Evening journal., 1915-05-15
TIGERS SLUGCERS
TRY TO DIM RECORDS
FeatS of Detroit'S Fence
Busters Recall Famous
TrioS
PILLS CREW
THE GREATEST

n Crawford. Cobb and "Peek-a-
Bco" veach, Of the Detroit Tigers
can maintain the pace they have
struck. all past batting records will
he dlmmed. or totally eclipsed. Tho
Tigers famous fence-busting crew
are certainly tearing things loose IN
ali of the western ball yards this
spring. incidentally. their achieve
ments recall those Of ed. Delehanty,
Sam Thompson and Larry Lajoie. who
were possibly the greatest slugging
trio the game ever had. The three
we're on the lineup Of the Philadel-
phia Nationals from August, Of 1895,
until midsummer Of the following sea-
son. and generally followed each
other on the batting list:
In a game played during the spring
of 1897 between the Giants and the
Phillles with the score to s in
favor nf the Giants and the Phillies at
the bat In their half of the ninth,
with two out, the big slugging trio
gave an exhibition Of how they were
in the habit of pulling games out Of
1.-The fre. "Mush" Delehanty singled,
lIajoie singled and Thompson tripled
and the game was over. These three
great hitters made about half of the
base hits credited to the whole Phila-
delpiha team during the time they
we're on its lineup.
Since 1907 Crawford and Cobb have
formed the nucleus Of the fence-bust-
ing brigade, using, In different sea-
sons. such batsmen as Rossman, Nc
Intyre Veach and even used little
Donnie Buch as the third party one
summer. During the season of 1909
Cobb. Crawford and Busn made 546
OF the 1855 base hits credited to the
whole Detroit team. The best efforts
of Crawford, Cobb & Co.. we're made
during 1911 with ]. Delehanty as filler
in. This great trio made $40 base
hits. The total number made by
tho team stood 1,546. There are just
four records in the history OF the
game which excel the above-mention-
ed record, and they were all made
during the season Of 1887, under the
four-strike rule.
One Of the smuggling combinations tC
miS<e a record was Zip" O'Neal, Rob
insoM Ind Charlie Comiskey, OF tn,
Altt AFfuln DAOMnrs ~ tHN NionVM "
1887 these three made 700 hits. Tn,
best record ever made in this respect
was created by Pete Browning, RED
Mack and Hub Collins. of the ole
f louisville club in 1887. They raised
the st. Louis combinations mark by
20 points. making 72O hits, which is
the record for all time The ole
Baltimore team Of 1S95-6-7 had a
great slugging combination In Keller
Jennings and Kelly. In these three
seasons they averaged over 900 hits
each season. The great trio of tn,
Philadelphia Nationals from 1891 un
iii 1895 we're Delehanty, Thompson
and Hamilton and later Lajoie wa,
added. They we're wreckers of bal
games. also OF the hopes Of many
hurlers.
New York had three batsmen VIII,
made the welkin ring with their ter
" rife batting from 1886 until 1890. Thi
names OF Roger Connor, jim
N O'Rourke and Mike Tiernan wer,
feared by all hurlers. Less than
dozen seasons ago Mike Donlin
Mertes and Browne we're the slugginI
sriplets. Between them they oleanel
10 524 hits during the season of 1906
The punched sluggers on the Clan
linesup last season we're Bescher
Doyle and Burns, with Snodgrass
Fletcher and Merkle on the secondar
line of onense But when the resi-
dents Of old Manhattan Isle want L
take slant at real batting comb
nation they have TO meander over tn
bridge and gaze upon Jake Dauber
and his able assistants. Wheat an
Stengel
Honus Wagner. Clarke and Leac
we're the cleanup crews for Pitts
burgh for several seasons, with Beau
mont helping out For a couple O
seasons back the Pirates have had n
heavy slugging contingents Cincin
(, natl in the season Of 1903 had a sdua
IA OF heavy svatsmen VINO were III
equal Of any in the game that yea
Mike Donlin, Jake Beckley an
"Cy" Seymour. These three made 81
hits during that season, almost hal
the total number the entire tear
made Cincinnati has been lookin
around ever since trying to get tri
their equal
In the American League teams hay
Ing battery of heavy artillerists ar
scarce. The great trio OF sluggers VIII
cAlrled the men Of Mack on 10 man
NlcoQrles are scattered. Collins, Bake
and NNcinnis we're a much feare
combinsnon and hurlers had goo
u reasons 10 quake when facing then
For four seasons this bunch has Il
n all slugging trios in the America
but the Detroit three have held N
honor in five different years. Crav
ford and Cobb always forming n
main offensive force L,aioie al
Flick of the Clevelands. with a thi
party we're a big force in winnir
games for their team.