| Show GOBB AND KAUFF WILL NIL HAVE CHANCE CACE TO 10 MATCH ITCH SKILL DETROIT March Official l l- l lall alln an- an n ent rece recently that th the Detroit American league baseball ll club will NatiOnals s nals in ex exhibition exhibition exhibition ex- ex meet the New w York games at Dallas Tex March interest causing much 25 and 26 Is among local fans fails A dJ diamond mon duet betWeen be- be tWeen two famous ball bali Pla one players d whom Wilom random generally has hasking crown king and the other who was the tIle cham champion chain chain- l an- an pio pion batsman n t of f the Fe Federal ei-al ei league- league will probably proba take llac places place when th the Tigers Tigers' iger and Giants clash Cobb Detroit's center f fielder l r who ry Ty batting batting batting bat bat- has grown to regard the premier ting honors of the tile American league as will wilt haVe lla hi his first pers personal property opportunity to r match his bis skill and V wits wit's with those of Benny Kauff lh The latter lat lat- bat and m h the ter- ter great r at record at outfield for tor Brooklyn caused num numerous l' l US baseball writers to refer to him as the Cobb Cob ot of the F Federal l eral league agu Vh When n the tile Independent orga organization tion went out of existence Ka Kauff ft was purchased purchased pur pur- chased by the New York Nationals Although he lie h has s h had differences over salary alar with Manager McGraw it Is generally believed that Kauff Knuff will be beIn bein in the west New ew York lineup not only during dur thir- during ing the training season but as a's a a. eg edar ed- ed Jar ar during the 1916 campaign Manager Manager Man VIan- ager Jennings of ot the Tigers granted Cobb permission to tep report rt at th tIte e Tex training camp this tills spring whenever he felt like it It seems teems certain that Cobb will not tb do much spring training as he h has s said that such conditioning weal weakens him during the crucial autumn games but some of ot Cobbs Cobb's closest friends who live In Detroit assert that h he hS will HI be bein bein in that Dallas series If he has Ilas to walk from Georgia Kauff Kauf has nev never r played in Detroit Detroi but numerous stories have come tome to th tile the Tiger camp concerning his s ability Former Detroit stars who wilo were with Federal league clubs last se season e soh have generally Ur declared that Kauff Is one oneo o of the greatest g batters they have ever seen Th They y ha have hanot not be been n Inclined d to class Kauff with Cobb as a base runner runner run- run ner the they have llaVe said that Cobb probably probably probably proba bly is a bit more dangerous at bat because of his versatility b but bt t they all seemingly seeming have been ready to take Is Issue is- is sU sue with an any declaration that Kauff Kaufl is not the greatest natural batsman Inthe in inthe inthe the game Local writers and t followers of the tile Detroit club i who WIlO have regularly watched Cobb In action have pointed out that his Ills greatest feats have been achieved d against clubs or individual pla players ers of or championship caliber A few of or these which have hel helped ed make baseball baseball base baS ball history follow Scoring from first base on a single and scoring front from second se on a sacrifice fl fly to center fIeld in the tile s same ame ln series against the Philadelphia Athletics who th then n were ere worlds world's champions Sc Scoring rh g from first base on a single ingle at the expense of ot lint Hat Ch Chase e playing first base bas for X New w York Chase thought Cobb would l attempt his his usual trick of turning third and antI lh then tilOn n returning to third base basO Chase ChaRe after putU putting g out the tile runner coining g to first threw t to third Cobb Outguessed essed him bun and sprinted printed home In Tn a close game against Boston Cobb took a long lead fr third base Cobb I j dt deliberately lil erat ly stood on the base line Until until un un- til the catcher started his 1115 throw Then he turned and sprinted d for tot third b base se but being accidentally hit by the tile ball scored and scored and the tue catcher was charged d with an error Walter Vatter Johnson is quite referred t tb to as th the mo most t effective pitcher in the American league when the tile game depends upon a single play An American Ameri can le league Ue C-Ue umpire delights in telling a story of of- ofa a close game when hen Cobb Cob faced Johnson in one of the last In- In Detroit had the bases filled d two men were out Cobb it is claimed walked toward Johnson and and said Well VeIl Walter alter h here's heres res re's the chance both bothof bothof bothof of us have ve been looking for Now No- we can decide who has the tile most nIost nerve nei Johnson pitched The Tile lithe bod body of the tile Georgian hurled Itself for forward td Tile The ball flashed to the outfield Three men scored Cobb pulled up at third and noticing that Johnson S emed seemed rather downcast used his hands halide as a megaphone and according to the umpire said Never Ne mind Walter Valler old b boy y You Yoi pitched that b ball ll so fast I never saw it I just shut my eyes eyes' an and slammed |
