Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-15
SILVER TROPHY IS
GIFT TO JENNINGS
Manager of Detroit Club Guest
of Local KniglHs Of
Columbus.
PRAISES GAMES INTEGRITY

Hughey Jennings manager Of the
Detroit American League Baseball
Club, was the guest Of honor at d
meeting of Olive Bralleh Council No.
463 knights Of Column bus. in this city.
last night. A surprise awaited Jen-
nings when James r. Gallery. acting
lecturer. presented the peppery e
troit leader with a silver loving cup
in behalf Of the Olive Branch mem
bers.
Jennings refused TO predict d pen
nant for the Detroit team. but he
gave an interesting talk on baseball
subjects, picking his topics at ran
dom. Hughey practically admitted
that the team the Tigers viii have to
beat to win their way 10 a worlds
series is the Philadelphia American
League Club, present worlds cham
pions.
Jennings came 0Eer at the invita-
ton Of the Olive rBaneh TO see an
complication Of the first degree,
and ii was with reluctance that he
consented to talk Lecturer James
r. Gallery inveiglgd the "Eeeh Yah
leader" into talking By presenting
him with the indispensable piece of
sod That caused Tughey to loosen
I'D and though me did not come across
with his famous third base coaching
stunt he warmed up in fine style and
his delivery was interrupted by fire.
quent applause.
Jennings dwelt strongly on one
point which he said had always been
impressed upon him during MS long
baseball career of twenty-fo1r years.
In all of that time, Jennings declared.
he had never known OF any occur
renee the least bit dishonest in base
81 90 Frsz
marked that the worlds series was
fixed at times when it came down to
three games apiece and seventh
contest was necessary. He wound
Up with ''They may say that the
games are fixed for money but they
don't know the men who owns the
clubs, and the men who play the
game as | do"
Jennings then related q little Incl
dent which shows what an important
factor the baseball fan is to basebalPs
success, aside from his financial sup
port of the great national pastime:
zone day in Detroit we were playing
St Louis and the Browns had Cy
neither side could make any head
way. Then some fan in the bleachers
yelled out to me Why don't you
bunt, .Hughey2' 1t struck me with
great emphasis that Cy had clowed
up and we had not tried that game
When the smoke cleared away in the
next inning we had put the game on
ice. The average fan knows just as
much about the game. and IN some
cases, more than some players"
Jennings's modesty restrained him
from commenting on the chances of
the Tigers. but after the presenta-
ton of the loving cup he consented to
recite his well-known vaudeville spe-
cialty dedicated ito the old boys"
After the applause had subdued
| Jennings shook hands with the 800
members who packed the chambers
/ of the Columbus Club to meet Jen-
/ nings, who is a member of the or
ganization.
/ Hughey found time to say a few
words of praise for the Newark In
| ternational League Tigers, declaring
| that he had heard many glowing re-
ports of the Bengals. He also said
| that he was deeply interested in Jack
Kellys team in Scranton-his home
town. II was through Jennings's eff
| forts that Kelly obtained his posi-
| ton as manager.