Evening star., 1908-12-20

TY COBB FEARED
VERY FEW PITCHERS
Joss and Johnson Only Ones
Who Had Anything on
Speedy Tiger.

SHSSNy siSSis
Tyrus CoSb. the sensational young
Georgian who plays right field for the
Detroit Tigers, is wonderful batter.
one OF the greatest in the business. says
Harry Edwards in the Cleveland Plain
dealer. Versatility is his long suit and
/ he is equally proficient in laying down
punts and beating them out or outrun-
ning the throw of the best throwing in
he!ders on slow. tan;alizng roller as
| he is cracking. out a clean. single or dou-
Die TO The outfield ''Ty' also has a
hanker:ng after triples and during the
past season he led the league in three
base swats in addition to topping the
batters in doubles with twenty and thirty
six. respectively.
| Iy made lSS hits and scored eighty
elSht runs in ISL times at bat during the
season just closed. an average of .324. II
had been SAID OF him that he was weak
against ft-handed pitching but he
| didn't show II in the past season. Against
| offside twirlccs he was at bat 166 times.
scored twenty-four runs and made forty
nre hits. an average OF .2a5. Against
| right-handers he was at bat Ali times.
scored siXty-four runs and made 139 hits.
|
fell twen:y-nfne points shy of his general
average. while opposed TO right-handers
he exceiled his general average by eleven
| points.
| Cohb's best work against the south
paws was when opposed to that pair OF
| White SoX twirlerS Doc White and
Nick Altrock. who are supposed to have
! his goat. He found White for ten safe
| ties In twenty-seven times at bat, $40
mark. while he even exceled this record
/ o. ma cfy In in
| thirteen times UP. an average Of .4G2
| He was also strong against Case Patten.
"Rube' Waddell. Bailey OF the Browns
and Newton of the Highlanders. batting
against this quartet.
Burns a Puzzle.
Eddie Plank of the Athletics. Bill Burns
Of the Nationals and Burchell of the
Boston Red Sox had little somethn.
hung on "Ty''. The best he could DO
against the former was five hits in twen-
ty-three efforts. .2l7 mark. four hits
in twenty-five times up, a .222 average
| against Burns. and four hits in sixteen
times up. $50 mark. against Burchell.
| Ty found number of the right-hand-
ers vertabe duck soup. and he pum-
meled their offerings hard and often.
| Then again he found several OF them
enigmas and could not solve their pug
zlers, try as he would.
Jack Chesbro OF the Highlanders was
peaches and cream and pears Ia Melba
for the Georgian. In twenty-five times
at bat he made twelve hits of Chesbro, a
b45 mark. There wasn't a game in
which "Ty" faced the once famous spit
ter that he did not make from one to
three hits. Bill Hogg shared the same
fate as Chesbro and had six hits re-
corded against him in Cobb's nine times
at bat, a .661 average. Warhop and
Lake Of the Highlanders were also easy
for the Tiger star. Joe Doyle and Al
Orth were his only Highlander cni2mas,
and he faced them but three times each.
Tom Hughes was the easy baby of the
Nationals right-handers for Cobb. In
eighteen times at bat he made eight hits.
IA mark Witherup and Keelcy were
not difficult of solution. but Walter john
son held him to a .116 average. allowing
him but three hits in seventeen trials.
] Maxwell the Athletic recruit. was
bumped for $50 mark by Tyrus. '.Rube"
Coombs and Schlitzer each 1888, and Jim
my DySert 800. He failed to connect
against Carter Or Bender. but then he
faced them only two and three times,
respectively.
Winter Soft Snap.
George Winter, who Is now a Tiger
tesmmate Of Cobbs, was soft snap for
the Georgian, who made seven hits in ten
times at bat off Winter while he was
with Boston. Even old ICY" Young
could not escape the bombardment and
''Ty'' benefited to the extent of 400
mark against the veteran. making nine
hits in twenty-five times up. Pruitt was
found for 400 average, Cicotte .333.
| and Steele .2S6. 'Cy' Morgans spit
ter evidently worried Cobb at least he
made only two hits in fourteen times
| against Morgan.
| Coming down to the western clubs we
nd hat IN
find him for .316 mark. Jack Powell
and Bill Dineen. also OF the Browns.
were more closefisted, allowing Ty marks
of .2S6 and 80 respectively.
Frank Smith and Ed Walsh Of the
White Sox had nothing that worried the
Tiger. He made seven bngleS in six
teen time up against Smith and six N
twenty times while opposed 10 Walsh.
Frank Owen held him SAFE in the three
times he faced him.
| Berger Ryan. Rhoades and Liebhardt
of the Maps didn't know where to put
fielder instead OF placing it safely. The
| former yielded up 80 average. Ryan
100. and Rhoades and Lieby each 3::!3.
! Chech was very successful against the
Georgian. holding him to two hits in the
twelve times Ty was at bat.
Joss Is Cobb's Master.
1t was against Addie Joss, however.
that Ty met his Waterloo, and had to
acknowledge that Adde'S superior pitch
| ing was too much for him. In the twen-
| ty-eisht times he was at bat against Joss
he made but two hits, an average OF only
| OIL. This sort of batting would not
Win many games. but what Ty lost
against Joss he made up for on the others
| later on. One of Ty's two hits off Joss
was made in Detroit in game in which
the Maps shut out the Tigers. ] 10 q,
| while opposed to George Winter. Cobb's
| hit was the only one the Tigers made
and il was OF the fiuky order. Laioe
| juggling the bali long enough for Ty to
| beat his throw. Larry could just as we'll
| have been charged with an error.
Cobb found tie Maps pitchers offer
| ings the hardest OF all and batted only
IL against them. Next in line were
the Browns. .2S7: Athletics. .2SS: Wash
! ington .3,i1: Eoston ...,ti: Chicago $40,
| and the H'ghlanders, .iSS.
Pitchers Great Achievement.
! OF al the great pitching achieve
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