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Show GUY GRAVATH j HOME M STAR Babe Ruth may be the real home rim king of baseball, but ho Is not the only ball player to make a na-1 tlonal reputation for himself with his ability to bump the apple for four bases. "Qawy Cravath not only made himself famous by hitting homers, but he pulled himself out of the minors and Into tho big league Job after he had reached an age when most players hit the skids with a dull nnel sickening thud Cravath came up to the big show first In lOnfi The Boston Bed Sox brought him lo attention. He did not iRSt long In the Hub and was shipped to Washington where Ihe best he could do was to hold the utlllt fielding field-ing role arid break In occasionally is a pinch hitler Finally ho was cut loose and nothing was heard of him for some time. In 1912 Gawy' came Into his own. With Minneapolis, In the American association, he pelted out 29 homers, a ree-eud for minor leaguers This stunt brought him to the attention of ""has Dooln. then manager of the Philadelphia Philadel-phia Nationals. Dooln figured and properlv too that Gavvy would be a bis: help to the Phils in their mlnaturo bs 11 park. SEVER FIGTJRED GAVVY Dooln never figurrel to use Cravath as a regular But in 1913 "Gawy" forced the boss lo give him consideration consider-ation when he poked out a homer one dav against Rube Marquard and then repeated the next day when he faced Christy Mathewson. This result-eel result-eel In his being sent Into right field while Beals Becker was benched. And "Gavvy' held the Job until he voluntarily volun-tarily reilred from active duty to manage the club. Cravath s brt year was In 1915 when ho really batted the Phils J-ito a pennant, aided, of course, by Alexander's Alex-ander's great pitching. He knocked out 2- homers. Many times that year, especially on tho home lot, Cravath v. ould smash the agate for a circuit v Ith one or two runners on the path, thus upsetting tho pitcher and apparently ap-parently making It easy for his mates (o cet a few bits. In the 1915 world's series, however, Cravath was a frot The hurling of Leonard. Ruth. Shore and Foster, of Boston, was too much But Cravath was Just as big a card In his day as Ruth Is today Tho home run made both of them famous. 00 |