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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
PRESENT LAWS DENOUNCED
AND CHANGE PREDICTED


commerce, is doubtless the dream OF
the dominant financial magnates
"If such a calamity befalls, there
will surely arise another Jackson
with power and the good will Of the
people behind him, who will throttle
this pervision of the financial laws
He concluded his address, saying
that there will always be conflict be-
tween law breakers and the expound-
ers Of law, and that it is improbable
that the lawbreakers will triumph in
the end.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
Wheat Still 20 Cents

Seventy cents per bushel is still the
current price in the local wheat mar
ket But while a few sales are being
made there has been little doing dur
ing the past two days. Since the
heavy sales Saturday there has been
much interest taken in the market,
but farmers are not falling over
themselves to sell even though they
regard the prevailing prices as being
good
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
COmnnIsorY Vaccination.

Washington, Aug. 29,-Vacclnation
against typhoid fever was made com
pulsory today for every officer and
enlisted man in the United States ar
my under As years of age. The only
exceptions allowed are those who have
had the disease or who have already
been vaccinated
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
MhirIMind in county Jail.

Charley Whirlw nd, the elongated
red resident of the reservation who Is
a frequent visitor at the city bastile,
has now broken into into the county
Jail. He was brought in Sunday night
by the Indian psl,ce, who allege that
he steal 'em one horse"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
Chinese Students Arrive

Honolulu, Aug. 29-The steamer
Persia arrived today with 70 Chinese
students on board, bound for Ameri-
can universities. The expense of their
American education will be betrayed
from tho returned boxer indemnity
fund. To Chinese young women are
among the party.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
HARMON II Hinge Devil Fish

Port Aransas, TeXas.-F. C. Nico-
demus Of New York and j. c. Cotter
Of Port Aransas harpoOned and
landed a devilfish. The fish measur-
Ell ii feet across and weighed 1900
pounds. The monster towed the
launch three miles to sea and was
captured only after it had been shot
10 times The struggle lasted more
than an hour
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
Togo Sails for Japan.

Seattle, Aug. 29.-Admiral Togo to-
day sailed for Japan on the steamer
Tamba Marpa. He was escorted to
the open sea by the United States
cruisers West Virginia and Colorado
and an excursion boat loaded with
Japanese citizens of the Northwest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
MCCONNELL Runs Feed Yard.

J. c. Mcconnell, who recently leas-
ed the oregon feed yards, taking over
the old lease held by Bowman &
Windsor, is now in charge of the
business, The Oregon feed yards is
owned by Z. Z. Barnett.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-29

w. W. Wiley, Athena; I. e. Young,
Milton: Minnie Ghormley, Helix;
Frank d. Carruth, Stanfield. j. A.
Cavanaugh, Fruitdale; c. v. Kilgore,
Vincent. and Kyle McDaniels, Ad-
ans.
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WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD

The second balcony Of the Giants grandstand
4 rartly completed. 4 Temporary wooden roof
has been constructed, offering a slrt Of protection
iOm tho sun rays for the fans.
The IlnlIops are IN fourth place in the Amer.
can League race. iFC uOiuts ahead Of the Cleye
lands and ten points In advance OF the ChicasUs
Eddie Collins. the crack second baseman, wa,
pun out ~ the game In the ninth inning u IN.
second part Of the double header against the
Rel Sox At Phlladclpha.
Hcndnckson, secured from the Bnucktnn, New
England League Club, made his debut In nah.
field fW the Red sor and played a fair game.
The f'hilli- are now five fun games behind IN.
Chicago IN the National League pennant struggle
The Cardinals aud the Cibs may play a double.
hfa1er to-day OF to- morrow on account OF the
game scheduled yesterday being postponed BY wei
grounds.
Tbs Reds outhit the I1ratc, but the latter
'ofnchcf their bnsdes In tho las inning. which
enabled them 10 win.
Trts steasrr. the great Boston American out
fieder, didn't get 4 hit In the double-headu at
Philadelphia yesterday.
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y would be to a big league team

they would be to a big league team
now?
MY main trouble at the start" says
Cobb. was that | didn't take my job
or the Augusta team seriously. | VII
never forget the first time | was
benohed. / used to like my peanut
tdny. and one day I went out to centre
field chewing On a big hunk OF this
candy. A fly ball was hit out to me.
but | forgot to throw away the candy.
and everything got 10 mixed up that
| lost the ball and, incidentally. the
game. For that | va benchcd, and |
should have been"
The career OF Ty Cobb after he hit
the big league IL pretty well known.
He didn't get much OF a chance the
first season. but during the next spring
Davy Jones was hurt and the Georgia
youngster went In to take his place.
From that day on Cobb has been 4
ha Saho1 n ~oppatiop
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MANAGER WANT > TO SELL
HIM FOR $50.

