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1921 through 1926. Four of his
teams finished in the first di-
vision, but under him the
Tigers were in turmoil.
Cobb perhaps was the most
inventive and ingenious player
Of the thousands who have
made it to the majors, yet
the peculiar, sliding grip he
employed while b a tting
stemmed more from necessity
than cleverness..
AS a youngSter, playing on
the town team in Royston, Ty
was lighter than his older
teammates. The bats available
to the team were too heavy
and too thick for him. He got
better leverage by using a shift
ing grip, with his right hand
about 3 inches from the knob
and the left hand about 8
inches above his right.
Homer Demonstration
With that grip, his feet close
together and glaring at the
pitcher, Cobb was an unortho-
dox but terrifying figure. He
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Vans Jets Girls
Show Power in
SoftbuII Tourney

The Vans Jets outfield Of Pal
Calder, Judy Doyle and Libby
Wilson is rated among the best
in the Guy Mason Glass IA
softball league, both in the field
and at the plate.
The clutch-hitting trio last
night banged out three hits In
the bottom Of the seventh in
ming to spark the Jets to o 4-s
victory over Eton Chevrolet in
the opening Of the District
Women's Metropolitan tourna-
ment.
Sineta Boston hit a two-run
home run in the top of the
seventh to give Eton a 80 lead
But Miss Calder singled and
scored on Miss Doyle's double
to knot the count in the bottom
half Of the inning. Then Miss
Wilson singled home Miss Doyle
with the. winning run.
In the opening game of the
double-header, the Arlington
Aces won over the Pollyannas,
5-2, behind the five-hit pitch
ing 0f ReSS Phi1linS Audrey
Mcnamara and Pat Todd both
had two-run singles for the
winners. -.
The Pollyannas play Eton in
q losers bracket game at $50
pm. tomorrow at Guy Mason,
with the loser eliminated. The
Aces meet Metal Distributing
Co. Of Alexandria in the night
cap.
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Detroit veterans resented him,
refused to eat with him and
goaded him into fights. Cobb
believed the world was against
him and he was determined not
to wilt.
Penalty Brings Strike
A famous incident found Cobb
vaulting into the stands in New
York May Is, 1912, to pound a
spectator who had been abus-
ing him loudly and indelicately.
Cobb was suspended, but even
teammates who didn't like him
thought the punishment was
unjust and decided to strike.
Detroit's next game was sched-
uled in Philadelphia three days
later. When Cobb walked on
the field there, the umpires Or
dered him of. All other Tigers
walked of with him.
Anticipating such a turn of
events, a Philadelphia sports
editor had instructed a young
ster who hung around the ball
park to round up his gang and
bring them to the field. Those
kids were hustled into Detroit
uniforms-to forfeit the game
would have made the Tigers
management subject to a $4,000
flne-and were clobbered by the
Athletics, 24-2.
Ty was reinStated and fined
$50. Those who supported him
by striking were fined 500.
Troubles as Manager
A constant center of strife
virtually from the time he
stepped to the plate for the
first time in the majors and
delivered a pinch double
against Jack Chesbro August
30. 1905, until he wound up as
a player September II. 1928,
as a pinchhitter for Jim m y
Dykes, Cobb also had his trou-
bles as a manager.
He piloted the Tigers from
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Disrupter Of Defenses
Cobb the Greatest
In Everybody's Book

Roy Hamey. general man.
ager Of the Yankees, termed
Cobb "A legend in American
sports. His feats were such
that nobody has seriously chal-
lenged his immortal records
He. along with Babe Ruth, die
more to establish baseball as
Americas national pastime
than any other athletes"
Bill Terry, former Giants
player and manager, said Coph
was THE best baseball player
in the world" Frank (Home
Rum Baker, former Philadel-
phia AS third baSeman, called
Cobb "One of the greatest
base runners the game has ever
seen." .,
Tom Yawkey, Boston Red
Sox owner, stated that Cobb
was the Greatest all-around
ball player of all time" while
George Weiss, longtime Yam
kee general manager and new
president Of the New York
Nets, said, There was nc
denying that Cobb stood alone
as a baseball player, undoubt-
edly the greatest Of ALL"
Praised by CrOnin
General Manager Bill Dewitt
Of the Cincinnati Reds said
Cobb was one Of the first great
ball players I ever saw. He wa!
colorful, exciting and his alert.
ness, aggressiveness and deter.
mination will be long remem.
bered."
Joe Cronin, president of thu
American League. summed i
up:
"He was without a doubt ont
of the greatest, if not the great.
est, in the history Of the Amer.
lean League" Warren Giles
president of the Nationa
League, said baseball "lost ont
|of the greatest players of al
time. Cobb will be missed
greatly"
"The Greatest" Says Hornsby
Rogers Hornsby, like Cobb
one of the games all-time stars
called Cobb "the greatest bal
player Of all time" and said tn,
Georgia Peach would never bt
equaled. He was q winner al
the time"
Mickey Mantle Of the Yam.
KEGS, a present-day star, recalled
that 'he used to come see mi
in the dugout when he visiteC
New York and give me som'
batting tips. He would sa!
Come here. kid, let me show
you what you're doing wrong
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T Cobb Victim Cancer a. Leaves ndebe Mark Baseball

