The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-26
MoIey Talks of Cobb


 When I told the yarn to Boss ouack Smith and Carlton Moles- worth, Moley replied Never knew that Cobb missed being Baron by a hairs breadth, did your"
 With his listeners nodding negatively, Moley continued "It was in the summer of 1906, while Dad Vaughn was managing the Birmingham club and was playing the outfield as pri- vate in the ranks. Dad had Georgia youngster and he went over to Augusta, in the Sally league to look him over. Harry grew quite enthusiastic over Cobb, called the Augusta moguls in and agreed to terms with them for his purchase. Feeling that the deal had been completed Vaughn got on the train and came on back home to join his club.
 "A udN dIl6I ldu ndu niI Au- gusta a scout for the Detroit club dropped into the Georgia city, looked Cobb over and mentioned a sum bigger than the Augusta moguls had ever dreamed of. Of course, it was nothing like the price big league clubs pay for mi- nor leaguers nowadays, but it was several times in excess of l.. Cobb to Birmingham for. The Au- gustans then did a little bit of double e-crossing. They ignored their agreement with Vaughn and shipped Cobb on to Detroit. Thus little slip in the ma chinery of financing caused Cobb to miss playing ball for Birming ham during his career"
 How Kicks Name Started
 We were talking of nicknames down at baseball headquarters the other day and Boss Smith explained how Rick" Woodward had acquired the sobriquet. According to Colonel Quack, there was some handiwork done with needles when Rick" was youngster known as rick-rack In the days of adolescence, the Woodward youngste- liked to sit around and attempt to learn the mysteries of this needlecraft His father. notcing his interest in such things as needlework, im- mediately applied the name, Rick rack" to the Baronial owner. It has followed him down through the years, the Rack" having been Topped off. and now he is known to all Alabama as Rick" Woodward. When you say "A. H. Woodward" nobody knows of whom you are speaking.
 Charlie Bell Holds Job
 Charlie Bell of Greenwood, Miss. is in town for few days visiting relatives and Charlie was up at baseball headquarters Saturday. He flatly denied the story appearing in the Sporting News that he had been given his release as manager of the Green wood team. Instead of that Charlie says he has signed a con tract to manage the same club the coming summer.
 Bell made quite q record with the Greenwooders last year and his Birmingham friends couldn't understand it when the story got out that he had been handed the pink slip. Charlie is such a fix ture in Greenwood that he now calls that burg home. having spent the winter there. He is in the cotton buying business there during the winter. but announces that his labors in this line are over until next fall and that he is getting ready now for strenuous baseball campaign.
 Landis Invited to Magic City
 The Bible class of the First Methodist church. which stages a baseball Sunday" every year, is already making plans for the biggest and best program in it's history for the event the coming June. Nat Banks tells me off cials of the class have been in communication with Judge Ken nesaw Mountain Landis, the su- preme court of baseball, and that the judge has given ten tative promise to be here this summer. when the annual event is staged. Judge Landis informed officials of the class that he spent each Sunday around Chi cago addressing some church gathering. that he was thor oughly in sympathy with the work; that he was contemplating visit to the southland this sum mer, and that he would be more than glad to attend. providing the