New-York tribune., 1918-08-25
Iy Cobb Bids
10000 N. Y.
ans Goodbv
King of Baseball Players
Celebrates Occasion by
Making Home Run
By Charles A. Taylor


national game has ever known, said
goodby TO New York fandom Yesterday
afternoon at the Polo Grounds. Cobh
is Planning to enlist in the naval avia-
ton branch of the service ar the close
of the baseball season, and as he fr-
ures there may be lapse of perhaps
Two or three years before the Kaiser
Is finally squelched he is preparing to
write fms on his diamond career.
Cobb. it must be remembered. is old
- not IN years. but old as baseball
measures age. He began playing pro
resslonal ball in 1904 at Augusta, and
the following year went to the Detroit
Tigers, with which team he has served
fourteen seasons. He will be thir+v-
two next December.
A Typical Farewell
The farewell of Ty was typical of
the man. Let no sad funeral bells
be ringing; let tinkling cymbals be
your plan, was the spirit exuding from
Oopo as he stepped to the plate in the
ninth inning OF the second game. Tv
flrst turned and faced the 10000 in tho
stands with his characteristic smile
and then shook hands with Bill Evans
the umpire '''''
The 10000 arose, cheered and be-
sought Ty to make at least a single
on TINS his farewell appearance with
his old war club
~. mere were two men out and the
Ilgers We're trailing by score of 9
mr. j
Georgia Peach more than to have
obeyed the pleas of the fans. hut
George Mogridge Gas cold -souled
pltcher' and he insisted on throwing
such mean balls up to the batter that
the best ly could accomplish was a fy
20 centre, which Lamar caught after a
short run.
But II Cobb failed when he made his
maj DOW he was far from failure in
the nrst game Of the double bill. which
went 10 the Tigers by score of to 4. OF
me me IVe tailies registered by the visitors
Coob was responsible for four of them.
IN the third inning, with Witt on base.
~ drove the ball into the lower right
right field stand for q home run. In
the next frame, with the bases full
lyrus singled to right, scoring two
more of his mates.
IN order to make it a perfect dav
oND S4,iApeo 10 the top of the Tiger
dugout between the two games and Dc
livered an appeal in behalf Of the Va
Savings Stamp Fund. Ty hit close TO
l;ooo as an orator and put sadly into the
shade a similar effort on the part Of
Hughle Jennings, the Scranton petit
logger. p''''-
Miller Higgins also was importuned
10 90 little speechifying for the good
cause but ne crawled under the Yankee
pench, thereby evading Sheriff Lynes.
OF Colorado. who was in charge of the
campaign.
First Game See-Sawy
lhe flrst game was somewhat see
sawy. The Tigers, as intimated. secured
I"o % runs IN the second inning. After
Bush had famed Witt beat out a
mt TO Baker. Tyrus Cobb thereupon
banged the ball into the stand for a
homer. Neach struck out. Griggs
singled. but Harper flied to Gilhoolev.
The Yankees tied the score in the
third on singles by Peckinpaugh, Fin
neran, Gllhooley and Baker. but the
ilgers shot into the lead again in the
fourth, when Finneran. the Yankee
pltcner, became SO wild that ne he had
to be removed in favor of Slim Love.
Ellison opened the fourth by flying
to Gllhooley. Spencer doubled to
left. Ham Hyatt taking a tumble after
getting, his hands on the ball. Bo-
land, the Tiger twirler, hit to Moe-
ridge and Spencer was caught he
tween second and third. Bush walked
as did Wit, filling the bases and Love
replaced Finneran Tvrus Cobb
touched Slim for single to right
that scored Boland and Bush.
Thee Tigers added another run 70
their total in the seventh and the Yanks
also tailed once in the eighth hut
the. battle had already been decided
in favor of Cobb.
In the second game Mogridge held
the Tigers to three scattered hits
Witt in the first, Ellison in the ser,
3nd and Ellison again in the eighth.
beng the lucky ones Three fast
double plays by the Yanks frustra ted
any hopes the Detroit lads had of
crossing the plate
Ihe Yankees scored their first run
IN the fourth, on singles bv LANAI
and s, Baker Bake and an error by Bush. In
the. fifth the Higgins men tailed
their second and final counter. on a
base on balls to Peckinpauyh and
singles by Hannah and Mogr!dee
A dazzling catch by Harper the
Detroit right fielder. robbed MocS
ridge Of q triple in the seventh Ha1-
per ran clear to the Tanglefoot sign
to pull down the ball.
Goodby. Ty.
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