Evening star., 1926-05-20

Cobb is PLAYING his twenty-scco
Of base hail history. that OF Ansun.
lust the other day he broke Wa&ne
and that his close 10 4.0G0 hits Is III
Pittsburgh Dutchman. made III the ;
" has lifetime batting average toi
"Do vnu appreciate art? Here Is
the greatest artist of the game. SAYS
"a Fan" continuing: "Do You APP
preciate drama" Here * base balls
most dramatic performer. DO YOU
admire genius? Here is the supreme
genius of the diamond NerSAtlt lie.
adaptahle brilliant. do You love "a
fighter" 1'y cobb is a knight without
fear.
Possesses Real Courage.
.",'onrascous mentally. physically
and morally. he is afraid of nothing
on this planet or any other couid
write book on the courage of Cobb
courage to play the game-coulage t"
face ace-courage to face unjust crit
iciSm and unfair cenSure-cOulaSe 10
face appalling prejudices and bitter
jea louSieS.
Yes. Ty Cobb is man without
fear. And without reproaCh. DO You
admire a clean-living man? Cobb is
clean as n hounds tooth. Il real Sif
Galahad for purity in his private life.
He has kept the whiteneSs" uf his
soul this wonder man of our na-
tional game.
shall our Capital city receive him
we'll and with proper need of appre-
cia ton. or will the fans greet this
greatest of players in the same old
vicious. vulgar. houdlum style Of for
ner Years. 1t remains To lie seen.
sincerely hope that Washington fans
will rise 10 the occasion and honor
themselves by hon"ring TN cobb.
Ty Is Appreciated Here.
II is douhlfui if many in Washing
ton will consider "A Fans" estimate
Of Cobb as flllsome. fur local dia-
nlond devotees ALWAYS have had the
highest regard for Tvs athletic
lnownsS. III least but there will be
resentment over the inference that
all Washington fans are h"odlums he
cause p small minority has on more
than one occasion given cobb the
razZ.
When cobb appeared at the plate
vest erdav he W:s heued Il bit, as usual.
but there was nothing vicious nor Vul-
gar ia the greeting. such Il reception
really is tribute to his pruweSs. -
fact that is apprHriat Ell by cobb. aud
how the old boy lid respond. t'nc"N-
erinc n ;hHI1h that is graNin@ and
has grown thin IN ~ years. wlrrn
presented With he floral horses hoe
prior 10 h"st'it.es. the dynamic Gcur-
Gian nr0""@,ieu t. -a!inp ;il uvrr the
out field Ia drag down Griflii hiau bids
for bngleS. cracked Uut - unubie and
two singles in four legal tinr:, at bat
to attain Il $50 average for the pas
time, and. inst to plnNe that his aging
pins can till ro-nrdinul" with his MIN.
hle wits. he pulled {, delayed steal
when NninG Bill Morreli WAS off his
c"ard and cot away with it. even
though SEVERED and Bucky Harris
were right ON the job
Lefty .Johns Proves Class.
cobb was not the whole show IN
leading his gang to victory on their
first appearance here of the &eason
however. I.u Blue the local pfoduct,
ana NJ Wineo also figured pronlnent-
" on attack. bat chief credit l.
due the left-handeh pitching efforts
of Art Johns. This Nutm@Ster, reaIi-
sitioned from the Fort Worth club of
the Texas Leh&ue. III recording The
only shutout Ihus far achieved by
Detroit. and the SECOND absorbed by
the G"ilImen. Welded Just half a
dozen hincies. scattered over as
in sharp contrast tu that of Joe
Bush. who was roughly handled and
retired midway of the pa9tiMe fol
lowing a harraGc ot base hits after
start which made il appear that he
was bent nn Setin" Il new record
for W;,umdin" baStmrn Morrel
worked L pair of frames and was
mulctei for 4 counter. and Ogden
who offirjated in The last two rounds
had some uneasy moments. although
he was not actually scored on.
BuSh's Wildness Is Costly.
Hush emerged unscathed in the
opening round despite ii loaded sci
of sacks due To singles by Blue and
Cobb. and the wingine OF lehman.
because Warner uhliginely popped to
Peck. hut JoeS un&tpa,iintSS got him
into another Jam in the second. from
which he was eNtricated only after
three Tycer Iallies had battered over
the pan. Bush hit Tavcuer over the
ribs for a starter. and with l1assler
laid away. also pinked Johns and then
passed Blue to crowd the corners.
Gehringers Whack. which Moon liar
riS Knocked down ami recovered In
time to get a retiring throw to tuSh
at first. let TaNcncr in and NlugoS
single over the midway caaheI Johns
and Blue.
Bush settled down then anu got
along swimminGlN for a couple Of
rounds, and when he MAS nicied Ton
a brace of markers ih the NTH 1t was
not due To lack of Contrul merely m
ability TO prevent Hengal huilbardinS.
Blue led with Il single to right. and
following GehrinGer'& death, tailed on
WingoS impressive double to the open
face stand Cobb then connected Tor
n low liner 10 deep center that Me-
Neelev made "A desperate effort To
snare with a ,eaping one hand eaten,
hut was unable to cling TO. the wal
Ion netting Tyrus two bases and scor-
ing Wineo.
MorreII Yields "a Tally.
Succeeding Bush. Morrell made q
good start, Welding a safety only to
Rassler I'm the sixth. but one real hit
and a couple of scratchy infieid bingles
eaused a. run to he charged against
him in the seventh. Two were gone
when Cobb looped one haser to left.
Tvrus got away with a, delayed steal.
moved up a notch when lehman
singled off Bluege's glove and counted
on q. rap by Warner that Stan Harris
could not reach in time to handle
Heilnann then was fiaSged at third
on an attempted double steal.
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