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Elberfeld as mentor to, 159–60
endorsement deals, 173, 183, 268, 320
fake-out moves of, 10, 43, 102–3, 168–69, 177, 306, 372–73
family history, 23–24, 29, 31, 32–33
and fans, 15–16, 127, 129–30, 185, 192, 202, 214, 221–23, 225, 229, 233, 250–51, 258–62, 273, 291, 294, 295, 307–8, 313, 337, 348, 363
fearlessness of, 170
fielding, 45, 127, 248–49, 360
fighting, 24, 25, 33, 143, 144, 149–53, 167, 185–87, 190, 205, 254, 277–81, 297, 307, 333, 393
as first superstar, 16, 172–73
funeral of, 402–4
as Georgia Peach, 6, 119, 129, 202, 233, 337, 357
grave of, 380–81
as greatest player in baseball history, 8, 12, 184, 201, 223, 228, 298, 307, 309, 325, 337, 369–70, 383, 398–99
in Hall of Fame, 20, 308, 370–71
health problems of, 9, 67, 122–23, 163, 237, 251–52, 335, 357, 394, 395–96
and his family, 155
hitting, 42, 43–44, 65, 82, 128, 166, 170, 183, 201–2, 223, 248, 249, 256, 283, 286, 295, 307, 326–27, 337, 359, 360
homes of, 268, 375
identity as work in progress, 149, 227
income of, 7, 8, 49, 51, 65, 66, 95, 96, 108, 148, 150, 180, 183, 231–32, 252–53, 268, 296, 315, 320, 386, 400
influence of, 283, 296–97, 298, 322, 324–25, 337, 355, 358–59, 392
injuries to, 12, 39–40, 47, 48, 275, 312, 327, 356–57, 362, 363–64
Inside Baseball (1913 memoir), 130
inside-the-park home runs, 48, 119
intimidating opponents, 14, 82, 103, 128, 167–70, 206–8, 230, 289–90, 293, 306, 319
investments of, 183, 253, 268, 320, 339, 371
on I’ve Got a Secret, 368–69, 370
Leidy as mentor to, 80–82, 85, 89, 166
lifetime batting average, 10, 170, 201, 283
myths and stories about, 1–2, 11–12, 14, 20, 21–22, 24–25, 130, 207–9, 212–17, 220, 225–27, 229, 281, 356, 361, 368, 369–70, 379, 388–96, 397–404
My Twenty Years in Baseball (1925 memoir), 102, 156
as naive kid, 58–59
and Navin, see Navin, Frank
off-season activities, 110–11, 180, 184, 200, 226, 230, 252–54, 268, 276, 335
parents of, 11, 23–24, 28–32, 33, 149; see also Cobb, Amanda Chitwood; Cobb, William Herschel
in Philadelphia Athletics lineup, 355–63
philosophy of the game, 10–11, 129, 166–70, 172, 210, 236–37, 337, 354
physical appearance of, 9, 319–20, 384
popularity of, 12, 14–16, 64–65, 66, 118, 127, 165–66, 182, 231, 233, 256, 335, 337, 356
and possible trades, 119, 148, 150, 153–56, 159–60, 338
“Possums and Myself” by, 38–39
psychological warfare of, 15, 19, 43, 128–29, 240
as public speaker, 6, 96, 273, 384–85, 394
and race, 20–22, 37–38, 130–31, 152, 187–90, 219–20, 304–5, 398
rage of, 149, 191, 280, 297–98, 329–30
resignation of, 335, 340, 347
and retirement, 18–19, 20, 274, 301, 342, 363, 371–78, 382, 383, 384
as “Scrappy,” 65
sensitive to insults, 45
signature style of, 63–64, 93, 102–3, 105, 162, 165, 172, 184, 220, 283, 332
as “Sleuth,” 59–60, 64
sliding, 59, 78, 81, 101–2, 127, 159, 171, 184, 204–11, 213–16, 298
as Southerner, 9, 21, 118, 120, 149, 393
spikes and spiking, 12, 206–11, 212–17, 226–27, 250, 320, 339, 368
and spring training, 111, 232, 233, 247, 264, 317–19, 355
statistics of, see specific seasons
stealing home, 10, 13, 204, 224, 249, 287, 359
suspensions of, 261, 262, 264–67, 361–62
syndicated newspaper series of, 10, 25, 48, 295, 354
talent and potential of, 118, 119, 120–21, 126–27, 150, 154
thriving on adversity, 119–21, 220, 225, 236, 267, 270, 306, 313–14, 362
and Tigers, see Detroit Tigers
