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Show TY COBB PRAISES FIELDER SIMMONS Pride of Milwaukee 13 the Greatest Player in Game. "He Is the greatest outfielder In the ganre todav." It was Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the master batsman, talking on Al Simmons, the baseball pride of Milwaukee, "They ion't make them nny better than Simmons. He should, without a question, become one of the most brilliant outfielders In the history of all baseball," continued the famous Georgia Peach, us be watched Al roam about the field. "Just think : this boy Is only twenty-two twenty-two years old. has been one f l-e A rican league's leading batsmen for three years, und what u whale of a future is In store for Mm. only un injury, which I hope he never has, can keep Al from becoming one of the greatest t!y chusv-rs la the history of the game. There Isn't u weakness that Al has when be is cp at that plate. He murders mur-ders curve balls, hooks, knuc'..l'-rs nnd everything. As n matter of fa, t. It n.-esu't make a whole lot of difference wh it kind of a bail Is thrown to S:in uioiis. "lb the outfield there are few men who can be compari-0 to Mm. Johnny Mosul and Tris Speaker are the only rivals for the center field berth tb.it Al lias. Sj-eaker Is n more j.oi:!,-l plaer than Slmuioi.s, but In the course of the next few yearj I look for Al to take the place of my old pal." rhii p'-d on Cobb. Connie Mack Is another ereat n 1-mlrer 1-mlrer of the Milwaukee boy. "Without "With-out Simmons In the out:'.'-! 1 1 wouldn't feel safe." said the lean leader. "It wouldn't tu.iVoT who was p!ai::g. In his po-lthm, Cu-y co tlda t. la u.y etl math u. 1.11 the hill as we'd." |