Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-08-18
~ COBB a GREAT PLAYER.
Hughey Jennings Asserts He Is the
Best in the Big Leagues.

There are many who pick Ty Cobb, |
Detroit's sensational right fielder, as
the best ball player in the big leagues
today, but there is none who is more
positive III his assertion than Hugney
Jennings, the leader of the Tigers.
And when it comes to occupying a
position of rising eminence and keen
foresight, there are few that are given
higher rating than "Eye-ah" Hugh
ey.
Il would not trade Ty for any three
ball players in the big leagues today
is Jennings tribute to a player who
can Justly be classed on a par with
Bill LANCE, Sam Thompson and other
stars of the olden day, whose proWess
on the diamond will perpetuate their
memory for all time.
Hughey for Cobb.
, Jennings confidence in Tyrus the
Great is unbounded and with ample
Justification. too. A recent occurrence
in a game against the Highlanders is
an ordinary Illustration of the wonder
full feats pulled off by this diamond
star with hardly more than usual ex-
ertion.
Not only did Ty lead at the bat with
a home run and a triple, but he start
led the assembled fans by throwing
out a batsman on what in 95 cases out
Doyle sent up a Texas Lacquer winch
looked perfectly safe.
Cobb advanced from deep right field
at terrific pace, although to the fans
he simply seemed to be jogging so as
to hold Doyle on first base. But pc
| fore any one was aware of his lnten-
| lions he scooped up the ball and LASH
| ed it to the bag with the speed OF a
| bullet. Doyle was out by a yard,
while the rooters in the bleachers,
who were eye witnesses to the per-
| Torrance, could not for the world or
them explain how it all happened. Ii
seemed incredulous, yet it was only
too true from a New York standpoint.
Ty Wonderful Thrower.
| Cobb gave a further exhibition of
remarkable throwing powers in the
| same game by mailing a runner from
third base at the plate on a throw from
deep right field after capturing fly
| after hard run.
Spectators at Shibe park during
the present series have had an oppor-
| tunity to study Ty Cobb in action
and they are almost a unit in voting
| baseball today.
While his work throughout the Sc
ries has been nothing short of sensa-
tional, at the bat as well as in the
field, his feat on Friday of stealing
third base on three separate occasions
in one innings will remain verdant II
the minds of the fortunate witnesses.
After stealing second base, he got {
big start off the middle bag and haC
reached the third base bag three times
in attempting to purloin the base
when the batsmen on each respective
occasion popped up fouls, compelling
Cobb's return to second base.
Cobb Pressing Collins.
While Eddie Collins seemed virtu
J | ally sure of premier batting honor
! in the Johnson circuit a few week
ago, a most persistent rival has de
veloped in the person of the Georgl
phenom. Cobb has not been weak a
, the bat by any means this year, bu
/ the phenomenal gait of young Eddi
put all his competitors in the shade.
: But Ty has recovered his ordinar
/; stride and is batting at an average.
: over $50. At the latest compilatio
j, of figures Cobb's percentage was "a
!; seven points behind that 81 Collin
: and at the rate the Detroit slugge
is amassing the bingles it does M
seem that the day of reckoning is ia
c Leading Run Getter
/ In the first hundred games
0 which he has participated this yea
g Cobb has gone to bat $40 times, score
: sixty-six runs, secured 126 hits 4
III bases, and has percentage
a .341.
Nineteen of his safeties have bee
0 doubles. sixteen times has he secure
three baggers, and on five occasion
have his swats been good for the el
tire circuit of bags. His total of ST
| II hi
chief run getter of the league.
Cobb is also the leading base pi
. ferer in the American league, wi
II ffty-one offsenses charged again
i. him. He is way up in the fieldil
IS: averages for outfielders, too.