▁Ori oles ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁Jenn ings ▁and ▁John ▁McG raw ▁both ▁attended ▁classes ▁at ▁St . ▁Bon av ent ure ▁University . ▁After ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁season , ▁Jenn ings ▁was ▁accepted ▁to ▁Corn ell ▁Law ▁School . ▁He ▁managed ▁the ▁Corn ell ▁University ▁baseball ▁team ▁while ▁studying ▁law ▁and ▁concluded ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁well - su ited ▁to ▁being ▁a ▁manager . ▁While ▁at ▁Corn ell , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Ph i ▁D elta ▁Th eta ▁frat ern ity ▁chapter ▁there . ▁Jenn ings ▁continued ▁as ▁a ▁scholar - ath lete ▁until ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁when ▁he ▁left ▁campus ▁early ▁to ▁manage ▁the ▁Ori oles . ▁Though ▁he ▁never ▁finished ▁his ▁law ▁degree ▁at ▁Corn ell , ▁Jenn ings ▁passed ▁the ▁Maryland ▁bar ▁exam ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁and ▁started ▁a ▁law ▁practice . ▁Jenn ings ▁pract iced ▁law ▁in ▁Baltimore ▁and ▁in ▁Sc r anton , ▁Pennsylvania . ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁his ▁law ▁practice ▁during ▁the ▁off - se asons ▁through ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁baseball ▁career . ▁ ▁The ▁" E e - Y ah " ▁years : ▁ 1 9 0 7 – 1 9 2 0 ▁ ▁In ▁, ▁Jenn ings ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁manager ▁of ▁a ▁tal ented ▁Detroit ▁Tig ers ▁team ▁that ▁included ▁future ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fam ers ▁Ty ▁C obb ▁and ▁Sam ▁C raw ford . ▁Jenn ings ▁led ▁the ▁Tig ers ▁to ▁three