Show TY TV COBB GOBB TO liST RECORD DURING DURINO 1927 V Veteran Out to Shatter Marks of Auson Anson and Young KV JW DWICK f oJ it Ie ho J Copyright U 1937 1227 1 By The Tho Consoli- Consoli Consoli at d Press AssocIatiOn W NI NEV W YORK Feb Ty 12 12 Ty Cobb has bitor b tor him his hl hi twenty twenty- twenty third third year of or consecutIve bas baseball ball In lit a a maJor J aue If he finIshes t the he season successfully wRit with roe me Philadelphia athletics and It If the athletics a win the pennant Cobb will have done something that no other player ever er did before and perhaps never will do again be- be because because be because cause to do It a IL player must begin mighty earl early The first player layer with IL a n long terra term record was Adrian Anson who almo batted 22 years with the Chicago club managing tho the team most ot of the tho time and was retired d How tow stubbornly Cap Anson fought It it It II was not so much a resentment resentment tight of r resentment against his club as it was waa a tight fight ot or the tho athlete against time Cap be- be believed believed be believed that he was as good as ever in the vocation he had fol Col lowed lowe so long lie He stormed atthe at 1 the decision which took him from Crom the bench that had sheltered an anAnson anAnson Anson for tor more than a fifth ot or a century Ho I-fe told his friends who were were cre legion that he was as as good goodas goodas goodas as ever eyer tor for baseball CITY OFFICIAL IJ The city of or Chicago which has been a mischievous baiter of oC the the suddenly to the tho fact that It loved him and there were some sharp words uttered against a the club that had permit permit- permitted permitted permitted ted him hint to lo get away Yet Chi Chicago hl- hl cago knew he was through as a ball bait player Later the city took hint lm to Its municipal bosom and made him a city official l f fAnson lAnson Anson played politics with the Iho same sante recklessness with which he played almost everything else ex- ex except ex except baseball and finally lost out alt all around and ended the U life Ute or of ora ofa ft a real sportsman a high type fine Cine principled man with his Iris cus- cus cus customary tomary Independence Refusing any assistance he ho entered vaude vaude- vaudeville ville villo and and gained a meager living but never lost Jost the respect of or his fellowmen Cy Young farmer rural her her- hercules hor-cules hor culls cull's retired from froin baseball at the end of oC his IsIs twenty-second twenty year ear be- be because because be because cause he Ie had hall eno enough gh of o It Re He Redid did not storm to get back oat Not Nota Nota a 1 bit of or it He took up his ls la- la labors la labors bors among th the fertile fields of oC Ohio and resumed farming where he had left oft off when nhen he departed In blue Jeans to pitch for tor Can Can- Canton Canton Canton ton In the tho Tri state league Ty Cobb finished his twenty twenty- twenty second second year in 1926 thus equalling the records ot or both boils Anson and Young Cobb tried to play the best ball that he could and lii In that effort ho made records be- be because because be because cause they couldn't get out ot o his way because of oC his speed Yet It If he ho pressed to say that ha he In- In Intended Intended In Intended tended to do this or that to acquire a record he was waa loath to answer directly But Dut burned In Cobb all the time to make a 0 record Ir if ho ha could and ho he Is Js on the time way for forthe the tho first time In the history or of baseball to complete completo 23 r tivo tI season seasons Anson played all ot or lila his 22 2 years ears with one club Cobb played years 2 2 years with Detroit and In the tho third twenty third will play with ith the Athletics I YEAR r WILL WILB TELL When It comes conies time to think about playing In 1928 perhaps the tho boys will say ay that Ty Is Js out for Cor good but good but dont don't believe It it If Ithe he helps to win a II pennant In 1927 1921 he Ire will bo be back In 1928 and after atter ho Ito will be bo back for tor 1929 Then he will tell the llio world that he hc Is the only player in all Ills Ills- his history tory who played consecutively for tor 25 5 years and stepped ISO so o hard on on time the toes ot of Father Father- Time that the theold theold theold old Cell fellow ow backed up with a roar that could be heard all over the Savannah Sa river valley and the Georgia peach orchards |