Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-09-01 | Page 9 | Reported Sale of Ty Cobb is Denied

REPORTED SALE OF TY COBB IS DENIED By International News Service. NEW YORK, Aug. 31. A storv to the effect that Ty Cobb had been sold by Detroit to the New York team of the American league, was .disposed of by Frank Farrell. owner of the Yankees, who said tonight; "I hate to spoil such an Interesting yarn, but the fact Is the Yankees have not bought Cobb, for tho reason that the Detroit management will not let him go. Paying s.jo.000 for the great outtlelder and batter would be a pleasure. Yes, and If a matter of ten or twenty, '!iouaand In addition would land him, I wouldn't hesitate hesi-tate a mlnuto to cough up that sum." CHICAGO. Aug. 31. Manager Hughcy Jennings of tho Detroit Tlgora today denied de-nied that he had heard of any deal whereby where-by Ty Cobb would go to the Now York Yankees. Jennings laughed when told of the report from New YorJc that Cobb had been sold to the Yanks for ?40.000. and treated tho matter as a joke. Cobb also denied any knowledge of the reported re-ported dcrfl.