Show PATROLLING Twenty years ago ao this spring a skinny pallid youth ot of 1 IS 18 summers drifted Into the sanctum of W V II 11 Shearman then manager of ot the Augusta club a and d flashed an In- In Introductory In Introductory y note noto of from a Methodist minister residing In Royston Ga Ga who urged the mo- mo mogul mo mogul gul guI to give the lad a it diamond try try- tryout tryout try out out TIle The boy had distinguished himself at Royston on the bOrne homol town wn team and was bulging with to seek greater fame tame and andI numerous dollars Shearman In turn presented tho the lad to Con I owner and manager of or Augustas Augusta's first entry In tho the South Atlantic league thus thui launching the tho career of oC the greatest individual ball player the tha national g game gamo mo ha has V MAULS The youth who presented those credentials In 1903 1993 completed hi his two thou thousand and three hundred and eighth twenty eighth game gamo In the Amell- Amell can Ameil can league And judging from tram the bo ho is setting at the start ol oC his consecutive season of oC stardom the principal In inthis inthia this narrative who is none other than Ihan Tyrus Cobb Is des destined tined to again rank either on to I or Immediately adjacent to the top top- top rno t pinnacle of the realm of o sport During his first season in the South Atlantic league he turned In a 0 bat bat- batting bat batting ting mark of at Stealing but four Cour bases bises The next season Cobb raised his average to and nd 40 bases Bill Armour owner ot of the Detroit club paid the Augusta club for Cor Tys Ty s services ser and andeer eser er since that time he has bas pen be- be making history for tor tho the motor molar me- me metropolis me metropolis club bOME bOUr RECORD In 18 complete seasons Cobb stepped to the plate times and hits for Cor a grand average of oC scoring 1723 runs eight years ho he scored over oter 0 er runs per season During his ca- ca career j ca he 1300 1100 extra tra base I hit ii iio wallops o ops for tor a total ot of CUSh 1 cush- cush cushions cush cushions ions lie He hung bung up the modern rec- rec record record rec record ord for tor base stealing in 1915 1911 with 36 96 6 thefts Abd Ty is still going rong CONTEST Col CO TEST TESTA A Pennsylvania lady Idy in a towO of inhabitants engages aCes in a marathon dish cleaning contest washing and anti wiping for tor 31 consecutive the tive hours Where in a town ot of that size could they find ClOd that many dirty dishes On One paper with reference to the Gibbons GIbbons Dempsey bout printed A A certified chec check for 1000 aili be posted Probably the n 1 p 1 dment p-er p growing rowing dizzy nt at pus pugilistic mention of sums lolled hi his horny finger on the cipher key ky I and let lct em cm dr drop Money Is nothing In controversies and European an ar I debts When birds begin to build their little nests It Its It's almost time For I O men to shed their vests vesta leoj A Cincinnati paper recently printed Nick Kick Dumovich's 1922 1022 batting bat batting ting average with the Cubs Cube It was was 18 With reference to this has been quoted as aa saying This The only trouble with my batting Is I have been In a slump ter two years Americans suro sure ot of British cup rends reads a headline Yea and they had bad better till fill It outside tho the mile mUe limit It remained tor for an Ogden tele tele- telephone tele- tele telephone telephone phone operator to Inquire on tbs tho occasion of oC an Incoming call Is IsIe Isho J ho I a guest s of the tho hotel or a ba bah 1 player V 7 WHAT T SAY Tex has gone to Eng Eng- England land Ens-land land in quest ot of heavyweight cham chain championship championship boxing timber umber LIke frisking the north pole for tor hum burn humming mine hum ming birds I But then thero there Is Joe Beckett Ho He Is la some sort ot of timber for tor the I boys have base been using him los toi a chopping block tor for a 0 number ot of years lUTE YOUR Youn OW OWN OWN- TICKET The battle Dempsey Gibbons Dempsey I alIt take place In a natural amphitheatre amphitheatre theatre where Harry Starry Tracy the th noted bandit made his last stan stand 1 The National Aeronautical as- as as association says it can cint t recognize the transcontinental flights nights of at MacReady and I because the plane piano did not nol return Its original base The N A A A- A A AIs is almost as comical as the A A U The Tho more a man talks about hIs hl troubles tho the more he magnifIes them A LITLE Advice Adice to Never golfers golfers Never wrap a I mashie around your neck Th y don t make good s neckties The dead sure thing thinS as a rule 1 Is more dead than sure You cant can't ee the joke in being thrown into Inlo a pool when Its It's too deep for tor you I I Many Miny a ball player jumps Into 0 er eight on his spring board Tho The kind of at a show a t has often olten depends upon his us castr cast r The Tho man who created Interest In Run gun clubs 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