The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-09-21

has been Of most value to his club
In 1911.
In making their choice for the mar
to receive the trophy, the Chalmers
people. who present IL, ask the com
mission having the awarding In theiI
charge to consider especially the fol-
lowing points:
Batting.
Base running.
Fielding, ~ ts,,I
Aggressiveness.
Aid to team play.
Quick thinking.
Conduct on and OF the field.
Time Of reporting to club.
Respect for club discipline.
AS far as batting and base running
Is concerned there is probably not a
man In the league who would not
give the mighty Tyrus first choice
Leading the league as he does, there
seems to be no doubt on that score.
He heads the list Of batters, base
stealers, run-getters, and sluggers.
Quite some record.
In the field he has pulled on num-
berless remarkable stunts and his
regular work Is consistently brilliant
His leadership In aggressiveness
and quick-thinking will hardly be
questioned, although there may be
some doubt about his willingness to
sacrifice himself to team play. How
ever, Bush-Cobb- Crawford Is team
play combination that is hard to beat
on the offense, and Cobb's oppor-
tunity for team play In the outfield
is more limited than that OF q man
In the inner patches.
Conduct on and on the field, time
Of reporting to club, and respect for
club discipline are points that the
fans are but little interested In, the
principal value of a player to the
bleachers being In what he shows
when on the field. However, the
arrangements OF the various clubs
were not sleeping when those three
were added to the usual points to be
considered.
Cobb will not be first choice of all
the eight members Of the special
commish by any means. Local fav,
orites cannot help but crowd him out
when the men from the other seven
cities of the league cast their bal
lots. However, as each man must
make eight choices the first man
scoring eight points, the second sew
en-, and SO forth, there can hardly be
any doubt but that the Detroit out
fielder will rank away at the top
when the final count 10 made.
Cobb will undoubtedly get as many
first choices as any other man and
the seconds and thirds he will get
ought to put him head and shoulders
oH
The object OF the Chalmers trophy
Ii to encourage and reward sports
manship and ability In baseball" say
the donors OF the automobile. The
intention Is TO select the one man In
each major league who has helped his
club most whether or not that club
be the winner of the league cham
pionship." Which looks to US like
Cobb.
But talking Of players who are
valuable to their clubs, brings TO
mind the fact that II "Chief" Bender
doesn't recover In hurry-up style
from his present Illness, there may
be disappointed Connie Mack when
the time comes for the prospective
worlds series between his Athletics
and the Giants.
Do you remember back six years
when these two crews hooked up in
the worlds series OF 19057 Remem-
Der that In i've shut-out games only
one was won by the Athletics and
that by Benderf
Bender. Plank. Coakley and wad-
dell, the Athletics four regular pitch
ers, we're we'll up In the percentage
column Of the American league when
the Athletics stacked up against the
Giants, the same az Bender, Plank,
Coombs, Morgan and Krause are now,
but the Chief was the only man
who could hold the New Workers.
Plank was touched for fourteen
hits in two games and Coakley for
nine In one. In the game he won,
Bender allowed only four safeties and
In the one he lost, only FIVE. He
deserved to win his five-hlt game, but
superior fielding on the part OF his
opponents made him lose, and 0.
The prospective battle between the
two eastern clubs Is generally con-
coded as very likely to be a pitchers
battle. The question seems to be,
can the Philadelphia pitchers stop
Mathewson and Marquard7 WIN
Bender under the weather, the an
swer would be very likely to be, one,
two, three. four, worlds series over.
II IL very much up 10 one Mr.. Ben
der to get rid of his grip and back
into form before Oct. IA.
Ty Cobb declares the greatest play
he e5er saw was made by Tuck Turner
In spearing a line drive. Turner timed
the ball to the fraction OF second and
pulled II down with one hand after a
running jump.
sgd Smith has been sold to Column
bus. o.
Rube Marquardt is pitching 500 for