when I got back to Augusta" says
Cobb, Manager Roth evidently did not
realize what could be done with my
natural speed. lie was continually nag
! ging at me for trying to steal bases.
He wouldn't allow ne to take any
! chances at all. | became discouraged
| and only hit .23s In thirty-eight games.
Roth In the mean tim was trying to
sell me for $50. My friends got on to
this. however. and worked a trick on
the manager. They would all go to the
phone every once in a while and ask
the manager, When IL Cobb going to
play7 Is that true that you are going
to sell him2' This worked so well that
Roth, thinking the public was strong
for me-. decided TO keep me-"
The following spring George Leidy be-
came manager OF the team. and then
Cobb began to shine. lie used 10 take
the youngster out on long rides and
would picture to him tho glor!es OF the
big league,
He did II in suoh n glorious way"
says Cobb. that | a crazy for n
chance, I told him that | believed I
could make good If they would let me
run bases to suit myself. He then told
me that the bride was off ana that
cculd steal a base any time that / felt
like It. Leidy advised me to take a
chance al all times, ana ne Always ar
gued that the secret OF baseball was in
taking a chance on the bases, He vas
right. too. As a proof OF hat he took
the San Antonio team two years ago
and won the pennant with ease. The
first day l was allowed to cut loose I
stole four bases in a game at Column
bla, s. C. After that 1t was easy"
For the rest OF that season Cobb
batted 1926 and he was the sensation OF
the league. In the mean time Leldy
tipped him OFF to the fact that Detroit
had an option on h1m for s75 and the
old manager began TO ge. him In shape
for the big league. II seems tina
Cicotte. the present Boston pitcher, was
with Detroit and that he had been sen,
back to Augusta. The option on Cicotte
was ira nsferred to Cobb. and that Is tht
way that the Tigers got him. on that
Augusta team was a bunch OF ball
players who afterward became famous
Cicotte. Clyde Engls, Nap Rucker
Ducky Holmes the younger. and Ty
Cobb all worked on the club at the sam
' Tina caa vow Imagine what . hall
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Inside k!!!eRinv
~ TviR IRE
%Gpdt fQhtefS
y bY -
1900 Charley EXIC.

last round. Then the yells and cheers
ana howl5 that ar Sc from the rms
SIDE we're too much for them. with q
yeIl' the musicians abandoned their in
struments and tore toward the crowd
that pressed closely around the fighters.
me leader OF the orchestra, entlrek
deserted. wavered for a m and
tsen foilowed on their heels.
Inc scene that ensuei was one Of the
funniest I have ever witnessed. List.
man and Murphy were tearing at each
other like a couple OF BULLDOGS, sur
rounded by a bowling mob. Old men,
young men, married women and young
girls. barefooted. b%arelegged BOYS and
little girls In short dresses cheered
themselves hoarse ~ their respective
champions landed telling blows.
AZ the end OF the sixth round. the
referee awarded the decision to List
man. Instantly pa~niemonium broke
loose among the Murphy a~dherents.
Billy ran over to the referee begging
him not to decide against him. That
oniclal considered for a moment and
then said. We'll. let's call II a draw"
what had taken place before was not
n circumstance TO what followed.
Donnybrook Fair had nothing on that
crowd. Thinking their champion
robbed. OF the decision. the German
element made a dash for the referee
and tho irish tried to defend him. And
tn way Dutch and Irish mixed II up
was a caution. For fifteen minutes
fhsr" We. . raging. aSh:.ss MeS push
Ing and clrcllng around that ring.
stones. chair legs. beer glasses. any
thins and everything that could serve
as a missile went sailing through the
air. The poor little referee was scared
stiN. and II took all the special cops
In the park to hurry him away to
safety and to break IN the riot.
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odd Surround ros.

