Show BENNY KAUFF COBB OF FEDS WAS COAL MINER RAPID ill RISE j i IN In IM BUT FOUR YEARS Sensational Youngster Now Drawing Down Fat Salary YX N. N Y May ra S. S From From a aJ aboy J JD boy In the tho coal mines to one of ot tho baseball stars no now appearing before the tho public In four years Is the tho rapid rise of at Benny Kauff Kaut the sensational sensational sensational sensa- sensa sensa sensa- young oung outfielder who recently made an unsuccessful effort ot Jump II from the to the Giants Four years ago Kauff Kaur who was was not yet out of ot his teens w worked rl ed industriously ous ten hours every eyer day except Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day clay In a coal coat mine In Middleport J 0 O 0 for tor fora a small smal ealar salary Today he 1 Is looked upon as the only onh rival to Tyrus Trus Ramond Raymond Ray flay mond Cobb the Georgia Peach of ot the Detroit Tigers Toda Today he Is commandIng command- command Ing i a salary few tew players receive er When only nl a a mere bo boy the outfielder be began an to work In the mines He lie was a awell awell a well wen developed youngster and tho hard work Instead ot of sapping I his strength and vitality agreed with witti wih him It I deVeloped developed de cl devel deVel- his back and shoulders and made his arms and legs legg powerful Like Ilke all aU American youngsters ho lie was very of ot the tho national game gano and during his leisure moments he practiced with a team tem organized ed b by the mine company I Kauff's ability as a ban ball player w was quickly discovered b by the captain of oC tho the team and ant It was was lot not long before beCore he lie had hud a P r regular gular position on tho the team Kauff Kout was not ot nn an outfielder then He lEe played shortstop Ho played with the miners for tor a a ayeal year yeal or two and then set act setout setout team out to to lo look k for tor a a better and faster leaving 1 Kauff aut B BEFORE heard that the manager of ot tho Parkersburg Par Par- kersburg team of or the Virginia Valley Valley Val Val- ley Icy lea league u was was' wai In need of ot several good hail ball hal players Cauff headed header straight for for and after ater telling the man manager ager aJel of or the club cub that ho he was a n regular high class ball bal player er he W wax was I given a at a. a t Kauff began beg as a shortstop wih with that that team and played in that position pOlton until the manager pent him In to pitch one day His Ils work In tho the box was good that da day and It It was wa not until ho lie had pitched games that he wax was sent to the outfield There l ho has hns re remained remained remained re- re ever aver since I This happened In 1910 10 He was signed up again b by the Parkersburg team the tie next season sealon and his work attracted he the attention of or several big league scouts one of them being Arthur irwin Ir- Ir win wn wn wh formerly formell did lid scout duty for forlie forthe forthe the lie Highlanders land r The Thc Highlanders put In Iti a a d Aft r for him and were Juck lucky enough to draw hl lila hla name out of ot the hat hat But aut failed to Jak snake make a a. a great grent Im- Im on Hal Chase who was mana manager manager man man- a ager er o 01 tho the team that thai year cr and was sent to Bridgeport But under tho the op optional op- op o- o Of he lie was vas wa recalled in r i i- i j i W I t H jj II I J I I BENNY DENNY KAUFF the fall faU The next year ho be reported to the tho Highlanders and was again sent back lack for more experience This time he was wal relegated to Hartford where he hc played In 1912 an and 1313 1913 T. T Ty P- Cobb of Connecticut I While with wih Hartford Kauff set the tho Connecticut league Hartor afire afre with his great groat batting and fielding He was easily the Ty Tv Cobb o of this league and arl whenever whenever whenever when when- ever played In another city the fans Cans turned out In iii droves to o watch him perform The Indianapolis club ot of the American association put in a bid for him In 1912 but as two other oilier players play play- ers era were wore drafted from Crom this club he was retained b by Hartor Hartford In 1914 Indianapolis again put In a n draft for Kauff and this thin time they se secured secured so- so cured him But Kauff never played for forthe forthe forthe the American association team team for tor he signed a year three contract with the Indianapolis club of the h Federal league ue Dut before Kauff sl signed nell with wih the Feds McGraw hearing of or his great greot ability alty agreed to buy him but he stuck to the tho leiS Keels ed Kauff's playing last year was wai the sensation of or the Federal league and It was his great work with the stick and in iii the field feld that thai helped the Indianapolis club to win Its second pennant Nearly Nearly Near Near- Near ly 13 every evey day one would rick pick up the tho papers pa p. pore pers Jers and read red about Kauff auff winning for forthe forthe the with a a. homer homor or three three- I L tazo |