WORTH $2-3 MILLION
Ty Cobb
By John Wheeler
Special Dispatch to The Tribune,
NEW YORK, N, Y.—Tyrus Raymond Cobb was a colorful and controversial ball player. He was also the greatest this reporter has ever watched. He died Monday the richest.
When Ty came up as a rookie with Detroit in 1905 at the age of 18, he ran into a lot of hard-boiled ball players who gave nothing and expected nothing. He told me once about his first game against the Yankees, then called the Highlanders. He tried to steal second base and slid in face first.
Kid Elberfeld in making the tag came down on his neck with his knee and rubbed his nose into the dirt. "That will teach you, kid," said the veteran.
It did. Ty was an apt pupil. In the next series, he started for second and slid feet first, knocking Elberfeld out of his way.
Elberfeld came back to the bag and said: "That's the way to do it. Now you're learning."
Ty Cobb
By John Wheeler
Special Dispatch to The Tribune,
NEW YORK, N, Y.—Tyrus Raymond Cobb was a colorful and controversial ball player. He was also the greatest this reporter has ever watched. He died Monday the richest.
When Ty came up as a rookie with Detroit in 1905 at the age of 18, he ran into a lot of hard-boiled ball players who gave nothing and expected nothing. He told me once about his first game against the Yankees, then called the Highlanders. He tried to steal second base and slid in face first.
Kid Elberfeld in making the tag came down on his neck with his knee and rubbed his nose into the dirt. "That will teach you, kid," said the veteran.
It did. Ty was an apt pupil. In the next series, he started for second and slid feet first, knocking Elberfeld out of his way.
Elberfeld came back to the bag and said: "That's the way to do it. Now you're learning."
