Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "History of baseball team nicknames" in English language version.
In 1924 the Tigers changed their nickname to the more unique 'Titans.'
Until 1919, the U-D teams were known as the Tigers. In the fall of 1919, Detroit Free Press' sportswriter Stan Brink, who was covering football for the paper, thought that a good nickname for the team would be the Titans.
