Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-24
why NOT TRY COLLEGE TEAM?
AL Star Aggregation Would Prove q
Very Formidable Foe.
SCHOOLS DEVELOP FINE MEN
Even Hugh Jennings, Who Does Not
EnthuSe over College Players,
Might Rejoice in Team
of College Lads.

NEW YORK. March 2S.-Among the
endless variety of ALI teams which have
been picked in the realm of sport there
is one field which has been shamefully
neglected-the college base ball field. All
college mines are chosen annually, but
nobody has tackled an "alr' all-college
team; that is. one chosen without any
limit.
An all college team Of this sort can be
found which would be as strong an array
as could be put together, whether pro-
fessional or what not, for a majority of
its players would be men who since leav-
ing college have turned professional.
The fact that they have turned profess
sionaI and been professionals Of high
rank is the best proof OF their ability.
So naturally the place to look for men,
bers of this hypothetical team is in the
professional ranks.
The colleges have had players who had
they turned pro. would have been among
the best, and there are a few that never
turned pro. who nevertheless were so
proficient that they make the all college
team for all time, but there haven't been
many of these, In base ball the two
major leagues are the highest measure
Of skill and consequently demonstration
of ability 10 travel in this company is
the best OF reasons for choosing anybody
who has done so for the team in question.
The field is a wide one. but the follow
ing team would not only be the strongest
team Of college players possible TO select,
but. as said, 1t could hold its own with
any kind OF an all star aggregation:
Pitchers. Carter, Yale; Coombs, Colby;
Plank. Gettysburg; Bender, Carlisle;
Mathewson, Bucknen. Catchers, Meyers,
Dartmouth; Jones, Yale; Reid, Harvard:
Mary's. Second base. Collins, Columbia.
Shortstop Barry. Holy Cross. Third base.
Devlin. Georgetown. Outf1eld. Fultz.
Brown; Cree. Penn State; Thomas. Penn
sylvania For substitute infield. Derrick.
Georgia university. would fiji the bill.
and for substitute outfielder. Birming-
ham, Cornell.
A Strong Lineup.
The foregoing team is strong beyond
the average in every position. Any man
ager would jump at the chance OF pilot
ing such team through a big league
race. The nonprofessicnals on the list
are Carter. Reid. Kafer and Jones. Neal
Snow. who played first base and the out
field at Michigan. and Harry Keatcr,
Yale captain and outfielder. are mighty
nearly entitled to a place on the team.
for they were college players OF excep-
tional skill. Jake Stahi, Illinois, and
Fred Tenney, Brown, could be placed
on the team, but both were catchers when
in college. and besides the team has
Chase. White. Georgetown, could be
substituted for Plank without hurting
the pitching department much.
Walter Carter was a wonderful college
pitcher in his day and good enough for
the big leagues had he cared to become
professional. Bill Reid of Harvard,
Tad Jones OF Yale and Red Kafer of
Princeton were all backstops above the
average. heady catchers, good throwers
and hard hitters. They had the native
ability to develop Into first class catchers
as professionals. Chief Meyers has de-
monstrated his ability. but he has made
such big Improvement as a Giant that II
is question whether he was in the class,
with the three men mentioned when he
was in college.
star Pitching staff.
Coombs. white. Bender. Mathewson--
what better pitching staff could any