seldom went for distance, pre-
ferring to use the constant
threat of a bunt with his ability
to punch the ball to all fields.
On one occasion Cobb was ss
nettled by all the hullabaleo
over the clouting Of Babe Ruth.
He snorted that it was no great
feat to hit home runs and that
liz he concentrated on them he
could also get them in clusters.
He decided to prove the point
early in May, 1925, when the
Tigers moved into st. Louis for
a series. He promised to give
a demonstration of home-run
hitting. He hit three homerS
Mey 5, two more on May 6,
tying a record that Cap AnSon
had held for Al years. Two,
more Of his drives in that series
barely missed the roof Of the
rightfield pavilion and dropped
for doubles.
Cobb then returned to his
accustomed style and finished
the 1925 season with - homers,
tying the personal high he
established in 1921. In the
three seasons when Cobb hit
over 400 he smashed total Of
only 19 home runs.
The only Cobb playing equip
ment in the Hall of Fame at
Cooperstown, N. Y, are his
sliding pads and a pair Of
stockings. He had stored much
of his gear in a trunk. but one
day in Augusta his sons raided
| it and outf1tted the entire
neighborhood with Ty's old
equipment. .
In that baseball shrine Cobb
thus may seem to be compara-'
ttively neglected, but as long as
the game is played he'll be re-
membered. He was unforgot-
table on the field and he leaves
a set of statistics which are
calculated to Withstand the
ravages Of time.
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COBB'SRECORDS
By the Associated Press

Ty Cobb held 16 major league
records and shared five. at the
time Of his death.
Records still unsurpassed:
Highest percentage, 10 or more sea
Sons-367.
Most years leading league in per-
Most consecutive years leading League
in percentage-9.
Most years battins 800 or better-s3.
-3.033.
Most. times at bat, lifstime@all,24e
Most hits, lifetime-4,191.
Most one-base hits, lifetime-3. .O52.
Most years leading league In hits.
Mast Mast years tims, 2q9 or or more more h,tS1e III;
Most stolen bases, lifetime-se2.
Most stolen bases. season-96 4915).
Most total bases, lifetime-5, S63.
Most triples, lifetime, one league-297.
Records tied:
Most years batting 400 or better-3
also held oy Rogers Hornsby and
Most consecutive years batting 400 OF
BETTER talso held by Hornsby and
Burkett).
Most years playing 100 or more games
-l9 also held BY HoIlus Wagner
and iris Speaker.
Most times hits in q game, season
lalso held BY Willie Keller and Stan
MusiaD.
Most home runs. two CONSECUTIVE,
games (also held by six others)
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Rogers TongIes
With Steinborn

Buddy Mature Boy Rogers
will meet Dick Steinborn in the
feature match of Thursday
nights wrestling card at Cap
|itol Arena. The bout will open
the program at $3.50 O'Clock
and will not be televiSed.
Mark Levin and Don Curtis
take on Arnold Skoaland and
Billy zbyszko and Peg Allen
faces Fran Gravette in other
top billed matches.
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1 do virtually anything to win
He was a lone, snarling wolf
who ate alone and walked
alone, leaving a horde Of bitter
enemies in a trail of shredded
uniforms.
In recent years the mellowed
Cobb would protest, II never
spiked anybody deliberately in
my life" On one such occa-
sion, at a Touchdown Club
luncheon honoring him here
in 1855, Ty repeated the asser-
ton.
Sitting nearby was Bucky
Harris, who rose to baseball
prominence after emerging
from the Pennsylvania coal
mines and who was a fiery
fellow himself as a player.
Bucky had sampled Cobb's ag-
gressiveness, and to Ty's dis
avowal Of intent to harm, Har-
ris Snorted, "Baloney. He'd cut
your heart out"
Ossie Bluege, former Wash
ington third baSeman, recalled
that when he was breaking in
with the Senators he had an
easy play on Cobb.
Cobb was coming into third
base and I got the ball from
the outfleld in plenty of time
to make an easy tag" Bluege
said. IT went out a couple of
feet toward second base, to
make the play easy for the UNI
pire to call. Cobb slid into me
and practically undressed me
with his spikes. ripping my
uniform from my chest to the
knees. Cobb got up and bel
lowed, Don't ever try to make
me look bad, young man."
Disrupter Of Defenses
That was Cobb, despite later
protestations Of innocence. He
was mean as a wildcat. cagey
as a fox, daring as a riverboat
gambler. He was swift and,
with his speed, a devastating
disrupter Of defenses. He was
an artist-enticing inf1elders to
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New Epee Champ

