The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-07
Bush, Louden, Crawford, Cobb,
Veach and Gamer Form
Strong Combination
COMBINE HITTING AND
GREAT BASE RUNNING
First Four Stole Nearly as
Many Bases as Browns
Last Four Hit Over 300

LOUISVILLE, Ky, April 7.-Bush.
Louden. Crawford, Cobb, veach and
Gamer
These six men form the hitting and
base running combination on which
Detroit must pin it's nope for a front
position in the 1913 American league
race
1t is evident that the Tigers cannot
depend upon its pitcL-ng STAFF to husl
1t into pennant. and no club ever
lielded its way TO the flag.
Prospects for the Tigers would look
dark we're II not for the illumination
AFFORDED by the combination just
named. 1t lis combination that no
club In the league, with the possible
exception Of Philadelphia. can equal.
There Is In IL four of the best base
stealers in the American league and
four OF the best hitters.
There Is speed galore In this crew
The six men named stole lSl bases
last season or within five Of the num-
Der stolen by the entire club that now
holds the worlds championship, Bos-
ton.
1t seems almost impossible that
such should be the fact, but il is, and
to add TO the glory of the record, il
may he said that only three OF the
men played the entire season last
year. I-ouden was In only 121 games,
Gamer was In only 81, and yeach was
in only.2S4
= BuSn. 15OVldon, Crawford and Cobb,
the four men who will form the lead
ers In the Tigers batting order when
the season opens, alone stole I65
bases or nearly as many as the entire
st. Louis club purloined during the
entire seaaon.
Bush, while not a brilliant hitter,
has q wonderful base stealing record.
lie stole more bases for the number
OF hits he secured than any other
man in the league. excluding Clyde
Milan. the Washington wonder, who
led the league with SS, and Eddie Col
Inns. the Athletics second baseman.
Bush's base stealing record is due
both to his speed and craft and to his
ability to get on first without hitting
the ball His wonderful eye has given
him the league record for free trans
portation.
Following Bush comes Louden who
combines with somewhat better than
ordinary speed one OF the best base
ball heads in the game. LOuden IL
speedier than the average American
league player, but he is not the whirl-
wind that Stanley, the Tiger recruit
is. However, he Is crafty man on
the sacks, and took % bases In 12l
games last year AS only "a men in
the entire league stole more than 20
sacks even though playing all sea-
son. Loudens extraordinary ability
can easily be seen.
Louden is going 10 improve his
baseball this coming season unless he
suffers some serious injury. The
greater part Of last season his legs
bothered him and it was not until
late in the year that he could really
get down to work. This spring he
complained for while OF the same
trouble that he had last year, but it
was apparently only temporary
weakness that was to be expected in
spring for his legs are getting strong
or right along now.
Bush and Louden are followed by
four of the greatest hitters in the
game. San Crawford Is without
doubt the best slam-away. slugging.
cleanup man In the league. It may
be true that he Is not rs fast as he
was once, that he doesn't cover IA
much ground in right field as he used
to, and that he won't steal as many
bases this season as he did last, but
nevertheless he can still stand up
there and swat the ball out as only
few OF them can.
And at that Sam isn't so slow. He
combined with his 1926 hitting last
season q record OF ~ stolen bases, an
aggregate beaten only by Milan, Col
lins and Cobb.
Following Sam Is Cobb. Combining
40 hitting with speed, wonderful
base-running anil head that has
made him the greatest player in the
-, game. Ty rounds out quartet OF
speed merchants and hitters that will