The Washington times., 1921-02-21

oBos hAu yOo ucaio y Couvcissdou "
the lobby of . Texas hotel, you wo,
country, much less Texas, was large
Mr.. Cobb" said Mr.. McGrsw. nu-,
entity. as the popuisee pressed In close
TO listen, last night / thought you
were the greatest ball player l had
ever seen. Tonight think you are
the greatest such-and-such 1 have
ever seen"
'Mr. Mc0raw." said Mr.. Cobb. "if
you keep on talking 1 may be minded
to harm you.
The scene was the lobby OF the
Oriental Hotel In Dallas The night
was the night Of the day that Mr.
Cobb mingled some with Mr.. Charles
Herzog. then a member OF the Giants.
In an exhibition game between the
New York and Detroit clubs at
Dallas.
JOINED IN DALLAS.
| The Detroiters. from their training
camp AZ waxahachie, and the Giants
from their old spring stamping
ground At Marlin. had Joined in
Dallas for Joint tour north. 1t was
one OF the frst big trips OF the kind
taken by major league clubs.
The New York Giants were young
and cocky. and full OF ginger that
year. They started the series at
Dallas by giving Harry Covaleskie. :
the left-hander. ride" with
sonorous sustained "boom-boom" from
their side OF the field to remind Harry
OF the days when he played q drum
down South.
Then they got busy with Tyrus
Raymond Cobb. He had reported
late that spring, as usual, and the
| Giants spoke of the matter and add
ing comments on any other informa-
ton that suggested itself to their
minds about Cobb.
Ty went sliding into Herzog at
second with flashing cleats. and the
next instant Ty, Herzog and Arthur
Fletcher were. all tangled up, while
big crowd gazed at the spectacle
in amazement.
BOTH GOT THE GATE.
Ty and Charley were elected from
the game by big Bill Brennan, the
umpire. That night as Ty was seated
at the table in the dining room Of the
Oriental, Herzog stopped and notified
Ty that Mr.. Cobb would be honored
with a call In his room by Mr.. Her
zog.
1t was while Cobb was standing in
the lobby of the hotel awaiting the
hour of this call that he had con-
versation with Mr.. McGraw.
The Jewel of Georgia" then re-
paired to his apartment, acco npanied
by DOME Bush and couple of other
members of his club, and presently
Herzog arrived attended by the re-
doubtable Heinie Ziuf. Cobb prompt
| ly knocked Herzog down and con-
tinued knocking him down until Her
zog announced that he could not hope
to Gin that evening.
COUPLE of days later Tyrus Ray
mond Cobb left the excursionists nat.
in spite OF the earnest entreaties of
the business managers of the expe.
dition and went to the training camps
Of the Cincinnati Reds, then handled
by Christy Mathewson.
WENT ITS WEARY WAY.
The tour went on it's weary way,
with the warning Camps divided by
a special car filled with neutral
newspaper correspondents. This was
No Mans Land. and il Is of record
that no Giant or Tiger ever crossed
it. though delegates from either
camp occasionally made paker stories
against It
Now, 10, and behold. through one
or those queer Qutrks for which
baseball is noted, Messrs. Cobb and
McGraw are going back to Texas
and the same town. The Giants
train in San Antonio, so do the Tigers.
The latter will have a special camp
fitted up for them by the San An
tonic chamber of commerce in a fine
city park.
Oddly enough. too, the Giants will
at first be in charge of Hughy Jen-
nings, who is supplanted by Cobb
at Detroit 1t is even possible that
the Giants and the Tigers may play
an exhibition game in San Antonio,
though mono has as yet been az
ranged.
HERZOG Is GONE.
Herzos il gone from the Giants.
So, too, Fletcher. Merkle and most OF
the other members of the club who
were with IL In the stirring days OF
the battle of Dallas.
But Benja KauR will probably make
the training trip with the big town
club, and 1t was Benja Kauff, small.
but stout-hearted, who Issued a chal-
llenge to Cobb to this OBJECT after the
lCobb-Herzog encounter:
"Well 90 into a room together ana
TIL bet $1,000 bring you downstairs
ION my back"
Cobb naturally did not accept the
lchallenge. Between fghung Herzog
and arguing with McGraw and the
rest OF the Giants, the doughty
"Jewel Of GeorE fla" had his hands
Iquite full as Il was. l'.
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