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Show AMERICAN LEAGUE IS BEST Coombs. Says Teams Seem to Havs Edge on Account of Their Superior Supe-rior Batting Strength. Jack Coombs says the American League teams seem to have the edge because of superior batting power. "Practically every team in the American Ameri-can league has three or more men who are mighty dangerous with the bat," says Jack. "Detroit has Veach, Cobb, Crawford, Heilman and Burns. Cleveland Cleve-land has Speaker, Roth, Graney, Gan-dil Gan-dil and Chapman. Boston has Lewis, Gardner, Hooper and Barry. St. Louis has Shotton, Sisler and Pratt. Chicago has John and Eddie Collins, Welsh, Joe Jackson, Fournier, Weaver and Schalk. New York has Bake, Pipp, High and Magee. |