The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-07
Greatest: Players of Game
Would Make a Marve-
lous Machine
.AIl-star Bascbau Team.
(By..l. f. Sanborn.o

Any manager who could not. take
the foregoing team and win a worlds
championship with it would be a pref
tN poor. excuse for Il diamond leader
a railrDad2 wreck in April, 80.
Opinions may differ regarding. some
of the positions, and fans or ,maJl-
ayers may prefer. some favorite. player
to one or. more of, those named. but
this is not an attempt to select. an all
star baseball. team by individual pref
erence. ~ -.
1t is the first authoritative nAll-
American. baseball aggregation ever
picked and is based on the opinions
Of SO many students of the game as to
eliminate almost entirely personal
prejudice and difference Of opinion.
This team of stars was picked by
the votes of the. Chalmers trophy
commissions. composed of men in every
. city represented in the American and
National leagues. and appointed to
award the. llSf1 Trophies to. the player
in each league" who. did most to help
his team during: the year. 1t is history
20 that the commissions vote gave
tile Honor t0.sTN-rohllin the AMERICAN
League and. to. Frank. Schultz in the
National.
Fifty Played Draw Voted.
In"reachingGthat choice by, the.point
system of counting the votes. more
than fifty ball players were voted for,
single point to the highest possible
total of siXtN-four given Cobb.
BY picking out the players in each
position who received the highest num-
Der OF votes lin tho trophy contest is
obtained the first all STAR team ever
nut together by. SD many different
critics. That selection puts Cobb,
Schultz and. jackson in the outfield:
Merkle, Collins. Wagner and Baker in
the bat and Walsh, Mathcwson, John
l'son'and Alexander or the slab staff.
Any managerffn the" game: would :ac
cept that outfit and. challenge. you to
put together one that could beat 1t.
che commissions vote placed two
right ielders-:and. II center fielder
at the top o.. the o%utielders, conse-
quently it is. necessary to shift Jack
son or Schultz to left field in the
Tense. In the other positions the choice
is automatic. Eddie Collins received
a higher vote than did Larry Doyle,
Hans Wagner was practically the oni;
shortstop voted . for. although. BUSH
and Knight were mentioned.
Baker for Third. Corner.
Frank Baker, the worlds series
nero. is the unquestioned choice fol
, the third corner. Thpmas and Meyers
were picked. sfog ,eatchers. =. although
Archer. the-Gubs mot far behind
them. Ed Walsh, Christy 'Mathewscn
Walter johnson and Alexander the
Great received the -four highest rank.
ings among the pitchers.
These ballots were cast and counted
before n post-season series were
started. consequently the events OF
those combats cut no figure in the
selections. BY the rules of the trophy
contest managers of teams. whether
playing or bench leaders, were ruled
out on the belief that naturally a man.
ager, If a good one. does the most. for
n a in a season. consequently
the field of contest for the trophy
would have been greatly contracted by
including managers. That is. why
catehers" like Doom and. Bresnahan.
first baseben like Frank Chance and
Hal Chase do not figure in the reck-
oning. p"
star TcAnlS Of. Leagues Picked.
T.. Almost as interesting as the. pick
ing of an all-star tea mist he selec-
ton of leading players for each posi-
ton In each major league. The tabu-
lated result of the commissions vote
selects the following All-American
league team:
Cobb of Detroit, center field; jack
son of Cleveland. right field: Cree Of
New York, left field: .Lajoie of Cleve-
land. first base; Collins of Philadel-
phia. second; Baker Of Philadelphia.
third; Bush of Detroi'. shortstop;
Thomas Of Philadelphia, catcher;
Walsh of Chicago, johnson. of Wash
ington and Gregg of Cleveland pit
The All:National league team picked
.by the tabulatcd; ballots follows:
Schultz. or Chicago. light 1eld;. Sheck-
ard OF Chicago. left field;. Mitchell. Of
CINCINNATI, center field: Mcrkle of
New York. first base; Doyle of. New
York, second: Lobert. of Philadelphia,
third: Wagner of Pittsburg. shortstop;
Meyers Of New York and Archer Of
Chicago, catchcrs: Mathewson. Of New
York. Alexander Of Philadelphia and
Marquard of New York. pitchers.
Which of these teams. American or
National league. would win a worlds
series if they could be brought to-
gether: