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Show i bo taten Into consideration by tne man at bat and the man on base. Cobb has made plays in baseball when tho odds were heavily against hlra. He would attempt a Meal, try a bunt or propose to stretch a single Into a double, or a doublo into a triple, where no other player would. He could always bo counted upon-to furnish tno unexpected; he could always be looked look-ed to for something tnat no otner 1 player would done out. He pot away with most of his plans ana nts reputation repu-tation became fixed. The American public always Iocks for something out of the ordinary. U i loves to be surprised; It desires to no taken by storm; It appreciates originality; origin-ality; It craves for things new, and "Ty" Cobb was tho boy who furnished Just those things' In nasetaJl. His deeds on the boll field electrified thousands of fans. When conb went to the bat any kind of a stunt could be expectod of him. and when no reached first thcro was little tnat tno imagination could picture as to his plans to reach home. But many of tho times when "Ty" didn't get away with It were costly to tho Tigers. Ho lost henviiy trying to put through some of his plans, and to prevent these losde3 In the future will be "Ty's" plan of campaign this year, and that very plan or campaign will make him a less sensational but a more valuable ball player. Recklessness Is Costry. Cobb has learned his lesson. This year he won t rush In where others Mould hesitate, and ho won't take chances and expose hlmseir constantly. constant-ly. Thi3 change began last year, ho will play with science, cunmng, deliberation delib-eration and tact, and he win he wortn more to the club than he has been during any of his three years of sensational sen-sational playing. And next fall his record will be Just as high as It was m 1907 and 100$, and in all probability higher; If not In figures, In playing strength. Cobb today stands as the most valuable player of the national game In America. People Like to See Cobb at the Bat Detroit Feb. 6. "Ty" Cobb will not be a baseball sensation this year. Fans will regard him as they do Sammy Sam-my Crawford, Fielder Jones, "Wild Bill" Donovan and other popular diamond dia-mond stars. He will not lose their regard, re-gard, but he will lose his reputation as a ball player from whom random expects ex-pects sensation after sensation. Three years' ago when the Georgian sprang into balldom's limelight It wa.i in tho role of a new wonder. He became great chiefly because he was EeneatlonaJ. He took chances and ho got away with most of them. Ho dared and he accomplished. He attempted at-tempted where any other ball player "would have hesitated. And ho established estab-lished a reputation of being the most r sensational outfielder p-.ayrng tall and the most wondorful man on bases the game has produced in some number or years. Cobb Good Drawing Card. People went to seo "Ty" Cobb at bat and on the bases. It was worth the admission price. lie was a great drawing card, probably greater drawing card than any other bail play- er has ever been. He achieved a national na-tional reputation Last year Cobb wasn't the subject of ho much comment. Ho was still the dare-devil of baseball. He still pulled off his wonderful running and he still made the opposition fielders tremble when he walked to the bai. But the public didn't applaud nor praise "Ty" as much in 1908 as It did in 1907. Fandom didn't talk as much about Cobb last year as the year before, be-fore, and enough change haa come m the manner of Cobb to warrant the decrease. de-crease. When the season of 1909 opens, ball-dom ball-dom will find Cobb a more conservative conserva-tive player. He will be a young man ready to take less chances, and ho will prefer doing things on second thought to answering the Impulse of the moment mo-ment Georgian Toned Down. The Georgian has been ronea down during his three years :n rast company. com-pany. He has learned that a waiting gamo i sometimes far better man rushing In on first thought. He.nas been taught by experience that there j are more things than one that must |