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Show TABLES TURN ON COBB. Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the greatest ballplayer of the tirao, so-called by m-ny. breaks forth Into print once more. If we recall corectly the last time Tyrus WTote for print, omltling reports of the world's series, was when he took occasion to assail old, faithful Sam Crawford in the Detroit News. Ty says, in part: "The team (Detroit) has been losing los-ing and instead of the fans standing by it they have turned to criticism More than that, they have turned to belittling the players. Instead of being be-ing given credit for what we do we are panned for what we do not do." Back in 1910 this same Cobb issued is-sued a statement that ho would not play if Davy Jones continued in left field. Twice in one week Cobb absented ab-sented himself from the bal park, bo-cause bo-cause he preferred automobile riding. In the autumn of that year he remained re-mained out of a Chicago series because be-cause he thought he had a sufficient lead over Nap. Lajoic to win a prizo automobile. He wrote criticisms of Sam Crawford and had them printed in a Detroit paper. At that time Cobb was hailed as tho baseball hero of the universe. Sam Crawford, whom he assailed, helped make him. because Sam came through when Cobb tried stuff on the bases and followed him in the batting order. Yet Ccbb roasted his associate. Today the fans pan Tyrus. Ty-rus. It is but a repetition of the eternal Golden Rule turned around. You never heard of Napoleon Lajoic La-joic sulking. You never heard of Hans Wagner laying dovu. Roger Bresna-1 han never quiL Cy Young pitched until his right arm lost its strength. Therefore, many ballplayers are the ruperior of Tyrus Raymond Cobb, regardless of his own opinions on the subject. rvn |