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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 |