The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-31


With one exception. the all-star team /
picked from the six clubs in the hide |
pendence League is composed entirely OF 1
players from the Manhattan and Twining /
clubs. the present leaders having five men /
named and Twinfng. the runners-up. /
having four St. Martins has the honor /
Of getting In the other player, the /
youngster being Gates Rapp, their left I
fielder.
Joe Geibel is easily the best catcher in |
the BloCmingdale League, having had /
three years experience. Joe" has signed /
70 play with the Savannah CGa) nine. /
Fegan Of Manhattan, who has PLAYED /,
with the Bloomingdale club for several !
seasons, being captain or the team in !
1894. Is a good man. Fegan was a mem /
Der Of the champion Business High
School team in 1909 and was elected cap
tain for the next year, but did not play. |
He is a good hitter and fair thrower.
From the host OF good material among
the pitchers. the players selected-Brady
and FergusOn-are undoubtedly the best
fingers They have demonstrated their
class in the games al NIcDevitts this
year and they also are feared IN nearly
every other league I'm Washington.
Brady was with Manager Dunn on the
Baltimore Eastern League team for a
while and has been approached by a
scout from the Savannah CGa) club. He
is a sldewheeler. six feet one inch in
height weighs lS pounds, and was
eighteen years old Thursday. Ferguson
holds the strike-out record in the De-
partmeutal League. having punched
twenty-one men I'm a game, and was with
Frankfort CKy) for nearly a month early
this season. "Fergie" Is highlander.
is also youth. and has an assortment
Of curves and shoots 10 suit the most
fsstdiouS.
Burke and Eugle, OF Twining; Leonard,
Of 81 Martins. limbaugh Of Manhattan
and Ebert. OF National Union. are also
excellent pitchers. and were given con-
sheraton. but, In the opinion Of the
writer none or these can compete with
the two men picked. II is a coincidence
that the two leading pitchers in the
league should be arrayed against each
other. and il goes 20 bear out the Oft
repeated assertion that a good pitcher
viii make q club a winner Give ST. Mar
tins OF St Paurs either Brady or Fer
guson and these two teams would give
Manhattan and Twining a tough rub for
the pennant Burke Of Twining. has the
honor of holding the strike-out record for
the league. having famed sixteen men IN
one game.
Riddle for First Base.
Pierce Riddle, the hefty first sacker Of
the Manhattan tribe and the gent who
poked out the home run in the seventh
which brought about the rally which beat
Twining last week, cops the keystone JOB
/ by several lengths Dampier, Of ST. Mar
tins. and Graham. OF Twining. are con-
sidered the next best two first base guard
ians While both Dampier and Graham
are as good at hitting the ball as Riddle.
| the Manhattan lad is by far the best
I fielder OF the trio
James Donnelly, late OF the Business
( High School team. is the best second
bsseman. because Of his good fielding,
batting. base running. and head work
The fact that Donnelly is manager Of
/ the team and was elected by his team
mates is proof Of the assertion that he
\ is an all-around ballplayer and one out
I OF a hundred as a leader Dovney, OF
/ Twining. while not nearly as good as
l Donnelly. is considered next in line for
! the second base honor.
/ Because OF the fact that he has played
/ but a few games in :he Independence
/ League this summer. Jack Carr was
/ not selected 10 I'll the shortstop position.
1 Il is generally understood that Carr has
I ..
! preference. Hiser. OF Twining. has
played throughout the season. and is.
next TO Carr, the best shortfelder The
/ writer chose him for his general all
around better work over the other can
didates. carr being left out OF the con-
sideraton because Of the reasons stated
above
/ Many believe Hover 10 he the best
/ third sacker in the league. but since the
/ injury which the Twining man sustained
to his knee not long ago he has not been
the same old Hover Chuck Dampier,
a brother Of the Dampier who is e men,
Der OF the ST. Martins club. IS selected 20
| fiji the third corner. Chuck is one of
the fastest inhelders in the league, and
| is good on grabbing up hunts and getting
the man at first base. He is an able
batter and a finished fielder
Fast OutfeId Is Selected.
Rapp. of St Martins: Diver. Of Twin
ing, and Lynch, Of Manhattan. comprise
the outheld Rapp. is a brother Of the
Rapp who is now playing professional
/ ball. and is following closely in the foot
steps OF his brother He is fast on the
/ bases. a fine hitter, and a sure fielder.
Pat" Diver. of Twining. center fielder,
| is selected mainly for his batting. as he
\ is leading the league with a percentage
over the 500 mark pat Is also a great
outfielder, and has saved one or more
games for his team by nabbing the ball
when # looked safe Lynch. OF Manhat-
tan, is good man. having played al OF
the outfield positions. He is rated high as
a batter. and has been quite help to his
/ team this year
In selecting the above team. those play
ers who have given other leagues the
preference during the greater part Of the
year have been ignored as they are not
considered representative of the North
west league.
r. F. LEITH.