The fight started about 10 o'clock in
the evening. Murpy weighed about 10
pounds and bistman about 10. There
must have been about i've thousand
people at that picnic. The attraction OF
n good prize night, together with dane
Ing and ali the beer and good eating
1ne wanted was very %allurlng. and the
park was TANNED. The dancing i0or
was Jammed until the fght started.
Then all the ne In the place made a
break for the ringside. and most OF the
women followed There were slim little
Irishmen and big, burly Ir'shmen. fat,
dummy little Dutchmen and big, brew
cry wagon Dutchmen. over the ropes
hung big bony Irish biddies and Dutch
fraus so fat that they spilled over the
edges. Tables. chairs. beer kegs. boxes,
everything that could be made to serve
as a vantage place from which to
watch the fight. was pressed into SER
vice. Young cid swarmed up into the
branches OF the trees. while glrlles
dressed in their Sunday best stood on
beer kegs and yelled KIN the Dutch
man. 90 on. soak the Irisher."
The nght lasted SIX rounds. II was a
beautiful sluggiRg match. In which
Llstman had decidedly the better of 1t.
The last round was the hottest. | re.
member catching a tleetlng glance OF
tho German band vaiiantly pumping
away at the lance moor a few yards
away. At every opportunity the
musicians would give "A hurried look
over their shoulders toward the ring
side. Although every mothers son Of
them al Itching to see that fight. they
stuck bravsiX to their guns until the
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long as q last resort. senator CobD pro-
I going on a trip with a ball club. but
line and catcher. went to the elder Cobb
go Just this one time" On the promise
look after the welfare and conduct OF
$ consent. That gave Cobb his first real
u proved a bear OF the first order.
err. and finally landed one hat won the
on and to pay you expenses back home
In case you fall"
When Cobb arrived AT Augusta he
was paid 500 a month. The manager.
Con Strouthers, released him at the
end of the week.
1T has often been said that Con
Strouthers gave me my start" explains
Cobb. but that is not true. AS a mat
ter OF fac he held me back more than
he helped me. George Leidy Is the a
who really started me on the right
idea"
As soon as Cobb got his notice OF re-
lease he was determined not to qu I.
and he called his father on the long
distance phone. telling him OF al offer
Ala. His father advised him to 20
ahead and show them that he could
make good. The old gentleman had his
Irish up by this time and was heart
and sou with his boy In his efforts to
rake good. At Admission Cobb did well.
but after two weeks there he heard
that Manager Strouthers had been let
out at Augusta and that Andy Roth
had charge of the team and wanted
HIM back. lie went back.
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coes's VERY BEST CATCH MADE
YEARS AGO.

The day of the game finally arrived.
and Tyrus says h a he made up MS
mind to shine that day II never again.
His chance came In the eighth inning.
when Commerce had three men on bases
and W out. A long drive was hit TO
left centre and It looked like a sure
,~wo-bagger. Somehow" says Tyrus.
81 felt that the left fielder was going to
miss II, and / ran behind him. He
hacked up on the hall and barely man
aged to touch II with the tips of his
fingers. ! was running at full speed.
and by a dive managed to scoop the
ball with one hand when It was a foot
from tine ground. The catch saved the
game, and / can truthfully say I,never
made a better n in my life, When |
came in the spectators were crazy with
,oy and they began tossing me money.
picked up s1l in quarters n half
dollars. My father was so carried away
with my performance that he tmmedi-
ately became a fan. More than that, he
went back to the oflce and wrote a fun
account of the game In his paper. II
was the first baseball story that the
town OF Royston had ever read and II
made a great hit.
ono catch made a baseball player out
OF mo and a baseball writer out of my
father.
AT the end OF that season." continued
Cobb, II began making my plans ia
Join the South Atlantic League club at
Augusta, Ga. II became necessary for
ma to get my friend McCreary. my
mother, all OF my relatives and the
voters OF the town to bring pressure to
bear on my father. Finally he gave his
consent, Calling me to his office one
day. he said:
"Son. ! am going 10 let you go 10
Augusta and see what you a 40. As
long as you've made up your mind ia
be a ballplayer. I van you to be the
best. I doubt II you will make good.
bua hsrsA 70 soMs mAnAy to- yoM = I've
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s. NEWS nj All RRANCHEC NJ SPORT ED7ED Y -
81 vkvVO VI E7AA 7A\N4 vi ~ UNI ROBERT EDGREV
SheSU00d Magee WI BE Elig,ble 10 Pay
Against Cardinals Next Wednesday.

1e0eAepAa far Ne happy to-day because Of the announcement ~
NooeeoS Lynch Of the National League that he has rsanstatsd oushsdsr
o~W~se Aagss Of the Rhinss whom he had previously suspended for .
yeAS Ss esaulttng Umpire Tinnsrsn O Q game between the Quaksrs n
Cardinals . Philadelphia July 10. Magss 10 only on probation, for II he
eessnv asport himself o the bali held IN ths most approved OF fashion he
~ have y serve ut the sentence that was imposed IN him. y 10 . strange
0116 that NE crack player will be able TO con back TO h diamond OF nsst
Wednesday. ana o. that date his club will be playing the sans Nj 81 hon
nat opDoeed them when he made his uncansd for attack on the umpire
xs Cardinals viii Be the arst team to visit slowtown, ana o that occasion
Ne Y1Nues Will be immsasurahly strengthened with Magss back in the
NAsuo. WIN Titus, Pasksrt ana Nagss in the outer works they have . o n.
haauea second to none in the business. Nagss 10 thinking Of wearing . gsg
fer The ~ Of ths season.
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Lwrdy stops Kenny ~ six RewwAs.

