The Detroit times., 1915-01-26
1or Loadsr's Profound Knowl-
edge Of Law WIN Be
Invincible
hickey, LAWYER TOO. BUT
( NOT VETERAN, LIKE H. A. J.
Other Major League Bosses Viii
Be Helpless When Bengals
Pull Their STUFF
BY HAROLD v. WILCOX.

r.|' j. n q.
Frank J. Navin builded better than
\ ~ knew when he stopped up mis- ears
md gave vent to series OF emphatic
y ~nsyss when the American league as
(oatlsd him with entreaties TO grab
I, Donovan and let Hughey Jennings 90
e. New York. and thus smooth the
way for the Ruppert-Houston deal
Whioh still seems to be travelling over
= rutty highway.
we realize that William Donovan
4 q I splendid and capable chap, and
iW1u undoubtedly make one OF base
oarS Anest managers. He Is very
IDopn1ar n Detroit. but We prefer to
{&ong q Hughey Auburnlocks little
DAGo hanger. We recommend Mr..
{DooDVun 10 you very highly, but a.
NJ ourselves, not yet while" Quoth
~ Hon. Nnvin.
Ana thus did the Jungietown mag
nAeo Qualiky as the Nine. Thebes Of
1ooohGn Just how he caught a
/1l1mpuo beyond the curtain that
3Gh1Gads the future we may never
{Enow. But glimpse he did. and now
- can laugh all other major league
{Gonho to scorn, with the exception OF
klho Iowly Browne. and It II easy to
uvot them.
Mr. IN these days Of baseball by In
|un0f1on. mandamuses. assumpsiB
I'D intra condemnuscieisco tecumque
tnnGloe, Detroit Is headed straight for
10 ohampionship bunting and no
rival can say them nix. What's the
HoDo on that assertionf Easy The
4IEoD. alone eOf all major league
toams. excepting only the aforemen-
Mined Browns, has talented leader
Who knows ~ much law a. he does
. 1o06ball. Hughey Jennings II law
(vor He II more than that. He II q
JoGn1 luminary. al all the Democrats
- Scranton, Pa, will attest. Alone
~ III biz show magnates, excepting
Hickey. will he be as much at home at
1tart1ng or breaking mp writ OF
topoovin play as In advising Oscar
Btonage not to attempt to steal home.
Let New York get such q prize for
3von Z pearl OF such great worth a.
/, Bin Donovan? Mr.. Navin was right.
Nay II the correct answer.
Imagine the baffled countenances Of
Connie Mack, Clarke Grifith and Bill
CarTigAn, as Hughey shoots Cobb and
Csowford into the batting order twice
- the same time around under ali
ooos. and trace the lines Of dismay
that Will APPEAR when Hughey trots
sout q perfectly good injunction to
thWart any such tactics when the foe
0Rnln win the hidden ball trick DO
worked on the Tigers. II that old
1oroehide pellet Is not In plain sight,
A~h ~l~ uxv,v
Goo1ing that will clear the mystery.
Master Of law and baseball--the ideal
ooubination for the game as she p
- ~ played In 1915. Under the lead
/. ocoh1p Of such a chieftain, that world
ooe1es must be considered certainty.
The Browns were mentioned rather
C1lghtingly a paragraph or two back.
Yea they have a lawyer-manager. too.
Uo1nch Hickey. between baseball en-.
Gngoments. practiced In the Rocky
oUntains somewhere. President
Bo1ess y to be congratulated on se-
Guf1ng Hickey. a. any sort Of lawyer
WIN do botter a. q manager than .
otmonpure baseballist In these day.,
Mt Hickey IL not the veteran bar
1lnter that our Hughey IL. He VIII
mike nifty runner>up, but that pen
1nnt b Detroits,
Even n Hughey should break down.
here will always be chance for con-
valuation with that other eminent bar
f1oter. Frank Navin, the only one Of
61o kind among the American league
Dro0idents. II IL said that the side
With the most lawyers always win
1 Well, that makes Il Detroit again.
It's . sure thing.