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Show VETERANS SUFFER IN HOT WEATHER Theory That Players Do Best in Summer Is Bunk. Ty Cobb, who should b quite an authority on the subject, says there Is nothing but the bunk in the theory that old bail players do their best In the hot summer months. "As a fact," Cobb said recently, "old players actually suffer in the hot part of midseason. It Isn't a matter of soupers and legs melting out in the hot sun. It is the effect of hard, baked ground on sore legs. Old players can go best in early season when the moisture mois-ture has not been baked out by the sun and late in the fall. It's not punishment pun-ishment to run on soft ground but it's murder to pound the legs on concrete." con-crete." It will be recalled that during his last days with the Tigers the baselines base-lines and Cobb's spot in the outfield was wetted down so thoroughly each night that other clubs protested about wet grounds. It is obvious even to a casual glance that Cobb is almost in pain when he has to do any walking or running for the ancient Philadelphia Athletics. At least the fans are lead to believe that from his actions. But the ball players say that he Is foxing and grandstanding. And that he has fooled several clubs this season sea-son into thinking that when he gets to first it takes a triple to get him around. Cobb apparently enjoys the role of being a poor crippled old ball player trying to get along but he has overdone over-done the acting so much that he hasn't fooled the smart teams. It is quite certain, however, that this is Cobb's last year. If you had all his dough you wouldn't work and you wouldn't even play. |