Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-10-03
HUGHEy JENNINGS
A POTENT FACTOR
IN GIANT TRUMP
.By Associated PreNsJ

the credit for bringing the New 1Ors
Giants successfully through the 1921
penrant campaign is being given t
Hug y Jennings, the grass-chewinG
Jun p.ng-jack who won managerial
fame as leader of the Detroit Tigers
In October of 1920, Jennings sign
ed contract to serve as assistant
manager of the Giants, taking the
place made vacant by Johnny Evers
who had been selected to manage the
Chicago Cubs. The acquisition o!
Jennings by the Giants came as q
surprise to the fans and it was gen.
orally predicted that he would be one
of the most able assistants John Nc
Graw ever had.
McGraw in no wise relinquished
his job as manager but Hughey be-
gan at once to do all the work afield
His "E-yaah" and grass pulling had
been seen before at the Polo grounds
but with Hughey as Giant, the fans
took him differently. 1t was Alta
boy Hughey" where before it had
been saw go and lay down."
The good-natured Jennings soon
won favor with the players and his
fighting spirit helped them to pull
through many tough games. Jen-
nings is considered a great little gen.
eral and has proved an able second
helmsman.
This is Jennings 18th year as a
leader. He won pennants in the Am
erican League with Detroit in 1907,
1908 and 1909. He is not exactly a
stranger in the National League,
having spent several seasons with
teams representing Baltimore, Brook
Ign and Philadelphia in the older
circuit. He was a comrade of Nc
Graw's on the famous old Oriole ag-
gregation.
Jennings was born at Pittsburgh,
Pa, in 1870, and first played profess
sional baseball with the Leighton,
Pa, club in 1890. The following
year he signed with the Louisville,
KY, club of the American Associa-
ton playing first base and short.
In 1894, he was traded to Baltimore
Nationals and four years later was
shifted to the Brooklyn Nationals.
In 1901, he became manager and cap
tain of the Philadelphia Nationals
and two years later returned to the
Baltimore, Eastern League club
playing second and short until 1907
when he was drafted by Detroit. He
was made manager and won the pen
nant that year. All of his Detroit
teams were regarded as pennant
contenders.
New York, Oct. THE greatest
pennant race in the history of organ
lied baseball was made in the Ma
tional League in the season of 1908
when in the closing week of the cam
paign Chicago, New York and Pitts
bur h all were in an ace of taking
IL, honor. New York and Chicago
fir led the season in tie and in the
pIa. # the Cubs won.
On October 8, 1908, after Pitts
hDrgh had assumed first position,
New Yory played Philadelphia. 1t
was Mathewson against Coveleski
aaL the latter won, to 2. Pitts
Gurgh and the Cubs Won their games
til1. day and the Giants dropped to
third.
Chicago and Pittsburgh then met
in what was for them the last game
OF the season. One was bound to
lose and if the game were played to
a tie, there was a chance that New
York would slip past both and win
the championship. Pittsburgh erred
at critical moments during the game
and lost to 2 and was eliminated in
the championship race, having play
ed their full quota of games. Chica-
go held first place, Pittsburgh sec
ond and the Giants third The
Giants, however, had three games to
play with Boston, and by winning all
of them could tie Chicago. They won
them.
Now turning back the history
pages few days, to September %
there occurred play which set the
baseball world by its ears. In the
last inning of the game between the
Cubs and Giants, with Mccormick OF
third and Merkle on first and two out
Bridwell, the New York shortstop
hated a clean hit over second base
Mccormick scored and Bridwel
touched first base. Evers, the Cut
second-sacker remained at his pos
ealing for the ball to be thrown II
hi.,. Chance, the Cub leader, as
serted that it was thrown, demanded
that Umpire O'Day declare Merkl
out on the ground that he had no
touched second base and therefor
had been forced out. O'Day left tn
field. announcing that the play wa
ARko~ tho oroud had lpf