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...Cobb, 38, now beginning his 21st season in the American League, has hit over .300 in 18 consecutive seasons. He holds the U. S. base-stealing record of 96 in 1915, has stolen more bases than any man in baseball with the exception of one Billy Hamilton. Cobb is cut to a different last than Sisler. No decorous college graduate he, but a "sandlot" player, a man of fiery mettle. Often-ihc bleachers, true to the tradition of U. S. sportsmanship, have risen in enthusiastic uproar while Cobb stood shoving his jaw-fare nearer and nearer to an umpire...
Edward Collins, six months younger than Cobb, has been in baseball one year less. Famed for his skill in stealing bases, his worshippers cried out, in 1921, that he was slipping because, that year, he stole only 12. In 1923, he regained leadership of the American League with 49 stolen bases, retained it last year with 42. Without the physical strength of Ruth, Hornsby, Cobb, lie cannot hit as hard, but he has struck out less than any other great player in baseball...
...gained another large wet victory in some foreign tank. Dempsey is reported to have challenged almost everybody from Thomas Edison to Andrew Gump. Mrs. Dempsey states that she is still very happy and still unbattered. West Somerville boys, working out in Southern training camps, are said to be displacing Cobb and Ruth. The Boston baseball management says definitely for the first time that both teams will unquestionably win pennants. James James Carbunkle is heralded as the new basketball captain of Siwash, having served faithfully on the team some eight or ten years. It seems that Harvard is not going...
HARVARD NORTH CAROLINA Leekley l.f. r.g. Purser Smith r.f. l.g. Devin Rauh c. c. Dodderer Samborski l.g. r.f. Cobb Morrison r.g. l.f. McDonald...
This year the Southern quintet is a dark horse, not having played against highly rated teams yet. Tonight will be the first game of the Northern trip, and whether it is on its way to a fourth championship or not may be seen from its showing against the Crimson. Cobb at forward and Dodderer at center are a pair of hard-playing veterans that will try the Harvard defense to the utmost. The former is especially fast and a sure shot from anywhere within the foul line. He has led his team in scoring for the last two years...