Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-01-24 | Page 17 | Ty Cobb Adds Many Records

TY TV COBB ADDS MANY RECORDS RECORD Detroit Manager and Out Out- Outfielder Outfielder Out fielder fielder Again in CHICAGO Jan By 23 23 By The Associated Tyrus Press Press Tyrus Ray Raymond mond Cobb the Georgia Peach holder of more baseball records than any man In tIme tile game added further fu distinction by the tha great great- greatest est set Individual batting batting- performance I In the American league during the reveal Season of 1325 1925 official statistics I The fiery Detroit leader had his field day In a contest between the Tigers and Browns at St St-Louls St Louis on May ay 6 5 Cobb went to bat six times on that date and smashed out three home borne r runs a a double and two sin sin- singlee sin singles I glee tor for a total of o 16 18 bases Dur Dur- DurIng Dur- Dur During During ing this performance ho he was cred cred- credited credIted cred- cred credited with being responsible for tor eight of the 14 runs scored by lus Ius dub club His first tint homer bomer came caine In th first first Off Joe Bush and with one runner on was on the bill hili in the second and Cobb lilt Hit lila second circuit bl blow w again with a runner on oct base In the fourth frame Ty hit bit a two two-bagger and got singles stogies in iii the sixth and ninth His third home run was wag In the eighth with Gaston pitching Cobbs Cobb's total of H Id bases hit for forIn forin forin In a a single game set a new Ameri Amen American American can league record the previous mark having been 13 made by Ed- Ed Eddie Ed Eddie die Gharrity of the Washington team on June 21 23 1919 Cobb Cobbs Cobb's six ix hits In six times up tied the American league record set by Frank Brower with Cleveland on April 22 1022 Next Nut day Cobb continued hi his hitting by getting two more homo run and setting a new record of five home runs by one batter in two consecutive days Then on May 10 Ty made the one hun hun- hundredth hundredth hun hundredth home run of his career In Inthe inthe Inthe the American league Goose Goblin of the Senators hit three home runs In a a game at Cleveland but had he-had he had the 12 In- In in In of o an art overtime contest to doit do doIt doIt It in His third homer In the twelfth cave gave Washington the game