The Detroit times., 1912-07-08
COBB WILL BEAT JOE
JACKSON TO BATTING
HONORS AGAIN IN 1912
While the Shoeless One is Gong
at His Swiftest Stride, Cobb
Still Has Reserve
SOUTH PRODUCES STARS
Cobb, Speaker, Jackson ana
Milan Hail From Land Oh
Cotton and Spring Camps
SOUTH PRODUCES STARS
ny RALPH L. YONKER.

Az the close OF the season OF 49,
,rvrrs Cobb OF the Tigers Will &c
higher than Joe Jackson, OF the Nap0'
IA batting average. - coht
That practically means that Copu
will again head the list OF oatters ~
the American league,
Jackson right now IL going Al
swift a pace as may be expected OF
him. Jackson's performance TINS
year may be expected TO be more COZ
sistent than that Of Cobb. That Is
Toe struck a fast stride at the begin.
ninp Of the season. He forged ahead
OF Cobb and he has remained there
until only day or two ago wneh ~
headed him.
Jackson has been hitting slightly
less than 400. Ty is now hitting
little over 100. But jackson 70
Roing just about his limit, while ~
rus has failed really to open up tnat
wonderful speed OF his until only TO
Gently. -,
That July, hot, fighting baseball
weather has given Cobb an insplra-
3 ton. His work hitherto has been De
low his usual standard In speed ana
daring. But the Tigers are regain
Ing their pep, with the result that ~
"a leading them again in aggressive
ness.
Cobb gets many OF his hits through
q daring and his marvellous speed. JACK
son gets most OF his through clean
hitting. jackson has limit which II
IL practically impossible for him 10
net over. Cobb can increase the
number OF his hits by greater enort.
This he has been. doing lately, anc
he bids fair to continue doing 80. he
has been beating out infield hits late
" with much more regularity than al
the first Of the SESSION. Now. while
there may be Some consolation to the
natural hitter in the fact that he Is
getting more clean hits than Tyrus.
nevertheless the infield bingles count
inst as much in the official averages
as do the sharp singles.
why Is II that the best outfeldera
come from the south?
The three men leading the league
In hitting Just now, are from the land
Of training camps and cotton.
Cobb and Jackson, as IL well known,
both hail from the south. iris Speak
er, also, comes from far south OF the
Mason and Dixon line. Texas IL iris
tam's home, and II was In Texas that
he began playing the game.
He was born in Hubbard City and
started playing ball with Cleborne
az pitcher. and outfielder. Then
he went to Houston In the Texas
league: from there, to Little Rock,
although he was the property OF Bos-
ton at the time. Then. to the Hub.
Clyde Milan, who Is ranked possibly
lust below these three men, comes
from Tennessee. He also started
playing In Texas, the little town on
Blossom claiming him. His team dis
banded, however, and the next year
he went to Shawnee. Oklahoma. He
again proved to be ink. the club
going to pieces, but hooked up next
with the more or less uncertain
Wichita bunch, where he remained
for two years, when he went TO Wash
ington to form the backbone of the
cellarites' outfield, for FIVE years.
Next to the south, the Pacific coast
II the most prolific in outfielders OF
note. Ping Bodie. the famous fance-
buster Of the White Sox. is the best
known. Our own Oscar Witt might
have ranked IA tina leading outfelder
from the coast this year, had not fate
and Manager Jennings assigned him
TO q John-of-all-trades job. Buddy
Ryan. the Cleveland bench man. al
legged once upon time TO be a phe-
nom, II the biggest fiZzle the coast
has sent east recently.
t3
A Speaking OF Ryan, wen have Ia
hand It to the New Orleans critics
who gave us the information early
this spring that Buddy Ryan wouldn't
make good They said down there
that he didn't look as good even al
Butcher. While Butcher was let &c
recently by the Maps rather than Bud
dy, II was undoubtedly because hi
was older than the Ryan youngster.
OF course, Ryan may possibly come
back and assert high class. Reser
yation IN made for this.
'T1l he glad when we get away
from this town." said John Dubuc
here Just before the team left fol
Chicago.
Why"
|fe ILL., % THAT can snake Inat 1inS
that has been hanging to me since
we came back from the east"
or course, II may be that the mere
thought of the burden of FINK NAV
have no effect whatever on a pitcher
II may be that there Is no mental
Repression In the idea OF Jonah.
II may be that the cold that has
centered In DubTc's arm has van
ished. and that his slow ball Is AGAR
working TO perfection.
Be that as II may Dubuc's record
Of coming so close to Mullins recen
no-hit feat. Saturday. at Chicago, wal
remarkable.
81 Sanborn calls Jean "Chauncey,'
and then says ssChauneey" came 3,
near TO pitching a no-hit game tina
II was q shame TO deprive him OF II
Buck Weaver smashed Johns dream
by q clean single over second.
The Tigers start their eastern tril
after a goodly show OF pep and In
|Ications that Il will be kept up. Thi
eastern invasion Is the last ditch 10
TIE Tigers. II appears. n IL the east
trn teams that the Tigers must beal