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Show COBB HARD TO FOOL. BY CY YOUNG. Ty Cobb in the greatest of them all. ' In my baseball experience, covering cover-ing almost a quarter of a century, I have never seen an all-around plaj'-er plaj'-er the equal of tho Detroit star. There maj' be other playors almost if not quite so fast as Cobb. Lajoie has it on the "Georgia peach" for straight away hitting, other outfielders outfield-ers may throw a trifle better, but for work, day in and day out, Cobb has nol an equal. At bat he hasn't a weakness. It ha3 been my experience that you can fool him, possibly ono day on a certain cer-tain kind of ball, and tho next time you face him he will whale the cover off tho ball. On the Bases. On the bases be Is wonderful. He uses both his hoad nnd his feet, and I sometimes wonder if tho former isn't more responsible for his success than th latter. Cobb can size up a baseball situation situa-tion like a flash, an'' the way he divines di-vines plas is uncanny. On the path ho doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, and this lack of timidity helps him.' In the field, too. he is a wonder. He uses splendid Judgment in play- Ing for batters, and his marvelous speed enables him to retire batters on balls the others would play safe. Able to hit. to field, to throw, to run bases and to do each in a phenomenal phe-nomenal fashion, coupled with his nerve and confidence, Cobb is the greatest player that ever wore a spiked shoe. |