Evening journal., 1910-10-14
SHOOED IN,
TY COBB IS YELLOW
Harsh Condemnation Of Both
COntenderS for the Batting
Prize
DETROITER ROASTED
FOR QUITTING EARLY

The following harsh words from
John Doe, in the Cleveland Press. give
an idea Of the Cleveland view Of the
batting scandal:
THE best available figures show
that Larry has won the automobile Of
fered TO the leading batter of the big
leagues
"Ty Cobb quit the game cold Fri
day with an average of 1926, satisfied
hat he had the auto won and that
Larry could not go ahead Of him in
the three closing games at st. Louis.
Larry had hit handed him In Sat
urdays game, and he is credited with
getting eight hits IN eight times up
IN the double-hoader Sunday. This
makes his average. according to the
Press figures. 1868.
THE official figures are still to be
heard from. Larry's apparent lead
IS so small that a slight difference
in the figures that are IN President
Ban Johnson's Office at Chicago-the
figures that will actually decide the
racc--could change the situation and
make Cobb the winner.
"Lnrry ShOOed In
1T looks now as though Larry had
won. but IL is zoo early to proclaim
him the certain winner. Word from
the American League headquarters
will be anxiously awaited.
I'VE arc all strong for Larry and
we want 10 see him win; but not this
way. He was 'shooed in
"ln Saturdays game Larry drove
the ball TO the Outfield in the eighth
inning The outfelder got his hands
OH it but dropped it, At first, the
scorers gave an error. but later. in
the ninth inning, twas announced
that the official scorer gave Larry a
double.
"One of Larrys hits Sunday was
credited as a triple. The other seven
hits we're infeld taps. Sporting
writer's who saw the two games say
the Brown inielders loafed and let
the bunts go for hits. Corridor is
credited with loallng on six of the
rollers. Wallace loafed on one.
Whole Thing Bad Mess.
"rhe auto race is q bad mess and
the National Commission does well 10
stop it.
"If Larry wins it will be a hting
rebuke TO Ty Cobb for showing the
yellow streak
"If Larry ~~won honestly. he has
the laugh on Ty Cobb. who, in a
signed article recently said that La
ioie was an old-time slugger rather
than a scientific batter such as him
self.
This automobile race is a sad mess
anyhow II afouser a lot of interest,
but 1t brought out some bad traits and
made some bad feeling.
"For one thing. It has shown that
Ty Cobb has yellow streak as broad
as his back and as bright q saffron as
the Chinese Emperor's overcoat. In
the first place he had eye trouble
Whether the fact that he would hav,
faced some OF the hardest pitchers in
the league II he had played during the
time he was nursing his sore optic
had anything TO do with his eye trou-
bic is an open question.
Roast for Cobb.
Anyhow, it's certain that he quit
cold when he thought he had the
auto won. After Thursdays game he
! figured mp his average and Larry's
and when he thought his percentage
/ would carry him through winner he
packed up and went back 20 Detroit
/ He gave II out that he wasn't feeling
we'll, but his ailment wasn't any more
serious than that which often attack:
certain poker players when they have
a stack in front of them Cold fee
is the name Of the disease.
"In fact. Cobb did not make up his
mind to quit until he felt sure he haC
a mortgage on the auto. After Thurs
days game az Chicago he took thu
trouble TO call the official scorer =,
find out what hits had been given him
IL seems that the first time he was a
bat he drove the ball TO the outheld
Outfielder Messenger got his hands OF
the ball. but slipped and fell in tn
muddy field. Cobb wasn't sure wheth
er he had been given a hit or Mes
senger an error When he found tina
he had been credited with a hit III
smiled and started to pack his grip.
Jennings Also Rapped.
There's one thing that Clevelan'
fans can be proud of-Larry did no
quit He was out there playing bal
every day he could.
"Hughey Jennings put himself in
bad light when he stood for Cobb quit
ting the game. Many patrons pay q
see Cobb in action. and Jennings hal
no right to let him go home, although
an auto was al stake"