Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-12 | Page 12 | Tigers Would Rar Play Giants than Cub in 1934 World Series

Tigers Would Rather Play Giants Than Cubs in 1934 World Series I Chicago Put Indian Sign on Detroit 27 Y Years cars Ago Many lany Feel FecI Schoolboy Rowe Can an Beat By Dy FRANCIS J J. J POWERS Special to The The Telegram CHICAGO Sept pt 11 Since li-Since Since it now seems certain that Detroit will win the league championship jt t can be re that the Tigers prefer the New York GIants to Chicago's Cubs as in opponents the worlds world's series serles It couldn't be that the Tigers are Just bit a a. superstitious super super- where the CUbs are concerned It was just 27 years ago that D De 1 troit won its first American league pennant A red faced from Baltimore named Hughie Jennings had driven the Tigers to a championship champion champion- ship in his first year as manager of Detroit Jennings was just as peppery pep pep- pery as Mickey Cochrane who is winning winning win win- ning in his hl first term as manager and the old Orioles Oriole's shrill battle Ct cry yahl and his grass picking made him bim a great fan favorite Ty Cobb then young fast and I fiery was was' of the I f American n league learue for the first time Sam Crawford Wax was one of the thi most mod powerful sluggers of the day and Wild Bill Bm Donovan and George Mullin l were among the leading pitchers pitcher Detroit was relatively as wild over that team as it Is over the current Tigers led by Cochrane But then the Tigers met the Cubs who had won Von h handily in the National league You recall those Cubs Chance Evers vers Tinker and on th the infield Slagle and Schulte In inthe the outfield with Kling behind the bat and Three Finger Brown Orvie Or Or- vie Overall Ed and Jack doing the pitching Th There re was a ball baR club club But Tiger fans bel eved Cobb and his supporters could beat the Cubs just as the White Sox Sox wonder had wonders had done in 1906 igoe Played PIed Until Dark The first game first game found Wild Bill Donovan Donoyan going against Overall and p 4 the he cont contest t ended in Jn the dark at three all u atter 12 Innings of great baseball base base ball Then the Tigers into ran ster Reulbach Overall aga again n and fi fl nally Brown In those thos four games they hey made only three runs for the Cubs and Crawford and there there- was v nothing to th the series The teams met again in the 1908 1905 world series and the r result was very much the same That series again went live five games with th the Tigers winning win win- ning the third on Mullins Mullin's fine pitch ing So the name of Cubs still h Is of ominous memory in Detroit Mickey Cochranes Cochrane's young men arc are not superstitious superstitious super super- you understand but then there always is the chance of history repeating Itself So why take a chance