The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-04-19
Georgia Peach Tells Times Readers Some Interesting Ltl
Stories Of Happenings Seldom Known to General Pub
lie, and You'll Have to Grin, Anyway
(World's Greatest AIl-around Player.)
By TY COBB

, have hung around the Grub for Q, TINT
| and become used to the language and
ways of the Big Leagues. But lot 81
year.. The st. Louis Browns are made
| up almost entirely Of bushers.
But, however, the newcomer 10 treat
ed after the season opens, on the field
during the training period the kid" !.
care, encouraged in every possible
way. and correcteds when necessary.
In the mildest sort Of fashion. The
modern rookie" hardly knows what q
down South when everybody Is learn
stead Of yelling, wen. you blank.
blank bonehead. can't you eSen sea
how many men are on the bases?' the
s now. Bin api dom. Dc iss think you mad.
that play Just right. Your method
might be all right in such and such .
case, but 1t seems to me that in this
particular instance it would have been
better to have tried for the force-out
In the old days. things were different,
you can bet on that. have been
fortunae In never playing for a big
league manager who was bully, but
some Of the old timers used to scare
swear! A Mississippi river mate would
have seemed a stickler for purity OF
diction and chastity in conversation
compared to soae of the old dragons
who used to be managers
Off the field. things are different. too
I got into the Big League right at
the tail-end of the hazipg. era and 1t
times the other players made 1t mighty
uncomfortable for me. They did things
temptible and laft scars that took .
long time to disappear. Now, j do not
blame those fellows particularly. They
simply followed a long-estabtshed Gus
tom and may have thought that 1t was
their places"
Perhaps some of US were fresh" in
the eyes of the older men Certainly
never intended to be anything but
friendly with them. but because l
wasn't subservient they got the idea
to be taken down a peg. They certainly
got under my skin at times. and once
1 became so disguised and discouraged
over what believed to be unnecessary
abuse and a succession of petty mean
nesses that I wanted to leave the IT.
gers and go to Indianapolis / am glad
to say that the Detroit club wouldn't
let me, for l finally established myself
and my tormentors received me into the
fold as a full-fedged member Of select
baseball society.
My own case is Oy no means 80 DAD a
some that l have heard of. On some
clubs, in the old days. a recruit would
actually have to fight his way into the
big league. and then would have to
fight to stay when he got there, There
were outfits that treated a youngster
worse than the 8. p. c. A. would let
you treat a dog. The intruder" as
they seemed to regard every newcomer,
was cursed roundly. and even punched
If he didn't have the strength
and size and grim determination to dis
such things. Nobody except
the manager thought OF trying to teach
him anything. and, of course, every
body on the bench was pulling" against
him and trying to put anything that
went wrong on his shoulders.
bush league stiff on the club to clog
run play now and then" perhaps one
OF the veterans would growi. Il gave
him the sign so plainly that everybody
else in the park saw II, but he didn't
go. and made me look like a sucker"
Probably Smith hadn't given anything |
that resembled a sign, and was simply
Swinging this line of talk to abb"
himself and make the kid" out . |
In the managers eyes.
Nowadays, however. all of the veter- |
ans realize that the success OF the club |
means something to them personally. !
and II a recruit shows up who looks as
though he has the goods, everybody IL
out To give him a lift. There Is always
that worlds series money dangling be- |
fore our eyes, and We can't afford TO