He glanced toward the shortstop, who had been the hit leader for the decade just ended. Honus Wagner kept on swinging the stick through the 1917 season, retiring at 43 years of age. The shortstop ...

Thus ended the first skirmish in the war that was the only meeting between Detroit's Ty Cobb and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner. The Flying Dutchman batted .333 with six runs batted in and six steals ...