New Britain herald., 1925-05-29
COBB STILL TOTTERING INTO NEW RECORDS

INTO NEW RECORDS
 From that almost universal com pendulum of popular education, the sporting page, We note that Tyrus Raymond Cobb IS still tottcring around the bases after 20 years of sustained activity. This tempcra- mental baseball player, who once attempted to beat up Philadelphia spectator who hurled an insulting" remark at him from the bleachers, has been expected to slow down. for len years or moro, and perhaps he has. He doesn't get around the bases nearly as fast as he did in his young days; doesn't, for in stance, run from first to third OH an intlcld bunt so frequently, doesn't steal home from third very much while the pitcher is foudtng the ball, and d0csn't make as many home runs as Babe Ruth Maybe the fact that he now is officially managing | team, whereas former ly he only managed the manager has something 70 do with his la moutablo history of late years.
 Toward the end Of the Civil war, when some busyDodios tod Preot~ dent Lincoln that General Grant broke all W. C. T, L. rules and regulations by drinking copious quantities of hard drink when he felt the tcmperamental urge within him. the quiet head in the White House quickly asked for the name of the brand General Grant drank, saying he wished to recommend it to his other generals.
 So if Mr, Cobb has slowed Up, it can be recommended 10 four ffths of the remaining speed mar ,cls In the baseball business to make a hurried attempt 10 get as speedy as the decrcpjt old Georgian still happens to be.
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 The other day Tyrus Cobb smashed five hono runs in two days, breaking the modern worlds record; and he didn't have to he very fast on the bases 70 get around as the balls aeroplanod into an ad- joining county. Rut since that time, not wishing 10 stand still, the versa tile Tygcr manager knocked out his 1,oQQth extra base hit thereby beating the worlds record hung up years ago by the honorable and venerable Honus Wagner the Pittsburgh gentleman Of the blud- geon who being asked how hc lid it. replied the secret was to nit 'om where they ain't"
 Those who are not famiiar 1itI the American language as evolved upon the baseball diamonds are in formed that Init 'em vher" they ant' means to drive tbc sphere whore the hejders dont happon tc hc forogatherod. This was 'he sys ,em. by the way, which enabled th5 late Wjrnc Kaoler of Bal'imor' urio.cs fame to get to frs" oft'n cr than any man ID 10 that tjmf
 robbs extra base hit record eX tcuds over period Of 2o laars from the 'ime he came iron Gnor@ia as q rookie. Houus Wayne had 99S when he quit playing base ball. due 10 rheumatic Iimhs-anC the record at that time was ron sidcrel quite uuapproachabIe in th' future. Nobody thought anybod! else could stay in the hig show lon' enough to equal il,
 Much has been written abou Cobb's fiery tcmperament;" bu the facts are he has seen man. quiet and easily handled player come and go; he has seen many recruit develop. blossom as star and degenerate into minor leagu erial. One cannot help conclud ing that Cobb has lived an ex ompIary life, has guarded his healtI well, and has sought permanenc rather than me- teorlc flash. He ha broken more recorI3 than any oihe baseball player in tke history Of th gam and after 2e years of pastim ing in thc Mg show - a tong i'm for an athlete -- he is still a''s- ada 70 h,s laurelz