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VOL. XVI.
'p Ul'S KAYMONII conn i>
JL the greatest of all baseball
players, past and present; the
highaHt-saluricd star in either of
the major leagues; the nuclens
around which the Detroit Tigers
are built. Because of Ids natural
abiIity—HISSPEED KKS< URCK
FI LN ESS AND DARING \N I >
HIS TREMENDOUS A Mlsl l'H>N.
he Ims twice been'awarded the
Chalmers trophy in CONI'KM'S
judged by impartial critics, base
ball writers fiom the sixteen cities
represented in the National and
American leagues who were asked
to pick the most valuable player
in the most popular pastime of the
American people.
Baseball has many stars, 1 here
is Larry Lnjoie. the hard hitting
second baseman of the Cleveland
Naps who for over a decade has
batted over .300 each season; Joe
Jackson, the clouting fielder of the
same team; Walter Johnson, the
speedy pitcher of the W ashington
senators; Hal Chase, the speetacn
lar lirst baseman recently traded
to the Chicago W hile Sox by the
New York Yankees; Frank Chance
formerly manager of the Chic.u >
( übs and maker of champion.- ;
Hans Wagner, slugging short slop
of the I’ittsburg Pirates- in fact,
there arc a legion honored by
friends and foes for their prowc
at bat and in the field. But I \ rus
Bay mond Cobb is III!. GRLAI
liST OF Til 1C tilt FAT. IIK 18
Til K BUB ill I'KST ST AI! in the
refulgent constellation of baseball,
a player feared and respected in
every city of the circuit of the
Auaoiiean league. 1 here is only
in e < obi). He has no eipial. He
is supreme as a batter, a base
runner and fielder. So variable is
he that be is unpurchasable. Ib
is without price. Asa gale at
traction alone, li - more than com
pensates the Detroit management
for the annual salary of •*I2,.VU)
that it gives him.
When Tyrus Haymond Cobb
broke into the big league he rev
olutinni/cd baseball. He forced
opposing teams to change thcii
mode of defense in order to stop
POINTERS FOR CONTEST/ NTS AS WELL AS FOR CLERKS AND BUSINESS MEN
No Contestant Wants to be Ty Cobb- Ty Cobb v . - inner, and Contestants to be Winners Must Have the Ty Cobb Spirit-Let 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Positions Represent
Third Bast—No Contest, r W i to be a Loser-No Contest: t V/ants to be Left at the Bottom of tne List-Now While Some of the Contestants
are Windinp>U,, or Asleep, Go LiKe “a White StreaK” from the Bottom to the Top-Surprise Somebody!
Being about “doped’ out, and
there I*oing onh F( M 1; more wyi.
days in tliis contest, we tala 1 our
“dope” from some thoughts sug
gested in the ebove article, “Bum
ness Lessons from Fields of Spoi
by J.C. Burton and (Ben Buck.
Thf. Kotaiman. Banks couut\ i
the birth place of T.v Cobb. !l -■
not so much of Ty Cobb that we
want yon to think about. It is
the Ty Cobb spirit right now that
may prove a valuable lesson to you
in winning the *:>7n Melodigrand.
the *d2"> Kingsley, the *l.lO graft*
nota, the #OO diamond ring. the •'do
solid gold watch, the 'dO silver
service, or someone ol the other
valuable prizes. Ty < übb did not
want to “die” on third base.
You do not want to “die” on
17th, 18th. lilth nor 20th. How
did Ty Cobb get away from third ?
How are you to get away from 17th.
18th. tilth or 20th ’ It is said
that “there was a white streak
across the tield: a cloud ot dust at
the home plate. The umpire stood
yvith hauils extended, palms down
BANKS COUNTY JOURNAL
BUSINESS LESSONS. FROM FIELDS OF SPORT
./. C. Burton and (Hen Buck, in The Rot urn in
him. In many instances the shift
in tactics was futile. COBB
SHIFTKD WHEN HIS OP
PON KNTS Sill F l i p AND BE \T
I’ll KM AT Til 111 IjgJ >\\ N C \MK.
llwas('obl) who iuvented Un
hook slide, a slide that has been
adopted by the ma jorit y ot the sue
eessfol base runners in both leagues.
It was Cobb who first threw him
sell away from the players attempt
ing to tag him, touching the base
i with only one loot instead ot luirl
ing his entire body at the sack. It
■was Cobb, and Cobb only, who
scored from lirst base on an infield
out. scored BKCAI SK <M- DVB
INC, SCORED BIJAISE IIK
DID Til K UN KN PE< I'KD. It is
Cobb that has elonted the ball for
a gland average of over .30(1 in the
nine years lie has been a member i
of the Detroit team and led Un-
American league iu stolen buses i
since 11KM.
