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Show DETROIT GRABS TEXAS SLUGGER By BIXJiY EVANS. I For years the Detroit club has boasted of its sluggers. Tho Tigers' lineup always has in-' eluded one or more players who havo stood out prominently because of their ability to hit. Back in the old days there was' Sam Thompson How that baby could swat them! Sam is alive and well I still. Each year he takes a leading part In tho opening-day ceremonies a: Detroit. "When the American league camr- i -to existence Detroit was one of the cities of the Johnsonian circuit That ' was more than a score of years ago. In the Detroit lineup was Cruw-j ford, known to baseball fans the country over as "Wahoo Sam." That j title was conferred upon him becau-o, he hailed from the hamlet of Wahoo. Neb. PINE FORM I BAT No player in the history of has -' ball had more form at bat thaiij Crawford. His stance was perfect, his! cut at tho ball the poetry of motion 1 Crawford was one of those hitlers who looked good even when ho wus striking strik-ing out Crawford was a natural swinger He I took a healthy cut at tho ball. When he connected the sphere certainly' traveled. I venture to say that Craw-' ford had ho played in these days of; the lively ball, would be pushing Babi Ruth mighty hard for the home-run i honors. As Crawford began to slow up as'. ,the premier swatter of tho Detroit ; club Claude Rossman sprang into : prominence Many of the veteran American'! league twlrlers who havo now passed out of tho picture, will toll you that Rossman was one of tho greatest bat- ' ters they ever pitched to. Rossman hit 'cm on a line. l Inability to throw, however, caused i his departure from tho major leagues 1 when ho was at the top of his game as a batter. h AJXVEVT OF VEAC H. 1 When Rossman went to thr minors, following in the wake of Crawford.' thero came to tho Tigers from the i bushers another great naturnl bats- : man, Bobby Yeach. ( The Tiger outfielder is one of the i few batsmen of tho slugging type still 1 in the game Regardless whether the r pitch is a fast ono, a curves or a fade- t away. Vcach takes tho sam he.ilthv cut, tho samo follow through on cv- t cry swing. i Vhllc Veach Is at the top of his i game right now. and probabh In i rumbor of good years ahead, ho Is a veteran and there must come a time when he will begin to fall off In his catting. There is on the Detroit club a voungster who has yet to win his jpurs as a regular, ready to take tho rdace of Vcach as the Tigers' premier ilugger, when Boh Is ready and wiling wili-ng to give up that honor I have reference to Danny Clarke, ate of Wichita Falls, Tex. Clarke Is being groomed for second ase. He is being used as an undei-iiudy undei-iiudy to the veteran. George Cutshaw. rfo has demonstrate, already that h-an h-an hit. Ho is well above the .300 nark. In a pinch already he has irokon up B number of ball gamed TIED UP THE (. 131 1 The other day In a game at Phlla-lelphla, Phlla-lelphla, with tho score standing 5 to : In favor of the Athletics. Manager "obb sent Clarke to bat In a pinch, vlth two on All Clarke did was to lit the first ball pitched over tho ight field wall for a homo run, tying ip he gam a Clarice Is a mtural batsman. He akea a, free swiajf, Tho m.'k,ng of iome runs is nothing now to him. He vus tho Babo Ruth of the Tox.m leaguo last season. Ho made 50 two- IH base hits. 10 three-baggers and 4,9 homo runs. ill Clarke bids fair (o take a place in 'H the hearts of the Detroit fans as a jPH slugger extraordinary. OO OPPOSITION WEAKENS. The Kentucky Derby with its at- tondant excitement, interest and thou- IH sands of visitors to Louisville seems IH to have deadened for a time at least, I much of the organised opposition to racing in the blue grass state. The recent Derby was the 48th renewal 'H of that famous turf classic, and many j PPH old-timers who witnessed a majority of them in the pa-t declared that It was unconditionally the greatest of the lot. In certain quarters of Ben- tucky where opposition to racing has I been active during the, past two years thin has been nothing said or done to promote the Interest of the antin I since Derby day. PH 00 i More than :'.000.000 girls under tbe age of 16 aro employed in vcrious oc-jcupatlons oc-jcupatlons In the I'nited States. ,H Tho company operating tho omni-buses omni-buses n London pays ll.000.Qo6 a year .11 for the licenses for tho vehicles. iH |