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Ty Cobb [From Bill Burgess' Ty Cobb Memorial Collection]
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

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