The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-07-07
Little Fellow Seems TO Go Faster
in Georgian's Shoes Than in
His Own
HAS TWO GOOD DAYS AT
ST. LOUIS THIS SERIES
His Effectiveness Would BE In
creased III He'd Hit From
Both Sides of Plate
BY RALPH L. YONKER.

Hughit High can go faster III ly
Cobb's shoes than In his own.
Hughie never plays better game
for the Tigers than when he Is sub
stituting for Cobb.
Just now he is having the difficult
task of flling the royals of the great
est of them al" who is out OF the
game with a painful injury 10 his
knee. Cobb hurt himself sliding into
Weaver during the Chicago series
here. The injruy became more pain.
was forced 10 leave Cleveland 10 re-
turn to Detroit for treatment.
This gave High the chance that he
never seems to fail in-playing a
Cobbesque game in Tyrus' place.
While High can make good as the
sach's substitute in any city IN the
league, he Is especially effective al 81,
Louis, his home town. Hughie learn
ed to play ball In the streets OF the
Mound City. and when he goes back
there as a member of the Detroit club
he seems anxious and able to show
his old-time friends that he Is worthy
of wearing a major league uniform.
His two games there Saturday anu
Sunday were gems TO add 10 his d.
ready brilliant assortment Saturday
he was the hero OF hitting bee that
set down Wielman, the long, lanky,
step-laddery southpaw that Manager
Stovall always depends upon TO win
his game. for the Tigers are notorious
ly weak against the portsiders.
She Tigers in all took II hits from
Wielman, Saturday. High grabbed
three OF them out OF four times up.
Two of the hits we're for an extra
base each. and all of them were IN
strumental In the scoring OF runs.
High had a perfect batting aVeraee
Yesterday. He got only one nit, puC
that was enough 10 save him a l'ooo
percentage, for he was passed the o,h'
or times he appeared at the plate
Hamilton being apparently unable 10
pitch to the little fellow.
High gained great popularity III De
troit by his work when subsututlns
for Cobb during the time when the
Peach was holding out. IL was theh'
I'm fact, that High made his name 10,
himself In the majors. He was placed
IN a tight position. A kid from the
minors taking the place OF the great
eat hall PLAYER in the world-ne nau
a big job on his hands.
Rut High made good. He didn't nit
400 and he didn't burn up the dust
on the baselines but he did manage
tc get the greater number OF his hits
nj opportune times. He made very
satisfactory number of his hits at OPP
portune times. He made a very satis-
factory proxy for the belligerent Cooo.
Later as a pinch hitter Hughie came
through several times In succession
which added to his attraction Tor the
fans.
when Hughie was south this spring
he said that he was going to try 10
learn to hit from born sides OF the
Mate as DOME Bush does. Since that
time he has apparently dropped that
intIntion. He has contented himself
with trying 10 improve as left hand
hitter,
II Hughie could learn TO hit effec-
lively as a Highlander as we'll as
left, his chances OF getting a perma-
mont Tiger job at some time would be
greatly increased. High is pretty
tU1dIt. loSh VI SiAS 10 ~ pie
cap to him.
Bush overcome the handicap or
smallness by learning TO hit from both
sides of the plate and adding TO his
ability to his around $50 and ability
to 20 get on the paths through passes
better than any other man In the
American league.
George Mullin will not be with the
washington club when II comes here
wednesday to open series with the
Tigers. ~ ~
That George should be released BY
the Nationals was decided upon Satur-
day. Waivers have already been Sc
cured on the former Tigers. Ii is I'M
devstood. and he is going to either
the Rochester or the Buffalo club.
Mullin slipped fast this year. He
was conscientious in his efforts 10 get
into shape for the years work, for he
realised that he had TO show the goods
this season or go. Manager jennings
was satisfied that he was through be-
fore Clark Griffith was. so Clark took
him over. But at Washington George
failed to make good and his release
ID the result.
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