Show Who Is the Greater Ty Cobb or OJ Bill Lange Old Old- Timers Old Timers Think That William Has Shade on Tyrus Others Tyrus-Others Others Favor Georgia Gem I S While youngsters dream of or Wagner agner old Honus on the thc job And nd children lilt tho the praises of or the mighty might Tyrus Co Cobb h. h I I hear the tho strains again aln that other youngsters sang Some ome years rears ago when baseball knew the famous William Ill lam Lange Lang In this 11 little dan daily con contribution trl bu of r hash wo w would uld servo up to today today to- to day clay a little sketch of ot William Lange I. an and T Tyrus rus Raymond Hamond Cobb as rivals rl for tor forthe the tho place at the head of the tho list in bas baseball e 11 Kick into an any gathering of fans Inns when the bugs bug's are burring and purring purring- over oter the tho e. e Strike one ot of those fellows with the tho lace curtains dropping down to tho the third button on his vest est and aud you OU hear the pooh pooh for tor Tyrus Trus and the for You cannot juggle words with an any old veteran who remembers Tim Mur- Mur nano riano in uniform who wont won't plank hit his fist down on the mahogany and say that B. B Lango ngi had T. T Cobb looking like e a wll wild night with tho tim nat com corn Doesn't e De ItOn It Its On On the other hand meet with some 0 of the tho of the present day a from saves the pictures to the tho young man who Is 18 cultivating his first and calling on his hiB first chicken and there is 18 nothing to it but T. T Raymond namond When you ou mention mention mention men men- tion Lange e he loo looks s at you OU with as much Intelligence ence a as a n. contumacious the mackerel and gives es you ou lango lange look However if you ou skim over oer the tho pages of oC the tho book by Col Cot G. G O. O Dope you OU will discover that Lange Lango was quite some somo persimmons in his time timo You will also alfo discover that he was tho the fastest be behemoth be- be I who ever busted Into the annual frolic Also you will discover er that ho has something on Tyrus for one ono thing thing thing-he he c quit the game when h hO was the pride o of 1 Chicago o we west vest t side and met every c y year ear with a I brass band and the tho mayor maor and s several oe other city empl employees when heI he r returned to Frisco I I c You Yon Heard 1 o oC of f If JC you haven't heard of the Glittering Glitter Glitter- Glitter j ing I rig Georgian there Is no use putting y your our our lamps on this illuminating bitof of I word daubing If Ie you yop hav haven't nt heard o of f Cobb we wo can only onh look at you OU more moreIn moreIn moren i oi In n pity than in censure and murmur Vos os Is in los But if it you haven't heard beard of Bill Lange glue your our gums to this bunch o of ot f wording We e will proceed to tell y you ou Dill Bill Lange Tange now a successful r real eal estate operator of San Francisco i is isn s 11 n years ears old married and votes the lie Democratic ticket Whether or not he lie heIs lies i Is s a 11 goo good citizen Y you ou can cut 55 with I yourself y ou f. f When hen Bill was wis' a kid around Frisco Irisco he ha had proportions that resembled an n I overgrown woo woodchuck suffering from Crom i elephantiasis As he grew rew older ho he I j spread out east elst and we west t and arid shot up north and south After he found that real money mane could be obtained for a few I moments' moments work luring during each afternoon he kicked Into professional baseball We Te say sav kicked In advisedly ad Xo No for fur For when William went vent to Port Townsend and insisted that a nice white white envelope en be handed to him on the tho j jand an anti and the manager er took one squint at Williams William's heft an and l said airl f We aint no room on our team for a I bouncer Bill got mad lie He asserted that h he an any bouncer oun er except when it was waa necessary to bounce a brick 0 off tho the I bean of or a fresh Cresh mana manager r. r Bill was wasI sl signed ned This was in 1891 He was wasa I I a 3 whale with the bat that boy hOj He hit em om em high fligh and far tar a la Ia E E. E Delehanty Delehant I Next year car Bill went to Seattle But Cap An Anson on rather smelled out the fact that hill Dill was a Ho lie grabbed him for fOl the White hite Stockings f probably the most famous a aggregation that ever pla played ed the grand ran old game Harne To 10 bo ho selected as ns a recruit for tor Anson's Ansons An- An Ansons Anson's sons son's Chicago Colts which was one of ot the was the tho same as beIng being heing be he- ing Ing- picked for tor Walter alter Camps Camp's All All- American you American you ou were there nineteen n ways from the tho nee ace tUeN null Quit It was wa in 1893 that Lange Lang donned his white hose He lie was a a. sensation from the time line the thc tirns hf Play ball hall until unlit he lie to quit This Tills was In g erho Everybody y thought Will Williams William's m lams iam's retirement was wali largely In the nature o of a bobtail But Bill Dill proved he held a full hand Ho lie retired and I has since stuck It out I Lange wel weighed hed OO poun pounds s. s Still SUll he was one ono of 01 tho the fastest men who over ever scampered after arter a fly ly in the tho outfield Ho He ran bases ases like Wa Wagner nel lie lIo slid into tho tIm sacks liko like Cobb lie He hit anything He lie had to meet the 1 speed of or a Walter Johnson for he heI I faced old Abe Rusle Rusie J He I had to bat against curves like lIko I 1 those IIO of or a Matty or a Bender For ho he faced Ferguson Buffington Woy Woy- hing Gumbert and the rest resl The rhe fact tact that he could paste that pill right ht on the ringworm showed that ho would have o batted as well today as ho he did didt t then thon 11 0 fl I This was Bill Lange To 10 compare him with Cobb of ot course Is a matter I of figures ls Take their batting aver er ages Ty has It on Bill b by a margin as wide as the tho bank banI account o of a trust magnate I Cobb hotter r. Bill Dill was seven soven years in the game am In that time he lie had a grand batting battinA 1 t average of 7 hitting beneath the tho I classic but one year car That was I I his first year tr elin traveling traveling-de de as an I j I Tyrus Trus meanwhile has amassed a grand gland batting era a average e of 36 When It comes to base hase stealing Lange Lango gp had Tyrus looking looking- about the same sanie as RS Mr sIr Raffles to a race track dip lip I Bill was a l marvel on the sacks HeI Ho He I got ot a start for second like tho the Georgia ia Gem When hen he lie went vent Into a base the sacker usually stuck tuck out the tho hall Lall and said a prayer for safet safety Bills Bill's batting average o for his hits se seven sen n years ealS of active pas timing re reads ds as folI follows fol rol- fol- fol I lows 0 1893 1ST 32 2 i 32 1 t ISIS r 1 2 1905 33 il 1 Ty ry Cobbs Cobb's era a average e for fOl the past seven I years ears Is statistically 1906 O 1910 1010 1907 1911 J O 1908 21 1912 1909 09 77 I In Ill regard to sack pilfering Langes Lange's I entire seven years ears of or thievery thle peruse as asI follows 18 1893 93 1 19 19 1897 1397 97 S 3 I 1 1 1804 S H 71 i 1 1898 S 9 S 83 79 70 50 0 I This gives the Hon lion a a L grand total total total-of of 51 stolen tolen bags a year I ly average of oC 73 4 D During the last laft seven seen years Cobb Cobi I has haft entered the tho stolen base column a as i i follows 1906 1006 23 1910 1010 61 I 1907 1901 19 iO 1311 13 I 1908 1003 39 o 1912 Cl 1909 76 This gives rivis the tho I lion Ion On Tyrus Trus a tran grind grand total of stolen bags bugs a yearly average average av ay- av- av e of EC fiG G 1 i. Now No- who Is the lie better bette Bill or r Ty Wrangle It out kiddo wrangle it o out t. t |