Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-21
Ty Cobb Alleged
To Be dangerous

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Bulletin yesterday. Cobb was
put out of the game for spiking Bar
ry. The following clippings from
the coast files show that Cobb has
rather penchant for that kind of
thing:
It's lucky for Tyrus Cobb that he
is an outfielder. II he were not he
would be in the hospital, says the
st. Louis Star.
the Georgia Peach" has put
more basemen out of business with
his spikes than any man in base
ball.
Ty's instruments OF torture cost
Cleveland pennant when he cut
down Bill Brodley. Third Baseman
Baker of the Athletics is his latest
victim. al
II Pittsburg wins the flag. maybe
Cobbll cut down Bobby Byrne.
II seems peculiar that Mister Cobb
does not go into men like Elberfleld,
Williams, Evers, Tinker and Stein
, field. Nor did he take any chances
with George Moriarity when the
latter was with New York.
Oyez. Oyez! Ban Johnson! Put
Ty Cobb on the bases.
Then let the players of other clubs
operate on him.
Mete out to him the punishment
he has been handing others.
"Ty" Cobb was born in Georgia
and early decided to be a semi-pro-
fessional ball player. The differ
ence between professional and a
semi-professional Is that the former
has stated salary and always gets
1t, vile the latter takes what he
can when he can get II.
Young Cobb walked six miles In
the hot sun to play his first money"
game. When the receipts had been
counted Cobb's share was $1,25. He
walked six miles to his home, and
on his way decided that there was
a future IN professional baseball.
The Charleston team secured him.
He was a wild. erratic youngster,
who could bat like demon, but
never knew when to stop running
bases. 1t is Just rs important to
know when to stop running as II is
to know when to begin. He gained
the reputation of n crazy base run
ner, and Charleston sold him to
Augusta for $3.50 and was glad to
get the money.
| Augusta tried hi mand found the
same fault. He could hit, but he
was wild. and discipline irked him.
lie was firebrand on the team, and
he would fight on the team or off.
Ty won and lost several battles with
the Augusta players and then the
management sold him to Detroit for
$700-the greatest bargain in the
history Of the game.
In Detroit young Mr.. Cobb, the
llrebrand, found men who made
baseball a study. II was smuggling
team, but mixed with the hitting
was the judgment which wins
games. The players took hand in
tanning that hot Southern blood.
They argued with him, but as Ty
would rather fight than argue, most
of the debates ended on the floor of
the dressing room. Those cool, sea-
soned veterans of the Tiger team
knew that In Cobb they had phe-
nomenon, so they went at him meth
Odically, literally clicking him into
shape. Some of them fought him
more than once. Even to this day
Mcintyre plays left field and Cobb
tight fed. because 1t is necessary
to keep these two stars as far apart
as possible.
Cobb has lost most of his rough
edges. He has gone out of the
rough -and-tumble business; he sheds
no more blood in defense of his prin.
ciples.
He is as fast as a thunderbolt on
the lines, and the most daring man
on slide that baseball has seen In
many Il day