The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-18

Because of popular demand, th'
 Farmer this evening prints its selec
 tion of men enough to compose two
 teams who in it's honest opinion rank
 leaders among the players of the In
 dustrial league. Not only is batting
 and fielding ability taken into con-
 sideration, but head work, the ability
 to think quickly. inside baseball. anc
 the finer points of the game are con
 sfdered. When one stops to consider
 that there are eight teams. with nine
 men each, it is no easy matter to pick
 out an all star nine. Defects crop out
 in every mans playing, even in the
 best. The Industrial leaguers are not
 without their share. The league has
 improved wonderfully over that of last
 year.
 A team without a pitcher is like a
 sail boat without a sail. You may try to make it go. but the effort is wasted. At the beginning of the season 1t look ed like a run away on part of one club. The pitching staff of that club was what made it feared. The two pitch
 CTS on that team so outshone the oth-
 CTS that there was no rank. This team is not now in the Industrial league.
 Down in the Main street plant of the Crane Company there is little youngster who has been biding his
 IlIuS. LdSC y6dT nC SldI IOo as O. IWh CT. He had marked success. This year found him again in the ranks of the box artists and going good. His work there, with one of the most cratic teams at times behind him, make him the Farmer choice for the best pitcher the curves. uses his noodle to advan- tage, and plays to win. His record to date shows also that he has done the best. With still better coaching than was his lot this year, the youngster will be earning money as a player.
 "Chub'' Kellogg has been pitching on and off for the past few years but he never did such good work this season as with the Brassies. Where would that team now be if Kellogg had not Yet Chubby saw his bad days. but they were few. Then let Jack Coffey of the U. M. c. appear in the Iimez light. Jack is pitcher from Ay back, the Farmer second chofcas 4Ast seasons All-Industria1s. His arm went away from him at the beginning of the season but came back Eood; so good that he was to be given 8 chance to show his mettle with the: profession a1s. Jake1 of the A. &. B.'s and Ennis hand. None of these men. however. showed enough stamina to hold the other teams in check.
 There is on1 yone choice for back stop, that is that seasoned profession al, Mike Lucia of the Crane No. 2 team. Mike came on toward the cen tre of the season and strengthened up a very weak spot in the Crane infieid He brought with him, the experience of years with finished ballplayers. Fol lowing Mike let little If" be in serted, for second honors. That mag netic young man from the withdrawn factory will yet make his. mark. Then for the real second honors. Its a toss up between Chucky Franz of the Brassies and Irvy Laubscber of the Singers. Chuck has it on his rival in batting. He finished first among the catchers. But let the two boys. get together and see who is the better general. If it should sconne to de cision. the Sewing Machine artist is the choice. Blondie Jamieson bolster ed up a, very weak spot behind the bar for the Gunmakers. His work has been quite commendab1e, yet it must be said that if he could be played oftener than once week, his work ridge shop is one worker whose efforts are worthy of mention.
 On the getaway sack there are four aspirants who loom up. Vardon of Crane No. 1, Ellwood of the Crane No. team, Ryckman of the A. 6. ,B.'s. has thorough Knowledge of baseball and the ability to do the right thing at the right time. Shorty" Ellwood has improved wonderfully in the past year over his play of 1908. while Ryck- man, though new on the initial sack, shows marked improvement over his play at the start of the season. Serge Vardon is no Hal Chase, but he gets there just the same? He never could show Hans Wagner what to do with the stick, but let this be big but, he went to the bat. with an idea to play the game and not to increase his batting average He played the game "safe' and got by with 1t. My, how Ellwood could larrup the pill His records show that he could make a hit every other time at bat which is con siderable travelling. Did anyone ever see him lay down bunt? The silence here is intense. Now Ryckman could clout, and could field and could do lots of other stunts. but Jim Nelson has it on him in the pinches. Jim for some reason or other could not seem to do as well with the Industrials on Satur- day as with the West Ends on Sun day. Yet his general play brought him attention. He knows how the game should be played and can play it that way. There might be placed here a big 'if'' That tall young man from the others. ranks A No. 1. Have another but.
 It is between the second basemen and short stops that a big tie, up oc- CUTS. On these positiones hardly any of the teams had regular men. inter changing between the two, or chasing them into the outf1eld. Crane No. 2 wound up the seasonf with good man at second, Bill Sawyer, who was there with the stop and. when things came his way, could larrup the pellet and play inside baseball. Here again ex- perience with elder company showed him far superior to other contestants. tfVince'' Vogel of the Eliminate mix CTS is real classy as second base artist. ''Vince" can field, hit baffle the base runners. steal bases and do anything that baseball player is sup posed to do, yet he needs a lot of schoIing yet before he becomes a ball player by occupation. Christy Mo Guire, the biggest crab. in the or ganization is and always will be there with the trick that will keep the base runner on his toes as to what is to happen next. The mention of the word "crab'' here is not made as a knock, for in baseball talk a man who is always grabbing it is baseball player. What good would be a game if there was not some body kicking