The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-04-13

| so many athletic nneteor8 havo9 1Iieu
he encountered, fought and, guided
by his own good sense, eventually van
quished.
Bad advisers were 10 blame for one
or two mistakes. Ty has learned -
think for himself.
M EVER was there an athlete BET
~ ter equipped TO be a champion
than ryrus Cobb. Just a shade below
six feet In height, he will weigh. when
e-------------------~h gets his growth.
EQUIPPED about 1856 pounds,
TO he though now still q
CHAMPION. bit below that fig-
~---.--------------->eu Inclined 10 the
slender in build but big-boned enough
10 escape being fragile. slender In
waist but stalwart In shoulders and
hips, Cobb is like thoroughbred race
horse In build
Cobb was never taught TO sprint and
has never run against the watch for
100 yards. but Augusta fans used TO
snap their stop-watches on him In his
FIRST year in professional baseball and
ally number OF them will file affdavits
that he went from the plate to first
base In three seconds fiat hundred
times in 1905. and that Is better than
the worlds record.
Harry Tathill, the Detroit trainer
who Is an expert in all branches OF
sport watched Cobb run down south
I, this spring.
lies got the right idea. said Tut
Hill. II he never had a teacher he 10
as great a natural sprinter as ever
lived. He's always got his head for
ward and down. He toes out like Ar
thur puffey. He saves more ground
on his turns than anybody ever saw
who goes at that clip"
! But speed. though prominent part
or Cobb's stock in trade, is. far from
being all of il. COBB rs A TIRE
MENDOUSLY STRONG MAN.
The first day he struck the Detroit
training camp this spring was at Lit.
tie Rock and Billy Hart. the veteran
OF many leagues and one OF the wIsest
heads In baseball was out watching
the practice. Cobb caught one OF the
batting practice pitchers twisters witt
short. snappy swing OF his bat and
lifted II into left center. far over tht
louthelders. l
Grief" exclaimed Hart. Look
at that left-handed hitter bang II up
against The left field fence. Who In
the world is he anyway
He didn't know Cobb. but he did ap,
preciate the simple strength In tho
batting feat.
But speed and strength would be or
but little avail II not backed up by
good thinking apparatus and again
the Cobb equipment shines.
THERE ARE FEW QUICKER
MINDS IN BASEBALL THAN THE
ONE THAT REPOSES UNDER THE
LIGHT, CURLY THATcH OF THE
GEORGIA PEACH He shines most
of att IN the unerring manner In which
he takes advantage OF his opponents
faults. and while in the midst OF o
dash. figures out the mental convolli-
tons OF the man about to handle tho
bail. sometimes with skill approach.
Ing the miraculous.
And the best Of cobb's equipment IL
neither speed, strength nor quick
thinking but the enthusiastic, arsbi-
tious, knightIy disposition that keeps
him playing TO the very limit Of his
ABILITY every moment Of the came.
TY COBB COULDN'T PLAY INDIF.
FERENT BALL TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
TY CoBB'S CAREER IN BASE
BALL is NOT LIKELY TO BE
A LONG ONE. Nobody can play .he
game as he does and long remain
sound In wind. N---------------------<.
limb and body. BRoKrx I
Cobb can't play BONES
the safe sane arti- AVEau
Gle of ball that - .
the stock in trade of the men who
linger long In the public eye. lie