Allegations of Game Fixing and Service As Cobb's "Second"
Stanage played a role in an infamous double-header with the Chicago White Sox on September 3, 1917. The White Sox were in a pennant race and swept both games. The White Sox stole 7 bases against Stanage in the opener and 5 against Archie Yelle in the second game. Two weeks later, the White Sox collected $45 from each player as a gift for the Tigers for beating the Red Sox, but suspicion spread that the money was a payoff to the Tigers for throwing the doubleheader.
Stanage also served as Ty Cobb's "second" in a fight with New York Giants' second baseman Buck Herzog. During a spring training game in 1917, Cobb was caught stealing, but sliced Herzog's trousers and drew blood with his spikes. Herzog, who had been a boxer in the Army, challenged Cobb to a fight that evening. Cobb won the fight, with Stanage as his second. (Richard Bak, Peach (2005), p. 115)
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