The Detroit times., 1913-04-15
Sam CrawfOrd's Popularity
q Dimmed by CObb's Superior
) Greatness in Past
DUBUC Is PROMISING
AMONG THE NEAR-NETS
ROehler Looks Like the Most
Brilliant YOungster in the
Pitching staff
BY RALPH L. YONhER.

KY RALPH IL. lON n EH'
A hero or two is as necessary 10
baseball club as to a popular novel
u Every major league club has us
ons or two heroes who stand out IN
hold relief from the rest OF the cluo'
Boston has It's Joe Wood. PhiladelPhia
has II Baker Washington has lie
Johnson, Chicago has its Walsh, CleVe-
land has Its Jackson, and SO on
4 Detroit has for years had its COBB
Cobb. the greatest of them an was
Y so confused with the Tigers as
4club that often he instead OF the team
WAS named as the winner OF games
II Cobb stays out who VIII take ms
stlace as Tiger hero? That We nlus'
-shave one goes without saying. nc
sauestion il, Who shall ne DE
There are several eligibles among
the Tiger veterans ana recruits W.
might qualify for the role OF leading
man Among the most promising OF
(, The veterans is Sam Crawford. sam
popularity as a player has always
heen somewhat dimmed In the past
nv the superiority Of Cobb. Had Cobp
not been with the Tigers during the
mast few years, Crawford's name
vwould have been blazoned forth many
-smore times than IL has been.
!. Sam. besides being one OF the great
Test straightaway sluggers the game
4 mas ever known. has the kind or q
,6isnosition that makes him well liked
Inv the fans. His greatness in the
pame combined with his character
,Aas put him upon substantial pedes-
f,tal in the fans estimation when even
his slipping in baseball aoiiity WIZ
(. hot shake. a.,
ss,s, IF George Mullin has another ple
year. he would be likely to receive
great deal OF the fans adoration uuf
isAng the coming season.
an Jean Dubuc is one OF the youngW
veterans who may mount TO the place
ssSf hero-in-chief Dubuc had great
gssyear In 1912 and there seems to be
little reason to believe that he Will
not have another good season. he
n came near TO winning 10 straight
.~ames last season. II he could get
string of wins like that this coming
season he would surely be the BIG
TIGER
J, Bob Veach is another young vet
eran. an outfielder, who Is likely to
Absorb some OF the hero worship that
twill escape Cobb this year II he doesn't
q Join us. Veach Is not very well known
here as yet since he played only a
few games last season here. He Is OF
the popular smuggling kind OF hitter,
\ however. and a confident fielder. He
5fwill never raise the spectators from
Their seats by his daring baserunning,
SDtit he'll be big stick hero.
T1t Among the recruits, George Boehler
looks to be the only man who has any
Chance as Cobbs understudy for the
sNcro stuff. Boehler is the most prom
,Aeing of the pitching recruits, a hurler
who looks as II he may be sensa-
lion such as Dubuc was last season.
However, Ii Is a great deal TO expect
him to 60 as Dubuc did. He Is fine |
pitcher. but he is only young fellow |
and hasn't had the experience that
syean came here with.
- Oscar Stanage, one OF the greatest
Ncatchers In the game. will hardly draw
the worship OF the crowd. His work
isn't OF the SNOWY kind that makes !
raucous shouts. DOME Bush will re-
gain this season a great deal OF the |
popularity that he lost by his medi- |
OGRE work part of the last year.
\ George Moriarty always has his |
following who admire him, but lack OF \
any very brilliant work with the stick ,
/. Gamer is likely to put up a good /
game this season and may cause the .
same sort OF stir that he did in the |
early part OF 1911.
Speaking OF heroes, Mark Hall. one
of the Tiger recruit pitchers who is |
working out here is one OF the violets !
OF baseball He was SO good in
Omaha out in the Western league |
from which Detroit drafted him that |
they all tried to hide him-and nearly !
succeeded.
Joe Sugden saw Mark pitching one
Cay when he had received a big hruise
on his right arm from hatted ball |
In practice. The arm was swollen
badly and there was no excuse for
Mark trying TO pitch with IT,
Sugden happened TO be sitting on
the bench with Hall while he was
working. He told him to go in and
&pply hot towels TO his arm and never
mind the game. 1t was not until the
ripper began TO pain him badly that
Hall consented 10 quit, however
Joe liked the looks OF him and be-
gan making inquiries Jack Hen
bricks. manager OF the Denver club
O1ardly knew to whom Joe referred
at first He hadn't thought much OF
him but found that he hadn't won
game from him.
Foxy Manager Rourke boosted every
man in the league, but his own Hall
He evidently wanted him to escape
Sugden's notice but Joe piped him
ND Detroit put in a draft.
- Hall will probably never be bril-
s&1Ant pitcher. But he will be pitch
~ who will give his opponents a bat
We ut every moment. He is steady
as a rock.