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Show LEWIS PRAISES ! TIGER ROOKIES Salt Lake Pilot Thinks Pfl-lete Pfl-lete and Johnson Will Make Good Duffy Lewis, former big league star, who will manage Salt Lake City in the Pacific coast league ne.xt season, believes be-lieves Detroit ha. picked up two promising prom-ising pitchers in Pillete and Johnson. 'Tho two pitchers recured by Detroit ha , r-at promises.'' s;tld Lewfl In discussing the purchase, "bu: I hardl ! think they will show major league; cltss right off the reel. We play fast ballon the coast. A' lot of people say it Is as fast as played ' in Ihe American and National. I al ways like to be loyal, but 1 wouldn't be exactly telling Ihe Iruth if I made tha' assertion. "They figured I was 'hrough in the MS ' ;nd batted better than .400. Years ago It seems all the major leagtie clubs waived on Sam I r;i".ord Sam went nut to the coast and is still onf of th best hitters in the orgaal la'.ion. You can draw your own con , elusions. "Pillette and Johnson are both great' pitchers In the coast league Possibly thoy will keep right on delivering In the American, but I have my doubts, I, think both of them n. HI find the clasi of batters a trifle different and dis-l cover a Utile more experience nece ssry. ' Both Detroit recruits are bis fel j lows with plenty of stuff. They both sidearm mosl of the time wbn h make-t IB Ithclr deliverj' difficult to hit. Pillet- Kid j Is much like Faber pi Chicago !n his style and any one who has ever seeu Faber pitch knows that means some- B thtaf." VlM It may not be any boot for them I to say that I found both of them juiisbty hard to hit I think Pilef-j Pilef-j right nor? is the more adanced of the two. Johnson, however, vas the tough haby for me lo hit sa.'ely. He haf me icorsfantlv Mr t 'n c 'li.i. n.m t)" tn . 'he infield that make ibe fans yell for I your uctlp Mr. N.nln r.f Detroit paid a fanrv HH price, took a big gamble but my opln ion of the two pitcher? is that it will prove worth while." |