The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-28

that naughty young man IyruS CoDD
will make up his mind that the oppor-
~> tunity is ripe. There
SPECIAL viii be blare OF
RUE FoR trumrets and he
Sohbf will join the De-
roit baseball club.
of which he is so important a part.
Sycophantic southern newspapers viii
herald his advent and The Peach and
his mates combiEed will receive about
equal credit for what success comes
10 the banner OF tie team, with thu
blame for defeat-it is safe TO predict
laid entirely at the door OF the faith
I'll men who have needed the desires
Of the management and have toiled
manfully for weeks under the south
ern sun 10 get into condition for an
other championship campaign.
In the meantime. however. Cobb is
doing grave injustice TO his mates
and his employers by his failure to
join the team. In fact. Il would be by
no means an unpopular move were tile
management OF the club TO meet the
Georgian's disobedience 10 orders by
plastering a sizable fne on the first in
stallment OF that $4,000 salary, when
Il comes due later on.
Cobb IS also taking a grave per-
sonal risk While the circumstances
OF his residence ia the south make IL
probable that he will report in excel
lent physical condition, there Is always
the chance that the season may see n
radical slump in the grand baseball
which he is accustomed 10 place on
display,
Should this happen to be the case
this year, he will find IL hard to con-
vince the main body OF fandom that
the cause was not his failure TO join
the club when ordered.
II Ty plays he regulation Cobb
brand OF ball. the fans will speedily
forget his assumption OF special priv
ileges, but woe TO him II he starts
the year IN a batting slump.
With his mates, however, Cobb has
unquestionably lost in popularity. The
ritter has been a member OF the De-
troia training crew all spring and has
heard more than murmurs OF discon-
tent from the men who were doing
their duty there.
But the most grave injustice Is that
done the nans 'ement OF the club. The
training Up Is at big expense. the
only immediate returns from which Is
the receipt from exhibition games.
These games are played almost en-
tirely in the south. where Cobb comes
near being the national hero. With
him present, the club would be a Ear
better attraction at these games than
is now the case. His absence is cost
ing his employers big sum of money
All these symptoms of dissatisfac-
tion will undoubtedly disappear on
Ty's arrival. il Cobb is Cobb. But q
little adversely, such as happens 10
every ball player sooner or later In
his career. may very possibly teach
the Georgian a most valuable lesson.
With interest We read in q New
York journal of publicity the stirring
announcement that Hal Chase has
made good at first base for Mr.. Far
relrs club.
The acquisition Of two pacing teams
will give Mr. Savage. OF Dan Patch
fame. an opportunity for an even
closer approach TO the accurate imi-
tation OF a chariot race.
So Walter Christie has retired from
racing, convinced that he can't bea.
Barney Oldfieldl Then he must have
been really trying TO do il all these
years!
With Ziegler, McAuliffe and other
derelicts Of pugilism threatening TO
come back, it behcoves the loyal De-
troiter to remark that the Michigan
metropolis contains the only one OF
the old-time lightweight brigade who
would be anything like himself. II
Kid Lavigne couldn't whip all those
other old-timers ais local friends would
go broke.
Still waiting for the annual an
nouncement OF those Canadian racing
classics Somehow they are much de-
lAyed this year.
Some people seem to have forgotten
that Larry Lajoie broke into baseball
as a frst-sacker and won his big fame
at that position. They took him on
the sack because he was fast enough
to play elsewhere. The converse ~
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