Show SPORTS H 1 COBB AND V LEAD LEAl TUE How TIow the Famous Batters Meet the Big Record Who Is the lie greatest l batter a cr In the or i I fl t Is a question that has long pur the lie fails fatis the country over lii III Hans agn l r the tho hard barth hitting Is the exalted Olie nci while other clUes cities aro disposed to toi i hand the palm naim to lo Co Cobb b of the tho famous Detroit TIgers To be sure I there thero was a timo mw when Napoleon Lajoie of the enjoyed the distinction of leading the batters balters of America but these days his name is scarcely ever mentioned i It Is all oll Cobb and Wagner 1101 now the more so since It appears that both are arc on tim tho probable of the tho American and National leagues Perhaps the greatest tribute to Wag va nor Is the mention of tho ho fact that for Cor seven years cars the tho German pretzel has hos batted over the be mark Lately It has gotten to bo be a habit habil with the of oC the anti and this sea season son Ion his hitting powers have hac mainly responsIble for the triumph of the of over I Chances Chancos Cubs agner has also do I i In iii the tho other branches of th the game ganie and on the bases Is a perfect I marvel of speed The fans falls of PIUs burs burg think more of him than any all player for miles and miles around The would give him the tho earth if lie he wanted Is their opinion of hIm And yet rot is tired of it nil aU nn and woUld resign If tile the opportunIty Ity offered Ho HI is 15 a bachelor worth some somo sa say and has been beon re le leI referred at limes as the Rockefeller I of tile the baseball world I Non ow with ry Cobb It Is different I I I There is 15 no In iii tho heavy halting batting between iy r and Hans HIns Their are arc as different as night an and da daY Wagner is of oC that t type that lint crowds himself all over oer lIo lb Is bulky bulley and is shaped like 1110 the Rock of Gibraltar and he Is just as firm firmAn An ordinary bed loaves him little room to and his hands look like those of a Cobb Is just the opposite to Wag Wagner nor ner In everything lie he does docs lie He is 18 slender buill like a a null endowed with a won wonderful erful He HeIs Is the l ideal enl lit In action and anol during a I game looks Wee the Idealized GreI Gre clan athlete Hels Heis a bun bundle le of nerveS i ion on and off the field likes good books is well mannered and nattily dressed dresse Wagners life lICo It of the he humdrum methodical sort sorl off the thc diamond show showing showing ing another difference between lie tho two stars During the game gamo Wagner seeks to hold his temper and is noer to lo much with the lie umpire Just the lie opposite mn may he be said of f Cobb The latter loves time tho game for all there is in it and he lights at the drop of a hut hat If it lIl ai pears that hi team or himself Is get gei thug the he worst of the bargain But nul for Cor mull all that ho two men are arc the same In tIle lie things that really count In the tho game gamo Although time the methods are arc both arc aro remark able hitters fielders and base Tile stanl at al the top of their protes profession sion In Point ot of years Wagner seems to have It on Cobb n a trifle lust wh whIs who Is tile the greatest batter baller Cobb or Wag I nel Is still unanswered |