The Washington times., 1912-12-18
GRIFFITH SELECTS
MILAN TO Finish
AHEAD Of JACKSON
Believes Star Base Runner
and Fielder Will Do
/ Well at Bat.

/ SoCoUV1s 10 - II -
Milan. : SS 10 II II
By SENATOR"
Clark Griffith. the brainy leader Of
the Climbers. created furore the other
day by picking Clyde Milan ahead Of
JSe jackson for his ali-star team. OF
course. Il might have been expected
that the Cleveland fans fisw into hys.
terics, but this was echoed all over the
country. Despite the great base-run.
ming Of the Linden lad. II was gener-
ally considered that jackson was the
moro valuable man to Q team.
ITO my way of thinking" said Grlf-
nth. "Milan 10 far more valuable to o
ball team than jackson. A. an out
fielder he 10 Infinitely better. ~ base
runner twice a. good. and ~ . hitter
not % good. But Milan's batting
strength comes OF near enough to Jack
sons best efforts to give him the place
in the light Of his other abilities. Fur
our batting order, and no better can
be found than Milan.
He makes the pitcher put 'em over.
can hit with two strikes On him a.
hole. 4 short and draws many = base
Taking this right OF the reel. It
might be believed implicitly. coming
Clark Griffith. but casing at the work
Of the two men on the field. the official
records fail to show such a marked
a4vsntass in favor OF Milan over
jackson 10 Ahead.
At bat It will be conceded that Jack
son 10 Milan's superior. No more dan
gerous slugger can be found than Joe
Jackson. a. every pitcher in the league
knows. He hits them high and low. out
and in: nothing fools him. Left hand
srs don't bother him much more than
The orthodox huriers. He's Just . ma
tural slugger. that's all.
In two less games than Milan last
summer he poled forty-two hits more
than the Linden lad. Furthermore.
though he appeared in two less games.
he 10 charged with twenty-nine less
times at bat. This doesn't appear that
Milan gets many more free tickets to
hrst. Where Milan may coax pitcher
70 pass him. Jackson frightens him into
doing the same thing. The result IL
the same in both instances.
Jackson made twenty-five more two
bAggers, fifteen more triples and two
more homers than the Linden flyer.
When It comes to sacrihcing runner
Climber star. having ten more suicides
ia his credit. Only In running bases
does Milan lead his rival. even a. he
leads every player in the league.
Not So Very Bad.
Said ofRhand. jackson might he term.
"a q poor fielder. The writer, and
doubtless the reader. too. can recall
many times seeing him loaf on q ball
I'm the field. Other times he foozles
chances that Milan would eat up. But
the cold hard facts show that he has
q bstter fielding average than the more
Nashv Milan. True. he accepted sixty
three fewer chances last season than
Milan. but he played right field, and
was unable 70 romp into right and left.
o. the Climbers star does 30 much.
jackson shows considerable class In
cutting down runers when he can throw
out thirty. Milan leads him by one
only. though more such opportunities
come to center felder.
than jackson, but In any comparison
errors count for little IN baseball. In
deed, most Of Milsn's misplays come on
easy chances and amount to little In
the general result.
@ Ino W&BuIuBtOu ulou Iob SOuoiu0t~
ably more putouts to his credit than
the Cleveland slugger. nfty.three, to be
Oxact. However, as an Offset, It must
b. remembered that. playing the mid
de garden. he swings more Into the
ether, fields on both sides. Many q
Ghanks' hands and RED" Walker had
20 sive way to him frequently.
Milan Leads Here.
lAss
here Is remarkably superior o-that OF
his rival He takes chances that jack
son never would see. He has more
baserunning intelligence. Perhaps. In q
pinch. Milan could be relied on more
to come into the plate and get away
with It than the Cleveland star. But,
to be q good base runner. you must
Arst reach first base. The records fail
TO show that Milan gets there more
frequently than Jackson.
Jackson scores more runs largely
comes close 10 his opponent In this
respect because he IL q better runner,
once he lands on hrst base.
Taking everything into considerat tion.
they look pretty nearly even In the
and all that goes with It, while "zeb''
shows his class on the bases. II there
ID to be a turning Of the tide In the
favor Of either. It must come from his
psrsonality. TT,
The CLEVELAND man is of a difreren,
type from Milan. He frequently shows
absolute Task Of head work, both In
the field and at the bat. Like Ed Della.
hsnty. when he should sacrifce hi
HHsnH; s. out sSSs,s .s Or
eallops around the bases. It 10 doubt,
'fui u he ATS into machine baseball a
well a. his rival. II 10 doubtful II hi
Presence Is as harmonious az that Of
Ailsn's. ...
But when you decide right ofI-hant
that Joe ,Iacklnn d0Aan't lclana Will