The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-01
JENNINGS POSITIVE
 GIANTS WILL WIN
Detroit's Manager Tells Why He Believes McGraW Will Cop His Fourth Consecutive Pennant.


 Manager Hugh Jennings of the De troit Tigers has faith in the ability of McGraw to win fourth consecu- tive pennant
 '.I stick by my old friends" said HuEhie, "and that is why am pulling so hard for the Giants. am not overlooking the fact that Boston 1s very dangerous. No one appreciates more than I the capabilities of George Stallings. Those who figure the Braves are going to split wide open are ser ious1y mistaken.
 But this is why figure New York has a better chance :than Boston McGraw's team until a few days ago was playing anywhere from twenty five to forty points below its normal form. Boston for six, weeks has been driving at one of the most sensational paces ever attained by a big league club. A great many of its victories have been shutoutS established by three wonderful pitchers. It is not to be presumed that this trio will be able to go no indefinitely holding all opposition to handfuls of hits daily"
 q do not believe Boston Is going to break badly, but all that is neces- sary for it. to do is to falter. The Braves cannot hope to better their speed. New York cannot very well fail to show improvement With New, York 1t has been largely a case of poor twirIing. The return to form of Ma thewson and MarQuard seems to have given renewed hope to the Tagging spirits of the champions"
 CT think the fight will be between Boston and New York to the end of the race. Both St Louis and Chicago. will have to play the majority of their, remaining games away from home while their eastern rivals are at home "The big fight will come no doubt next week with the Giants in Boston. Then a. serious setback for either is. likely to prove fataL''
 With the return to. form of Matty and Marquard along with the consis- tent work that Tesreau Is performing coupled with the heavy hitting that Merkle has been doing of late the Giants look to be safe. Of course one I can never tell. The Ozark Bear hum. ter is apt to spring a. leak" in his big right arm or the Rube is liable to stf6dn his neck while speeding 'ern lover the plate or little MT. Jinx- that was following Matty around for the past three weeks may come and pay. the old master another visit Of course these are all maybees but they are. hable to happen at any old time The. Giants cannot kick if the Braves beat them out as they have had their share | of the worlds series coin for the past three years and 1t is about lime they
 hve somebody else whack at the [ the Giants can play a city series with tthe Yankees and they ought to cop about $1 800 each in this fray at the same time giving the Chancemen as well as our own boy Ray Heating a chance to get a few extra shekels. of a dig in the public crib, they have been nothing but a tai1-ender for the past five or six years and until the present year they were the laughing IL I'M were drawing the lowest salary per inan of any club in the major leagues until the present year when Jim Calf l ney started to make money and then, so the critics say, Manager Jim raised the deserving players salaries At the present it is even money which team
 will win the pennanf The Braves | pitching staff has been performing Il brilliantly with not the least sign of .l breaking while the Giants twirlers have been nothing more than in and T cutters for the past two months. If up the pace they have been setting for the past seven weeks, the fans in this city who intend to take in the worlds series will Shave to buy their railroad tickets with the following in scription Bridgeport to Boston,
 The addition of Smith and Moran, two former Superbas, along with the
 heavy and timely hitting of outfie1der Joe Connolly, to say nothing of the
 brilliant work of Evers, Maranville and Schmidt, in my opinion proves u without a doubt that the Braves are going to cop the rag, The entire base
 ball world with the exception of the
 Athletics are pulling for the Bean
 eaters" and this coupled with the grand treatment they are receiving
 from their leader George Sta11ng5 is
 enough encouragement for any bal
 team to go out and fight to the finish
 Good luck to the Braves May they
 win victories necessarily and know not the sting of defeat and may the ma tional league bunting fly over Fenway
 Park on the 5th of October, to be
 cooled by thes breezes of Cape Coo
 Bay and give the Boston National.
 loyal fans recompense for their loyalty n by giving them the first Nationa
 league championship since 1e98''
 AMATEUR SPORTS