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[From Bill Burgess'
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Did
Ty Cobb Once Fix a Game?
Dates
Ty Cobb's Supporters Died
Was Cobb
the greatest all-around baseball player who ever lived?
PART
I
Note from Author: These 2 lists are far from complete & are works-in-progress. These are simply the only ones I can find presently. Any new discoveries are welcomed.
Sp. N. = Sporting News BBM = Baseball Magazine
TY COBB'S FRIENDS
References: Like Him / Played Clean
By Bill Burgess III
Below were Ty Cobb's Friends, They liked him = 82 total
| Ty's Friends | Sources of Reference |
| Connie Mack | 1950 Autobiography |
| Tris Speaker | Sporting News, January 6, 1944, pp. 7; Ty Cobb by Richard Bak, pp. 89 |
| Eddie Collins | Sp. N. - Oct.18, 1950, pp.14, column 1 |
| Walter Johnson | Johnson biography, 1995 (Henry Thomas), pp.145 |
| Joe Jackson | BBM - Sept.,1920, pp.471 |
| George Sisler | New York Times, July 18,1961 |
| Casey Stengel | Cobb biogr.1994 (Al Stump, pp.263) |
| Mickey Cochrane | Literary Digest, Jan., 1932 |
| Grantland Rice | |
| John George Taylor Spink | Sporting News, Dec. 6, 1961, pp. 15, column 4,5 |
| Harry G. Salsinger | Ty Cobb by Richard Bak, 1994, pp. 124 |
| John B. Sheridan | Sporting News, Nov.11,1926 |
| Ring Lardner | |
| Fred Haney | Sp. N. 1961 |
| Al Simmons | Sp. N. Nov. 19, 1958, pp. 15, column 5 |
| Gabby Street | newspaper article by daughter, (Golden Age of Sports, edited by Allison Danzig and Peter Brandwein, 1948, Baseball by J. Roy Stockton, Sports Editor , St. Louis Post-Dispatch |
| Ray Schalk | Sp. N. Dec.20, 1961, pp.14, column 3 |
| Clyde Milan | Johnson biogr.'95 (Henry Thomas), pp.146 |
| Joe Sewell | October Heroes (Donald Honig), 1978, |
| Joe Wood | Forgotten Fields, by Paul Green, 1984, pp.114 |
| Ted Lyons | Forgotten Fields, by Paul Green, 1984, pp.114,128 |
| Ed Walsh | April 16, 1960, Hartford paper |
| Cy Young | Sporting News, February 4, 1932 |
| Bill Wambsganss | Cleveland Plain Dealer,Jul.18,'61(Hal Lebovitz), (Sporting News Feb. 4, 1932, pp. 4, column 6), Sporting News Oct. 14, 1985 |
| Harry Heilmann | Sp.N. ("34);Balt.News-Post,"With Shirley Povich"(7-18-61),pp.5C |
| Rogers Hornsby | Heroes' Heroes, (Literary Digest) Dec.31 |
| Whitey Witt | Diamond Greats, 1987, pp.116 |
| Stan Coveleskie | Sp. N. Sept. 13, 1961,pp. 15, column 4 & 5 |
| Lefty O'Doul | "Ty Cobb" by John McCallum, pp. 211 |
| Ted Williams | Ted Williams book, "Hit List" # 6 |
| Bill Cissell | Sp. N. Feb.2, 1949 |
| Frankie Frisch | article by Bob Broeg |
| Jack Barry | Sp. N. May 3, 1961, pp. 36 |
| Frank Baker | Sp. N. Feb. 9, 1955, pp. 17, column 1 |
| Bill Terry | Baseball Digest,Dec. 1983 |
| Oscar Vitt | BBM July 1938, pp. 341 |
| Sidney Keener | Sp. N. Dec. 27, 1961, pp.11 |
| Doc Cramer | "BB, When the Grass Was Green", pp. 195 |
| Del Baker | Sp. N. Jan. 10, 1962, pp. 14 |
| Joe Cronin | Sp. N. Jan 3, 1962 |
| Frank O'Rouke | Det. 1924-26, Associated Press, 1978 |
| Dan Howley | Sp. N. Nov. 19, 1958, pp. 15, column 5 |
| Cy Perkins | Stan Baumgartner article, (Sporting News, May 5, 1948, pp. 12, Column 3) |
| Eddie Wells | "Cobb Would Have Caught It," Richard Bak,1991,pp152 |
| George Weiss | "Ty Cobb" by Charles Alexander, pp. 223; NY World Telegram & Sun, July 17, 1961 |
| Fred Lieb | Baseball, As I Have Seen It, (1980), pp. 73 |
| E. A. Batchelor | Cobb autobiography, 1961, Introduction |
| C. William Duncan | Sp.N.(Nov. 19,'58), pp.15,col. 5; Sp.N.(Jan.17,'62,pp.15,col.3 |
| George Stallings | "Ty Cobb" by Charles Alexander, pp. 92 |
| Willis E. Johnson | Sporting News, April 30, 1958, pp. 40, column 1 |
| Jack McDonald | Sp. N. Dec 6, 1961, pp.15 |
