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Show Tigertowrj Backs Tyrus Top T iilili and nil iovlng mannsjee smile. Bottom iiniij JTcnnlnss and iii- Retiring manager Millie. (N. K. A. staff Bpecial) DETROIT, Fob. 14. Ty Cobb, boy manager of the American league, hns already convinced Tlgertown it will get out of the ruck. Never in the history of Detroit baseball base-ball has there . . n such s landslide of sentiment toward one man Tv Cobb Is the man of tho hour. There's onlv one tejim In Ban Johnson's John-son's league so fur as Tiger fans are concerned. Cor 15 years Ty has thrilled De-trolters De-trolters by his brilliant playing. But they had stopped making a fuss over his greatness. MOW IDOL Now with the hope that a pennant pen-nant may fly again soon at Navln Field, Ty In a new kind of Idol ln their eyes. The home-coming banquet given Ty was the most extensive demonstration demonstra-tion of enthusiasm ever glveu a ball player here. Hughlo Jennings, now acting field manager of the Giants, came back to Tlgertown to seo that Ty got off to a flying start He said so many splendid things about the Jewel from Georgia that tho player blushed- Ty is full of brand-new ideas. Hi FORM DM w He hasn't been playing ball for 15 fears without doing some individual' thinking on baseball training reform. Ty has gone back to his home In J Georgia with a new Idea of what ut USenS to be a manager and to have the fans with you And Detroit always willing 'o support a loser--ls now getting ready to back up a winner. For Ty is going to cut the buck,' they feel certain, 1 |