I VIM'S < 088 BROI (ill r
WITH HIM AMBITION AM)
INITIATIVE. Ho hint to light
the Dotroit manager in order to
show Hie country that there was
a wav of playing baseliall other
than the meehaiiioal way then
lavored. lie had to overcome the
prejudice of leymmates an-, silence
the jeel'S of crowded bleachers be
loro he was to be acknowledged the
greatest of play-os. lint Hi: II AD
Till: NEKA i. i<) 11 1 111''
ihe \s 'i*) i’ii i: tksi \M> ii t;
( - ON<i>l EKE!) ISEEAI SE OF
THAT NERVE.
T\ < (>BB IN V I :NTil) M A N Y
('Dr IA I II AT II A YE TEKNKD
DEFEAT INTO VICTORY. He
has won games singlehamled, with
his but, his brain ami his muscular
legs. He has achieved a niche in
the hall of sporting lame by his
feats of daring but recital of one
endeavor will suffice to teach our
moral today. It was an alternoou
in .lime, one of those rare days
when the alliance c i spring and
summer was being celebrated,
w hen the rollicking sprits of Her
Majestv. the great Out-of I >oors.
summoned you to thrones of ver
dure and perfume, struck oil" the
shackles of the hard-hearted captor.
ward ”. Ty < 'i,bb had to iun 90 j
feet before the pitcher deliveicd
the ball 00 feet. Ty Cobb was safe
at home. This spirit is what you
want, if you want to getaway from
the bottom of the list. Had !v
Cobb waited, he would have died
on third base. Whoever fails to
make the most of their time in the!
next four days may be found left ,
at the foot of the list without any j
prize.
< bbb shifted when his opponents ;
shifted, and he beat them at their
own game. The contestants have
i all l>een shifting some, making but
, little change in position. Are you
j expecting any surprises i Are you
looking out for the unexpected,
!Ty Cobb scored because he did the
(unexpected. He did the impossi
j ble, so thought everybody but him
‘ self, and it may have been a little
surprise to himself. II some of
you were to win the Melodigrand
(you might surprise nearly every
body. If you work for it and lail
on it. you may win the Kingsley,
i Ty Cobb had ideas, he had
Devoted to Giving the News, Encouraging (he Progress, and Aiding the Prosperity of BanKs County.
Homer, E?anks County, Georgia,, Thursday, August 14, 1913.
Business, and bore you away to a
place of safety where the question
itig cross lire of clerk and stenogra
pher could not reach you. Ihe
Detioit Tigeis and Cleveland Naps
were locked it) a stubbornly fought
baltle-for baseball supremacy, a
contest that one run might win.
I'y Cobb was ()N 1111 B 1) B A,"’l.
\round the chalk-micd arena ol
Navin Field, Detroit, thousand
spectators strained themselves in
tc ~ • expeetancy . THE SCORE
\V.\s A TIK. I'mi men wen-out.
The fate of the game centered in
the white-bloused figure that
IHTTLKD B V C l\ AND FJ >KTH
NKA B ’l'll IBD Ti ger.s and Naps
stood up at their lienel.es, for
Till: DECISIVE MOMENT HAD
COME. WHAT WOIKD BK
TDK BKSI LT"
The mighty Tyrus was at third.
He go! there by the ordinary
events of the game. At* bat In
had hit the ball to unguarded ter
ritory—-cot an easy feat when field
ers are Heel and tin-pitcher is cun
ning—and ran to first. Another
player bunted, sacrificing himself
thaf Cobb might MOVE 1 P TO
SECOND, a tat ion from which he
could score on a short single or a
defensive slip. A long fly ad
van ceil him to third.
There lie stood alert and active,
with the fate of till- game in his
■ piiek eye, his ipiieker brain and
his running legs. If,he failed, he
tailed not alone, lor the team, his
team failed with him. If he won,
he won not alone, Inif give the myn I
behind him iheir chance tor
1 home.” In him wire centered
t he hopes and fears; of thousands elj
sili-iit fans who apparently had tor
gotten how to breathe. It wa- -o :
stiff that even the breeze seemed j
forgetful to blow.
TV COBB WAS AT Til I BD.
VI a, li as it meant to advance that j
far, nothing had beea accomplished !
by it. Three - |iiarU-r run- are not
marked up on the score board.
Tliiid base runs never won a game!
or raised a pennant. Third base is!
not a destination, but a little way j
station hi the roll I home It. is.
better-not to run at all than to
nerve; he put his ideas to the test
and ooiKpicrod because of that
nerve. Many times has he turned
defeat into aictory. Koine of you,!
if you have that Ty Cobb spirit,
may yet turn defeat into victory.
