The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-06
TALKING
IT OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS
New York, Sept. g.

"ERES news from 1yruS Ray
u mond Cobb. probably the
greatest ball player that ever
sprayed an umpire with fine ex-
pletives.
Tyrus is now on the other side of
the Atlantic trying to keep away
from baseball. To certain
humorous degree he has succeeded.
According to my European scout all
that he knows about the two major
races is the exact standings of the
clubs. how many games the Ath-
letics are in front and how far all
the other clubs are behind the Cubs
in the National League. Aside from
this ne has paid practically no at
tention to baseball. Tyrus has been
all over the continent since he sailed
with his wife and kids from New
York early in the season.
Reports are that he IS disappointed to
find there are no statues to Babe Ruth in
Trafalgar Square, that there are no clowns
IN Picadilly circus. that Under Den Linden
and that the Nevesky Prospekt offers no
prospects that would be Of interest even
TO Bill Carrigan.
n
A SURPRISING REPORT ON TYRUS.
HOWEVER. IS THAT HE FINDS NO
FLAWS WITH THE BEER IN ANY PART
OF THE OLD WORLD. SAY THIS Is
SURPRISING BECAUSE THE POPULAR
IMAGINATION ALWAYS HAS PICTURED
THE GEORGIAN AS A COCKTAIL
DRINKER. IT HAS SEEMED PERFECTLY
CONSISTENT TO COUPLE FELLOWS
LIKE HANS WAGNER AND MR.. RUTH
WITH PnsNER. BUT FOR SOME REAs-
ON COBB HAS ALWAYS SUGGESTED
THE APPETIZING EFFECTS OF LIGHT
WINES. CORDIALS AND CHOICE BIT
TIERS. TO LEARN THAT HE HAS BE-
COME AN EXPERT IN THE MATTER OF
LAGER is SOMEWHAT DIsnLUSION-
ING.
MOT so surprising is the anthem
~ tic word that Ty Cobb still is
intensely interested in the only
business he knows, which is base
ball. One year away from the game
has been enough. He wants to come
back. And as a manager. And 1t
would be no surprise to your cor
respondent to see him at the head
of a major league club again next
year.
" Is sailing for America next week.
He wants to be home in time to see the
this this But only small part: There is
nobody In baseball he esteems higher than
Connie Mack Of the Athletics. He wants
10 see Connie win the world series. Before
he sailed for Europe he predicted Mack
would win the remnant this year ana that
the Cubs would be Philadelphlas op-
position in the play
NO ONE EVER MADE MORE AC-
CURATE PREDICTION. INCLUDING
HOUDINI. THE STAR GAzER OF NEW
t7K AND THE HIGH MUFTI OF THE
,9ABs. MODEsTLY PREVENTS OLD
rOIONEL WILLIAMS STEPPING FOR
ARD AND CALLING ATTENTION TO
He FACT THAT A SIMILAR PRE-
LECTION WAS MADE IN THIS COLUMN
LAST MARCH.
THERE is plenty of room in base
Il ball for a fellow like Cobb, es-
pecially when you consider the
dearth of standout team leaders. l
IN told he resents keenly the public
a. .ticism that he was not success
fl manager at Detroit. I am in
lined to agree with him. There are
some men who can get more out OF
a bali club than others, but there
never was a manager who could
win without players and that goes
or John Joseph McGraw, Cornelius
ilcGillicuddy and Miller Higgins.
- -. r,or. Trades in
building and rebuilding ball club-good
and bad - than McGraw. McGillicuddy
out 5 SS BAH he 4ssed aes snothe4
championship and will some one please
tell me how far Higgins would have got
with those Yanks without RUTH
CONSIDER 6oBB's RECORD WITH
The TIGERS. HE TOOK OVER BALL
CLUB THAT IN ITS ESSENTIALS WAS
NO BETTER THAN THE PRESENT DAY
RED SOX. THEY WERE IN LAST PLACE
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SEA
SON UNTIL NEAR THE FINISH. IN HIS
OWN WAY HE PROCEEDED TO BUILD
UP THE CLUB. IT CAN NOT BE CUES
TONED THAT HE DEVELOPED OR THAT
A NUMBER OF REALLY GOOD PLAYERS
DEVELOPED UNDER HIM.
TN six years his team finished re-
i spectively sixth, third, second,
third, four and sixth. When he
was forced to resign he had three
or four young pitchers coming along
and at least two young inf1elders
who afterward proved their worth.
q
When Won come TO think of Il. this Is
not bad record. lot of managers,
Handicapped by the fact that they
were great ball players in their day and
as an Inevitable consequence supposed to
be temperamentaI. intolerant and impetu-