Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-03
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KING-TY COBB

| After seeing T. Raymond Cobb on
one of his most brilliant days, Sid
Keener of the ST. Louis Times rises
ito remark:
There have been baseball beau
ties" priced at $22,500; Bill Doak cost
the Cardinals $500, and he's legiti-
mate gem; we have Hans Wagner, Ed
die Collins, Rabbit MaranTille, Johnny
Evers, Lee Magee, George Burns,
Frank Baker, Ed Walsh, Walt John
sen, Chris Mathewson andlozens and
dozens of other athletes hailed as
stars. That's a fact. but when you
get down to brass tacks,f and try to
nick cut the star of EN- all, just say
Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
One Feat. g ~:
This Cobb person and enough other
Tigers to complete team were on
exhibition at Sportsmank park, near
the end of the season The score
beard read: Detroit 8, st Louis 6.
The game was: Ty Gtbb 6, other
Tigers 3, totaling for their side, and
the Browns, quite number of them,
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phia it lis Eddie Collins; In Boston
iris Speaker and Rabbit Maranville:
in Chicago, Ed Walsh, aud all around
the -eircr3t Sefibes and ,oosters1
claim Cobb Just one dfsthe stars But
against cur Brownies Tyrus proved his
right to the greatest ball player o:
today. + .."%.... il
Wild Plays. ~ .: ....s.
Cobb turned plays at Sportsman's
park that no other player in the big
league would have completed. For
instance:
In the first inning Ty was on first
when Crawford slmaeked legitimate
double to right, about far enough out
to send the average player on first
around to third. Mind you, Ty isn't
one of the average. He's above every
enc else, so he didn't stop at third He
just touched the far corner sack when
Pratt received the relay from the out
field. Against any other runner In
baseball Pratt's throw would have
caught Cobb 90 feet from the plate.
Agnew had the ball and waited to tag
the runner a..a ,..sH >:~ +
He dropped his paw to tag Ty, but a
wonderful slide-his body thrown com
pletely away from the catcher, but his
foot touching, the plate, prevented
Sam from registering the out. And
before the inning was finished the
Tigers had three runs. 49,, =
Game the fourth. Ty was on third
and Crawford on second, with two
out. Before the 1000 fans saw what
was going on, Ty spurted for home
with Pitcher Mitchell winding up. It |
was a. steal of home Agnew, again
the ball. The pitch sailed through
his hands and bounced against the
grandstand. Sam also scored. Fve.l
runs for Cobb. ..l
in the seventh, a full house, Cobb
on the middle sack. A short single to.
center. No one out at the time;
army baseball was for Cobb to stop
at third. Sure. Another full house
with him there, still no one out. Did
ne halt? Ty just put on more steam,
rounding the far path; he tore for
home. Once more Agnew had the
bail waiting for the Tiger and once
more that peculiar slide again evaded
the touch of the ball. Another run.
Six in ALL H
An automobile magnate years back
offered buzz cart to the player get.
ting the highest batting average. Cobb |
won that.
The same auto magnate. believing |
he could cheat Cobb out of the prize, |
came back with an offer of a car toi
the most valuable player. Cobb won
that. r.. .--'
Forget about Wagner, Matty. Nc
Ginnity, Walsh. Johnson and others.
There's just one king-Tyrus Ray.
mond Cobb.