LOS ANGELES. July 10
AP) LIT. q. g. Robert Beck,
member Of the United States
pentathlon team, is the new
epee champion. He won the
dueling sword championship
last night in the United States
National Fencing champion
ship being held this week.
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By the Associated Press

1.-THE greatest all-around bal
player Of all time. Colorfu
and exciting. Revolution.
lied the game. VIII bC
remembered as long as thu
was paid to baseball's immorta
The most sensational. A
legend in American sports"
In those words final tribute
was paid to baseball immorta
Ty Cobb, who died yesterday
at "a, by the sports executives
managers, players and former
stars, along with others who
knew the famed Georgia Peach
intimately.
Baseball Commissioner Fore
Frick called Cobb "a great
baseball player who was repre-.
sentative Of a competitive spirit
that must be continued if base
ball Is to continue.
1--WE have many baseball
players, continued Frick, "but
very few Ty Cobbs. He belongs
with the Ruths, Mathewsons
Alexanders and Johnsons of 9
golden era"
Georgia Governor "Saddened"
1.-THE world of baseball has
suffered one of its greatest
losses" President John Fetzel
lof the Detroit Tigers said
Baseball and the Tigers owe
more to Ty Cobb than eithel
Of them ever will be able tt
repay. :"
Gov. Ernest Vandiver o.
Georgia said: Together with
sports lovers around the worlc
I am deeply saddened by thu
passing of the great Georgian
His ability and his example o.
sportsmanship will be remem.
bered as long as the game o.
baseball is played"
Casey Stengel, former man.
ager of the Yankees, said Cobk
was "The most sensational o1
| all the players I have seen il
all my life. =. I mean he sur.
priSed all his opponents. HI
would shock them with star
Ting base-running plays ant
he could always outhit any op.
ponent. :"
Gen. E. R. (Pete) Quesada
president Of the Washington
Senators, said, "The passing o.
Cobb takes from the baseball
community it's most dynamic
1character. He revolutionizec
the game by his aggressive
spirit. He is the man re.
sponsible for the finesse tht
game now has"
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education fund provided money
for college studies by needy
boys and girls.
Ty Cobb was baseball's super
scientist, a coldly calculating
competitor who exploited the
weaknesses Of his opponents
ruthlessly. He was hated by
some teammates and most other
players, but all respected his
ability, honed to a terrifying
sharpness by his answering
ambition to dominate.
1t is doubtful that Cobb's
equal ever will be seen again.
He held or tied SO major league
records.
The lefthanded-h Cobb
played more games, went to bat
more times, scored more runs,
stole more bases and made
more hits than any other major
Lacquer in history.
Led League IL Times
Cobb led the America n
League in batting IL times.
He batted over 400 with a
dead ball, and he batted over
400 when the lively ball was
adopted in the Babe Ruth era.
He led his league in stolen
bases six times.
He obtained five hits in as
many attempts in a game IA
times. When he was 80 years
old he got six hits in a game
in as many tries. He batted
1857 for the Philadelphia Ath-
leticS when he was 40, calling
it a career after he hit 1923 the
following season.
Most durable Of all baseball
greats, he batted .401 after he
had been in the majors 10
years. He survived scores of
flst fights with other players
and the continuing abuse of
fans in the most noted and
notorious Of baseball careers.
Cobb. vain Of his skills, with
an overpowering will to win,
had courage, shrewdneSs and
astonishing talent. He would
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. Iplay in on him to protec
against bunting, then slashini
hits past them when they did
; Long after they were through
the late iris Speaker, who will
Cobb and Ruth formed base
balls all-time outfleld. wa
asked to compare Cobb anC
Ruth.
II was good and I knew it,
Speaker said. II had to know
it. 1t says so in the book. But
good as I was, I was nevel
CLOSE to Cobb and neither wa
Ruth nor anybody else. BabC
was truly q great ball player
but, in my opinion, Cobb wa
even greater"
| Cobb'S featS border on thu
unbelievable. He stole second
third and home. in one inning
three times in his career. HI
once scored from first base or
an infield out. With such tao.
tics were combined a fierce ag.
gressivenesS and contempt fol
the odds against him.
Cobb became a millionaire
largely because Of investments
in Coca-Cola, but there wa'
sadness in his life. His father
o former State Senator ir
Georgia, was killed in CUR
accident at the age of 43. One
Of Ty's flve children, DR.. Tyrus
Cobb, jr,, died Of cancer. An.
other son, Herschel. died ir
1857.
TOuted Himself
Cobb plotted his path to the
majors. While playing with
Augusta he would dispatch tele-
grams and letters to the late
Grantland Rice, a rising sports
writer then on the Atlanta
journal. The theme of the
messages, all written by Cobb
and signed with fictitious
names, was that a 17-year-old
boy named Cobb. was burning
| up the Southern circuit and
would bear watching.
Rice bit. He wrote q column
about the new wonder" then
took on for Augusta to watch
his discovery. Rice introduced
himself to Ty in the dugout
before q game, adding. tive
been hearing q lot about you.'
I've heard about you, too
Cobb replied. 1--WE been fol-
lowing your column in the
Journal"
Many years later Rice and
Cobb were on the dais at a
baseball banquet, and Ty told
Of the deception. II had to do
something to get attention. ~
Cobb explained. "The big
leagues might never have
heard Of Ty Cobb If it hadn't
been for all those letters"
Granny grinned and re-
sponded, Its taken you a few
years to get around to telling
me-"
Rice may have provided the
springboard to the majors,
but once Cobb got going in the
big leagues he never stopped.
Only eight players in baseball
history have accumulated more
than 5000 hits. Cobb made
4,l91 hits and his closest COM
petitor, Speaker, was 81 hits
behind.
Cobb led the American League
for the first time at the age OF
20. He held the batting title
nine straight years. batting .371
to lose to Speakers 1886 in 1915,
then took over again for three
more consecutive years.
Ty's constant calculating
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paid OF. An illustration Of II
was his batting against Walter
johnson. I'm my estimation
Johnson has to be put down as
the greatest pitcher Of all time,
Cobb said. Yet Cobb's lifetime
batting average against john
son was 1855 in the 81 game;
they opposed each other.
Cobb had figured johnson
correctly. He reasoned that the
gentle johnson wouldn't throw
at a hitter. Despite 81 wild
pitches in q season and four in
one inning, johnson normally
had fine control. Against him
Cobb crowded the plate and,
true to Ty's reasoning, Walter
frequently walked him with
outside pitches to avoid hitting
him.
No Mystery About Johnson
About the only way you
could beat Johnson was to out
wit him." Cobb said. There
was no mystery about what he
was going to throw, but that
didn't do the batter any good.
You couldn't hit what you
couldn't see. I knew when he
wasn't going to throw that
famous fast ball. He'd shake
his head. the tipoh that I could
get set for his dinky curve"
Cobb also figured a way to
beat Doc White. the great
White SoY lefthander who gave
Ty flts for q long time with an
explosive curve that dipped
sharply as it reached the plate.
Ty. constantly experimenting,
ultimately moved far back in
the batter's box and found he
had no difficulty gauging the
pitch after it broke.
Ty was in trouble. with team
mates as well as opponents,
from the start. A clique OF
Evening star., 1961-12-24
By jim BIRCHFIELD
Star Staff Writer

