iSa*...^^.-gj.f.-.©TaiMMijBSiy^©aHBa |gMS»«!Sg!SS» .far-..,-: Vol. 59-No. 15 PhUadelphia, June 15, 1912 Price 5 Cents Detroit Club Singularly Fortunate in Possessing in Hugh Jennings, Manager, and Ty Cobb, Star Player, Two Exponents of the Game Whose Personality Adds Enormously to Club and Team Success. BY PAUL HALE BRUSKE. that which he cannot understand and re Detroit, Mich., June 10. Editor "Sport joices in that which enables him to find ing Life." Accompanied now and then interest by reading between the lines, as by a display of rockets and the occasional it were. The struggle that is being made setting oft of a Roman can to render decisions of umpires intelligible dle or two, the Tigers have to the crowd is one commendable feature concluded their path about of recent seasons. The automatic score- the league circuit and are boards bring the crowds closer to the now at home for a stand in actual situation. The recent tendency to which they hope to ma place every player©s name on the score terially improve their posi card for the day, with a number attached, tion in the league race. The is A BIG HELP. Tigers may not be pen Worked in connection with the score- nant winners this year but board, this enabled the bugs who do not they remain the best ad know all the players by sight, to under vertised club in the Ameri stand intelligently the selection of bat can or any other league. teries and the substitutions which occur. Paul H. Bruikt This position they will al In this "connection, the example of the ways fill, while Hughey Jennings is man Pacific Coast League is of interest. I ager and Ty Cobb is a member. This saw several of these games in California pair can figure in more yards of gratis recently and was struck with the ease of publicity, closely allied to the events at recognition. Out there they have carried the ball fields than can any similar com the numbering feature to its logical con bination of talent. Ever since the writer clusion and have numbered each player left regular daily newspaper work and on the team. Not only does his number began the study of publicity and its prac appear with his name on the score card, tice in connection with automobiles, however. He also JENNINGS AND COBB WEARS IT LEGIBLY have appealed to him from this angle on his sleeve. This enables the crowd to with increasing force. Whether conscious grasp readily the identity of a substitute ly or not, they keep tfieir names before batsman. Also, if I may be pardoned an the public in ways that make the readers intrusion into the commercialism of the of the sport pages talk about them. Quite game, it greatly increases the sale of of naturally, when people talk, they become ficial score cards. Perhaps it is more interested and interest others. When the acceptable in a league where a large part Tigers come to town, the crowd is quite df the crowd are tourists and of the trans naturally going to come and pay to see ient nature^ as they are in California, yet them. This, of course, increases the earn I do not believe the situation differs ing capacity of each man. What Ty and greatly from that in the big leagues, Hughey may do in helping win games for whose cities are annually entertaining Detroit is, of course, a very considerable large numbersx of visitors. item. What they do to attracting people THE HOME FANS to the gate and making the Tigers the have hopes that the present home stand league©s leading attraction, renders them will enable Manager Jennings to formally just that more valuable. settle his line-up and to bring, for the STILL A MOOTED POINT. first time, his regular team into play, After a long personal acquaintance and with his regular pitchers working in rota a careful study of the Detroit manager, tion. Up to date, Summers and Donovan I am still in doubt as to whether or not have appeared but once and these appear Hughey©s success in figuring in the public ances were only moderately successful. prints is the result of design or irre The main fault of the team up to date pressible temperament. Some of his has been lack of twirling talent, and the stunts on the field of battle have been two veterans would be a great addition. obviously the result of forethought. Far ARTHUR E. WILSON None of the local bugs believe that Chi more of them have been very plainly the Catcher of the New York National League Club cago will be able to hold its product of a quick, active Irish brain. Be Arthur E. Wilson, the second catcher of the New York team, did splendid relief work LEADING MARGIN this as it may, however, Hughey invari- for the Giants in Myers© absence last season ami is steadily improving in his game. This is through the season, with its compara -fibly gets the best of it from the word- Wilson©s third season in the majors and he has been coining forward slowly but surely all the time. In 196!) Wilson caught but 1" games, and out of 68 chances he accepted 67 of tively new team. Boston is feared more, painters because of the fact that he is a them perfectly. In the 1910 season he caught in 26 and had a fielding average of .975. He but the big battle is naturally figured as personal friend of every one of them. hit for .269. In the 1911 season he caught in 60 full games and batted around .285. He is being one between the Tigers and the Hughey has made his stuff good by being a hard worker and always anxious to get in the game. Wilson was born at, Macon, Ills.. December 11, 188o, established a. reputation with the James Milikin University team, made World©s Champion Athletics. So long as ready with the welcoming mitt to every his professional debut with the Bloomington Club, of the I. I. L League, In 1909, and __in Jennings© men stay ahead of the Macks, newspaper man who meets him with a .1910 was purchased by the New York Club. there is no cause for alarm seen locally. request for information of a specific na In the meantime, the Tigers seem to be ture, or in quest of news on general prin winning often enough to keep them within ciples. None of them ever left the striking distance of a winning streak. doughty little Detroit chief without some success in bis hunt for copy, and the ment, and has a courage which makes him tendencies of base ball is to bring the Birmingham on Cofafa recollection of a pleasant, courteous per oblivious of the consequences. It is a game and its performers into closer touch Joe Birmingham, of the Naps, has discov sonality. flagrant injustice to accuse Ty of doing with the reading public. "Inside" news is ered why Ty Cobb steals so many bases. TY COBB©S PERSONALITY. any advance planning in pulling off the the most valuable sporting matter these He says it is because Crawford, who comes As for Ty, there is no questioning his sensational either on or off the field, tie days. to bat next after Cobb in the batting order, spontaneity. The Georgian is blessed PERSONALITY OFF THE FIELD and hence is at bat when Cobb is ready to is merely acting natural. Of course, his steal, wields a bat like a young tree and with a temperament that enables him to base ball ability invests his every action is an item acquaintance with which is a keeps opposing catchers with their backs absolutely disregard the conventional. He with an importance which makes it inter tremendous addition to the popularity of against the stands, where they don©t get a is impetuous, acts on the spur of the mo- esting to the reader. One of the growing the national game. Every man dislikes fair throw for second. SPORTING LIFE JUNE 15, 1912 His play has reached such a high point ol skill that the stamp of first-class can be placed on it%without fear of contradiction. Colonel SEND ONE * PIRATE POINTS COUPON FOR * Dreyfuss went on record first week in June Philadelphia, June 15, ©12 as saying for publication that Dots was play EACH SERIES ing first base as cleverly as any man in the D E S 1RED. country. Miller made two plays against Cincy that could not have been excelled by a mon arch of first basemen. One breach in the famous Pirates has thus been plugged and a quietus given to oft-recurring rumors that Pittsburgh yearned for Koney, Daubert Sent to SPORTING LIFE, Philadelphia, entitles The Exchange of Leach and Lei- Hobby and others. Miller will do. the Sender to One Series (12) of Picture Cards BETTER THAN EXPECTED. fieid for Hofman and Cole the An agreeable surprise fell to the lot oJ of Base Ball Players, as described below: Pittsburgh Club officials May 31. On that Subject of Endless Discussion day Colonel Dreyfuss balanced attendance re \\ Send to....-..~...............-........-..-.-...-..-.-.......... ..»--.-«»-»- turns of the big at home series that started with the advent of May and ran through the Street Address--. ....._............... ...... .....................-.....,.. and Surmise in the Smoky City, entire month. The Pirates had failed to get into the race and with bad weather asso ciated all throughout that stay at home, i1 Town..--,.-..-....---..-.-...--.-.-."..-.-....-------- State. BY A.