Show I GREAT GREA T LEADER I Ir r I r t 4 i 42 I Hughey Jennings Detroit Mich April 7 Hopes of the Detroit fans are centered in the leadership ot or Hughey Jennings for a fourth straight American league pen pennant pennant pennant nant They have hELve gotten so ro accustomed to having Jennings nail pennants for Michigan that It is now considered a a holding sacred to the Wolverine state atte Hughey took hold of ot the Tigers In 1 l lOOT 07 T The club was badly dior disorganized but the spirit and harmony was made the keynote of or the Tiger campaign Tho The result was the American league pennant by a fair fall margin Then the Tigers looked upon as prime favorites over the Cubs in tho the worlds fell feIl down hard failing falling to do better than tie one game The next year pear Detroit copped the Ame American can league pennant by an eye eyelash lash haah lIu h the tha last game at Chicago being the deciding one That year the Cubs were contestants again and the Tigers were twirled to a single victory In the big show by Mullin Then came the therace race moo of ot 1909 another league flag by bya a very comfortable margin and the im irn improvement Improvement provement of the Tigers in the tha worlds series for tor three games were taken from the Pirates But still sWI Jennings was Suet jut shy ah of the worlds flag If It he ho can land the fourth pennant he has an another another another other chance at the worlds honors honora and andon andon andon on the scale scalo of yearly Improvement he be behas has the dope right to cop All AU around the American league cir circuit Ir cult they are doping the Tigers Igers as s the team that must be watched And Arid there is no reason why this should be bo changed unless something in the nature of an ail earthquake unsettles Bennett park Every veteran of last year is back and some good youngsters have been bean gathered in So far the old timers have failed to hit but those bats been missed in the pest past few fow years Outfield Intact The outfield Is hi Intact with Cb b Crawford and either Davy Jones or Mc Mo McIntyre Intyre That has It on any garden trio in either league In addition Drake has hns shown up in groat great style In hitting al at although although though shy on fielding Tom Torn Jones may lose bee out at first base If It he does Simmons has hIlS the best chance to get the job He was some hitter in the Eastern league last season Delahanty at second Bush at short and at third is a combination that will be continued Stanage Schmidt and Beck Beok Beckendorf Beckendorf endorf are the catchers with the best chances of sticking sUcking on the staff All three were on hand last season The pitching staff has Mullin Donovan Willett Works and Summers as aa the holdover right banders With this bunch going right every club has some something something thing to fear Ed Killian KIlBan Is going back and it would not be surprising to see soe him dropped inasmuch as Pern oil a husky southpaw from Aberdeen has baa shown remarkably well while willie Brown Browning Browning ing a midget right handel hander Is te a pitcher of ot the Clarke Griffith type typo who can use his head and have something to go with It in the way of or curves With the layout the Tigers have the tha right to be considered con favorite Just be before bel before l fore the opening of the American league season |