| Rodger Pippen | Baltimore News-Post, July 18, 1961 |
| Frank Graham | "Baseball Extra" |
| Stoney McLinn | Sp. N. Jan 5, 1939, pp.4; Phil. Inquirer, March 9, 1953, obituaries. |
| Art McKinley | Sp. N. April 16, 1960 |
| Al Horwitz | "No Cheering In the Pressbox" pp. 186 |
| Wilbur Wood | Sporting News, Dec.27,1961, pp.14, column 4,5 |
| Bill Guthrie | Sp. N. March 15, 1950, pp 18 |
| Joe E. Brown | Sp. N. Jan 24,1962, pp. 11 &12 |
| Dr. Stewart Brown | Sp. N. Jan. 3, 1962, pp. 18 |
| Ed Bang | Sp. N. Jan. 17, 1962, pp. 11, column 4 |
| Charlie Schmidt | Ty's autobiography by Alvin Stump, pp. 27 |
| Ed Killian | Ty's autobiography by Alvin Stump, pp. 27 |
| General Douglas McArthur | Cobb, by Alvin Stump, pp.416 |
| Paul Kerr, VP of H. of F. | NY World Telegram & Sun, July 17, 1961 |
| Knute Rockne | |
| Al Schacht | Sporting News, Jan. 24, 1962 |
| Horace Stoneham | NY World Telegram & Sun, July 17, 1961 |
| Tom Yawkey | Sporting News, June 17, 1959, pp. 12 |
| Eddie Wells | Cobb Would Have Caught It, Richard Bak,1991, pp. 154, 164 |
| Johnny Evers | Baseball Magazine, both March, 1912, pp. 14, & February, 1920 |
| Dan Howley | Sporting News, Nov. 19, 1958, pp. 15 |
| Frank Walker | Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 18,1961, pp. 26 |
| Larry Woodall | (New York Journal-American, July 20, 1961, pp. 24, Brainy Cobb Praised by the Tigers He Managed by Barney Kremendo ) |
| Red Ormsby | Sp. N. Dec. 20, 1961, pp. 14, column 3; Sporting News, January 17, 1962 |
| Joe DiMaggio | Ty Cobb, The Tiger Wore Stripes, by John D. McCallum, 1956, pp. 212-213 |
| Nap Rucker | |
| Muddy Ruel | |
| Christy Mathewson | |
| Germany Shaeffer | |
| Bob "Fats" Fothergill | |
| "Wild Bill" Donovan | |
| Davey Jones | |
| Bozeman Bulger | |
| Jimmy Austin | "Glory of Their Times", by Lawrence Ritter, 1966, pp. 61; transcripts |
| Those below all claim Ty played clean = 36 total | |
| Name | Source of Information |
| Connie Mack | 1950 autobiography |
| Eddie Collins | Sp. N. Oct. 18, 1950, pp. 14, column 1 |
| Walter Johnson | Johnson biography (Henry Thomas) pp. 146 |
| Joe Sewell | Sp. N. Dec.20, 1961, pp. 11 & 12 |
| Clyde Milan | Walter Johnson biography (Henry Thomas) pp. 146 |
| Rogers Hornsby | N.Y. Herald-Tribune, July 18, 1961, pp. 21 |
| George McBride | Walter Johnson biography (Henry Thomas) pp. 146 |
| Roger Peckenpaugh | Sp. N. June 7,1950, pp.15 |
| Jimmy Dykes | "You Can't Steal First Base", 1967, pp. 204; Sporting News, Feb.21, 1962, pp. 31 |
| Hugh Jennings | BBM, March 1912; March 1921, pp. 468 |
| George Sisler | Sp. N. 1961 |
| Red Carrigen | Sp. N. April 2, 1942 |
| Branch Rickey | 1965 Documentary |
| Billy Evans | Sp. N. March, 1927 |
| Sam Crawford | "Cobb", by Richard Bak, 1991, pp. 51 |
| Ray Fisher | "Cobb", by Richard Bak, 1991, pp. 51 |
| Joe Wood | "Cobb", by Richard Bak, 1991, pp. 50 & 51 |
| Henry Beckendorf | "Cobb", by Richard Bak, 1991, pp. 46 |
| Ray Schalk | Sp. N. Dec. 20, 1961, pp. 14 |
| Red Faber | Sp. N. Dec. 20, 1961, pp. 14, column 3 |
| Jimmy Austin | "Glory of Their Times", by Lawrence Ritter, 1966, pp. 61 |
| Buck Weaver | Second Fireside Book of BB, pp. 54-56 |
| Del Baker | Sp. N. Jan. 10, 1962, pp. 14 |
| Frank Walker | Rocky Mt. N. C., July 22, 1961; |
| Everett Scott | "Glory of Their Times", Tape, voice of Sam Jones |
| Red Ormsby | Sp. N. Dec. 20, 1961, pp. 14, column 3 |
| Harry Salsinger | Sp. N. April 2, 1942, pp. 5 |
| Bozeman Bulger | Saturday Evening Post, May 26, 1928, pp. 136 |
| Charles Comiskey | New York Times, April 17, 1910 |
| Charles Conlon | BBM April |
| Jacob C. Morse | BBM Sept.1911, pp. 42 |
| Bill Wambsganss | Sp. N. Oct. 14, 1985 |
| Mickey Cochrane | |
| James Gould | |
| Tris Speaker | |
| Casey Stengel | |
