You're right in assuming that "Ty Cobb" was in fact Philly featherweight Sammy Kolb, who compiled a record of 55-35-19 from 1909 to 1922. Here he's highlighted on an advertising card for world white heavyweight champion Luther McCarty's first exhibition tour after he won the title in 1913. Three months later, in his first title defense against Arthur Pelkey in Calgary, Canada, the 21-year-old McCarty was killed in the ring.
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