He won many games single hand
b'd. Surely you and your friends
can will “ many handed.” The
decisive moment is here during
these four days. What are you to
do'.' And what will l*e the result
The best thing to do is to move up!
I O', k lid! MOVE II'!!!
What you Avant to do now is to
get safely away from the position
you now occupy. One way to
move up is to W A IT and see what
your friends may do for you ; the
j l*est way is to get away on your
town initiative and according to
i your own secret plan, taking your
j friends into your confidence, if you
jean. This plan well formulated
i and systematically carried out will
cause you to advance! auvavk ! !
A DVANCE !■ ! !
; Ty Cobb’s chance in that ball
! game was a matter of speed, etc.
run to third and “die" there.
The spectators that kept ominously
silent at that moment could be
- i.aiged into a vortex of cheering
hero worshippers or into an ani
j mated groan by THE KIND OF
! W i>B K A MAN DID BKTW'KKN
! rillBI) \N I > ‘-HOMU.” There
\ i -in) time for self congratulation
ini thial. The question is how to
gel safely away from it. The man
on second wants your place—he
jean get it, but if you get safely
“home” no one can take that
| achievement from you. Oneway
' (o get off third is to wait for some
! fellow to bal yen off; AN( > Tll KB
[WAY IS TO HIT AWAY ON
YOKB OWN INIT I ATI V K AND
j \CCOBDING TO YOU; OWN
SECRET I’I.AN.
Still Ty rus was on third.
It is HO feet from third to home.
Sometimes that 110 feet is a leaden
| mile, sometimes a mere patter of
; lightning like steps. If it is a mile
! (o you, you area failure and a great
i circle of spectators groan for your
inrompeteney; if it is but a light
ning streak, you are a great man
of tin- baseball day.
Cobb was intent on dwindling
that 1)0 feel instead of lengthening
i(. lb- walehed (he signals of the
lev eland catcher —lie gathered
they mean Ia high ball. A high ball
meant Unit the runner might duck
1.,v, to the base while the pitcher’s
hand- weir in the air alter the ball.
Cobb knew, too, that a high ball
r.-iiiircd that the pitcher “ wind
p" his arm in a certain way.
-lore than that, he knew that the
pitch,ir in the box was left-handed
cud Unit he could not keep his eye
on third base when “■ winding up. ”
Thai wa why Ty < 'ohb closely 10l
lowed all the strange little signals
that pitcher and catcher were ex
changing. Then- was another eon
idoration, too. Heorgi Mttllin was
at bat. Cobb knew that Miillin,
a pitcher, had a batting average of
something like Will, which means
that ATu 11 in hit safely about once
in four times at bat. W ould the
ball to be thrown be one of the hit,
or one of the missed ; No human
calculation could even guess at
lie was wearing his thinking cap.
He thought, he planned, he exe
i uted, he won -won a contest in
speed, made home between the
time the pitcher wound up his arm
past all recall and the time the ball
landed In the catcher’s glove—
made home in the second of time
when Mubin’s hit or miss hung in
futurity. How does this apply to
you in this contest? We answer
by saying that you must have ev
ery vote east by 8 o’clock p. rn.,
sharp, on Tuesday, August llftli,
1912, Eastern time. If your votes
are not in by that time they can
not be counted.
Keep your eyes wide open, j
Don’t be left—don’t be left on j
17th, lsth, 19th nor 20th. There j
is too much room near the top, and
the climbing is easy. Don’t worry,
but hurry. Hustle, move on,
move up, keep wide-awake. Has
anybody gone to sleep? If so,
where will your place be when the
last count comes ? Remember the
lesson of the tortoise and the hare.
They do say the tortoise out ran
that. LfMullin missed it, it would
be useless for Cobb to run. If
Mutlin hit, there were still chances
of his being out at lirst, making
Cobb’s run wholly uncounted anil
ending the inning.
There was only one tiling to do—
MAKK lIO.MII BKTW'KKN THE
TIME THE PITCHER WOUND
UP IIIS ARM PAST ALL
RECALL AND THE TIME THE
BA LL LA N I >EI)]I N Til ECATCII
Eli’S l! LOY E—make home in the
second of lime when Mullin’s hit
or miss hung in futurity. IT
W AS TO BE A CONTEST IN
SPEED between a live ounce ball
delivered with all the superb force
of a contest superb pitching arm
and the 179 pound body of Tyrus
('obb. An unequal contest at that,
for the live-ounce BALL TRAV
ELS ONLY HO FEET, WHILE
THE RUNNER MUST HURL
IIIS BODY THROUGH SPACE
OVER A DISTANCE OF 90
EEET.
