Show I Sport port Snap Shots I By Jack Keene Keone a- a a Eleven Elc years cars out Olt of ot thirteen Tyrus Trus Raymond Cobb has led lel the tho American merlen I Ilen I len league ue hi In batting This year affer ar fer slugging ln his wa way through h season on after season On at tt Jt a pace l V will J above 00 the Georgia Peach I finished In a blaze blazo of ot glory with an anI I average of just SO-just Just 20 O points under a the mark Cobb ha has given blen up lP baseball for the duration of or the war at least Ho lie has haa been given a commission as captain In hi the Ilven chemical warfare division of ot the tho It Is 19 extremely doubtful If Cobb army u 11 HI u I a.- a. tn MIA S. S hf 11 iI I. I I 11 TT t- t la I. I 11 C cY V V i m. m Will I t Mi K- K Kii ii u in u i v nu v I married I rl Irl da and r has children 1 id e He lIe has 1 made d I Ills hula pile In the tho game Added to those Ils pie facts Is the time more morr Important one that Cobb is 11 approaching tho age at which a ball player finds it hard to keep his speed bal skill anti and ambition So it IL i Is a a. pretty good h bet t that the tIse 80 mark la is laCobb's ool Cobbs Cobb's farewell record fc Cobb has hal proved pro himself to to be the super It I la may be lC that thaI he will wll keep his hula playing ability his speed d and hl his pep longer longcr than time the average ath ath- lete Iole 1 If C he lie should ever return to tho the game and show how that he ho had retained tl these se requirement of ora ofa a star pla player 1 he will prove himself to be still more of ot a aI aa wil a U PC r- r ra a t a I I But Hut as he lit stands lands toda today In his U. U S. S I he lie hUH has written a chapter In I will be bed baseball that hunt probably never ne wil d duplicated u ph ica ted t Discussion of or Cobb bb blin brings 1 o o our mine mind the fact that Wee Voe Willie Southworth South South- worth woith who led the National lea league leae e In batting this past season is 19 one o of the few Cow players called a second Ty ry Cobb at some Ime time tilDe or other who ever amounted to much i ery season the sport port scribes scribe pick out Olt a crop of at play players rs who arc are booked J I to outshine h the Georgia r Peach I They 1 I lt I I 1 r H mar l- l VII VI me ue u VUU n U n i i ithen then fizzle ninety-nine ninety times out o of a hundred But Hut Southworth has borne out most of ot the lh predictions made for tor him him- It I took him hint several Ie eral seasons to burst hurt forth lr In full bloom but this season sea sea- son he hit hilt like Jle a demon well demon demon wel well over o 00 I all al season ran rami the tho bases base In daring st lb to his hits around all al playing that made him a valuable man on hl his club f v V I Of Ot course h hl comes mes far lar from Cobbs Cobb's level yet ct Willie hasn't been beel In iii the game ame as long Ion as T Ty for tor on one onn thing But Buthe Buthe lut luthe he ranks as a star of ot tho tue th first magni tu tude d e. e Southworth was Mas on one of ot the most modest ing little fellows In Inthe the business when he lie broke brolo Into base base- ball ball We e can cai cal r recall cal him as a corner comer with wih th the American Amerlan association team which represented Cleveland Cle the year rear ear It I was wa switched from 1101 Toledo to checkmate checkmate check check- mate time tho Federal la league ue c c c Jimmy was wan wal managing the club lie lie- liked hiked the Ohio youngster and gave e a him plenty of chance to Iho show allow hl his skill Southworth worl worked d hard that spring Ho lie overdid O things a little in tact fact The crew pla played d a i t couple of oC exhibition exhibition tion tou Jam games at Macon Ga wih with the tho Brite Braves Willie was as playing left lef field Somebody on Oil Oi the Braves Braves' Bra es' team slammed a line hue drive rl out Southworth orth's way It I was as headed heRded for the fence fencl Hla got cot tho time ball hal out of or the air with wih one hand handi i h hy by climbing up lip the board d fence tence that surrounded the park Ho lie 10 wrenched hll himself el In his efforts When he lie got Jot back to the b ch at atthe atthe atthe the end of the lie Inning said Dont do that again When h n I 1 want walt any human fly stuff tuc done dono Ill I'll Il hlo Tho rho kid 1111 got a bl big hand hanl though thol h for Co I lila his hi catch Willie made a business of oC writing home eVl every IY day He lie le spent so much time at the writing desk esl alan along with Pitcher Lyn LI that the other players dubbed them the not cupids not knowing where the let letters rs were going i It 1 1001 looks as 38 though th they tt staged e the tho world series sHies each year partly party for Willlam Will Will- 1 lam iaun Klems Klem's benefit benett rho Tho veteran maps has hat participated In ten to date dale and andI ha hasn't nt asked to bo be excused in the Lut fu future Lu- Lu I t ture turc U le |