Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 275, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1917 — COBB PULLS “BONER” [ARTICLE]

COBB PULLS “BONER”

One of the Sok, listening to Faber’s alibi for his famous steal of third base, recalled an instance at Boston last year when Ty Cobb swiped third base with Crawford already on said sack. Cobb made a magnificent. slide, started to brush off the dirt and suddenly noted Crawford. “Hey! Get away from here!” yelled Tyrus. “You haven’t any business here!” On another occasion Veach of the Tigers got in some such a situation. At the end of' the rundown he explained it by saying there were too many men on the bases, anyway, and there seemed no place where he could go. •