as Tigers manager, 314–16, 317–19, 321–26, 327, 329–30, 331–35, 336–38, 353
usurping manager’s job, 234–37
wealth of, 320
wedding to Charlie, 193–94
Cobb, Tyrus Raymond “Ty” III, 373
Cobb, Tyrus Raymond “Ty” Jr., 7, 232, 321, 368, 373–74, 375, 376–77
Cobb, William Alfred (grandfather), 29
Cobb, William Herschel (father), 28–33
advice to his son, 28–29, 38, 46, 65, 185
bats made by, 36
estate of, 109
farm of, 42, 47, 69
grave of, 373, 380
marriage of Amanda and, 23–24
and race, 30–32
as Royston Record editor, 32, 39, 49
shot by Amanda, 33, 89–92, 93, 103–4, 122, 150
in State Senate, 31–32, 34
and Ty’s childhood, 28–29, 33
and Ty’s interest in baseball, 41–42, 46, 49, 50–52, 58, 64–65
Cobb-Speaker case, 340–52, 353
Coca-Cola Company, 173, 268, 320–21, 371
Cochrane, Mickey, 355, 358, 359, 392, 403
Codd, George P., 183
Cohan, George M., 6, 8, 217–18
Cohen, Henry, 63
Cole, Bert, 329
Cole, Leonard “King,” 8, 323
College Widow, The (Ade), 6, 8, 16, 230, 246–47, 253, 256, 264
Collins, Eddie, 14, 214, 215, 275, 320, 349, 350, 355, 360
Collins, Fred, 186–89, 220
Collins, Jimmy, 126, 132–33
Collins, Ray, 234
Collins, Rip, 338
Combs, Earle, 359, 362
Comiskey, Charles, 8, 184, 228, 350, 351
Congalton, William “Bunk,” 154
Connally, George, 364
Connolly, Tom, 127, 176
Connolly, William F., 261
Connor, Tom, 127–28
Considine, Bob, 391
Cooley, Duff, 83, 94
Coolidge, Calvin, 312
Coombs, Jack, 8
Cooper, Wilbur, 338
Copley Square Hotel, Boston, 190–91
Corriden, Red, 238–39, 243
Coughlin, Bill, 73, 112, 113, 164, 190
Courteney, Fay, 218
Coveleski, Harry, 282, 286, 292, 295
Coveleski, Stan, 170
Covington, Ted, 13
Cox, James M., 311–12
Cravath, Gavvy, 307
Crawford, “Wahoo” Sam, 55
on Cobb’s playing ability, 10, 210
and contracts, 112, 231
and dissension among teammates, 116, 235, 247–48, 296
end of career, 296
and gift to Cobb, 264
in Hall of Fame, 231, 392
injuries of, 71, 126
1905 season, 73, 78, 99, 100, 106, 150
1906 season, 119, 131
1907 season, 150, 155, 160, 161, 164, 172, 175, 176
1908 season, 195, 223
1909 season, 223
1911 season, 247–48, 264
1914 season, 282
1915 season, 286
1917 season, 296, 314
quoted in Glory of Their Times, 118, 210
Creamer, Robert W., 328
Criger, Lou, 191, 211, 388
Criss, Dode, 385
Crockett, Davy (first baseman), 46
Cross, Monte, 176–77
Cullen, Bill, 368–69
Cummings, Henry “Bungy,” 109–10, 151–53, 180, 220
Cunningham, Joe, 24, 28, 30, 32, 36, 116
Dahl, Tyrus, 230
Darden, Ed, 65–66
Darden, Wesley, 65, 66
Dauss, George “Hooks,” 286, 312, 321, 323
Davis, Bungy (Cummings), 110
Davis, Harry, 176, 222
Delahanty, Edward, 55, 56
Delahanty, Frank, 156
Delahanty, Jim, 177, 212, 249, 265
Dempsey, Jack, 307, 363
Detroit Athletic Club, 139
Detroit Free Press:
and Baker spiking incident, 213
and Chalmers trophy, 188
Cobb interview in, 182
on Cobb-McIntyre relations, 124, 143
on Cobb murder case, 122
and Cobb-Speaker case, 344
on Crawford injury, 126
on fans, 77, 83, 195, 221, 250–51, 328
on pennant races, 165, 199, 213, 248
on racial issues, 130, 188
stories about Cobb in, 11, 96, 98, 118, 119, 155, 162, 188, 221, 237, 241–42, 250–51, 269, 276–77, 281, 299, 306, 316, 403
stories exaggerated in, 188, 269
on Tigers, 83, 94, 124, 132, 162, 165, 195, 199, 213, 248, 266, 328, 344
Detroit News:
on baseball catcalls, 257
on Cobb’s health, 136–37
and Our Ty, 334
photo of Baker spiking incident in, 216
on race, 38
