Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-03 | Page 18 | Street, Who Caught 'Big Train,' Sees Successor in Coast Rookie

Street Who Caught Big Train Sees Successor in Coast Rookie By Asso Associated Press Charles Gabby street the man who caught the steaming pitches of Walter Johnson in the latter's great est days das believes ht he has come across the most terrific speed since the Big Train was burning up the American league Str Streets Street's ct's find is Johnny Rohr a rawboned raw raw- boned youngster who drifted into the Woodland training camp of the Sat Sar Francisco Mission club After watching watch ing the old year smoke the ban ball over the plate a few times the Mission Mis Mis- sion sian manager signed him Rohr stands 6 feet 2 4 34 Inches and weight His home His home jJ is Manteno Ill III and he has had i baseball ex cx- Ive watched a lot Jot of pitchers in 36 26 years said Street but this young fellow has shown me more speed than any since Walter Johnsons Johnson's time Hes He's green as grass but were we're going to hang onto him Well We'll try to place him with some smaller league Street returns to the Pacific Coast league after a long career In inthe the mat ma- jars the thelast last few years of at which he managed the St S1 Louis Cardinals He Woo a J. J catcher with the San Francisco Seah Seab In 1006 when he was sold to Washington to be become ome the mate of Dt Johnson I