| Show I COBB BEING REPAID FOR FAITH HE HAS HAD IN LEFTY WELLS Ii Iy 11 BILLY EVANS S EVANS CHICAlO O Aug Ty ll-Ty 11 Ty Cobb Cabb Is being repaid this year for tOI forthe forthe the confidence that he has always had In la Southpaw Ed Wells Tho The tall left hander ot of the Detroit De- De De Detroit I troit staff Is the first Tiger pitch pitch- pitcher pitcher pitcher er to turn In 10 victories He re rc recently rc- rc Gently accomplished it ft by Ing In Ing Lefty Grove Glove Wells Well ell dame came ame to the th Tigers Tiger direct from trem Bethany college After a brief trial he was wa sent ent to the ml- ml mi minors nors nes for tor a year then brought braught back to Detroit Last season Wells Wels won wan only anly six games while losing nine nin and the opposition earned better than six runs a game gam oft ott his delivery Not Nat Nota Natt Nota t a ve very y Impressive record recard Yet when I looked the tho Tigers over aver at Augusta Ga this spring Cobb Cabb stresa d the point paInt that Wells should b be a consistent winner When I pressed him for ter th the reason rea-fon rea reA- reA reAson son h ho ha laughingly replied He has the th old determination WILL TO WIN r The Th expression the old de- de determination determination de determination termination is much used In baseball It may mean any number num- num bar ber of af In III the first place it means mean the player takes hIs 1 his is work werk seriously has tho the proper courage alsO alo the win lo win will spirit One On need watch Wells work only anly Do a few tew Innings to realize just what the old aid determination means u as expressed by Cobb lIla Ills jaw Is set ot on an every ball pitched and his deliberate windup makes make It ap apparent ap- ap apparent apparent parent that he feels he h holds the mastery over the batter The Detral players halt half In earnest eanest and halt half In jest lest refer reter to wells Well as the psychology south south- southpaw southpaw paw A college athlete Wells enter enter- entertains entertains entertains the belief that the th will will-to- win to win Is h halt the th battle that If It you eu euI I think a II thing hard and long lang enough It will come came corn true When Wells pitches the th thought of winning Is uppermost In ad- ad addition ad addition he h holds hold to the tb opinion that he has ha something on each and every ery batter that face faces him So far tar the l 1926 averages bear out aut th the contention SPEAKER lun 1 A Pittsburg tan fan writes asking my opinion as to who Is gen gen- generally gen generally considered as being or ar having been the tho th best fielding out out- outfielder out fielder Tris Speaker or ar Eddie Roush Comparing two outstanding stars lars like Roush Reush and Speaker In merelY a a matter ot of individual judgment No doubt tt a voto eto vot on such uch a question confined to the major league experts would auld brinG out a anid nid Ide difference o of ef opinion Rough Roush Is unquestionably one of af th the tho grete greatest t outfielders In the history o of ef the gam game but It Is ll my opinion that Speaker Is the great great- greatest greatest greatest est ot of all fielding alone alene alon consid consid- considered considered considered ered I have e hav never seen een Quite his equal although I must admIt Roush Reush Is I a close clese clos A marvelous judge jude of af o fly balls possessing the th ability to come came corn In Iner inor Inor or er eo Ita out aut with equal ease M e having the knack ot of handling ground balls like Ilke an Infielder and boast boast- boasting boasting ing an arm that throws throw strikes from frem the th outfield It would be difficult to mold maid a more mare perfect outfielder than Tris Speaker THOSE M Manager George Geerge Sister Siller o of af the Browns Brawns must take considerable joy jay out of ot hi hIs David Harum trades since taking over aver the tIle St Louis club Dame Damn Fortune Fortun has certainly smiled on en him Last winter Sister parted with Jon Joe Bush and Johnny Tobin for ter Southpaw Tomb Zachary and Win Ballau a sturdy right-hander right At thi At-thi the time there was much argument argument argument ment as to which team got get the thebe be better Iter of the tho trade St SL St Louis was given the edge With the season more mare mor than halt half over it is apparent that the trade was all St Louis Washing Washing- Washington Washington ton tan has ha turned loose lease both Bush and Tobin while Zachary and Balleu have hav done don well for far the Browns Drawns As a matter of af fact act Zachary has been Sisters Sister's best pitcher With Witha Do a club that has ha always been be- be below below be below low tho the mark Zachary has won wan 11 out DUt ot of his first 20 games while Ballou Balleu has five victories to show lIhew how against two defeats Th The moral meral Have Hav a care when trading with Sister |
