The Detroit times., 1910-10-14
OPINIONS
ABOUT AUTO PRIZE
HOW WRITERS OUTSIDE DETROIT AND CLEVELAND
SIZE UP THE CONTROVERSY INVOLVING
MEssRs COBB AND LAJOIE.
Tough On Honus.

Tough On Honus.
Honus Wagner lost a few friends
&by falling 90 far out OF the race for
1that bensine buggy. Too bad tnat
onus didn't have the scorers with
l.in. (Okla-), Times Star'
Won't Disturb Cotton Market.
II viii not disturb the stock or cot
ton markets no matter which player
has won the auto, but II Will cause
some ugly remarks. something base
hall can hardly stand at this time
The leading batsmen should be hon
ored In every organization, but the
prixe should be offered by the asso-
citation. not an outside corporation.
This might serve to keep the pitchers
working their best, II they have not
done 90 OF late.--New Orleans Daily
States.
Cobb Lofty; LaJole Modest.
AZ q very early date the express
sicn. who'll get the auto?' Is GER
tain to be just as popular as who's
HONEY now?"
The entire country is apparently
worked up over the disposition OF the
Scar presented to Americas leading
tbatsman, but there are only two pos
spible claimants and they are iyrus
Cobb of the Detroit club ana Ma
}poIeon Lajoie OF the Cleveland team.
both are idols In the baseball world
but it 10 generally conceded that tne
modest Frenchman has more frienos
~ any community than the lofty
\ Buf neither Cobb nor his friends
inquired upon Lajoie getting eight nits
n eight times ut bat IN the maj zane
~ the season on Sunday last at 81,
Louis, but the Frenchman ola ana
counting these, LAjoie 10 conceded
now to be the champion patsman Oh
M American league
Hence all the trouble over those
Z eight hits on Sunday.-Chicago In
torOcean-
What Kind Of curves7
Poor Ty Cobb! Just when he saw
\. that buzz wagon In his front yard his
rfvnl grabbed II. Wonder what kind
az slants those Brown pitchers hurE
Z "a To the plate when Lajoie was up
Boston Post.
Public 10 InsuIted.
Some of the people can be fooled
oome of the time: part OF the people
: can be fooled all Of the time, but you
can't fool all the people all OF the
time. A good old axiom, and one
4 which can be very appropriately ap-
plied to the nasco at Sportsman
Park, Sunday, which gave Larry la
5ole the lead over Tyrus Cobb In the
battle Of batsmen for an automobile.
The dear old public has been gross
" insulted, and is letting loose
mighty howl OF protest. Maybe La
joie ID popular In st. Louis and. per-
haps Cobb Is disliked, but local
sportsmen will not condone such an
injustice being worked upon any one
az that which was slipped the Geor-
3 ginn, Sunday st. Louisans stand Tor
clean sport.--Brice Hoskins in st.
Louis Star.
Little Can Be Done.
The whole thing is up to the ma
tional commission, baseball's supreme
court. II 10 doubtful IL the commission
can do anything save to bar such
pr1zes In the future. All along II has
been felt that something was bound
to happen through the giving OF that
prize auto. II has happened. Now,
what il Ban johnson going TO do
shout It? And what is the national
commission going TO do about it,
Louis Dougher, in Boston Traveller.
Cobb Made q Mistake.
Many people have maintained. and
not without reason, that Cobb did
wrong in quitting the game before the
season closed. To be sure he did.
Whether or not he believed that he
had the title and auto clnched made
no difference. Cobb made a grave mis-
take In not remaining In the closing
y games OF the season. Admitting the
truth of this, however. does not in
I any way justify the action Of the st
Louis team In throwing the title 10
I<A5oie. Because a man cheats In any
eame In no reason why his opponent
NAY employ dishonest methods. II
~ 81. Louis players deliberately help
~ Lnjoie 10 fatten his average In ar
Mainland manner, they were guilty
grave crime. II Lajoie accepts
~ TITLE knowing that he did not carr
~ Ii not true sportsman.-Ton
4cn,, IN Atlanta Journal.
Some Consolation Hero.
~ cobb ought not to complain. ht
~ Ms pictures In thousands OF pack
- ~ gum, That ofiicial scorer a
0nrxo1t ave his conscience a grilliu.
~ summer for nothing.-Buffal'
How q Looks In Canada.
q. Louis players were accused o
HAVING been too Kind TO Lajoie In las
'unnday,s games. allowing bfm to &c
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