“It has been my privilege to have played 20 years along with him, and to have his feats and deeds as an ideal to aspire to emulate!”
EDDIE COLLINS REVEALS HIGH ADMIRATION FOR TY COBB
I haven’t been able to find the words to correctly express how I admire him as a ball player. I know he has never been equaled or even approached as an all-round ball player, and I don’t think he ever will be.
There is only one Cobb, and I shall always cherish the fact that it has been my privilege to have played 20 years along with him, and to have his feats and deeds as an ideal to aspire to emulate.
And above all, not only is he a great ball player, but a great fellow personally off the field. He has a wonderful family. You can’t say anything too good about Ty Cobb as a ball player for me. He will always be my ideal.
Doubtless when I have said good-bye to baseball, there will appear in future days some phenomenon whom the scribes and public will hail as greater than Ty Cobb. But they will have some contract on their hands to convince me. I will cheerfully travel a big distance for a chance to see that player when he appears. For if he is greater than Ty Cobb, it will be worth all the exertion of a long journey to see him perform on the diamond.