Show THE FUNNIEST PLAY I EVER EVERAnd SA SAW And What's More Ty Cobb Cob Says This Is the Funniest Funniest Funniest Fun Fun- niest Thing He Ever Saw Anywhere I By TV TY COBB COBO Outfielder Detroit Tigers Tiger Considered the Greatest PI Player in Game The funniest u thing I ever SR saw or heard In my life happened on the han ball ballfield field at Philadelphia It H was during a asante game sante between en the Athletics and De- De troll in 1908 and in those days das a H game between those teams meant 1 n battle battlo for or blood We e arrived at Philadelphia with the team learn crippled because Davy Duvy Jones was sick and Jennings was forced to send Bend George Mullin our great old pitcher to the outfield You know George could pia play the outfield and hit along alons with an any of or them and probably had ho chosen to tie lie aim an rin outfielder r Instead of pitcher ho would have ha been one otic of f tho the best beat George and Tommy Connolly the umpIre umpire um urn pire never got alon along very well weil because George always was wan kidding hint him and that day Connolly was waft working back backo backof o of tho the bat hat On the old Athletic grounds was wasa a. a bell belt that hung hUllS from tho the stand Hand In right field and was waa used med to start the games It was a hard game and amid along In tho time seventh Inning a foul tip hit lilt Connolly on the ankle and he fell feU to the ground lie He was bod badly hurt for or nuch such blows hurt hurta a mall maim more than ho will admit I Everyone ran up excepting George who dashed for or the bell belt mind and commenced commence clanging I it It one t-one one two three three counting Counting Tommy out The players and the crowd commenced to laugh and Tommy hearing the lieu hell forgot all about bout Lila his Injury lie IIo Jumped to Ills his ii feet leet chased clean out to first base and pu put pu Mullin out of the game ganie He dId not speak peak to George for or five y years e. ft I but ut finally the thc they ma made inada up and andare andare andare are good friends now 1 V r L' L Lb Ti |