CAMBRIDGE Creek, on the Eastern
~ Shore of Maryland, flows from
marshy beginning, down by the oyster
houses, under drawbridge and out into
the broad Choptank River And it is on
the docks along the creek that you wait
on Friday afternoon for the oyster fleet
to come sailing in.
On a clear day, when the sun is
slanting toward the west and brisk
wind blows up the Choptank, the grace
full skipjacks and bugeyes, their sails
stretched tight in the wind, come gliding
in like huge white birds on the water.
They furl their sails at the entrance
to the creek, lower their push boats for
the slow process of docking. But occa-
sionally skipper like Capt. Bill Bloods-
worth will sail up the creek and dock
with the help of the wind
This is a reminder of the old days
before secondhand automobile engines
became available to the boat captains,
and Capt Bloodsworth was putting on a
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show for group of visitors just to prove
that modern captains still have the skill
of the shippers of the days when wind
was the only power.
And on this particular Friday, Capt.
Bloodsworth demonstrated unmistak-
ably that the art of sailing still lives on
the Bay He came with the wind up the
creek, swung wide and nestled perfectly
beside the dock Il put her in so smooth
ly," he said later, that wouldn't have
broken an egg"
Friday is the day the fleet comes
home, and by far the greatest number of
Maryland's diminishing oyster sailing
fleet is docked at Cambridge. All week
they have been on the oyster rocks at the
mouth of the Choptank, and they have
spent long gnights anchored in some quiet
cove.
They come sailing in, one following
another. Boats with lovely-sounding
names.
There are Capt. Emerson Todd's Re-
Continued on poOs
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Leader over former Representa-
tive Woodrum Of Virginia 2l
years ago. that position usually
was held by Southerners. They
want it returned to the South"
in future years. They thus talk
increasingly about getting
Southerners on the "escalator"
that leads to the Party Leader
ship posts and the office of
Speakers.
Representative Boggs of
Louisiana has been the most
active of Mr.. Albert's aides as
an assistant Majority Whip this
year. But the Louisiana faces
high hurdles if he wants to
follow Mr.. Albert on the up
ward climb. He is deemed too
liberal by some Southern COL
leagues and too independent by
others, despite acknowledged
ability and aggressiveness as a
Ways and Means Committee
member and a floor manager.
The fact that Mr.. Boggs is a
Catholic would not ordinarily
figure in any line of succession
struggle. But the question has
been raised because President
Kennedy, Mr.. Mccormack and
Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield also are Catholics.
Evening star., 1961-11-26

