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Show TYRUS COBB WANTS NEITHER OF HIS SONS TO FOLLOW HIS FOOTSTEPS IN BASEBALL f;""1- - li'A II X ? il f -- 4 f i - W 11 Ty Cobb's Youngest Son Stealing Home. Tyrus R. Cobb has two sons he doesn't want either to become a ball player. He would not have either become a ball player if he knew, in advance, that each would achieve lasting fame in the national game. "I have some very definite plans laid out for my youngsters," says Cobb. "First of all, I want them to learn the value of a silver dollar. "When they complete their grade school work I want each to get into a factory where hard work will be the law of employment. After laboring there for six months, or a year (which should be sufficient time for them to become familiar with the whims of money) I am going to send them to a military school. Doesn't Want Snobs. "I realize, right now that there! is danger of these boys of mine becoming be-coming snobbish. "I do not want to appear egotistical, but I have succeeded succeed-ed as a ball player; I insist that my youngsters do not capitalize because of it. "A few years in a military school will set them straight in life, and in health. It will remove all thoughts of them 'being better than the other fellow' and they will also acquire the qualities of leadership. "After military school training want them to go to some big univer sity. Completing their college courses they will be equipped to compete with the problems of life. Where Fame Flees. "A ball player's fame is too fleeting. fleet-ing. You are a star today and a has-been has-been tomorrow. There is no permanency. perma-nency. I do not regret having played, but, at the same time, I cannot help but wish that I had established myself my-self along more permanent lines. There are very few ball players who get paid in excess of $5,000 a season and that is not a remarkable salary for a man in business. In fact, it is the rule, if the man is worth anything any-thing to himself,- or his employer. Again, a ball player's life is limited. At best he cannot last more than a few years in the big leagues and there is his single chance to earn real money. "When he is through as a player he has to start all over again. He starts under the handicap of age. It is harder for him to learn. He hasn't the foundation and he has to draw on the money he has saved when a ball player to get along. By the time he is capable of earning a decent wage his savings are exhausted and he is then starting where the young fellow of 25 years left off. "Ball playing is all right if you know, in advance, that you are going to be a star, but unless you do, my sons will do something else." |