All these considerations arc in
Cobb’s mind. He builds up his
prospective run like an engineer
builds a bridge over a torrent,
step by step, with iulinitc pains.
Dancing lirst on one foot, then on
the other, pulling up handfuls of
grass and throwing it in the air,
roaring at the pitcher like a jungle
beast, Hugh Jennings, the Detroit
manager, gyrates in the coacher’s
box, urging Cobb oil and attempt
ing to break the nerve of the Cleve
land pitcher.
Now the Cleveland pitcher is
“winding up” his arm—round
and round it swings—he poises
himself—there is yet a fraction of
a second in which lie can recall his
intended throw—Cobb is crouched
like a tiger about to spring—NOW
-NOW! There is A WHITE
STREAK ACROSS THE FIELD;
A CLOUD OF DUST AT THE
HOME PLATE.
l’lie umpire stands with his
hands extended palms downward.
A bursting roar of acclaim
echoes and re echoes across the 1
space of the park. Again and'
again it bursts forth in thrilling |
electric power. Thousands of eyes
the hare. Why ? Because the
hare got ahead and went to sleep.
These are long sleepy days, and if
any have gone to sleep they may
sleep on—dropped off to sleep
thinking there was no danger, that
in good time they would awake
and go to work again. If she did
not set the alarm clock she may
not wake up until she hears the
clock striking THREE on Tuesday,
August the 19th. Too late ! Too
late !! Too late ! ! !
Are you doing your best to win
the best piano ever offered in a like
contest? Yes, two of them. If
you do not do your best now, you
lose an opportunity that you may
some day regret. Had Ty Cobb
waited he never would have scored.
If you do not do your best you may
not win the prize you want, and
may be not win at all. Ty Cobb’s
' success was measured in seconds,or
| may be a fraction of a second.
Your success, your chance of win
ning may depend upon a tew votes,
or may be upon just one vote.
What do you know of ties in this
strain toward the man slapping
the dust from his white uniform.
TY COBB IS SAFE AT “IB HIE."
All the world’s a baseball dia
mond. Every live -merchant and
clerk is in the game—the dead ones
are looking on. Perhaps you have
reached lirst by your efforts. It
may be that the sacrifices of your
friends have enabled you to reach
second. Then on someone’s “long
ily” into the business world you
have advanced to third. The com
petition against you at third is
stronger than at lirst or second.
Your competitors converge all their
attention on you, scheming to
“put vou out” or putting you
among the “ left on base ” in the
box score ol the game. KEEP
YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN.
DON’T DIE ON THIRD.
ARE YOU DOING YOUR
BEST TO WIN the score that life
is ready to mark up against your
name? Third base has no laurels
on which you can rest. WHAT
ARE YOU DOING ON THIRD ?
If you place all your dependence
on the trade that is coming to you,
your waiting means failure. What
■are you doing on third? Waiting
for “something to turn up!”
Don’t —nothing turns up but the
thumbs of the men who are watch
ing you from positions higher than
yours may turn down.
COBB WOULDN’T HAVE
SCORED HAD HE WAITED.
Mull in fanned out. The winning
run was gained in an unmeasurable
fraction of time, but THE DIF
FERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS
AND FAILURE IS VERY,VERY
OFTEN MEASURED IN SEC
ONDS.
SO DON’T DIE ON THIRD.
BRING TO THIRD EVERY BIT
OF YOUR IK.) NEST STRENGTH;
STUDY CONDITIONS, dig your
spikes into the soil and GET
READY TO RUN; postpone
thinking of your success and yearly
profits until you HEAR THE
UMPIRE CALL
“SAFE AT HOME!”
contest on the special prizes ? The
Eady’s Suit at Newrnan Frierson-
McEver Co’s., was won by just
ONE vote. Awfully close. De
pend upon your lrieuds to help
you, but do not rely upon them
for everything. Seventeenth, Eigh
teenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth
places have no laurels on which _
you can rest. Are you drifting?
Drifting with the tide? Drifting
down the stream? You can’t drift
upstream. It takes effort. Some
times when the voting is stormy
like it may be August the 19th, it
takes a hard struggle to reach the
top. You may or may not hold
the position you now' have without
effort.
Ytou want to succeed. You want
to win. You do not want “to die ”
ou 17th, 18th, 19th or 20th place.
You want to wear your thinking
cap. You want to plan lor a sue
cessful whirlwind finish. The end
is almost in sight. You want to
put forth every honest effort. You
have been running some, ready to
run some more, and if you win you
want to be a “ white streak ” like
Ty Cobb “flying” between third
base and home plate. You want
to hear the .judges say, as the um
pire said to Ty Cobb,
“SAFE AT HOME!”
NO. 19