With an ADVANTAGE of many pounds.
Jack Lundy. the Brooklyn fighter. de-
feated Young Kenny Of Boston In the
sixth round OF a ten-round bout at the
Pr'ghtor Reach A. c. stag. Lundy was
after Kenny from the start and soon
had him IN a weak condition from his
stln jabs In the face and heavy blows
In tho stomach. In the sixth round
IIundy sailed into Kenny and gradually
wore him down with n volley OF punches
In the stomach, The bout was too ons
sided as Lundy had too much weight
on his opponent.
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Loses His Title to
Johnny Griffin in First Real
Fight Held Publicly at
coney IsIand-Funny Scenes
Marked Battle With List.
man at Jersey Picnic Grounds.
australian Billy Murphu

"''ppc0 into tne INK aIter MS
summer layon to face Tommy
White. the Board OF Trade Pet" Of
chicago. Tommy was n rafting good
little lighter and had tired conclusions
with nearly all the prominent feat err
weights In the Cast. The men fought
before tho Pacific A. e. of San Fran.
cisco Tor a purse Of 1900. The men
spared for thlrty-two rounds and finally
the disguised referee called II mo con
test Murphy stalled throughout this
hsa; Jus; as he Ind done in tine one
with Johnnie Murphy. and White was
willing. but unable TO finish the Aus
tralian. The club allowed Tommy 400
Tor training expenses. but refused TO
give Murphy anything.
Around about this time. or, a little
earlier. athletic CLUBS began to spring
up around New York and nghts we're
being held In public. The most promi-
nent OF these clubs was the Seaside
Athletic Club at Coney Island. of which
Judse Newton was the matchmaker.
Newton wanted to get Murphy to New
York and offered him a match with
Johnnie Griffin. tho "Braintrcs Lad
whom Murphy had defeated several
years before In San Francisco. Murphy
accepted and came to New York. Ths
men were matched to night on Feb. o
1887. for u purse Of $500 to the Winnie
n $500 to the loser. This was tn,
biggest purse that a yet been huns
up for a featherweight nght. The ar,
ticlcs specified that the match would b,
Tor the feathsrweight championship Of
tho world at i22 pounds. A great dea
Of lnicreIi WA nrnused
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Title Changed Hands.

1t was to DO Murphy's first appear
ance In New York. Johnnie Griffin was
well known In the East and had best
ed the cleverest fe1thcrweights TO be
found along the Atlantic sea board. Grit-
mn did his preliminary training over In
Boston. and put on the finishing touches
down ut Brooklyn Jimmy Carrolrs road
house In concy Island. Murphy did
his trai ny at Nyack. Murphy was
shocked out In the fourth round. after
a very hard battle. and lost his Gather
weight crown. The details OF the battle
VIII be given In Grifln's career.
The ex-champion next fought with
Jerry Barnctt. the amateur feather
weight champion or America. at Mad
ison Square Garden on April 20. He
was bested by Barnet, In four rounds.
He then fought four rounds, no de-
ciston. with Johnnie Van Heest over In
Philadelphia In May.
Murphy's next fight was with Eddie
lAstinan at "A picnic park out between
Newark and Posedale on July II. The
occasion was a benefit held by a labor
unlon This union was out on strike
and the picnic was to help repienish
tho depleted treasury. As an added
attraction. a lumber OF lights were
carded. the principle one beinE the
Murphy-Iistman bout. Listman had
been the i25-pound champion OF the
Amateur Athletic Union and turned
professional for this fight. As far as
| know. this was the only night held IN
America which was contested on the
turf In the night time. The original
plan had been to hold the Nights on
the ance floor. but there was such a
crowd and so many OF the young people
W. wanted to dance that II was de-
cided to fight or the turf. A spot on
the pebbled driveway leading from the
gates or the park up to the dancing
platform was selected. There were
trees ana grass all around and numer-
Gus tables, Ropes were stretched from
tree to tree and colored lanterns hung
all around. The members OF this union
were about equally divided between the
irish and the Germans.
Although coming from Australia and
New Zealand. BtAy Murphy was OF
Irish descent and therefore received
the strenuous support OF all tho Sons
OF Erin present. Eddie Listman was a
German. and the Dutch all lined up
strongly for him. Tho referee was a
little fellow from Newark. whose mann
I do not recall.
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COBB ExCELS
AS BATTER AND
BASE.STEAlER

