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Show DETROIT MANAGEMENT FINALLY SOLD VEACH Veteran Outfielder Was on Market for Three Years. The sale of liob Vcach to l'.ostoii murks the culmination ot three years' ell'ort on the pint of the Tler iiuiiuie-incut iiuiiuie-incut lo pcihlle Ihe vclcriin niirdcner. A hitler of no mean ability ami n Holder as pod us the uvcrui;e, Ycuoli, nevertheless, bus never lilted In Ihe scheme of things uccordliij; to Cobb's Ideas, ti leiideiiey lo slow thinkln:; nrobably liti vliijc soincthlni; to do with It. In fcolnj: to the Ked Sox under le Kohl nntl Pob Qutnn, Veacli will be working for a pair to whose downfall lie contributed In no small decree two years up", when they hud the Ilrowns battling the Yankees for the pennant. Toward the end of September thill year the lirowns, Just a lap behind New York, stopped over In Detroit on their way home, winding up their last Invasion. The clubs went Into Ihe eleventh Innlnu' lied, an I then, w ith two out and two on, Dauss passed Tobln to (jot at Ktldle Poster. poster took a toe bold anil swunu, nnd three runners starteil homeward ns Ihe ball w luted down the left-Held foul line about two feet off the ground. It looketl like a certain triple, but Vouch, playhv; deep, raced over, dived clear of terra I'.nmi and speared the bull with his hare hand, spriiwllm out after he made the catch, which was of the "Impossible" variety. Prue.'t blew In the thirteenth and the Tilers romied In. Incidentally, ns Is well known. St. Louis Mulshed Just one game behind New Y'ork. |