As described in Smithsonian Magazine, ``In 1907 during spring training in Augusta, Georgia, a black groundskeeper named Bungy Cummings, whom Cobb had known for years, attempted to shake Cobb's hand or pat him on the shoulder.'' The ``overly familiar greeting infuriated'' Cobb, who attacked Cummings. When Cummings' wife tried to defend him, Cobb allegedly choked her.
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