BASE.STEAlER.
In 1909 Cobb led
the American League
battsrs with On aver
age Of .377. He also
lod the base-stsalsrs
18th 70 steals.
In 1910 Cobb led
The American League
With . batting aver
70 OF .3e4.
30 far this season
Cobb 10 leading al
the battsrs with an
average OF $50, ana
II looks 40 II he will
nave . wall over for
ne championship .
third time.
Cobb II only twsn-
ty-four years old ana
has been playing
professional ball sew
on years. He 10
without question the
star Of the Gams
light now ana one Of
the greatest draw
ing cards" the ma
tional pastims ever
know.
Re started playing
professionally With
Augusta and was
paid 800 . month.
To-day his salary 10
- big n not bigger
thar that Of any 9th.
Or player In the bust.
ness, running high
up In the four az
urss. Prom his earl.
lest days Cobb had Z
psnohant for steal
ing bassn ana sx'
cellsd 81 that par
tioulaf part Of th'
gams almost from
the nrst time h,
donnod . uniform.
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MAJOR. LEAGUE RECORDS
Compiled by Expert George l. MoreIand.

American League dating Average
Records of all players. batting $50 or
better. who have played in ten or more
games up to and including those playei
on Wednesday, Aug. 0:
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Fly BULGtR.

IT HE catcher of he "hrst nine IN Royson. Ca, a a Freemason. and
George Leidy. a oid-ums banpayer who came tina a few months
4 later, n o. to All q younsyer full Of ambition. To these W facts
Tyrus Cobb. he baseball marvel Of the decade attributes his wonderful
II am still ignorant Of the inside stun that enabled Bob Mccreary. the Free.
10 work such wonders with my father" expiatns the Georgia peach. But
you can bet you nfet that jut as soon a l val twenty-one years od1 immedL
aty made application toj join the lodge and was accepted" To this day Tyrus
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home own. $1,000,
And let mo tell you something
added cobb as he went on with these
"reminiscences OF his early days on the
diamond, 'once an athlete feels Mat
peculiar thrill that goes With victory
and public praise. the fascination hoios
him for life. lie can never get away
from II. on the way back home from
that game | made up my mind ina l
would try and be a great balipiayer
and I worked at It by day and reame
OF 1t by night
Soon after the game at Elberton Copp
was made a regular centre fielder Tor
the orst time. In the mean time his
father had to attend the session or the
Senate, and he began to hear OF the
wonderful feats of his son. He still Oh
iected to his boy becoming a ballpiayer'
as he had mapped out a course for him
in the University OF Georgia. When he
returned to Royston. however. the Lead
ing citizens, who were baseball crazy.
finally succeeded In getting the elder
Cobb 10 go out and see his son play In
n game against the team from Conn
nerce. Ga. For several days he had
Teen making secret inquiries as TO
whether his son mad real ability. and
neither ba seball was an honorable pro-
tess,on, or whether Ty would be thrown
in contact with rowd!es.
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National League Batting Average.
Records Of all players. batting $50 or
better. who have played in ten or more
games up to and including those played
on Wednesday Aug, 0:
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'skeeters" In Two Double Headers

The Jera City tear OF the Eastern
League vi play two ge les at West
Side Park to-day with Montreal, Two
games are also on tn bill Tor tomorrow.
Rain accompanied the Can"-i;s" on
their last visit Jerse: City. Hence
the two bargain bill
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that he was very fast IN his feet. and
In the town races he always won. He
" as also q natural born ballplAyer. and
he attracted attention the minute that
re began playing shortstop for the
second nine, In his home He
was too small and slight to get a reg
ular place on the FIRST nine but when
the two teams got together for prac-
tice young Tyrus always made the
,lder boys hustle. One day there was
, game to be played at Elberton, Ca.
which is in the heart Of the peach
country from which come the famous
"Elbertas." The centre fielder on the
FIRST nine" had to go out of town to
buy some cattle. and as his services
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never goes out without that mystic but.
ton. and he firmly believes that II u re-
sponsibie for his leading the American
League batters and hanging up the big.
gest base stealing record In the history
OF the game.
Understand me-" laughed Cobb. Il
don't mean to say that FreemAsonry
helped me hit the ball and run bases.
but II certainly helped mo set the
chance"
Tyrus Cobb is o but twsnty-four
years old and he has been playing ase
ball bust seven years. which includes
hts experience In the minor leagues. In
hat time he has flashed across the
baseball sky like a meteor. and will
probably go down in history u h
greatest player the diamond has ever
known. In those few years Cobb has
hecome ipdenendently wealthy, He IL