The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-18

toss-up, Elliot won.
entire opposing infeid st sea. No
faint hearted third baseman could Iva
through series against the Detroit
club. Cobb may look the bunter an
over when bunt is expected 70 ad-
vance baserunEer. and may draw the
third oasennan In, confident that the
ball viii be laid down. and then make
him call on all his lodging ability to
get out Of the way OF terrific smash
right at him. don't blame infieldera
Tor being crossed" by Cobb. He has
the head to fool them and the ability
to carry out his schemes.
weak Spot" Hard TO Find.
Although tie left handlers have been
convinced that they are no more e.
fective against him than their right
handed brothers, the latter still have
some ideas about his ''welk spot and
these ideas are almost as many as are
the :'ttchers. But every little while a.
pitcher will serve up one OF the things
Cobb cant hit" only 10 see Ii soaring
over the fence or toward t.
Another common fallacy, when Cobb
was served In the American Ieapua.
was that he was a fool" on the bases.
that he ran wild" here has been a
reversal of this verdict. too. I'm
doubleday, Cobb has pulled of some
base running crimes" but IL was not
because OF lack of baseball sense. but
rather because he loved to run and lust
couldn't hold hiI.self In If any one
had kept track OF Cobb's successes and
failures In his crazy" base running
stunts / am sure he would have found
that the former far outnumbered the
latter. And I also am sure that his
crazy" running has won a lot of
games for Detroit.
There may be bah players who can
run hundred yards as fast as the
Georgian, but there is none who can
go from plate to first base as fast and
none who can equal his speed between
any two bases or around the whole cir
cult
Cobb AS a Fielder.
AS for Cobbs fielding prowess M
could ask for a better man
to play in right leld, although doubt
less there have been men who played
the batsmen better and men who threw
more accurately.
No one will question the assertion
that Cobb covers as much ground as
any player ever did. and as he catches
almost everything he reaches. ana
reaches lots Of balls that other fieldera
Gould not reach, don't see what more
my one could ask OF him. He has a
good throwing arm, and, what Is bet.
er. he is not afraid to use il. He lets
20 of the bali the minute he knows
where ne Is going to throw, and he
Usually throws TO the right place. ON
long and short hits 10 ire
'utneld the Detroit man has few
EQUALS
Now, want to say something aboak
his spiking business. DON'T ever let
my one tell you that Cobb purposefv
pixies basemen. He is too good n
portsman for anything IKE that. ana
nat ne is sportsman was proven by
lis letter on the Epize question 10
PRESIDENT Johnson of the American
aague. He was willing to have tba
pixies dulled, although he knew that
UGH action would slow him up IN his8
lay.
Cobb slides to c base with the fnten-
lon of getting there. and gettin- thera
ateIy. He doesn't take more spana or
% be sure, he never refuses To slide
imply because the baseman ia in his
ray, but he would not be a guccessful
aserunner II ne Stacked mp to avoid
possible collision with an awlxward
elder or on some unusual play. Be
des, Cobb is taking even more chan
IS In his daring lides than IL the ran
aiting to tag him.
Nerve of Al Brand.
One of the most important assets az
le great ball player lis possessed nv
Obj 10 wonderful degree This IL
srve. He is not afraid OF any pitch-
q, and 1t seems to delight him ia he
pinch, with his teams fate hang
e In the balance.
CoDo is a better ball player TODAY
ZEN he was two years ago. He will
better ball player this year than
was last This is because he IA .
udent. He is viii, lg to learn some
Ing new about baseball every dav az
q, and he Is willing to be shown his
ults and told about his mistakes. ~
ese latter he makes tar less now than
dld when he first broke into fast
mpany. He has hal good teachars
q good examples, and he has mot
led 70 take advantage of his oppor-
mites to cram baseball knowledge
10 his head.
This is day OF great bali players.
q there are many who could ~
med in the same breath with Cobb
thout disgracing the latter. Two of
best Of the present day ara Evers
the Chicago cubs and Wagner of
) Pittsburg club.
Evsrs Ranks Close to Cobb.
consider Evera almost In Z class
tn the Detroit man. There never go
ed brainer player than flae CHICAGO
ttonal league teams second hame-
u, and the two things tha* move RE
name Cobb as his superior are Tvs
ting ability and speed. Evers
nks as much OF the game and stud
1t as closely as any Of them re
rays knows WHY h0 v1aaxaa : 49, -