Evening star., 1924-12-30

TY COBB is the most important
figure in the most important
game in the most important
country in the world. He is the
greatest player that game has pro-
duced. He holds the majority OF
the records in the books dealing
with that game. He completely rev.
olutionized the style of play in that
game. He has become, as the great
est player in the most popular sport
of his. native land, a man whose
name is known to probably 100000
900 of the inhabitanf of the country
of his birth. He has received more
newspaper space than any American.
He has carried the headlines Of the
newspapers oftener than any man
that ever engaged in sport in any
country. He has become, through
the spread of base ball, an interna-
tional figure.
A Guide TO Fame.
There Is published in this country
book entitled who's Who in
America" 1t is supposed to contain
the name OF every one who is worth
while In the United States; IT Is the
directory of the hall of fame; the
guide book to achievement.
This book is one of the thickest
ever published. 1t contains, besides
the Introductory notes, indexes and
a few pages devoted to advertising &
matter, 3.712 pages. 1t contains a
total of 25,357 biographies. Not one
man can name 10 per cent of that
number of prominent people, so 1t
may be said that the list of 25,357
includes every one Of the least con-
sequence in the United States.
There are listed in who's Who in
Cobb. The list Is headed by An
drew Jackson Cobb. whose occupa-
ton is given as that of a judge and
who lives in Athens, Ga, the home
State OF Tyrus Raymond Cobb.
Next in the list is Bertha Brown
ing Cobb. an author, and she is fol-
lowed by Calvin Cobb, who is a pub
Usher, a Republican and a Presby-
terian OF Boise, Idaho.
Fourth in the list of Cobbs comes
Carolus Melville Cobb a physician
of Lynn, Mass. He is followed by
Charles Wellington Cobb, a lawyer
and Collier Cobb, a Geologist. who
discovered the Enfield horse in St.
Mary's Upper Miocene) deposits OF
North Carolina
Cleric and an Author.
Ebenezer Baker Cobb, clergy
man OF Elizobeth, N. J., comes next
and is followed by Ernest Cobb, an
other author, who wrote, The Hen
at Work" around the World with
Father Time" and other books.
Florence Ethcridge Cobb. described
as lawyer and suffragist, home in
Wewoka, Okla, is next in the line OF
Cobbs.
Frank Irving Cobb. an editor, fol-
lows and then comes Henry Evert-
son Cobb, a clergyman and author
OF THE Victories of Youth" home
at 37o West End avenue, New York
City.
Reading on down We find Henry
Ives Cobb, architect, Herbert Edgar
Cobb, a professor OF mathematics
and author of the Elements of APP
piled Mathematics"
And then Irwin Shrewsbury Cobb,
an author, who was born at Paducah
KY. Most every one has heard Of him
and IL he has not 1t Is because one
does not read the magazines or at
tend lyceum lectures. One of his ac-
complishments is listed as Shorthand
reporter"
James A Cobb, a lawyer, also dele
gate to the Republican national con-
vention, 1920. lives at 1925 Thirteenth
street northwest, Washington, d. c.
John Blackwell Cobb rs a capitalist
So Is John Gambler Cobb, who lives
in Boston. Mass. John Nathan Cobb
is an author and naturalist who
helped in the Investigations of the
shad fisheries of North Carolina in
1906.
Doctor and q Politician
Joseph Petee Cobb Is a physician
who has been professor of physi-
ology, embryology, histology and
pediatrics. Nathan Augustus Cobb is
a scientist and educator, author OF