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Show HUG GINS FINDS GEHRIG USEFUL Columbia Player Fills Big Gap at Initial Sack Yon can't freer Lou Gehrig of the New Vnr'- Americans In winter, and perhaps tlmt Ik why tie in ho cool In summer when lie fuces the host pitchers pitch-ers of his circuit and gets hits (iff all comers. Gehrig, a New Torker, spend hit winters at home. Kven wlih the ten perulure at rero, Gehrig never wears an overcoat. He never wei.rs a vest At un early use. Gehrig swore a ven-del ven-del In ngulnst Imlh. No wonder le is so self-possessed iigumst pitchers. Any nuin who run buck New York winter temperatures and cold, tilling winds I without nn overcoat cannot the dis turbcd hy a more pitcher. Miller Hugging picked up Gehrig from Columbia university several j years ago. Gehrig, as n collegian, was ft southpaw pitcher, ii I so pei 'formed in the outfield and had some vagrant ex-j ex-j perience nt first hiise. When l.oti I mine to the Yankees, Mucins refused to waste Gehrig's potential power as h Imtter ami di'cied to groom him to Kti.-ceed Wiillle Plpp at first hase. It was necessary for G.'lirlg to see , some service ether tluiii on fhs ! Yankees ln-ncli. Therefore, Hugi'Ins sent I j i n to an I'.ustcru league club j lu i:rj., Gehrig went South with the Lou "Buster" Gehrig. New York team, ripe enough to stay. When W'allle Pipp showed signs of fading, (Jelirig went In. This year he was the regular first baseman from the start. Pitchers united in saying that !i -brig Is as dangerous a batter us there is in liie circuit. Some h-'e to see him come uj there for l.ou pnr-'tlal pnr-'tlal to home runs and other Varieties of extra base hits, any dimension of which is li',el.v to break up a ball game if there inv runners on base, l.ou has a distressing habit, so far us the rival clubs are concerned, of Imst-ing Imst-ing one when runs are in Ihe oiling. |
