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Show Athletics Are Favored to Win 1926 Pennant To date, no one has ventured to Se lect Detroit for the 1926 pennant writes H. G. Sal singer in the Detroit News. Few predict that the Tigers will finish in the first division. Last year many named them as Tinners of the pennant. Most of the selections now favoi Philadelphia to land on top. The addition ad-dition of Willie (Kid) Gleason as assistant as-sistant to Cornelius McOillicuddy, leads a majority to believe that the Athletics will have enough punch to carry them to the front. Punch is something that Mr. McGillicuddy's team lacked last season. A tabulation of selections places the American league teams as follows,: 1 Philadelphia, 2 Chicago, 3 Washington, 4 St. Louis, 5 New York, 6 Detroit, 7 Cleveland, Boston. All seem agreed upon one thing Boston will finish last this season, just as the Red Sox finished last in 1925. |