Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-05-18 | Page 13 | Presents Season May be Ty Cobb's Last as Regular

Present Season May Be Ty Cobb's Last as Eeguhr ftETItOeT. May 17 (By NEA). Vhlie no. definite announcement has beea made. It Is understood that this year will be Cobb s last season as j regular player. Cobb came to th Detroit club In i 107. At th -loe of this K-aon he lt have finished his twentieth season sea-son as one of the shining lights of ins American league. Last season i:ohb slowed Up cOnld-Srahie. cOnld-Srahie. It waa generally noik-.ui. Cobb, himself, aamllled that he no longer ii a speed merchant on the paths. He lost at lest twenty hn last year tht he wouiU have eaeny beaten out ten years sso. Cobb Is proud of hta great record, aa well he should be. He frank'v admits ad-mits that he never wants his piay to slip s muck that the crowd starts av uw mum. nm rani uijfcL -.Njoie and Wagner suffered such a fate In the final atagea of their big league careers. "Nothing ilk that for m, says Cobb. "When 1 see thst I am a haa-been. haa-been. It'a a seat oa tha bench for me." Cobb says th thought Of permanently perma-nently retiring is still some years n:s-ttatit. n:s-ttatit. but Instead of a reaular he will probably nlay utility rules at' th dose of IK 4.