stories about Cobb in, 65, 193, 247, 256, 269, 326
on Tigers, 94, 112, 338
Detroit Tigers:
attendance at games, 182, 231
and Baker spiking incident, 212–17, 221
barnstorming games, 180, 244, 276
Bennett Park, 99, 105, 142, 182, 204, 231
“booze contracts” of, 112–13
Cobb as manager of, 314–16, 317–19, 321–26, 327, 329–30, 331–35, 336–38
Cobb as rookie with, 46, 98–100, 108
Cobb hazed by teammates, 114–21, 124–26, 149, 278
Cobb’s anniversaries with, 291, 332, 334
Cobb’s first major league game with, 98–100, 101–3
Cobb sold to, 85, 93–96
and Cobb-Speaker case, 341–49, 351
Cobb’s resignation from, 335, 340, 347
Cobb supported by, 108, 121, 251, 263–67, 294
dissension within, 131–32, 143, 157–60, 236–37, 251, 296, 312, 338–39
downward spiral of, 139–40, 251, 295–96, 298, 312, 321, 323, 325, 333, 335
and Eloise sanitarium, 138
exhibition game with Augusta (1905), 70, 75, 77–78
and fans, 83, 139–40, 142, 163, 195, 251, 294, 328
history of the club, 165
illness and injuries in, 83, 133, 141–42, 251
motley roster of, 73–74, 76, 83, 114, 119, 125, 142, 160, 163
Navin Field, 204, 231, 256, 297, 306, 325, 362, 364
1905 season, 83–85, 94, 97–100, 101–3, 104–7, 150
1906 season, 108, 112–23, 125–33, 134–44, 164
1907 season, 153–56, 160–61, 162–80
1907 World Series, 178–80, 212
1908 season, 180–83, 194–200
1908 World Series, 197–200
1909 season, 213, 215, 217, 221–26
1909 World Series, 223–26
1910 season, 232–44
1911 season, 9, 12–14, 247–53
1912 season, 255–67, 275
1913 season, 275
1914 season, 282–83
1915 season, 283, 285–96
1916 season, 295
1917 season, 278, 295–97, 349
1918 season, 273–75, 298
1919 season, 302, 306–7, 309
1919 World Series, 309, 349
1920 season, 311–12, 314–16
1921 season, 323–26, 336
1922 season, 309, 325
1924 season, 333
1925 season, 326–27, 332, 333–34, 338, 355
1926 season, 324, 332, 335, 355
1927 season, 357–63
1928 season, 363–64
ownership of, 199, 314–15, 338
as star-crossed team, 72
on strike, 140–41, 264–67
uniform of, 222, 296
Detroit Tigers, The (Lieb), 275
Detroit Times, 227
Devlin, Art, 258
Dickens, Charles, 303
DiMaggio, Joe, 15, 55, 357, 383, 384
Dinneen, Bill, 265, 290, 328, 403–4
Dolan, Albert “Cozy,” 256
Donlin, “Turkey” Mike, 55, 56
Donovan, “Wild Bill,” 104, 143, 156, 174, 175, 264
advice to Cobb from, 78, 121
injuries and ailments of, 133, 141
superstitions of, 100, 190
in World Series, 198–99, 224
Doran, Tom, 112
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 303
Doubleday & Company, publishers, 385–89
Doyle, Jack, 145
Dryden, Charley, 133
Dubuc, Jean, 169, 286
Dugan, Joe, 359
Durslag, Melvin, 387, 388
Dygert, Jimmy, 175
Dykes, Jimmy, 358
Eaton, Edward J., 179
Eaton, Paul W., 127
Edgren, Robert, 317
Edison, Thomas A., 357
Edmunds, Dave, 59
Edwards, Henry P., 320, 335
Ehmke, Howard “Kid,” 297, 312, 321
Eichrodt, Ike, 340
Elberfeld, Norman “Kid,” “Tabasco,” 54, 74, 101–2, 159–60
Eliot, Charles William, 240
Eliot, T. S., 128
Elliott, Lester, 229
Eloise sanitarium, 137–38
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 397
Emory University Hospital, 395–96
Engel, Joe, 277–78
Engle, Clyde, 11, 68, 79
Euclid Hotel, Cleveland, 217–20, 227, 233, 304
Evans, Billy, 132, 205, 206, 209–10, 241, 290, 330, 334
Evans, Honey Boy, 256
Evers, Johnny, 179, 196
Faber, Urban “Red,” 170, 207, 392
Falkenberg, Cy, 219
Farrell, Frank, 259
Federal League, 282, 287
Felsch, Oscar “Happy,” 350
