Evening star., 1924-12-17
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His Nature
BY II. q. SALSINGER.

rTHE nature of Ty Cobb IS in
many ways poetic. The
N beautiful things in life have a
+ - fascinating appeal for, him.
He is highly intellectual. highly
sensitive; art appeals to those as
sensitive as he. He always is at
tracted by painting we'll done, by
car of artistic design, by well
made animal, an etching, a rug of
fine design statue, a precious
gem, fine china ware. rare cut glass,
fine linen, silks, wall paper of rich
pattern-all hold his attention.
Whenever Cobb Is In New York he
never fails to spend hours stroiling
along Fifth avenue. window shop.
ping" He pauses and inspects that
which is beautiful. rich In color.
artistic in design, articles that show
craftsmanship.
A Friends Comment.
One day a friend accompar yfng
Cobb on a window shopping" tour
remarked to him:
MY ambition In life Is to have 30
much money some day that / can
walk along this street and stop In
shop after shop. To cay to clerk,
Here. my boy, what is the price of
name the figure. will say. Here
is your money. Express t to this
address And I'll say to another
clerk; What Is the price. OF this pic
ture? And OF that one and that
one pointing out alF the pictures In
the gallery that strike my eye. And
will give him check covering the
total cost and tell him to- express
them. . s,
And so down the street, stopping
wherever the eye arrests. attention.
picking these treasures and obtain
ing them, where now can only
look at them through windowpane.
That would be a grand feeling,
wouldn't itf'
Cobb thought a moment before he
replied:
mo, you're wrong. You are very
wrong. You are far richer now and
happier than you would be with
money to buy all those things. Here
you are, looking through the win
dowpanes. desiring this and desiring
that. You appreciate all these fne
things. But you wouldn't appreciate
them any longer II you had them.
You wouldn't appreciate them IL yon
could buy them. Your grsatest
pleasure comes In wanting q thing.
To obtain 1t removes that pleasure.
If You bought all these Shinss that
you have been admiring, or II you
could buy them, you wouldn't, be
happy over them. They would, have
become commonplace to You. That
Is the curse of being in a position
where you can have all you want"
Am Array Analysis.
Several years ago w. j. Boriand,
former psychological examiner OF the
United States Army, made a test OF
the player.
Cobb has genius without the usual
neurotic trend" read Borland's re-
port. ... ...-. ...-. .....
states:
cobb never was, is not now, and
never can be an egotist. True, the
ego, or the psychological equivalent
for soul, is highly developed, but the
soul OF Cobb is never EXPRESSED
through the medium Of egotisn. One
single trait in his character proves
beyond the possibility of doubt that
egotism can no more be expressed by
Cobb than the Iliad OF Homer by the
Wild Man of Borneo. That single
trait is bashfu1ness.
"On the emotional side Cobb has
that indefinable quality IN personality y
that. infuses others with faith, corfl-
dence, enthusiasm and zestt for the
task at hand, and 1t Is the 'auro.' a.
psychologists call 1t, that would carry
| Cobb to the pinnacle of fame as a
| leader of men in whatever endeavoI
/ he chose to follow.
| Extra effort, the drawing upon, po-
tential or subconscious reserve. is re;
sponslble for, outstanding success ir
every line OF human eudeavor. IT Il
/ this quality, whether conscious ol
not, that has made Cobb the player
that he is, ,..,l -.,
! Never an EEotist. =
l That is the opinion OF ono, phyGhol
ogist. Others might differ In some
I. details, but they would agree in the
| main. .-. -.
Cobb never has been an segotiss. He
| has q bashfulness unusual In. men
Until few years ago It was impos
sible for him to talk. In puhlic-=+H
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