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Show A fnf the field or through & ftmed up over the ffl t . battle between Ted & if Boston Red Sox and " P. the two great mod- d r treabouts set a. the !'! ill the plaudits and of those who fol-the fol-the base hit 3 from the single to rA , the home run. But f i few of these I million5 don't mind Is i rd like to take ' (hem back into a s younger country I nd tell them the i gtory of three ma i j jor hitting contesti J Vj that I believe over-J over-J jhadow Williams f and DiMaggio. jan. It may be tlw m rii td on u fi i L class, as the multi 1 a itlfle a laugh. 3 ackson1911 M American league season ?H ied Ty Cobb, the Georgia m led bis league four sue- sons. At the age of 25 1 i coming to his peak. J e year a tall, lanky en- nodoo Mills, S. C, had i Cteveland from New Or- ume was Shoeless Joe The Carolina Crasb-i Crasb-i ied by Cobb, Ruth and i "the greatest natural ever lived." n rave song his black bat ! toeless Joe stepped Into ? jbb. on c to nine . batting pi and out of i, kept the Car-iie Car-iie to ; started and be tOO. But t shake mi; fangling Xy Cobb I with the )ig and effective swing, were the days when Ed 1 spinning bis famous 1 iroagh when they were 1 f balls, and every type mike the ball dip and ick and slide. Jackson this rookie who could ) I nor write, who had si in most of his earlier taUenge the great Cobb? k had turned him back i 1909. Cleveland had back to New Orleans in we'll never know. For average in those years 154. ind man could sense the sothness of his swing. Shoeless Joe carried Ty e ire. Ty finished at 'n, the rookie, at .408. to greatest year to beat I. 'less Joe merely a one- !ter Cobb found himself stretch, again batting 'ith Jackson now in the "on was .420. It was ? applying winning psy-'jsed psy-'jsed to speak to Jacket-Cleveland series and . wondering what he 'offend a friend, fell into is the story of those V event, Ty went on to 'average of .410 against !o seasons the Shoeless Averaged .402 for his in the majors, yet he lj lie league. n& Speaker 1 into a close call ;e Uafast Larry Lajole. aceful ball player of all . tte game's great came to the cam-111 cam-111 h's tenth consecu-e consecu-e batting champion-J champion-J ey rave about one e lop. 'to chance to lead his ht years. Cobb .Pin. He batted only Wished at .386. ? ! racing such pitching 1 7 Jwng. Walter John- d . die Joss. Rub J Plank, Chief Bend- J4. Smoky Joe Wood a Jalaxy. f this one year Interlude. J eled the big parade " was he came 12 out of 13 and to year average around gtae no credit from b.b'e hiing of Ted , J DiMaggi0. We are ; shooT ' ,ar'et at 'on-Lajoie-Speaker tthe, Z7 and lon Wt r?" d lather that Huy ' l6t any0ne I . i |