The Detroit times., 1914-06-22
Escapade With Butcher and
Butcher-BOy Causes Him TO
Spend Sleepless Nights
DENIES THAT HE WOULD
CONSIDER FED OFFER
May Leave Detroit For a Short
Time Until Injured Hand
and Feelings Recover
BY RALPH l.. YONKER.


Ty Cobb has slept but very little
for two nights He has lain awake
worrying himself almost sick and
fretting about his escapade Saturday
night in which he forced a butcher TO
apologize 10 Mrs. Cobb over the tele-
phone and then broke his hand in a
fight with the butchers assistant AT
ter the original trouble had all been
settled.
Cobb feels 80 ashamed over the no
toriety that he has brought upon him
self and so depressed over the pub
lefty that has been given the affair
and the embarrassing position that
he has been put into by newspaper
accounts OF the incident that he wants
TO quit baseball, His greatest wish
right now is that he could get out OF
the game altogether. He would Ike,
at least, to 20 into another league or
into another club besides Detroit He
feels that he has been in Detroit long
enough and that this last event In his
life will make II harder than ever for
him to play IN Detroit.
But In spite OF the fact that Cobh
feels so badly about IL all, he admits
that the sensible thing for him TO do
ID to get back into center field Tor
Manager jennings just as soon as
he can and play harder than ever In
order 10 make up for the loss the club
VIII suffer while he is out OF the
game.
AS for joining the Federals, that Is
O Joke TO him, he says He told the
reporters, Saturday night, that this
AFFAIR might force him 10 go over TO-
the new league 10 escape the joshlng
that would be coming TO him. he
says now, however, that that was
meant In fun and that any reference
he made TO the new league was IN
spirit OF jest
IN order 10 escape attention for the
next few days while he is out with
broken thumb. Cobb may take nsh-
ing trip somewhere in the northern
part of Michigan. Today he was not
csrtain lust what he would do, but he
admitted that ne wanted TO get out OF
the city for rest If possible.
Cobb himself is willing TO admit
that his desires at the present time
to get out of baseball IN general and !
to leave Detroit in particular should |
nor he too seriously taken. lie Is I
still wrought up over the publicity |
that has been and is being given his |
battle with the butcher boy, and his
feelings now are not what they VIII
he later when he has had time TO cool
OF a little more.
Cobb was seen at his home on |
IonRfellow.ave. late this morning. lie
was lying abed. his right hand done
IN IN a very professionallooking ban
daRe. He shook hands with his left |
hand.
"Guess that I'll be out Of the game
for seven or eight days" said COBB /
.sft makes me sore that such thing |
an this should have happened just at
the time when we were going along
fine
~You know / feel terribly depressed
about this whole thing. nave
slept but a little IN two nights
didn't sleep at all Saturday night and
only a little last night What am
worrying about more than anything
else Is the position It places my
friends In.
Hes been In a fight and 1t got
into the newspapers, they'll say.
That's a fine thing for Cobb TO be !
doing You see, although | hrmly /
believe that was and am right IN i
the matter, the fact that l was IN /
fight makes II look bad
II feel right now as II II would be
impossible TO remain In baseball.
can't bear the thought TO keeping on |
in a game that makes a mans every I
action a matter OF public property. /
There Is one thing that can't and
won't stand and that is the thought
that my wife OF family is being In
suited.
ct know, though, that the best thing |
for me to do IL TO forget this as soon
an can, get back into the game and
play harder than ever in order 10
make up for the time will be out
'T am very, very sorry that can.
not play right along. owe II 10 the
club 20 be In there working with
them and shall get back as soon as
can. have no regrets for resent
ing what I believe TO be an insult
offered my wife. The fight with the
butchers boy came after everything
else had been settled
after had demanded that Mr.
Carpenter apologize over the tele-
phone and had showed him the re
volver that carried 10 make sure
Z that there was no hesltancy about n
I put my hand on Mr.. Carpenters