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100 Years Ago: Marlborough Writer Comments on Ty Cobb's Salary

Six days a weeks (Mon—Sat) Marlborough Patch will highlight an interesting story from the Marlborough Daily Enterprise published on that date 100 years ago.

As June 4 fell on a Sunday in 1911 and The Marlboro Daily News did not publish on that day, we will feature a June 5 headline in today's column. A local writer posits whether or not Ty Cobb is worth his (enormous) salary. 

June 5, 1911: Is Cobb Worth $100,000 Year: Value of Detroit's Wonderful Player Difficult to Estimate

Nearly every day Tigers' right fielder pulls off something sensational. Defeated New York himself recently — Fans go to game to see Cobb.

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Leaving out the thrills and getting down to the hard cases—large round cases of a value of one buck each — what is Ty Cobb worth to the Detroit Club? Ha, ha! Sure you laugh. That has all been thrashed out before. Sure it has. But still it offers an interesting diversion if you haven't anything to do...

 

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