Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-12-01
TY COBB PICKS THE
TIGERS TO WIN
IN 1912
Champion All.ArOund Base
ballist Edits Sport Page Of
Atlanta Journal for One
Day and Gives Opinion.


Day and Gives Opinion.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, worlds
champion Of about everything In the
baseball line. 10 spending the on sea
son showing himself TO an admiring
public In vaudeville houses through
out the country. Not long ago ne
struck Atlanta, the capital OF the
state which claims the honor OF being
Ty's birthplace, and for the one day
that Ty was In town the Atlanta
Journal. the principal newspaper OF
the southern metropolis. turned over
It's sporting page to the distinguished
visitor In order that he might
express his unbrIdled opinion
on things In general and baseball In
particular. Here ~ what Ty has to
say about the prospects for the 1912
season as appears from the Journal:
In beginning this story | want 10
say that the fans who follow the sport.
ing editors dope through the summer
have no idea how hard put TO IL he Is
10 nli space In the winter. and ~ an
apology right here IN my behalf,
want TO say that, In reporting the
worlds series OF games, one has
thousands OF iittie points that come
up IN each game that he can use
every DAY. u 70 entirely dinerent'
lnough, 20 go IN the cold and Try 10
MI space w the winter. AZ tiihe
when one mas 20 almost manufacture
Dis points. u 10 one OF the hardest
Jobs man can tackle. and ! hope
that you VIII overlook my mexperi-
ence In this line.
One OF the matters of most interest
now IN the outcome OF next years
pennant races. suppose ! had bet.
ter commence by trying 10 predict the
outcome Of the next American League
race. touching the GiIereat teams and
their strength, and endeavoring 20
the best OF my ability to line them
up In the order thai they viii finish
at the close OF next season. OF course
must be- biased IA my selection tor
first place. because / firmly believe
that Detroit Will bo the winner next
year And, here comes the pinch
when | attempt TO tell how and why
they are going to win. This second
position give 10 Philadelphia; tho
third win be filled by Boston and the
fourth should belong 10 the White
Sox. Cleveland should he the next
selection. New York follows Cleye-
land. and Washington should follow
New York. with the lowly Sc. Louis
Browns finishing absolutely last
Ny reason for thinking that Detroit
viii via the penuant Is that hon.
estly believe we lost on a flnke last
year. could 10 into complete
analysis and sAdw you where. after
our FIRST basemnn' got his arm broken
by one OF Coombs' fast shoots in the
32nd game OF the season. up 20 which
time We had won 70 and lost only .
games, indicating the class OF the
club. which was absolutely beyond
comparison with any OF the other
clubs We had showed Philadelphia
under In the two games just preceding
that In which GainUf. the first HacKef,
got injured Gamers Injury, OF
course. necessltated our placing Della
hanty. a second baseman, ON first,
aud when he began TO put away
games by his incxporience. Il knocked
out that supreme confidence that the
Detroit team was endowed with. iacR-
ina which onr play lost its decisive
ness, and We sradunlly lost our grip
finally finishing up good second o.
course, after the team started going
badly the pitchers lost their grip,
and the entire crew In general was
demorallzed. However. at times We
showed that latent strength and hight
ing spirit that The Detroit team Is
noted for. dong vel. think. by nm
ishing a good second. winning the
series rom every club IN the league.
moi excepting Philadelphia. with one
exeeplion--the New York Highland
efs. who beat us badly. NO. ! thinN
We have the same team With the same
strength and more DISCRIMINATION to