Base ball for beginners . I cannotpraise it too warmly. It is the most beautiful attack I haveever seen made by a batter on a pitched ball. Cobbs style varies. In the main it is standard, back so far inthe box that a single step brings his forward foot just beyondthe front line of the plate. -But Cobb will stand in all parts ofthe box, will take one, two, three o*five steps, step in, step away, stepback, do anything. Cobb is a uniqueplayer and cannot be recommended forimitation. He is inimitable. If youare another Cobb, be another is all. Cobb is a batter who got ideas byobserving ot
Base ball for beginners . I cannotpraise it too warmly. It is the most beautiful attack I haveever seen made by a batter on a pitched ball. Cobbs style varies. In the main it is standard, back so far inthe box that a single step brings his forward foot just beyondthe front line of the plate. -But Cobb will stand in all parts ofthe box, will take one, two, three o*five steps, step in, step away, stepback, do anything. Cobb is a uniqueplayer and cannot be recommended forimitation. He is inimitable. If youare another Cobb, be another is all. Cobb is a batter who got ideas byobserving others, and every time thatany boy hears that Cobb can do thisand Cobb can do that, let the boy re-member that Cobb was not too proudto watch the other fellow, and notewhat he did. He compared the per-formances of other players with hisown, and availed himself of everypoint which he thought would make his owa-work better. Hewatched stance, grip, start—indeed, everything—and was notbackward about saying that he did The run-up battingstep used by many left-handed batters.
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