The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09


member OF the Reading Tri-State club
last season and won the majority Of his
games while with that team. Jack Leli-
welt. who played with him there, IS re-
! sponsible for the statement that Becker
VIII some day appear In a major league.
While at Youngstown. Becker injured his
arm and was forced to come back to this
city for a rest, thus qualifying for a Sc
lection
Buscher "a Popular Choice.
Very little need be said about Buscher,
for so well known is this popular twirler
among the baseball bugs Of the city that
nearly all of them viii concede him> the
honor Of being the speediest pitcher in
the District. Talbot Lynch, who was
selected for the third memoer Of the
stan, has been associated with tail-end
teams in the Departmental League for
| the past three years, and for that reason
has not been given an opportunity TO dis
play his abilities, but with a strong field
ing team Ike Aloyslus back Of him, he
rapidly became the wonder Of the league
and has won all his games this year for
the clubmen
Brady. Of Sewage Pumping Station. and
Hummer. Of Aloysius, are two Of the
speediest twirlers in the league. and
both have seen service in fast company.
but were returned for the same fault
that bars them from a place on this
team; that Is, poor control
! Probably the position that is weakest
In this circuit is first base. and there are
only two guardians Of the initial sack
who can be considered at all These two
are Dutch" Hessler, OF Cornell Com
pany. and Monument Litz. Of Navy
Yard Both are about equal In hitting,
but the Cornell player has it on his rival
IN fielding. and the place goes 10 him.
"Snl" Carroll, of Aloysius, is a fine base
runner and a fairly good hitter. but his
fielding is not up 10 the standard set by
the other two.
Many Good Second Basemen.
And now we come 10 a most difficult
proposition Nearly every team in the
league has a star second baseman, and.
only after long process OF elimination
did the writer finally come to a selection.
Here are a few OF the men 90 De consid-
cred. each one crack-a-jack in his way.
Hayes and Moran. OF Cornell Company,
Hurley and Murphy. Of Aloysius. Muuln.
Of Sewage Pumping station; Rouutree, of
Navy Yard: O'Neiil. of the Midways. and
Bradley. or Kenilworth. u would take
up too much space TO mention the good
and bad qualities Of each man, so il viii
suffice 10 say that ''Skeets" Hayes. Of
Cornell Company. was the one chosen.
-Skeets,~ although but a youngster. has
acquired quite a reputation through his
good playing. and has been offered try
out with the ST. Louis Cardinals next
spring. RE was the leading batter in the
Ipost-season series last fall and has been
a member OF Manager Cornelrs team for
two years
OF course there was only one choice for
the shortstop position. the honor going o.
Jack" Carr OF the AIoysius aggregation.
/ Jack" OF American Association fame,
is the clubmen's leading slugger and chief
exponent OF inside baseball" Were IL
not FOR Carr the clubmen would probably
be occupying a much lower position IN
the race. for the steadying influence OF
the veteran has played wonders with the
Aloysius inheld- TroWbridge, OF the
Midways. and Davis. OF Sewage Pumping
Station, are Jacks" nearest rivals.
Third base like the keystone sack. was
intrusted 10 the care of a yOuuRster. and
his name IS Austin Howard. When Man
ager Bresnahan Of the St Louis Cardi-
nails. was in the city the other day. IN,
first object was 10 secure the services OF
Hayes and Howard. and while the former
gave his promise 20 the St Louis man
ager. il was found that Howard had
already agreed to join Hughey Jennings.
Tigers. IL he decided to enter the pro-
! fessional ranks II was characteristic
OF Howard that his nodesty should pre-
vent him from disclosing hts connection
with Detroit Merrill Vaughn. OF the
same team, was also taken into consider
alton, but he is not as fast as the Cor
nell boy.
Heuvy-hittinE OutGeId.
Soldier Boy" Snyder. of Navy Yard.
and Earle Steele. Of Sewage Pumping
Station. have been selected TO fiji the
outfield positions. There was little choice
between Marceron and Keane for left
field, the latter being given the prefer
ence because Of his ability 10 cover
territory. Billy also has a shade on his
team mate in the total bases column. al
though they both have about the same
batting average.
Snyder had no rival In center. unless
It is Earle Steele. who mas been shifted
TO right Snyder is leading the league
in batting, with the remarkable percent
age Of 667. and he Is also one Of the
/ surest helders in the city. He seems 10
possess that remarkable intuition OF a
ball player which enables him 10 tell
where hit is going the minute II leaves
the bat 1t SIS said that some major
league club has obtained his services
and intend TO farm him out to a class A
league.
Earle Sc, Of Sewage Pumping sta
tiou, is down as the other meadowman.
Despite the fact that Earle has been
handicapped by bad injury. his hitting
has kept the Pirates in the race. and he
comes next to Snyder, with 1862 Steele
also possesses an arm which is the fear
Of all base-ruuners, and he is seldom
known to drop a fly.
Taking everything into consideration.
the above-named team could be counted
on 20 take the measure Of any team in
the District. and it is the firm belief Of
the writer that it could hold its own in
any class c league In the country.
RANDOLPH c. SHAW.
RACING CARD FOR TODAY.
Saratoga.
FIRST RACE-six tirlcDss.