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Show 1 Cobb Greatest of All Time g - . .;. Tj ,LL CARIUOAN, the Iron gray lialred. keen eyed chieftain of the I ff Boston lied gux, doesn't live on a baseball past, even though lie & g T"" might be accorded some privileges In tlmt respect us the miuiatier g & of world's championship teams Id 1015 and 1910.- t'.lll tins youn,g g Ideas and a ycung tenm, tor the most pan, that he Is fast developing g & Into a combination that must be reckoned with In the American league. 1 :'v- ... -y ' Nevertheless.' Carrlgan. In, ihe w midst of this reconstruction pro o gram, may be persuaded to turn j? back the pages a. little to tell you that. Ty Cobb was probably the ttreli'est all around' player he ever w knew, with Trls Shaker a cl.-se S rival ; that Nap l.irjoie. Ihe famous Frenchman of theold -t'ltnelirtid club, was the creates! natural bat- ter; and that Rabe Kuth. who came to the b! show under Carrl- pan, whs as great', a left-handed (.) pitcher ' before Hie war as he ( Is g an all-around stan now. : .f "Cobb probal'ily ranks as the brt of them all In general ability, () but "Speaker was f)ot far behind." $ Carrlgan asserts !fn sizing up the t) two famous outfielders now with the Athletics, both." of whom, Incl- dentirlly, 'were 'W- their prime In ; Carrican's days as managor-tmck- , Bill Carrigan. stop of Ihe old Red Sox ball te.im. y ' ' "Ty had a liitle.'ed'ge at bat. perbiipsMiut not much. He was aftoa better hsise'rtinnor, but Spoke ) was'greater on defense. I don't think there has been any outfielder in . the ganit wh(( outshone Trls J,n this espect, although he had a pair . J of great teamVniites in -flooper nnd LeVis on our old team. j (I) . "Ty'vvas always a bigger -pate attraction than Trls.- He was. more jA J) of ,ficelrnnd on the field. Spoke wjyj .the sort who went about his $ business quietly." ' i " " J) ) "I never snwJSd DeteUaiitj and I cniFt'itass any 'opinion oii'TtdgiW Hornsby." Carrigan. went on. VRut I woW rank Liiiole as the greatest righthander.- Ruth,' of course, is the greatest long distance hitter, with- w j out an argument, but Lajoie also could hit 'em far ps well as often.". Jj (), . Carrigan can't be drawn Into the debate that ; Connie Mack, John w j McGraw' and WUhert Roblnsoh engaged In hist siiafon as to whether W tlie' present-diiy"Yflnkees,ylth jthelr slugging power, eclipse the grent (?) t teams of other days, such as the Raltlmore Orioles, the Chicago Cubs. s (he old Athletics or R"ed Sox. 'How can you stop a team with that hit-' ? S ting?" Rill laconically asks; "The Yankees don't need great pitching." i: (?) (. SsXs,S'Sk!S:.S. t lim'smm'&fZ '- ' ' : |
