The Washington times., 1915-05-27
jennings Ball Club
4 Likely Contender
When Western Outfits Come East Tigers Are Ex-
pected To Be Most Formidable Oppo-
nents of Atlantic Coast Teams.
By LOUIS A. DOUGHER.

initial swing around the seaboard
section Of the circuit, the Jungaleers
will very likely be the most formid-
able opponent Of the Orientals
wherever they 60. Hughey Jennings
has ball club that must be reck-
oned with this season.
Whenever you have a savage,
slamming collection Of swatters, you
have a ball team that at any time
may come from behind and bat out
a victory for some tottering twirler.
Hughey Jennings outfit today is
Just such a team as Connie Mack
had for three or four years. Mack's
good fortune is proverbial. Even
when his pitchers had lost their
grip, the sluggers won a pennant
for the Athletics. Mack is respon-
sible for this fact himself.
Collins. Baker and ,McInnis made an
urly trio for any pitcher to face, pht
Il Is doubtful II they were any more
dangerous than Cobb. Crawford ana
yeach. Collins was q fine hitter ana
an active, nervous baserunner. He Wor-
ried the pitcher all the time; napmns @
smashing drives of his: Then; in be
hind that duo came "Stuffy" Mclnnis,
a 800 hitter and one Of the most reared
in the game. ..
Of a trio in Cobb, Crawford and Veach.
Cobb Is one Of the best hitters IN the
history of the game. He is also a
wonderful baserunner. In oenlno nun
comes Sam Crawford, dangerous sius
ger, to take advantage OF the pltchera,
troubles over Cobb on the bases Ana
then comes Bobby Veach, who has de-
veloped greatly in the last two years
until he Is now among the league
batting leaders. II Detroit wins the
pennannt this year, It will largely be
on account OF Cobb. Crawford ana
Veach. To see them in action Is 70
realize this and you Capital city 1ans
will soon have that opportunity.
The Tigers are not SO strong IN tne
box, though, as they are In the nelo
and at the bat. Dauss, Dubuc, Covales.
kie and Boland have been doing apoNt
all the work, but they hardy ss cor comeaL,c Ga,.
Dauss has pitched excellent ball. but he
has not quite rounded into perfect
shape yet this year lin, pnbuGs III ths GSange
CovaIeskie needs to be winning all the
time to do his best. Boland is rookie
with a wonderful run Of luck allied TO
sterling pitching. qualities. He Is one
OF the smallest pitchers In major league
baseball. but he has done some go3d
work, backed by that terrible trio, Cobb.
Crawford and Veach.
Bush ranks with the leading short
stops of the country. Witt Is a most
Capable utility man. able to play third.
short or second and do a good job:
Pep Young is shadowy hitter. but
q lively fielder, kavanaugh is an IN.
arst base. the Tigers Inhe!d would look
far better than 1t does. With George
Moriarty again in form. the baserun-
ming end of the outfit would be
sighting spirit. They always carry the
scrap to the other fellow. They make
way: Urged on by that nre-eating
manager, Hughey Jennings, they climb
all over an opponent at the slightest
opening.
when they begin hiking through the
East. They may not win the 1915 pen
nant but they won't be put out OF
the running by any easy mode OF pro pro-
fssy syrs x. hfS Ts asay sht 70. should sSdyRs maRe
around the circuit The attendance
here has been good all season; despite
ought to finish right side up this year,
IL Jennings keeps the Tigers in the
race. The outlook is that Jennings,
ably assisted by Cobb, Crawford and
Veach. will do just that little thing.
too.
Take a blind man with one leg. cut
off one Of his hands and carve from
Up tightly. and stand him up before
Jess Willard, what do you suppose Will
lard would do to him? The Tigers won
the third game. 10 to 8. They acted the
part Of jess Willard. the Griffmen the
blind cripple.
Really, there is small need of a de-
seription of that slaughter yesterday.
The wind, she blew from Lake ST.
Clair and you know how she can blow.
She literally froze some 800 hardy
bugs who fingered around after the
Tigers had made ten runs In four
frames Had they cared much, they
might have scored ten more. but when
Enge! appeared they had wreaked their
vengeance upon Shaw and Hopper and
were inclined to be merciful to Engel
and Gallia.
1t was all In days work for tho
Tigers. They simply made monkeys
of Shaw and Hopper. The former s
widnsss savored OF bush league stuff;
TO behold. The combination brought
the ten tallies and the eleventh defeat
since leaving homo.
Jean Dubuc was in fine fett!e, though
he seemed to be weakening toward the
end OF the contest. He was nit har I'd
In the seventh and was a bit unsteady
In the last two sessions. However, his
comfortable lead enabled him to finish
without worrying. The Griffmen did
the worrying.
Shaw passed Bush as a starter and
Cobb's single scored the little fellow
The Pittsburgher escaped harm in the
second, but he went insane in the third
and had to give way to Hopper. Du.
buc's single began the fun. Bush
walked, to be forced by Witt. wild
pitch let Dubuc in from third. Cobb
scratched a single past Williams. put
ing Witt on third. A wild heave scored
Wit and put Cobb on third.
Hopper was then showed into the fray
and he started with a pass to Craw,
ford. Veach's inield out let Cobb tai.
~ and Burns hard smash to eft cen.
ter sent Crawford over from second
Pretty soft. Hopper did not seem to
bother the JungRleFrs at all
StanaEe's single opened the fourth. but
DubuC famed. Bush tTipled to right