Ty Cobb Dies at 74 Cutting Down Baseball Great
Ty Cobb who set 20 baseball records including a lifetime .367 batting average and 892 stolen bases died at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after a rapid decline from cancer heart disease and diabetes. The Georgia Peach won 12 AL batting titles, batted .400 three times, and topped 96 stolen bases in 1915 while with Detroit and Philadelphia. his career also featured a famed start in Augusta and a late life in California and Nevada.
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Cobb the Georgia Peach and baseball icon
Profile of Ty Cobb detailing his 24 year major league career, records, fierce temper, base stealing prowess, and hall of fame selection. Chronicles his rise with Augusta and Detroit, key feats like 90 major records, 367 career batting average, and enduring image as baseball’s biggest drawing card before Ruth.
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Cobb leaves legacy praised by Stengel and baseball world
Dodgers rookie Stengel recalls meeting Cobb in 1913 at Augusta where Cobb stayed at spring training and taught base running and outfield. Stengel credits Cobb with letters that pushed his thinking. Cobb described as the greatest, a flawless player who could do anything and will be missed by baseball.
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Coleman Proves Lifesafer For Toronto Team
Pitcher Gary Rip Coleman, ex major league trialist with Yankees Athletics and Orioles, pitched a three hitter guiding the Toronto Maple Leafs to an 8-3 victory over Buffalo. His eighth win kept Toronto within a game and a half of fourth place as Columbus beat Charleston and widened the league lead.
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Marlins Use Washburn On Mound In Jets Clash
The Miami Marlins send Washburn to the mound tonight to oppose Columbus Jets ace Tom The Jets, leaders in the league, aim to extend their edge after a 2-1 loss to Charleston. Fred Whitfield homered in the ninth for Charleston, while Mejias and Mateosky contributed in the decisive sixth inning miscue.
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Redlegs clash with Webb & Neal in Route 41 league
The Route 41 Little League game features the Redlegs under L. & B. facing Webb & Neal tonight. In Monday’s five inning win by L. & B. 9-8, Van Kincaid led with three hits for the losers while Humphrey added two for the winners. Ewing, Kincaid, Harper, Gonzalez, and Dunbar are listed among players.
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Elliott Shakes Up U.S. Men's Track Squad
In Stuttgart Germany US coach Jim Elliott reshuffles the men's track and field squad for a two day meet with West Germany after sprinter Paul Drayton of Villanova pulls a leg muscle and middle distance runner Jerry suffers an unspecified setback from the Mos weekend meet.
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Salem Tops Appy League Race as Middlesboro Slips
Salem Rebels defeated Middlesboro 11 to 3 to take first in the Appalachian League as Bluefield dropped to second after losing 10-9 to Harlan. Jim Thrower pitched seven innings for Salem, Jesus Romero drove in three with a double and two singles, while Middlesboro’s Jack Jenkins took the loss.
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Hayes Jones Named Replacement in 100 Meter Dash
Siebert developed a heavy cold Elliott named Hayes Jones the U S high hurdle champion as Drayton's replacement in the 100 meter dash Jim Beatty will stand by for Siebert in the 800.
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Ruth Record Rule Narrows Home Run Credit
Baseball commissioner Ford Frick ruled that to break Babe Ruth’s 60 homer mark a player must hit more than 60 homers in the first 154 games to receive full credit. The decision affects Maris and Mantle as they chase Ruth’s record on the expanded 162-game schedule. Maris had 35 and Mantle 33, both ahead of Ruth’s 1927 pace.
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League Leaders On Tap Again In WWL
Duncan Catron seeks win No 14 in a row after a rainout. Post 32 faces Thompson Drug in the second game of a scheduled twin bill. Eppys Drug (6-6) versus Dias Floral (4-8) opens the doubleheader.
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