Show Rowe May Some Day Wear Ruths Ruth's Mantle of Fame Star Tiger Hurler Has All ll Necessary Attributes Foxx Gehrig and Klein Lack Color By FRANCIS J. J POWERS S Special to The Tele Telegram am CHICAGO Aug 22 Twenty one summers ago a a. rookie left left-hander with the Boston Red Sox was winding up to become baseballs baseball's great greatest t individual attraction The kid was Babe Ruth Tyrus Raymond Cobb was the flaming magnet which drew fans through the gates in those thoe days People with only a p passive v interest in pennant races and batting averages would pay to see sec Cobb hit nit run and sometimes fight Ruth succeeded and surpassed the gem of Georgia as baseballs baseball's gate appeal ap- ap peal Now Ruth is ts going out Who will replace him as the games game's headliner head head- liner Club owners are arc asking Ruth will have a successor that's obvious In Cobbs Cobb's heyday it was said he never would have an equaL Then there was Ruth The man who becomes baseballs baseball's next idol may not surpass Ruths Ruth's home run record The Babes Babe's contributions to o the games game's records may stand the erosion of time tune as ma many mahy y of Cobbs Cobb's marvelous performances remain unduplicated un un- un duplicated The next superstar may maybe maybe be a pitcher as Christy Matthewson was in the National league before and concurrently with Cobb Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx are magnificent ball players Either or both oth may may- break Ruths Ruth's home run record record rec rec- ord of 60 for tor a season But the fans dont don't crowd the stadiums stadiums sta sta- sta- sta to see Gehrig and Foxx hit homers as they did for lor Ruth Chuck Klein Clein the great batter of the National league eague does not have the personal attraction of ot Cobb or Ruth Dizzy Dean with all his brilliance and eccentricities cc- cc does not completely capture capure cap cap- ture ure the fans Personal nomination as the heir apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent to Ruths Ruth's throne is Lynnwood Lynn Lynn- wood Schoolboy Rowe the sensa sensa- lonal pitcher pilcher of the Detroit Tigers Rowe lowe is more than a great pitcher He le Is a great baseball player A fellow fellow fel- fel low ow who can hit and field and a ballplayers ballplayer's ballplayers ballplayer's ball ballplayers ballplayer's players player's player Rowe in his second major league season cason has become one of baseballs baseball's outstanding men He has won von 18 games and stands the chance to lo take 25 5 or cr maybe more before the season is finished Rowes Rowe's greatness was firmly established last week when he beat the New York Yankees twice wice in one series allowing four hits in one game and three in theother the other That was supreme pitching done dane under the heaviest of fire Not only Is Rowe pitching the Tigers to a championship but he heIs heIs Is adding power to their charge chArre with his bat lie ile Is a powerful and dangerous hitter who frequently frequently fre tie is used as a pinch batt batter r when Detroit is in a a. tight spot He has a build that would make him outstanding In the Prussian guards and a mild flair lair for show show- that will further farther develop de de- de- de Rowe may follow Ruths Ruth's path from the pitchers pitcher's box to a place in the outfield The youngster is only 22 years cars old and if his arm has sufficient zulu dent clent steel should be the games game's greatest pitcher for many seasons to lo come But should a hitch develop in his pitching muscles muscle you probably will find lind him transferred to the outfield out out- field neld to prolong his stay slay under the big ig tent Baseball men beH believe c Rowe would develop Into as great a bat bat- ter cr as he is a pitcher and that If playing daily he would become one of ot the most powerful sluggers In the pm game |