the Kennedy administration
would press for the election of
Mr.. Boiling over Mr.. Albert
who also has a voting record in
support Of most New Frontier
and Fair Deal programs. 1t
nevertheless can be taken al
most for granted that the
White House would like to see
Mr.. Boiling, or someone very
much like him, get on an
"escalator" that could lead to
the Speakership eventually.
That, among other reasons,
is why Representative Smith of
Virginia, the Rules Committee
chairman and leader of South
ern Democratic conservatives,
is known to oppose Mr.. Boiling.
In a Speakership contest Mr..
Mccormack could be expected
to receive many Southern votes,
perhaps even more than Mr..
Rains whose liberal views on
public housing are not popular
with some of his Southern COL
leagues. Seniority and tradition
also would help persuade some
veteran Southerners to vote for
Mr.. Mccormack.
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control the top House offices.
Even if Representative Boil
ing of Missouri loses to Mr..
Albert of Oklahoma for the
floor leadership, the fact that
he has backing could help him
along the road to that posi-
ton or ultimately to the Speak
ership itself in future years.
Similarly, if Representative
Rains of Alabama or a more
conservative Southern Demo-
crat decided to oppose Mr..
Mccormack for Speaker and
were defeated after an i'm
pressive showing in the Demo-
cratic caucus in January, he
might command greater con-
sideration from then on.
The position of House Dem
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ocratic whip enters more prom
into the picture than
in the past. That office, while
carrying some duties of an
assistant floor leader, has not
always assured promotion along
a line of succession. The late
Speaker Rayburn was not the
m a jority whip when first
elected Majority Leader in 1887
in a contest with the late Rep
resentative O'Connor of New
York. Current possession of
that office. however. has un-
doubtedly helped Mr.. Albert in
his campaign to succeed Mr..
Mccormack as leader.
There are no present indica-
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tons that Mr.. Boiling, Mr..
Rains, Representative Mills of
Arkansas. or other powerful
House Democrats who naturally
have harbored ambitions to be
Speaker, would accept the job
Of majority whip. Nor is there
assurance they would be named
to that post by the Speaker
and Majority Leader.
According to the long-range
viewpoint. however, that office
assumes increasing Importance
and is likely to be strenuously
sought by Democratic liberals,
Southern conservatives or mid
dle-of of-the-roaders.
System to Be Reorganized
The Democratic whip system
probably will be reorganiZed
next year. 1t may be built up
into a still stronger and more
prominent office both in policy
making as well as strategy
operations. Some Democratic
members favor this if only be-
cause the next Speaker, no
matter how experienced and
energetic, could not expect to
have the power. prestige and
popularity of the late Speaker
Rayburn.
1t is believed doubtful that
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House Post Contestants
Have Future in Mind
By ROBERT WALSH
Star Staff Writer

House to contest the claims of Representative
Mccormack and Albert to the posts of Speaker and Majority
Leader based in part eagerness get on the
escaatOr leading to positions of power in later Congresses
The opposition also part of long-range
sruggle between Democratic liberals conservatives
Evening star., 1961-11-26
History Recalled

They do not forget, however,
that prior to Mr.. Mccormack S
caucus election as Majority
Evening star., 1961-11-26

1900 TO 400 PM. end
every Sunday 'tiI Christmas