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When I came to Detroit I was just a mild-mannered Sunday-school boy.

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Ty Cobb
Age: 74 †
Born: 1886
Born: December 18
Died: 1961
Died: July 17
Baseball Player
Narrows
Georgia
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Tyrus Raymond Ty Cobb
The Georgia Peach
Sunday
Boys
Came
School
Mannered
Mild
Detroit

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