Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-10-22 | Page 21 | Ty Cobb May Miss 400 Rank by One Blow

TY COBB MAY j MISS .400 RANK BY ONE BLOW 1 ; CHICAGO. 111.. Oct Tl (By the Associated Ptps. ) Ono qucstlonnbln hit separatrg T Cobb, manager of the Detroit Tlffan, from the .400 hit-! ters of 19Z2. It was discovered today in compilation of the, official batting records by Irrrlii M Howe, official statistician of the American league "Without that hit Cobb'a total 1s .3r,. but with it he enters the .400 rani. s for the third time In his career n.s league batting leader for th last 15. years with but three exceptions. On May 16. In a game at New Tork between Detroit and th- Yankees "obb was credited In unofficial ncwe-papfr ncwe-papfr box scores with two hits and by tho official scorer with only one, hit smash. Investigation of the d is-1 crepancy has been started and the controversy will be laid before Prosl-1 dent Ban Johnson of the American! league. If tho hit is won for Cobb. It will make him the only slugger lit I baseball history to pass the 400 mark ; thr? times. George Staler of 9t. i I-oule haa two .400 marks this year ; and 1920 both times the league high1 records. Cobb's .420 Jn 1911 stands as the modern high mark. In the earlv davs! of tho fam" "Tip" 0'N"elI of tho! St. Loula club of tho old American fLWOciatlon made .492 in 1887. tho same year that "Pop" Anson of the Chicago Nationals made .4 21 Cobb'a .4 00 average this year, f be wins It, also stands oa an answer to the query whether the Georgian' is slowing up. .oftor 1 i yean of daszllnx speed in the major leagues' r.ast Kar Hellmann of Detroit as-1 attnied lendernbij) of the American league siuppers heating Cobb'a .389 j by five points. Cobb's averagi to .53 2 in 1920. bis lowest with Dm exception In L6 years