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Show TY COBB REFUSES TO HEED TIME SUMMONS Georgia Peach Not Yet In Bench Manager Class. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, variously known as "the Peerless One" and "the Georgia Peach," Is not yet in the bench manager class, despite his thirty-seven years and the thinning hairs on his head. Frequent predictions, first heard when he succeeded Hughle Jennings as manager of the Detroit Tigers two years ago, that he was through aa a player, have failed of fulfillment It Is a different Cobb who guides the destinies of the 1923 Tigers from the player who flashed along the major league horizon In 1905, gaining In brilliancy bril-liancy and renown until In 1911 ba became be-came a .420 batter. The speed that gave Cobb a new major league record for stolen bases In 1915, with a total of 98, la waning, but In Its place has come craftiness, and because be had so much speed to lose, he still Is a great outfielder, still a dangerous man on the paths. At bat, he Is the same "Peach." His eye seems as clear as In his earlier days when be was the bugbear of all pitchers In the league. He continues to meet the ball squarely and his faculty fac-ulty of driving the ball out of reach of the fielders seems greater, If anything, any-thing, this year than ever. From the start of this season he has had the Tigers among the league leaders. Close followers of the game have seen In Detroit the principal menace men-ace to the New Tork Yankees In this season's race. Cobb's heavy artillery is conceded to be the equal of the New York club's "murderers' row," and bis pitching staff, considered the principal prin-cipal weakness of the club, has shown smmtpluln 1 ti a1 1 Hurtno1 triA flaa surprisingly well during the first aonth, the veteran Dauss especially appearing near the peak of hla form. Some critics see Indications that Cobb may direct bis club from the bench soon, In the acquisition of two slugging recruits. Fotherglll and Man-ush, Man-ush, both of whom have been used effectively this year, but Cobb smiles and continues to take his stand in center cen-ter field. |