The Detroit times., 1912-08-30
g0BB MADE HIS DETROIT
DEBUT JUST SEVEN YEARS
AGO TODAY WITH DOUBLE
Placed in a Trying Position,
Youngster Made Good Right
OF the Reel
HE SCORED ONE LINDSAY
After Lunging at Two of Jack
Chesbro's Spit Balls He
Finds the Pellet
By RALPH L. YONKER.

Iy Cobb joined the liBeIs so'Sn
years ago today.
He came here youngster from At
lAnta.
He played his first game Aug. 80,
1905.
He played against New York on
Bennett Park.
He got one hit In three times at bat,
facing Jack Chesbro.
He got two putouts.
aOuffieIder Tyrus Cobb. OF the At
lanta team, will join the Tigers on the
+ flcld today" was the unimpressive an
nouncement Of the advent Of the fu-
tire greatest ball player in the world.
made Aug. 30.
The next day he got more attention.
for he had shown great possibilities
IT was q trying situation which Mr..
Cobb. OF Augusta, Ga. faced at the
send-off." they tell US. Mcintyre had
opened the first by drive down the
f0ul line for two bases and had scored
on Lindsay's whack to right. Lindsay
had moved up peg on Schaefers
sacrifice. He took second while Craw-
cord was enrolling himself as the sec
+ 0nd out.
..It's q safe bet Mr.. Cobb had never
seen the like OF the first two spitDalls
Which Chesbro threw him. AT any
rate. he lunged wildly and missed. Up
came another. Just as IL he had
K iundred chances more. Cobb whacked
nt that. He landed. the ball tore It's
way over the head OF little Hahn In
center and Cobb sailed around to sec
ond like and express train"
This was Ty Cobbs debut.
The first words of praise for Ty al
fsr he had Joined the Tigers came
from Eddie Cicotte, who had played
with him In Augusta. Cicotte said
that Cobb was sure to be q star. he
aid that he had all the infields in the
south guessing. II ball took q sec
K ond bounce, he alleged, Cobb had It
beat. II they played close. he raped
-Fie's only 10 years old now. but
he's going to be the greatest in the
world. some day" said Eddie.
Muffin and Crawford are the only
men on the team now, who We're tt
rers when Ty joined the bunch. Don
ovan and O'Leary. we're on the team at
the time. but these two were released
| -. Y. II Z &,
I
The slide from the Tigers to the
CIays al Providence is so. well greas:1 I
cd that II Is hard to keep straight In
your mind whether new man be
longs to us or TO the easternersa q few
moments aftet. the Tigers have secur.
ec him ~
Judging from Manager. JenningS..
refnarks yesterday concerning Onslow
aud Deal. these men are bound Tor
the minors, perhaps, Ito Providence.
Both men need experience. 80
Providence is good place for men
20 get experience for there they viii
be under the tutelage OF Bill Dono.
van, who knows what kind of. play:
ers Jennings dctes on. ~~----
Having young feliows nghtmg for a
chance to 90 up higher ought to
. please the Providence fans also. for
they are the men who make winning
baseball teams. II has often been
ventured that one trouble with the tt
gers was that some OF the men had
got to the end of their string and were
thus without further ambition.
M Iaa
Bill Donovan Is Just about ready
Go lift the Gfays cut Of the cellar and
give them foothold on the second
round OF the percentage ladder. They
are only a game or two behind Mont.
real in seventh place and ought to be
about even with them before the week
is done. yt% .
After Bill pitched his first game for
hts new charges and won II, a Buf-
falo writer had the following to say
or our William:
Since under the leadership of
Wild Bill Donovan, the Providence
Trays are capable OF giving any team
An the International league hard
light and II they keep up their pres
tnt gait, they will not be occupying
f the eighth position when the season
comes to close. Il Is true, the Grays
are made up OF cast-off Detroit play
crs. but Bill Donovan has made them
look like champions since he took up
the reins. The recent series with
Hochester when they won two out Of
three games from the Hustlers and
the victory In two games OF the
double-header with the Herd yester-
Day show the Grays up as no eighth
position team, but one that should be
nehting for first place honors.
The Grays pitching stan is almost
as good as any In the league, with
Bill Slime. Bailey, Cy Young III. and
few others who show up in good
etyle now, and then VIII Bill himself.
heir opponents nnd It hard swelling
their batting averages, as always has
been the case when playing the Grays.
1ir Donovan. yesterday. allowed the
Hard only fiye hits In the irst game
md would have scored a shut-out
over the locals had he not lived up
io his name, Wild Bill, and passed
ave OF the locals"
The Tigers start a much.broken
home enlargement here today, taking
"a the Browns for today and torhor.
row Then they 20 20 Chicago for two
<ays. rest for while and start IN
Win ne Browns again. A week from
Tuesday they start the last big bit oi
ft<eb pie that the fans are to be
|reafed 20. series With the eastern
nn~,ar>~-llE< Pr1nff.r NO fuss ant
II. III. ....a a 49,