The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-17

shown his faults and told about his ms
takes OF these latter he makes lhl
less now than he did when nc bIa5
broke into fast company. lie has nag
good teachers and good examples, ana
he has not failed TO take advantage On On
his opportunities TO cram haseoa''
knowledge into his head.
This is Il day of great ball players,
aud there are many who could pc
named in the same breath with Cobp
without disgracing the latter, wo OF
the best Of the present dav arc EVeis
of the Chicago Cubs and Wagner OF the
Pittsburg club.
Evers Ranks Close to Cobb.
! consider Evers almost in class
with the Detroit man. There neye' Ni',
| existed n br0lnicr player than the CHI.
cago National league team s second
baseman. and tho two things that move
me TO name Cobb as his superior
arc Tvs batting ability and speed,
| Eyers thinks as much OF the game and
studies it as closely as any or them.
| He always knows why he made play
one, and he seldom goes wrong IN mat,
tcrs Of judgment, lie is wonderful
fielder; IN fact, the king of second
basemen, in my opinion, While not on
Cobb s level as n batsman. he is Il
dangerous one, because he also mas
| plenty of nerve aud good baseball
sense.
Wagner's great all.around proves is
too well known TO need a great deal OF
comment. He is Il terror TO pitchers be
cause Of his marvellous batting eye lie
| apparently is able TO see the seam on
/ the ball all the way up to the plate.
and pitchers fool him so seldom that
| they hardly think IL worth while TO
try Wagner is another of the
"cleanup" batters, and is Of inestim.
able value TO his team. He is base
| ball genius, one whose instinct guides
him Alright in the ipnumerable ques
tlons that como up daily in game
and that must be answered without
| hesitancy,
Wagner is among the best of the
| game IS short.stops, past and present
and, despite his apparent awlLwardness
| gets over q vast amount OF ground
| Add TO these things his effectiveness
as d base runner and run getter,
you have In him the almost perfect
| player,
Laioic of the Cleveland team is, like
all the masters of his profession, 4
natural born ball player. In fact, SO
easily does he perform the most diff
cult of fielding feats that half the time
| their difficulty is not appreciated by
those watching him. He makes no un,
| ,
his hands is for a purpose. The bic
treDchman has fallen of in his batting
Il little of recent years. but his record
through all the seasons he has played
entities him to n position on a plane
with The best batters in the game.
| Gong back into the past, one calls
to mind men every bit as good as the
leaders of the present day, with the
exception of Cobb There was Curt
| Welch Of the old ST. Louis Browns
Curt s speciality was oncohanded
catches. He didn't make them with
one. hand for fun, but whenever he
couldn I make them with two. He was
a world heater in capturing drives to
the outtield that no one dreamed he
could reach. Hugh Duffy, now my man
ager, and Tom Mccarthy, his partner
on the Boston champions, were wonder.
full outfelders, and pulled off many
tricks which were new to the game IN
their days.
Great Players Of the Past.
Then there was Mike Kelly, man
who originated tricks of the trade that
since his time, have come into every
day use. Mike was one Of the greatest
thinkers the game ever knew, and, also,
one of the best of mechanical players.
And who, In recalling those baseball
wonders of other days, could refrain
from mention OF Buck Ewing. Bobby
Carruthers, another Of the old st. Louis
ball can boast7
None win doubt I have high opin-