Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-13


 Ty is on the warpath, fellers! The Gentleman from Georgia. whose labors are devoted to keeping the Detroit Tigers in the pennant race. and whose full and complete name is Tyrus Ray mond Cobb, has started the 1915 base ball season with one of those irresisti- ble dashes toward batting and base running records. And, unless he stubs his toe-suffers injuries as he did in 1914-Ty is likely to nailsup some new marks for the future greats of the dia- mond to shoot at
 True enough. it's a bit early in the baseball campaign to devote a session the aforementioned "figgers" are said not to iff, we nay get some enjoyment out of little statistical dope. And just now tfe principal cannonading in the direction of the records is coming from Fort Detroit, and the big gun of that American League stronghold, T.. R. Cobb.
 Introducing the Gentleman From
 Georgia.
 Be it known-a1though this infor- nation seems entirely superf1uous- that Ty is an outfielder, and while he assists the Detroiters by catching his share. of flies and throwing men out at various bases, he devotes a whole lot of his attention to swinging a bat and doing unexpected and marvellous stunts on the base paths.
 Well, to give the facts and the fg- gers" In the first quarter of the 1915 pennant race, Cobb made 61 hits, scored 47 runs and stole 26 bases. His batting average for that period was 4e7 Now, if the Gentleman from Georgia continues at or about thai be? Easy; ridiculously easy! Multi ply the bingles, the tallies and the thefts by. four and you have it To have you the trouble, here's the result: PA hits. 18S runs and 104 stolen bases for Ty.
 viii Cobb do as well in the last three quarters as he did in the first Do your own guessing, folks. But there is no really good reason why he should not do so. In fact, he invar1a- bly has been a strong fnisher. In September, particularly, when there is something at stake. the Detroit mar vel sets a pace that no other living ball player can follow. Asl1eJoe Jack son. Nap Bap5oie and othersxwho have tried to keep ups with Tyrus.
 Whether Cobb will be ablesto upset his own highests marks kins batting and baserunriing, established in 1911, and those of other modern ball players. Is another tthingragain. There's a. chance that he~wiu,A granting, of course, that he escapes the serteskof misfortunea that retarded him slast%season- Cobb holds, the modem recordssfoT the greatest numbersof basethits ina season-248. Hesalsosscoredtheg greet est number .of runs in a campatgn since 1S94ATyt crossed the splate 147 times. Although he win be. compelled to. speed up a hit tin the sbase-hit de- pertinent, since shas will be four shy.o his own mark if he continues rat his present gait, he ifs due to exceed. his own record for runs scored, and$ he may slump fn, his tallying pursuits. too Denting the home plate in the last three quarters as frequent1ys did in the first quarter, heswzllsbe 4ta6uve his previous high mark
 lastECON DHajay hgvno. x SpithyN m.? ?u afof Tasstr aBb. -EnS9G ton-k tWFNsSddTTn TOT hor Shof foma1omofc The base stealing record of modern times does not belong to Cobb. Clyde Milan. the Washington printer. pilferec S8 sacks in 1913. and that is i've more than T. Raymond ever purIoined There are two reasons why Ty may not better preyious base-sfealing