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One of the fastest runners on the Detroit Tigers is Heinie Schuble. He appeared in 101 games last year for the Tigers and batted .271. He played 76 games at third base, fielding .941, and 15 as shortstop, fielding .949. Schuble had a try-out with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1927, but failed to make the grade and he went to the Texas league, where he played Bo sensationally that he was grabbed by Detroit. Heinie hails from Houston, Texas, where he was born in 1906. He is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 160 pounds, bats and throws right-handed.
The backs of the 1916 Sporting News M101-4 black and white cards were customized and created for distribution through a variety of advertisers such as The Sporting News, Altoona Tribune, Gimbel’s Department Stores, Standard Biscuit, Weil Baking Company, and other smaller companies.
"Edward Arthur Brandt is a State of Washington boy, who came out of the 1933 season with the reputation of having been one of the leading batters of the National League. And Brandt is a pitcher, who started in his home state on the Seattle team in 1923. Five years later the Boston Braves signed him and he quickly became one of their ace pitchers, a southpaw at that, for he both throws and bats left-handed. Ed Brandt is a six-footer and weighs around 180 pounds. He was born in Spokane, Wash., and is fond of hunting, spending much of his winter time with his gun. His best year is still considered 1931 when. out of 29 games pitched, he won 18 and lost 11. Last year he won 18, but lost 14."
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