Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1918 — TYRUS COBB BOOED AT HOME [ARTICLE]

TYRUS COBB BOOED AT HOME

Jeered by Fane When He Drops Thrown Ball While Playing at First Base Position. Ty Cobb hissed in his own town, because he dropped a thrown ball during a recent game, is the information flashed by a Detroit newspaper. Can you beat that! Cobb has been playing first base because Jennings had plenty of outfield talent, but* nobody to hold down the Initial sack. Tyrus accepted 42 chances without a slip-up until the inevitable happened. Then the fans booed him—hissed the great Tv \