Arizona republican., 1912-08-10
Short Sports

Celebrations of anniversaries in baseball being the proper caper just now, as witness the dinner given to John J. McGraW on the completion of his tenth year as manager of the New York Giants. Detroit fans" can. if they so desire, have a hip- -hur- rah time on August 30 next and make a Ty Cobb day of it. It was on August 30. 1905. that the hard hitting southerner played his first game in the American league
 Tvs debut took place in Detroit in a game against the Yankees. which was a Detroit victory by a score of , to 3. Cobb helped the Tigers take the game by rapping out a double Jack Chesbro being the first big league pitcher he faced. St Louis fans" saw Cobb for the first time on September 2. 1905, when he failed 10 make a hit off either Ables or Buchanan. Eight days later, on the occasion of his first appearance in Chicago. Ty again went hitless, Frank Paderewski Smith being on the rub her for the Sox.
 When the Georgia Peach played his first game in Cleveland he touched Bob RhOades for single; on his de- but in Washington he procured dou- hle off Tom Hughes, and, appearing in q Philadelphia ball yard for the first time, he collected two hits of "Chief' Bender. In CObb's first games in Boston and New York he went hit less. Cy Young and Jack Chesbro be- ing the men he faced.
 When Cobb made seven successive hits in the double header played in Philadelphia on July r he didn't ap proach anywhere near the major league record for the number of drives made in twin bill The rec ord. as near as baseball achaeOlogists can agree. was established on July 13, 1892, by Ed Delehanty, of the Phillies, in a double-header with Louisville Going to bat nine times, 'Der' peeled off eight singles and a triple.
 The St Louis Brown will be in Detroit on August 30, which day un- doubtedly will be made some kind of a Ty Cobb affair if the Tiger con tinues hitting the pitchers as he now is doing
 While the Chicago Cubs were mak- ing a clean sweep of the five games with the hapless Superbas the Giants were administering a like dose to the Cincinnati Reds, so that the situation between the two teams remains un- changed. It is enough to bring gray hairs to the head of Frank Chance to realize that he has practically a championship team, one much strong er than last year, which gave the Giants such a fight, and still the Ma tiOnal league campaign is not even close. The Cubs have won eight out of the last nine games played, and still have made no appreciable dent in the New York clubs lead.
 There may be a different story to tell this week, however, as the cham piOns will go up against the Pittsburg Pirates for a series of four games While the Pirates have succumbed very readily to McGraws men this year. a clean sweep can harly be expected Whether the Philies will be able to stop the Cubs as they did a few weeks ago in Chicago remains to be seen. Ii they succeed in getting the odd game while the Giants are prescribing simi- larly for the Pirates the pennant race will be just about settled beyond the peradventure of a doubt.
 Freddie Hicks of Detroit, who has whipped Jim Smith and Bob Moha, is particularly anxious to beat Willie Lewis in the second round bout because it will mean another battle with Mike Gibbons. Lewis redeemed himself last spring when he boxed twenty rounds in Paris with Carpen- ter, who got a decision that caused a storm of protests.
 George Cheney, the crack Baltimore featherweight, is a favorite over Geo KirkwoOd of St. Louis for the third ten round affair. There will be two six-round bouts as usual.