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Lot # 254: 1926 Ty Cobb Cozies Up to Nemesis Kenesaw Mountain Landis

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Item was in Auction "Monthly 12-18",
which ran from 12/2/2018 7:00 PM to
12/16/2018 10:00 PM



From the original negative, but printed just a few years later. Soon after this photo, Landis, under pressure from American League President Ban Johnson, forced Cobb to "retire" in a gambling scandal. Maybe Cobb and Tris Speaker conspired to fix a game in the 1925 season, and maybe they didn't. When certain letters accusing Cobb proved to be inconclusive, Landis exonerated Cobb and permitted him to make a "comeback" with the A's. 

Size: E.S.

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