The San Francisco call., 1901-11-25
EASTERN STARS COMING.
Best Players of the Big Leagues te
Appear Here

Next Thursday the all-star Eastern
baseball teams will play their first game
in California. Sacramento will be the
scene of the contest.
The National League team will be made
up of the following men: Rube Waddell,
pitcher; Chance, catcher; Beckley, first
base; Mertes, second base; Steinfeld,
third base; Hulen, shortstop; Harvey. left
field; Van Haltren, center field; Carr,
right field.
In the AlI-American team, taken from
the American League: La Joie, second
base; Bradley, third base; Barrett. cen
ter field; Pickering, left field; Davis, first
base; Irwin, shortstop; Bernard or Mer-
GER, pitcher; Sullivan, catcher; Carey,
right field.
The visiting teams will come to this
city on Friday en- route to San jose, where
they play exhibition games on Saturday
nine made up of Eastern stars will play
the San Francisco nine in this city at
Recreation Park. All the visitors have
but chief interest centers about Pitcher
.Rube" Waddell and Second Baseman La
Joie. Here is what a veracious chron-
icler has to say Of the former:
George Edward C''Rube9 wadden of the
Pittsburg Club. who in 1899 made his mark as
a pitcher in both the Western and National
leagues, was born at Bradford. Mccane Coun-
ty, Pa, on October Is, 1876. He made a good
record as an amateur in his youth at Har-
mony Butler County, Pa. About the middle of
August 1897, he signed with the Louisville
Club "Rubev did not strike his gait until
last season. He was farmed to the Columbus
ferred to Grand RaDids. "Rube batted .229,
fielded 1856 and won thfrty-six of the forty
eight games he pitched for LOTUS team. He
struck out eleven of the St. Paul players in
one game and equaled the performance against
Detroit. His record with the Louisville Club,
to which he reported after the close of the
Western League season, was seven victories
and two defeats In g game against Chicago
he famed out thirteen of his opponents. He was
an enigma to the National League batsmen
and is regarded of the best pitchers in
the business. He is feet 2 inches tall and
weighs 200 pounds
The same writer has this to say of La
Joie:
Napoleon La Joie of the PHILADELPHIA Club
is conceded to be the best second basenan of
the year and one of the finest batsmen. in the
business. He was born at Woonsocket, r. l.
twenty years ago. In 1896 he was a mem
Der of the Fall River Club of the New Eng
land League and in the eighty games in which
he played that year he batted .429. The Phil
adelphia Club purchased his release during the
summer of that season and La Joie's battine,
average for thirty nine games in the National
League was 1928 He led the National League
first basemen that year. with a fielding per-
centage of .o92 in thirty-nine games. He has
played the outfield well, but is at his hest At
second base and shortstop. which positions he
has filed for the past season for the
American League Club OF PhiladeIphia Ia
Joies phenomenal batting the past season.
when he hit at .422 gait. coupled with his
fast and accurate fielding stamps him as one
of the greatest baIlplayers of the day He is
captain of the star team Of American League
players now en- route to this coast.