Show VETERANS SUFFER IN HOT WEATHER Theo Theory T Tin That Players Do Best Bestin in Summer Is Bunk Ty Cobb who should be quIte an authority on the subject sa says s 's there Is noticing nothIng but the bunk In the theory that old ball players do theIr best In inthe the tho hot summer months As a fact Cobb sal said recently old players ers actually suffer In the hot part ot of It Isn't a matter ot of and legs melting out In the hot sun It Is the effect ot of hard baked ground on sore legs Old pta players ers can cango cango I go best In early season when the tore ture has not been baked out by tb the I Isun sun nn and late In the fall fail Its It's not punIshment punishment pun pun- to run on soft sott ground rut but its it's murder to pound the legs on con con- crete It will be recalled that during his I last da days s 's with the Tigers the baselines base base- lines and Cobbs Cobb's spot In the outfield I wa was wetted down so thoroughly each I InIght nIght that other clubs protested about wet grounds It Is obvious even to a casual glance that Cobb Is alm almost st In pain when he has hasto I Ito to do any walkIng or runnIng for the ancient PhiladelphIa Athletics At I least the fans are lead to bell believe eye that from hIs actions But Dut the ball players ers say that he Is foxing nn and grandstanding Arid And that I he has fooled several clubs this season sea sea- son Into thinking that when he be gets to first It takes a triple to get hIm around Cobb apparently enjoys the role ot of being a poor crippled old ball player trying to get along but he has overdone over oyer- done the thc acting so much that he be hasn't fooled the smart teams It Is quIte certain however that this Is Cobbs Cobb's last year It If you ou had all his dough you wouldn't work and you wouldn't even eyen play |