Tremendous original photo of Ty Cobb at spring training in 1928, demonstrating the split-grip batting technique for which he was known. A few Philadelphia Athletics teammates mill about in the background, no doubt watching in awe as the Georgia Peach, one of the game's greatest legends, shows them how it's done. After leaving the Detroit Tigers in 1926, Cobb spent the final two campaigns of his career with the Athletics, his teams winning over 90 games in both 1927 and 1928. Unfortunately, they played in an era with one of the greatest teams of all-time and finished second to the eventual World Series champion New York Yankees both years. Incredibly, at the age of 40, Cobb batted .357 over 133 games in 1927, and followed that up in 1928 by hitting .323 over 95 games in his final season of major league service. This fresh to the hobby 8" x 10" news service photo hails from LOTG's recent Durham Find of Historic Baseball Photography and displays some very light wear at the corners that remains largely restricted to within the white borders. Photo surface remains smooth throughout with a clean verso displaying large credit stamping from International Newsreel between added pencil notations. Authenticated and encapsulated as a Type I photo by PSA/DNA.