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COBB GAME'S GREATEST, SAYS CY YOUNG T3t'' Ptt' Vinn "3 J ."" Ty Cobb, is the1 -greatest of them all. , ; In my baseball experience, -covering almost""a quarter of a century, I haven&ver seen an all- t j iV;?v;7 M). l' ., i it& 4"7 1 I . Cy Young onHis Farm. around player the equal of the DetFoit star.. There may.be dther players al most if not quite so fast as Cobb ; Lajoie has it on the "Georgia Peach" for straightaway hitting; other outfielders i may ' throw a trifle better, but for work, day in and day out, Cobb hasn't an equal. At bat he hasn't a weakness. It has been my experience that you can fool him," possibly, one day, on a certain kind of ball, and th,e next time you face him he will whale the cover off. the ball. On the bases he is wonderful. He uses both his head and feet, and I sometimes wonder if the former isn't more responsible for his success than the latter. Cobb can size, up a baseball situation like a flash, and the way he divines plays is, uncanny. On the paths he doesn't know the meaning of the word fear, and this lack of timidity "helps him. In the field, too, he is a won der. He uses splendid judgment in playing for batters, and his marvelous speed enables him to retire batters qn balls that others would play safe. Able to hit, to field, to throw, to run bases and to do each in phenomenal fashion, coupled with his nerve and confidence, Cobb is the greatest player that ever wore a spiked shoe. At a .Sunday school picnic the preacher said to the boys: "Now, boys, I will give a penny to the first lad who can ask me a question which I cannot answer." , Several" tried, but the preacher had the answers. Then little John ny asked him: "If you stood up to your neck in soft mud and I threw a stone at your head would you duck?" 8aitaSMi.ta;ii aiBaHgjgi.Baiigas?ssssEBB