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...suddenly came back to baseball-at least in ballparks where a coil-spring, 30-year-old shortstop named Maury Wills was playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 161 games, with two games to go, Wills stole an even 100 bases, shattering the record of 96 set by Ty Cobb. and that was way back...
...long throw to second; rarely does anyone go for third or home. This year Wills stole third 14 times, home twice. On two occasions he stole three bases in a single game. And in all his attempts, only twelve times was he caught in the act (in 1915 Cobb was thrown out a foolish 38 times...
Behind Crain are Roy Cobb, probably the most improved sophomore on the team, and Jack D'Arch, who also figures to be included in McCurdy's top five...
...took notice, because tennis, after all, had become a very insignificant sport. An editor of the New York Times even cut the little story from the late city edition, substituting one of their fillers: "Ty Cobb never owned toothbrush...
Home Run Mistakes. Born 30 years sooner, Runnells might well have been a candidate for baseball's Hall of Fame. A scientific hitter in the mold of Honus Wagner and Ty Cobb, Runnells smacks clean line drives, rarely swings at a bad pitch. He steals an occasional base, is a superb buntsman and a meticulous fielder. One mistake he rarely makes: hitting home runs. "When I get one over the fence," he says, "I'm doing something wrong," and in twelve seasons Runnells has cleared the fence only 46 times. "I was born to hit to leftfield...