The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-08-10
TY COBB STUDIES
PITCHERS STYLE
GEORGIAN PEACH LOSES NO TIME
IN SOLVING DELIVERY OF MEN
WHO PROVE HARD TO HIT
SAFELY

Tyrus Cobb rs the oasal al wonder |
of the present day. we all know tina,
the Georgian las no rivals when II
comes to long hits. the daring w)~ls |
from sack to sack. the stolen bases AMI |
the terror he brings to pitchers and
nelders. Still but little is really known
of Cobb. In comparison with many 9TH
er players of less renown.
Despite his name and fame, the
Georgian keeps to himself more than
is usual with players of the day. and
few people really understand Cobb or
his playing style.
1t is generally believed, mainly from
the dash and apparent swagger of his
play, that Cobb is swellhcaded and
intolerable sort of pest-innated, bio
Waiting, boastful. He insn't. He was a
fresh sort OF a boy when he began the
game, but his freshness was not boast
full or mere swellheadednesS
The kid knew he had the goods. He
also had warm temper and he would
not stand for the bossing that young
players generally receive. Cobb, the
man. is a modest, quiet and likeable
chap, worth knowing. worth admiring,
and people who have met him. either
In Detroit or Georgia are invariably
charmed with his ways and speech.
once and for all, get the idea that
Cobb Is a rough a swellhead and a
skate out of the mind; he isn't that
sort of a boy and he Is well worth
any mans respect and friendly hand.
Writing of Tyrus Cobb a Georgian
who knows him says that Cobb the
most popular young fellow in Augusta.
Is not a merely a hit-or-miss batter
whose success has terrorized the
pitchers, but a student OF the game.
'Cobbs ideas as applied to the i'm
provement OF his own skill, are inter-
estir g. says his friend
HE figures that study OF the pitch
ers will do better than all the practice
hitting In the world. and the Improve
ment of his percentage seems to bear
him out. Each man who goes against
tCobb rs made the object OF special at
tention. If Tyrus can hit him right at
the start and keep him, he does not
worry If the pitcher proves too much
for him, Cobb will do some thinking,
watching and planning, and, so far.
has seldom lost.
''Eor two years, Doc White Of Com
isRey's team had Cobb for the goat
Twice, II Is on record. he made Cobb
fan three times during n single game.
II looked as II White had Tyrus for
mark forever, and 1t became a stand
ard joke OF baseball that there was
never yet a buffalo like that which
white held on Cobb.
Cobb kept UP the war against his
master. He tried changing his stand
but never did ne get the ghost OF a
hit off White till he stepped quickly
back OF the plate and and met the ball
after the break. That settled II. After
that the buffalo was gone-Cobb had
White, and White had Cobb no moro.
Naturally, every one wants to know
each year why Cobb proves more or
less failure i'm the annual worlds
series. The reason is this: A typically
southern player like Cobb cannot play
good ball I'm cold weather. You will
remember that the spring of 1909 was
very cold and that Cobb was hitting
way under grade until the warmth ar
rived. The worlds series Is always
played in bitter cold. and under such
circumstances Tyrus is flzzle.
1.-THE real point about Cobb is this!
That instead of being simply wild
hit or-miss batsman he is thinker
and a student of the game. Moreover,
In his home city he is even more pop
ular MS citizen than as n ball player.
and nobody could have more friends"