Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — O’LOUGHLIN MIFFS TY COBB [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

O’LOUGHLIN MIFFS TY COBB

Georgia Peach Is Let Down Smoothly & by Umpire for Making Protest on Called Strike. Here is how Silk O’Loughlin gently let down the bars for the imperious Ty Cobb in Cleveland the other day.

It was Ty’s first time up at bat. Silk called a strike, which Ty thought was too high. So he protested. “Never missed a strike in -my life, Tyrus,” replied Silk, smoothly. ‘•‘Well, that one was too high, Silk.” “Trouble with you, Ty, is that you took too long a stride.” “What do you mean? Are you trying to tell me how to bat?” “Well, aren’t you trying to tell me how to umpire? You stick to batting and let me umpire and we’ll get along all right.”

Silk O'Loughlin.