Evening star., 1923-03-13

At the top of the ten stands Tv
tobb himself with his 400, which SO
concerned everybody this winter, and
y is very sure today that he might
mad only thought things. were run
iilhg SO close to the mark Not that
ne dldnt try every time he batted.
ne ne likes his hits too we'll for that,
MT and run game he would have
played more for the hit than for the
runner and ae might very easily
nave added to his batting average
had he done So
All Are Regular Players.
The ten batters who made this mill
ltant array today are Cobb. Helman,
Yea Eeaeh. Rigney, Pratt, Woodsll. Haney.
Fotnerglil. Blue and Bassler. Those
babies are regulars on the Detroit
team. When the umpire calls batter
up by and by, when the north gets
warm and the little base ball buds and
bugs begin to unfold most of these
ten batters will be shaking their big
ash bludgeons at a real foe and not
a movie camera.
We've been waiting for you to get
here to have this photograph taken
said Ty 10 the writer with one of his
most genial of Georgi ian smiles. The
man who keeps the figures of base
ball for history should be a witness
of this event. Here are our ten slug
gers-half a score of theTf-all men
who hit from the shoulder and that
will be a big part of our game IN
1923, to hit from the shoulder
1t was considerable of an event,
the taking of that photograph down
here in Georgia Both Cobb and Heil-
man have led the American League az
champion batsmen in their day and
the others have been players who
have touched the 800 mark or better
almost ever since they have been in ,
taken from ten different clubs IT
would have been Simply a matter of
selection. but here are ten who are
in the club that is conceded to have
danger and dynamite. portion and
portion alike in it's batting order.
Pitchers Must Beware.
Back up to the old days of the old
Chicago sluggerS when the only kind
of batting that was supposed to be
hitting was something over the fence
that split the boards and you have I
trouble to find anything like this
mauling, murderers' row of ten of
Detroit.
So it can be sent broadcast that
American League pitchers had better
take notice. Ty is on their trail good
and plenty with his nine trusty fol-
lowers. In every game that is played,
some part of them will walk to the
plate. and the men who throw the
ball for the other seven clubs will be
reminded of that historic phrase, "life
is just one darned thing after an
other
1t looks as if Ty has added another
such hitter to his arms. His name
is Manush. He comes from Omaha.
They had him hitting the base ball
at the city hall and the courthouse
in that well-known city last year.
He is an outfielder by profession, and
by earmarks a batter that will bring
many smile to the face of his boss
in this year to come, and many q -,
cheer from the populace.
All this is provided, Of course, that
there will be room on this Detroit
aggregation of sluggers to find a
place for him. He is just about the
height of Davy Robertson, little
ian's general looseness and lanki-
ness, but some of the gentle manner
of leaning against base ball for
which Mike Tiernan and Mike Donlin
you will see comets. streaking just
over the heads of the infelders or
torpedoes darting into the fences.
Manush Is Fine Prospect.
This old ball park at August
where many famous player has
graduated in his day, has had some
smart and hard hitters as its guests.
than Manush and If he is of the
developing kind. and not one Of those
who like to take things easy. Cobb
has an outfielder who will make the
American League fans take further
notice of his ball murderers.
He is not SO fast as some outfield-
ers perhaps. but it may be too soon
to decide that point now, for he still
But boy-o-boy how he can hammer
that pill on the nose, and the best
part of it is that when he nailed
them the pitchers were feeding
Manush the real thing. There are
pitchers down here who already have
found their arms and they aren't
afraid to let them out
NEW YORK. March 13'-Percy d.
Haughton, who accepted on Satur-