Ferris, Hobe, 211
Field of Dreams (movie), 14, 356
Fields, W. C., 229
Fingers, Rollie, 76
First National Bank of Lavonia, Georgia, 268
Fisher, “Ike,” 46
fisticuffs, 25–28, 137
Fitch, George, 283
Flagstead, Ira, 312, 321, 338
Fleischer, Nat, Ring Record Book, 26
Flick, Elmer, 148, 153, 154, 155, 156, 162
Fogel, Horace, 173–74
Foley, Thomas F. “Big Tom,” 255, 260, 269
Ford, Henry, 184, 283
Foreman, Howell, 5–6, 17–18, 25
Foster, George, 293, 295
Fothergill, Bob “Fats,” 335
Fournier, Jack, 100, 257
Foxx, Jimmie, 355
Frick, Ford, 370
Fricks, Wesley, Inside Baseball with Ty Cobb, 130
Fullerton, Hugh, 54, 152, 185, 198, 261
Fultz, Dave, 267
Gabor, Zsa Zsa, 377
Gailey, Harrison, 389
Gailey, Rod, 394–95, 396
Gailey, Theresa, 389
Gainer, Del, 251
Gandil, Arnold “Chick,” 350
Gans, Joe, 45
Garvin, Virgil Lee “Ned,” “Navasota Tarantula,” 56, 57
Gay, Timothy M., 21
Gehrig, Lou, 73, 205, 339, 362
Gehringer, Charlie, 324
General Motors (GM), 268, 371, 377
Georgia Agricultural Society, 30
Georgia All-Stars, 278
Gettelson, Leonard, 244
Gifford, Andy, 74
Gillespie, John, 281
Ginn, Clifford, 69, 193
Ginn, Stephen A., 34, 69, 92
Ginn chickens, 34, 69
Glaser, Vaughan, 217
Gleason, Kid, 257
Glory of Their Times, The (Ritter), 51, 54, 56, 73, 116, 118, 208, 21
0, 234–35
Gompers, Samuel, 253
Gould, Alan J., 358
Great Depression, 371
Greenberg, Hank, 234
Greenberg, Kenneth S., Honor and Slavery, 27
Greene, Sam, 326
Grey, Zane, “The Shortstop,” 54
Griegs, Mabel, 393
Griffith, Clark, 106, 126, 147, 155, 160, 277, 280, 308, 349
Grillo, J. Ed., 237
Grim, Jack, 63
Grove, Lefty, 355
Groves, George “Dad,” 66, 166
Gutierrez, Mike, 401
Hale, Harry, 60, 66, 359
Hall, G. Stanley, 26
Hall of Fame, 20, 231, 288, 308, 344, 370–71, 389, 392, 395
Hamilton Brown shoe company, 241
Hanlon, Ned, 147
Hanna, William, 314
Harding, Howard, 280–81
Harding, Warren G., 312, 332
Hardwick, Thomas, 276
Hardy, Norvell “Oliver,” 61
Harrison, James R., 355
Harrison, Ulysses Simon, 189–90
Hawking, Stephen, 42
Hayes, Fred, 64
Heart of a Tiger (Herschel Cobb [son]), 376
Hedges, Robert Lee, 244
Heilmann, Harry “Slug,” 282–83, 298, 322–23, 337, 339, 362
Hemingway, Ernest, 387
Henderson, Rickey, 206
Herzog, Charlie “Buck,” 278–79, 280, 297, 315, 388
Hickman, Charlie, 83
Historical Baseball Abstract (James), 248
Hitchens, Christopher, 43
Hite, Mabel, 55
Hodgson, Claire Merritt, 329
Hoffman, Danny, 388
Hoffman, Jeane, 385
Hofman, Solly, 196
Honig, Donald, 358
Honor and Slavery (Greenberg), 27
Hoover, J. Edgar, 147
Hornsby, Rogers, 54, 335
Howell, Harry, 242
Howley, Dan, 355
Hoyt, Waite, 170, 363
Hubbard, F. H., 190
Huggins, Miller, 327, 328
Hulm, Sanford, 69
Hunt, Ben, 207
Hupmobile, 183, 190, 233, 320
Hurst, Tim Carroll “Fighting Umpire,” 146
Inside Baseball with Ty Cobb (Fricks, ed.), 130
International League, 357
Isbell, Frank “the Bald Eagle,” 195, 211
I’ve Got a Secret, 368–69, 370
Jackson, Joe S.:
and Baker spiking incident, 214
on Cobb murder case, 122
on Cobb’s hazing, 124, 126
on Cobb’s performance, 129, 162, 177, 221–22
exaggerated stories of, 130–31, 136
on fans, 77, 83, 174
Free Press column of, 77, 83, 119, 124, 180, 213
on race, 130–31
on Tigers, 113–14, 160–61, 162–63, 164, 165, 199, 213
Washington Post column of, 242
Jackson, Shoeless Joe, 7, 14, 388
and batting records, 43, 118, 248, 275
and Black Sox scandal, 312, 344, 382
Cobb’s reunion with, 382–83