This day in history - 9/24/21 - Ty Cobb goes crazy - show 'em!
 

9/24/1921 - Seething with rage over ball-strike and baserunning calls he felt had gone against him unfairly, Detroit player-manager Ty Cobb challenges umpire Billy Evans to a fistfight and the two go at it for over a half an hour under the stands at Griffith Stadium in Washington.

Players from both clubs, along with a few fans and stadium workers, watch a no-holds-barred, bare-knuckle brawl with no rules, no referee and little decorum observed by Cobb, who fights like a wild man.

It's finally broken up when Cobb smashes Evans' head into the cement floor, threatening to kill him. Evans never files a report, but AL president Ban Johnson suspends Cobb as a player for the balance of the year.

Ty Cobb
 

And the E220 counterpart.....

There are over 200 different Cobb cards, this one is my favorite...
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t205

I don't have a Cobb to show, but just wanted to say that I had never heard that story about Ty. I can't imagine what would happen to a player or manager doing something like that today! "Banned for life" comes to mind. Those were certainly different times.

Both available, BTW :)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pAhpQ3jIX9M/Sm...0/scan0019.jpghttp://lh3.ggpht.com/_pAhpQ3jIX9M/Sm...0/scan0018.jpg

In the interest of equal time.

http://s915.photobucket.com/albums/a...dtix/006-2.jpg

Here's three
 

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2910089374/" title="1928 Star Player Candy by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/2910089374_e9f1016757_o.jpg" width="450" height="763" alt="1928 Star Player Candy" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2909241541/" title="1911 Series of Champions T227 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/2909241541_c8d99e3bb0_o.jpg" width="450" height="761" alt="1911 Series of Champions T227" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/3084954078/" title="1908 Detroit Free Press PC 773-4 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3015/3084954078_91616db3e7_o.jpg" width="475" height="882" alt="1908 Detroit Free Press PC 773-4" /></a>

From an old card game...
 

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the d304 and cracker jacks are probably my favorites. but, this is darn close

http://www.freewebs.com/majormajor/p...on/cobbe94.jpg

Cobb Harrington
 

highest grade...

Nice D304, Dan K. You could retire on its proceeds.

Cobb after the fight:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...size/Cobb1.jpg

Some more Cobbies:
http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...%20Greenie.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...01%20Cobb1.jpg

Billy Evans, "The Boy Umpire"

E93
 

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all three "players":

<a href="http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/?action=view&current=1913BostonGarterTyCobbFront.j pg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/1913BostonGarterTyCobbFront.jpg" border="0" alt="1914 Boston Garter Ty Cobb Front"></a>

richard, you need a to buy the whole card next time

Tyrus, himself
 

A Few Cobbs
 

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Beautiful cards.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56...ent/HJCobb.jpg

never get itred at looking at great cobb's, unreal d-304, hey heff tired of that 227 yet!! glad to help you out:D

these 2 are my favorites.

............. Sorry ...................:rolleyes:

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Marty, those are great specimens.

And Al...it's time you gave up on that set and recognized that you will never finish it. And then sell me your card. :)

Jeff cover your eyes. Oh wait, you have this one don't you? ;)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a95...bbypc796-3.jpg

My favorite Cobby............
 

The guy was whacked for certain.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...E121Cobb-2.jpg
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...T202Cobb-1.jpg

Tony, yes, I've got that one. But am missing so many more...

Here's more favorites:

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2910087252/" title="1910 Orange Borders by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2910087252_d0eefe8753_o.jpg" width="389" height="684" alt="1910 Orange Borders" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2910087502/" title="Max Stein Postcard 1909-16 PC758 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2910087502_181f47551c_o.jpg" width="500" height="925" alt="Max Stein Postcard 1909-16 PC758" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/2910095450/" title="1909 Topping &amp; Co PC 773-1 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2910095450_7c09fca1cc_o.jpg" width="500" height="919" alt="1909 Topping &amp; Co PC 773-1" /></a>

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvindog/3019102393/" title="1908 American League Publishing Company PC 770 by calvindog65, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/3019102393_a3ff2c0f8e_o.jpg" width="500" height="920" alt="1908 American League Publishing Company PC 770" /></a>

I love that American League Pubishing Co.

Absoutely great-looking pose (x 2!). Super tough, too.

And that one's a beauty.

Awesome!

Wow.

These aren't in the same universe as that American League Publishing Co. (I mean, come on, who wouldn't want to own that card?), but I don't think they've been posted yet:

I have shown most of my Cobb's, but here is one. By the way Ty was not mean all the time, he gave to many charities and hospitals, but he did like to fight.:)

Joe

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Here are a few.

wow! the big guns are coming out!

Rmann, Jeff... I know you have a few more tricks up your sleeve. Bring the noise!

Man, I LOVE that Topping and Co. dealy! I want to go to there.

I just noticed that the picture used in the 1910 PC 796 and 1922 E121 is the same. Pretty long gap for two cards.

Jeff, it's also the same image used on the 1914-15 Crackerjack pose. Being a CJ collector this is what appealed to me most about this PC.

Noise?

<img src="http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i52/rman444/prewar/Cabinets%20and%20Large%20Items/1911JonesKeyserArrasTyCobbFront.jpg">

That is one heck of a nice Cobb!

young Cobb
 

cue richard serving up the d380 bread on that plate!!!

BBM & PG supplements
 

Four different Baseball Magazine supplements (sorry that the second one is of such terrible quality), and a Police Gazette supplement.

philadelphia times
 

I'll leave the Red Cobb to Ted:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p.../cobbbaton.jpg

Nobody likes these ugly black and white cards . . .

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Ok, here are a couple of more .

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