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Baseball's Fiercest Rivals; A Surprising Friendship And The 1941 Has-Beens Golf Championship
Thomas Dunne Books
May 2007
On Sale: May 15, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0312361599
EAN: 9780312361594
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Early in the twentieth century, fate thrust a young Babe
Ruth into the gleaming orbit of Ty Cobb. The resulting
collision produced a dazzling explosion and a struggle of
mythic magnitude. At stake was not just baseball dominance,
but eternal glory and the very soul of a sport. For much of
fourteen seasons, the Cobb-Ruth rivalry occupied both men
and enthralled a generation of fans. Even their retirement
from the ball diamond didn’t extinguish it. On the cusp of America’s entry into World War II, a quarter
century after they first met at Navin Field, Cobb and Ruth
rekindled their long-simmering feud—this time on the golf
course. Ty and Babe battled on the fairways of Long Island,
New York; Newton, Massachusetts; and Grosse Ile, Michigan;
in a series of charity matches that spawned national
headlines and catapulted them once more into the spotlight. Ty and The Babe is the story of their remarkable
relationship. It is a tale of grand gestures and petty
jealousies, superstition and egotism, spectacular feats and
dirty tricks, mind games and athleticism, confrontations,
conflagrations, good humor, growth, redemption, and,
ultimately, friendship. Spanning several decades, Ty and The
Babe conjures the rollicking cities of New York, Boston, and
Detroit and the raucous world of baseball from 1915 to 1928,
as it moved from the Deadball days of Cobb to the Lively
Ball era of Ruth. It also visits the spring and summer of
1941, starting with the Masters Tournament at Augusta
National, where Cobb formally challenged Ruth, and
continuing with the golf showdown that saw both men employ
secret weapons. On these pages, author Tom Stanton challenges the
stereotypes that have cast Cobb forever as a Satan and Ruth
as a Santa Claus. Along the way, he brings to life a parade
of memorable characters: Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen,
Grantland Rice, Tris Speaker, Lou Gehrig, Will Rogers, Joe
DiMaggio, a trick shot–shooting former fugitive, and a
fifteen-year-old caddy with an impeccable golf lineage. No other ball players dominated their time as formidably as
Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Even today, many decades since either
man walked this earth, they tower over the sport. Who was
better? Who was the greatest? Those questions followed them
throughout their baseball careers, into retirement, and onto
the putting greens. That they linger yet is a testament to
their talents and personalities.
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