ptrsistency in wearing a high wing
collar. Fandom cares little whether
RAlph's less dressy friends approve
,pf his starring as social light. Fan
Htm cares little whether Ralph is on
1ah eternal peeve because he thinks he
sBbesn't get what's coming TO him.
Random only cares when he or any
player and his fellows don't work to-
stther on the diamond.
The main difficulty yesterday seem
set TO center itself about the removal
tof Ralph Works. Works had been
Ritching good baseball, evidently, up
I'd the fifth inning. Even then his
spIching didn't seem TO be so bad, but
his support got him in hole in which
his proneness to hit men at the bat
- 4. n.
pfobably peeved and his disposition
spread to tn eother members OF the
team.
Imagine a baseball team trying to
play ball with even the catcher only
OFT OF sorts and not caring whether the
pitchers ever got a man = The bur
ldsque OF yesterday after Works was
a oht seems to be the only answer.
mo wit appears that not only Stan
ate but several others OF the aggrega.
tibn was in sympathy with RaIphie
aid didn't care much whether school
kbpt or not after their illustrious class
Mate had been put in the orner with
the Ounce cap on his high brow.
1T is not up TO the observer to say
Who Is right or who is wrong In this
matter. Neither is 1t up to the OBJ
sfryer TO attempt to draw the plans
fdr a path out OF the maze
but the observer cannot help but see
that there Is something wrong and he
tlImands that IL be fixed
NIt looks as IL the Tiger crew In
gkneral did their durndest yesterday
"a show up Hughie after he pulled
Works
Whether there we're sufficient provo
c1ilon for such conduct is beside the
QNcstion. That sort OF stuff wont
WIN games and games are what the
TIger fans want
IN this Tlger-Yank series Manager
INnnings is not the only one who Is
hNging his troubles
Manager Wolverton OF the Yankees
la chafng today under the indefinite
Suspension order handed Jack Quinn
Uout the only twlrler on wolyertons
El who Il working in top form. foi
llIfowing HE glove on the ground "a
thow his displeasure az silk
OLoughlIn's nmpiring on Saturday. II
a considered unlikely that Quinn viii
bt kept out of the game for more than
week. however.