The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-23
TY CObB'S TIGERS LOOMING
 AS BIG PENNANT C0NTENDERS
By THOMAS L. cuMMlsKEY

ADbOolA, Gd., Mdfcn Z3.-ll surely looks as though Ty Cobb and the Tigers are going 10 put on q corking fine act in the biz show this season. One can't get any other conclusion after seeing them going through all manner of baseball stunts here at the old Augusta ball park.
 Just ask Ty if he thinks hell win the pennant and he smiles and says he will get second or third place.
 Last year he said "Oh, about sixth place for us," and then finished third. Think it over.
 As we see it, Ty doesn't ws"l to plant any prediction of peanan. in the minds of the good betrolt folk. No one knows better than he what strange things happen in D1se- ball. but he has hopes, oh yek His smile shows dt.
 We don't know what most baseball ciitics think of the Tigers. E.,t we dc know that quite few scratch their heads and only uproot strands trying to figure who will really stop them.
 They'll certainly take lot of stop ping.
 Did you ever hear of a club having 12 regulars hitting 300 or better, mostly better? We'll, Ty Cobb cer- tainly has them, and here they are, counting last years averages:
 Cobb, .4O1; Heilman, .356; Haney, a52: Woodall .344; Veach, .327; Fothergill, 331 Bassler, .323; Pratt, .30S; F,lagstead, 30S; Roy Moore, .308; Blue, 300; Rigney, 300.
 Quite a dozen, eh?
 Hit .376
 Then there is Heine Manush. out fielder from Omaha, who hit for .376 and who. Cobb says, quietly. Hooks 10 have the makings of fine ball player"
 This six foottwo, 190-pound Ala baman has made quite a hit with Ty, all right
 Another player who hit in the select in his league is Cliff Brady, Rochester second baseman. We hear he is pretty sure to be retained.
 Computed on last seasons aver ages, Cobb can put in nine men who bat for a grand total average of .334. If this isn't wonderful then Pull man porters always refuse tips.
 The men are ill regular batting order:
 Blue, first base; Haney. third base; Cobb. center field; Veach, left field . Heilman. right field; Pratt, second base; Rigney, shortstop; Woodall. catcher; Moore, pitcher.
 Shows Promise
 By the way. Cobb says he believes Moore, castoff by Connie Mack, will be a great pitcher if he learns control. The pitcher is undergoing a change in delivery to try and get it.
 Another wild pitcher Cobb and his associates are endeavoring to tame is Rip Collins. the Texas ranger, recently of the Boston Red Sox.
 .T'm counting lot on Collins, !" said Cobb Don't overlook that this fellow won seven out of his last eight games with a bad tail-end club" Ty lis figuring on having a staff of ulue pllCDtiHs AhC NoI tiS3 p''Re up at present They are, Southpaws Ray Francis, Roy Moore, Bert Cole; right handlers Herman Pillette. lSyl- vester Johnson, Collins. George Dauss and either Kenneth Holloway, a very promising new conner. or Olsen, With the club last season.
 The infield will be Blue, first; Pratt, second; Rigney. short. and either Jones or Haney at third. It assays as pretty high class.
 Cutshaw, veteran second baseman; Johnny Kerr. likely-looking short stop from Denver. and Brady seem sure to be held for substitutes. Cobb intends to be strong in substitutes this year. It's been a bugaboo in the past.
 Tn the outfield. the great trio of Cobb, Heilman and Veach will per form as usual with Fothergil and Manush or Falstead as hitting sub. stitutes.
 For Catching
 John Bassler. Larry Woodai. and Clyde tManion are down for the catching dpnartment with n c1.,uce