The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-15
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1T OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS

ATEW YORK, June 15.-It seems
IN che world was mistaken and
that while a fish may not be able
10 live out Of water old Tyrus Ray
nond Cobb still manages to breathe
in q fairly normal way without a
baseball bat in his hands. The fact
Is old Tyrus who left the game
abruptly last fall after twenty-four
wears Of cyclonic play tells you he's
happy, that he's glad he quit and
that never again will be play base
ball.
II thought IL vas going 10 be
hard to give IL up" said Ty as he
sat in his suite in A mid town
hotel Friday. but ] found il
wasn't.
WHEN THE BOYS BEGAN LEAVING
FOR The CAMPS IN FEBRUARY I GOT
LITTLE RESTL ESs. IT DIDN'T SEEM
EXACTLY RIGHT THAT WASN'T GO
INC ALONG. AFTER a WHILE IT WORE
OFF AND PRETTY SOON l WAS READ
ING The DOPE YOU FELLOWS SENT
OUT OF THE TRAINING CAMPS ABOUT
THIS TEAM AND THAT TEAM AND GET
INC A NEW SORT or KICK OUT OF IT.
Il M getting kind of old he's 49,.
: I've got boy. 49, and daugh-
ter. II. and three other youngsters
beside l haven't seen much of
them. In the summer I was away
playing and in the winter they we're
At school. I'm sorry 1 didn't quit
five or six years ago.
Cobb and his family sail today
on tho Roosevelt for Paris. where
they arc to spend the summer. He
revealed this is trip he has been
planning TO take for three years,
but always the lure Of the game
would cnticc him back for Just one
mere season.
THEFT WAS = PAUSE. FOR \ BRIEF
INTERVAL re REMAINED SILENT AND
F1s GAZE WANDERED OUT THE SUN
sPI ASKED WINDOW AND FILL ACROSS
TIE SWARMING CITY.
NOU felt that he was living again
i in memory some OF those dra-
matte performances which brought
the baseball stands up with an
audible gasp Of establishment flf-
teen years ago. You could sense,
too. q note of tragedy in the sit
uatiOn, genius with ambitious
wings stripped of ali power and
pinned to the earth under the
weight of years.
Great stars have flashed in the
past. Great stars will fash and
fade in years to come. But there
has been only one Cobb and the
chances are it will he generations
before there is another. Some
how il is little harder to shake
hands with him at the exit gate
than the others who went before.
THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN GAME
CAN BE WRITTEN AROUND THE COBB
THAT BROKE IN WITH DETROIT AS
THE GAMES MOST ARROGANT BUsHER
IN 1908 AND STEPPED OUT OF THE
LINE UP. a SEDATE. MIDDLE AGED
MILLIONAIRE WITH The ATHLETICS
IN 1928
PRACTICALLY all the records Of
l. the game belong to him. both
as q batter and a base runner. No
other player ever played in as many
games. made as many hits. scored
as many runs or stole as many
bases. In 1915 ne stole ninety-six
bases. This is more. incidentally,
than any one team in the National
League stole all last season.
No set of figures. however, can
possibly pin to paper the u-ercu-
rial personality of the Georgian
who PLAYED the game with re-
lentless daring and intensity that
has never been equaled.
HE WAS ONE OF THE GENUINELY
GREAT ATHLETES OF ALL TINE AND
he HAS LEFT THE IMPRINT OF HIS
ARTISTRY OF BASEBALL JUST AS
WILDLY AS Mr.. FORD HAS ON THE
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY. THESE ARE
ExTRAVAGANT PHRASES. TO BE SURE.
BUT IF THEY CAN'T BE LAvISHED ON
GUY LIKE COBB THERE Is SCARCE
LY ANY USE IN HAVING THEM AROUND.