The Alaska citizen., 1911-12-04
TYRUS COBB, v.:P.
WOULD LOOK
WELL
BY MahIon T. Doiran.

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Vice President Tyrus Cobb. OF
Georgia,
Rather imposing and high-falutin
name. eh,
Sort of high-brow title. muthink
The boy guessed right the very
first time.
The aforesaid menti, med Tyrus
Cobb, esquire. yice-president and In
charge of the United States senate
is none other that the worlds most
famous baseball player, more com
monty known by the shorter and less
high-sounding title f "Ty."
But it is what Judge w c. Adam
son, congressman from the fourth
congressional district of Georgia, and
ardent Democrat and equally ardent
fan, is most DESTROYS of seeing
,CCur
Cobb being Southerner, is
quite naturally Democrat, according
TO all reports and purposes.
So is Judge Adamson, and &C
according to Geographic reports, the
jurist is quite sincere in his an
nounCemeut that he would like to
see Cobb placed on the Democratic
ticket nexs- fan and given the sec
Oud highest office in the gift of
the American people.
OF course. Judge Adamson wants
Champ Clark. he Missouri speaker
of the house Il representatives. as
the Democrat nominee for the
presidency. but he wants Cobb along
side OF him.
And as long as Champ, a resident
Of the state where they are grown
has never been without his Cobb
pipe, it can readily be seen that he
wouldn't be at all adverse to having
his Cobb Ell the ticket with him
Campaign on Cobb.
In fact, should Cobb be nominated
il is expected that he will make a
large part OF his campaign on the
strength Of cob pipes.
Il don't care to press my prefer
ences FIR the nominations" said
Judge Adamson in a recent inter
view, but am satisfied that Champ
owl Of
Ty Cobb, the baseball hero, would
outrun any ticket in the world.
"Ty Cobb is better baseball man
than Sunny jim Sherman, the pres
ert vice-president, and Champ Clark
excels all other men in the matter
f presidential qualifications.
"A fusion between the Democrats
and the baseball people would GER
tainly be a winner"
But as the governor OF North Car
DINA said to the governor of his
sister state, it is long time be-
tween drinks frcm the baseball field
to the e-presidential chair
There is little question in the
minds of many fans that Cobb would
fail to fill such a chair with credit
to himself and his constituents.
He has filled a pair OF baseball
pants so unquestionably we'll In the
last few years, that in all likelihood
he would wear down the creases in
a Prince Albert without much trou-
Bile.
However it is doubtful if the
Georgia Peach" could be induced to
make the race
First because it is an empty
honor
Second, because he makes more
money now than a vice president.
Third, he loves the game too we'll
and it would be mighty irksome
for him to sit in a chair and lis
ten to dry, long -winded speeches on
an afternoon when baseball was lin
the air
OF course, in the grandstand from
the vice presidents box in Washing
ton he could holler "Robber Cheat
Thief" and all the rest of the fans
pet names, at the umpire. without
being put out Of the game, or fined
And then, he would be buried as
vice-president. and in short time
the small boys and newsies even
would forget the sharp, clean-cut
figure as it walked down the street,
and no mere would remark:
Gimme, see de guy going down
there?"
Yes. Who is he, Washington"
Nav, you boob Washington
would look like second money in de
mex race along side O him. Why
that's 'Ty' Cobb, the great baseball
player"
And forthwith, the youngster thus
informed would be the idol of his
country cousin the next week, when
he told Of having seen, and actually
walked on the same street with the
greatest ball player on earth.
Fame! 'Tis a grand old thing, all
right, all right, but it would be a
shame, Judge, to bury such a really
great man in the meager position