Evening star., 1951-07-10

become babbing part of it due to language difficulties
Behops ambled toward recently chairs picked up
the inevitable discarded newspapers away dispose
of them. Thus there seemed to be continuous parade of
mournfu type paradng before the eyes, boldly Harry
Heilmann is dead"
1T WOULD BE inaccurate state gloom hung heavy
the lobby 1t didn't There clusters of menbaseba
men-aughing uproariousy times though
would pause reminisce and say, there always
mol the club with Ty Cobb managing but somehow
Harry kept pulling together in spite of ourselves
knew ball player who didn't like him. That White
hill who played with Hemann at Detroit and later pitched
World Series shutout for the Mats
The who probably him best-as remarkable
man, great baseball player and informed amusing and
hySterica baseball broadcasewas Harry Sasnge
Detroit sports writer Salsnger Hemann
broke in rookie back in 1914 around
the nature of Heilmanns aiment first
after the doctors had told the former Tiger ugger He'll
phoned him, told him the bad news, then
anecdote.
Those last few weeks Heilmann the
headed his way that he didn't have ammunition
toothpck to swing against dread cancer of the lungs
Hemann senSed it in Lakeland Fla spring
making radio anscripons recording the activities
Tigers in training After he collapsed in his hotel
last March, Harry sad This is it."
accurate but Heimann in that desperate
card his duties.
HE GOT ARCH MCDONALD, the voice, on the phone
at Orlando where the Tigers exhibition
game. Arch fill in me- please" Harry said They're
taking hospital have me in an oxygen tent
in 20 minutes don't think I'm going to make it,"
Four times Heilmann American League batting cham
pion. Only Ty Cobb led the league times. Hemann
topped the league with 1874 in 1921 1929
and 1893 In 1927 those figures skipped lightly
consider the fact that the 20 years Williams
equaled surpassed Heimanns lowest winning average
It's longer big when high school boy obtains
bonus of $4,000 for signing contract Hemanns
spaghetti dinner given him by Jim Richardson scout
for Portland Oreg in the Pacific Coast League made
the majors year later accepting $0 salary
Detroit after he had made $500 the before at San
Francisco.
Hemann had attended Sacred College, prep school
for ST. MaryS in California later the big slugge
occasionally received letters from members of the faculty
he liked to recall arrived from Father Benedict in the spring
of 1928 It read Joe Cronn of the brightest students
the history of school, is making his debut with the Wash
ngton Senator'S hope you will show him around and help
him become acciaed return kindness has
promised to teach you mathematics subject in which he
eXces" +
HEILMANN CREDITED Cobb with developing him
hitter they remained firm friends the 1t
Hemann in the Hall of days ago sports writer
told Cobb advance poll showed Heilann would
Cobb promptly wrote Harry and him the II don't
think letter him greater pleasure Cobb said
Cobb here with Deroit atime greats to be honored at
banquet last night missed seeing Heiann by few hours
There great love between Ty Crawford in
their playing days later but yesterday the planned
trip together to Henry Ford Hospital reun outed-
Heilman, Cobb and Crawford
Arthritis ended Heimanns baseball with lifetime
of 342 His health broke and the crash of 1929 wiped
broadcasr and succeeded His authoritative witty baseball
descriptions regarded by thousands of fans the best
$4,000 fans at Briggs Stadium stand in
Hemann at the AStar game. too early to