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Show TY COBB 15 GREATEST PfflJ HISTORY Records Show Him Su penor Over Anson, Mc Aleer and Delehanty G r u ne Spe a bpo Se ce rV OKK De IS E er tune o j o o herts t at Tj Cobb s a p e goo ba aje a Jo k of old e i o ro Oh e b oo gllta ha se u ui e h r vo o ght Mi n M le r 111 el !tut ad np n on an 1 on e C t e bo ot he n gone da s th ill e es e t for graj ha 3 and mat re ludgin nt ve wish to go ou o or 1 no v saj ng that Tj Cobb is the greatest al aro nd ball player that eve I ed that T ooo ne er had I i-u oq al s n e ba eba ing began ' nd f some of the ol tin ers wish to f take exceptions to tl a flat state ent 1 4a to Cobb s supren i. v thev can pro eeed a b t farther an 1 tudy Cobb s record an all aro d record that no i u other player of th s or any other age ran approa 1 I : Some of the Others Bill Lange ma have been a better ; base runner than Cobb but he wasn t ( J j as good a batter he had no super or ty I f nver finhh on the outhald and in fire m spectacular dar ng plays ipproached Cobb hanty probably could outslug is Georg an but d d Ed ever gue in oatt ng tor n ne years H a best batting n ark was b s best s 4 0 Delehanty n the bases Cobb is a whirl e Georg an stole more bases ian Delebantv d d in a half rf And Cobb, as a fielder is table as -was Delehanty and far more territory Anson was the demon slugger v yet his average clubbing h s first n ne full years in ;ue companv is below that of id as a base runner Anson nbering truck in compar son eet footed southerner McAleer probably was the eld ng outfielder the game has He had an edge on Cobb Cobb s reeord shows h m out 100 points ahove McUeer ws him far superior to Mc the ba es. tatting Handicap en vou compare batting rec ES day and the pa t you must that the foul strike rule is a it 6 a rule that has handi ibb and a rule that d d not th old timer If Delehanty i had been forced to bat with jjlte; rule n torce t s a nch average each ear would af least twenty points lower Lpjit tbat in the hoary old past have been -some players who jCfebb that there may have wlo outslugged him that ' lave been men who were ot out there was no man m Dor is there one m the present tfieMed outbatted or outran SaHhe peer in all around skill nan who ever trotted onto a Cobb s e even year record It ed mahiry for perusal of the who declare that the bygone teha I produced greater ball tn Cobb G AB P H SB Av 1 150 19 36 "40 S 350 M 11' 3 -a SO 605 97 'l 49 0 0 ?Sl 88 H8 19 4 k 1-8 II 216 6 3 T 40 109 106 19b 63 385 46 91 14 45 S 4 0 40 551 119 61 410 m 0 16 o" 390 9 145 69 12 3 368 6 06 144 "08 98 3T0 i 45 1019 1937 dSI 60 Anson U SOe Cap Anion nuns up his r the last time whereupon the tenons exhibited Cap 6 ecorfl nai an unbeatable ope nd perhaps not AQeon a irr twent two years Cobb may that long under the big tent an es are tht he w He a n ne now he a been ca ort ijor eague fie da for ele en e he doesn t em hd e est of his ca e f Cobb laeta onlv a x or e n i sixteen or seventeen ears ihow be will ha e eclipsed he . rd es to games payed and hits T made And e en f he should slump woe a f lly t ba In he veara to come h a batt ng a c age now is fat enouh to stand the ehr nkage and II lead Anson . Her a e records I Tea i ("jmeii H te A Aneon o ion 141 obb 1391 li 60 i obi as o w note ba a e aged 7 games and 1 6 h pe ear If he ma n talna s prse a fo e en vea a long hs"ode h 84 games pla ed and h n ade in e gh een vea agJ n nnon s re o d of 0 ga rrp n n d 0 b na If In o fe and g res n ' Cobb s e ense onde w a w I be J (he an w r ho me s 1 |