Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-26
'TY DREAMS OF
TIGER HUNTS
Cobb Whangs the Golf Ball
Around Tn Low
Eighties
BY L GRAHAM

2AAAAON 0NAMAAGA4M
ATLANTA, Ga, FEB. 26-tR-Ty
Cobb sits In q big easy chair, smoke
rings curling around his lean head
and bronzed features, and dreams
0. the big game he Is going to hunt
some day in Africa. He has been
doing that for years. He has never
been closer to the jungles with a
gun than Canada.
But he dreams on. Plans have
been changed and rechanged. Bear,
mountain lions, moose have fallen
before his crack shooting on prep
aratory trips. He wants those
elephants. crocodiles and rhinos.
But something else always comes
up. ;
Golf Is his game now. He PLAYS
with the SAME fervor and zest that
made him the center fielder OF all
time. He shoots In the low eighties
and does 1t left handed. He tries
TO XII the ball on every long shot
and 20 he presses. he hits wonder
full slices.
Ty was playing one day with
Bobby Jones over a North Carolina
course. They were off their re-
spective games. Both were slightly
peeved.
Even az You and
Coming up 70 the eighteenth tee
Cobb decided to drive right handed
and Bobby swung from the left
side They put four balls in a creek
In front OF the green. Solemnly
they shook hands and went home.
Mrs. Cobb can tell you from Tvs
footsteps when he hits the front
porch whether he had won or lost.
1t used TO be the same when he
was playing baseball. He puts the
same fervor and dash into both
games The stronger the opposition,
the better he plays. And he can't
bear 70 lose-at anything.
The last time he wTestled with
his IL year old son, Herschal, a
husky l55 pound lad, 1t took every
thing Ty had to down the boy. He
Nsn't wrestled Herschal since. He
won't let his son throw him. But
he loves to play with the kids.
Next TO golf, Ty likes to fish and
hunt. He prides himself on being
able TO take young fellows out and
walk EN- down. He quit baseball
because his legs went back on him.
he goes after birds on horseback
and hunts fox at night. He has 10
exercise daily or he feels badly.
Since retirement Cobb feels like
q Scloolboy ON vacation. He has
no desire TO play ball again. Some
DAY he may purchase a bali club.
Baseball meant nothing but hard
work 70 him after his first year as
hitting champion. He had to strug-
gle too hard to protect his record.
~Superstitious
His home Is q picture gallery and
the walls are covered with pictures
Q. himself, other baseball stars,
United States presidents, celebri-
ties Of all kinds. His scrap books
are filled with action pictures. The
walls Of his den are covered with
animals he has killed. b--r skins.
tanned deer hides. He has given
away all the bats and balls that
figured IN the making OF his hit
ting records. But he still has a few
OF the uniforms he wore at the
height Of his career.
Ty was one OF the most SUPER
stitious men in baseball. When he
saw a wagon load Of harrels pass
Ing he was in for a good day. Every
hair pin he found meant a base
hit. During a hitting streak he
would never change sweat shirt or
socks. He still won't leave his bat
on a bed or walk under q ladder.
He turns his back II q black 4
comes his way and crosses the
fingers on both hands II he meets
someone whose eyes are out OF
line.