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Show WHY NAVIN SWORE A BLUE STREAK Evory time Frank C. Navln, president presi-dent of the Detroit Tigqrs, took an orb at the box scores of the world series ho sworo a streak that looked as though somebody emptied a hogshead hogs-head of indigo around his environs. Reason'' Three twlrlers that the Tigers booted out of the eago without with-out even a trial figured as winners. First one was Charles Jofforson Te8reau. They took Jeff Into the City of Straits and kept him hurling hurl-ing the globule for ten days. Jennings Jen-nings sought out the smooth faced owner of the Tigers and whispored his song for Jeff Into tho ears of tho Bengaleers' boss. 'Cut the big fellows away from tho kale," said the Scranton Blackatone. "He's due for the minors the rest of his natural." Next on tho list was Hugh Bedi-enL Bedi-enL "Get down on Bedlent, and do it quick," was the gist of the Httlo missive that snapped over the steel threads of Navln. Navln took the tip aud also the message to Robert Lincoln Howe. Mr. Howe, It might be said, was a scout for the Jungaleers Ho jaunted down to Providence and ho looked Bedlent over. His glance did not appraise Hughle at more than 30 cents on the dollar, and ho turned him down as cold as the Arctic when the frost Is on the pumpkin here. Now for the third ono of the trio who was kicked from the Bengaleso bungalow. About two years ago when John I. Taylor was making David Ilarum look like a reactionary in the barter and exchango line, he wanted want-ed to make a dicker with Jennings. Taylor at that time was swapping anything that looked like a ball player play-er on his team. lie was modest in his demands Ho would take anything any-thing from a pawn ticket for a set of furs to a piece of Alaskan diamond for his pastlmers. Taylor got a swell .young grouch on Josephus Wood. Ho thought the Kansas cyclone wasn't even a zephyr and ho wanted to swap him for anything any-thing that resombled a twirler. He lit on Hughle of Detroit and started start-ed to make a trade. He wanted Klck-apoo Klck-apoo Eddie Summers, and he was willing to hand over Smoky Joe for the lad with the Indian monaker. |