Evening journal., 1912-03-22
ALL COLLEGE NINE
in BIG LEAGUES
Some Of the Best Players
have Benefits of Higher
Education

Among the endless variety of "all"
teams which have been picked in the
world Of sport there is one field which
has been shamefully neglected. the
college baseball fielu. All college mines
are chosen annually, but nobody has
tackled an "all' college team; that is,
one chosen without any limit as to
time
An all-college team Of this sort can
be found which would be as strong
an array as could be put together,
whether professional or what not, for
majority of its players would be
men who have since leaving college,
have turned professionals and been
professionals of high rank. is the best
proof of their ability SO naturally
the place to look for members Of this
hypothetical team is in the profession
al ranks.
Strong Team on Paper.
The colleges have had players who
had they turned pro. would have been
among the best, and there are few
that never turned pro. who neverthe-
less we're so proficient that they made
the all-college team for all time. but
there haven't been many Of these. In
baseball the two major leagues arc the
highest measure of skill and sOnse-
quently demonstration of ability to
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 vide one, but the fol-
lowing team would not only be the
strongest team of college players. pos
siblo to sel-ct. but, as said, it could
hold its own with any kind of a
rtar aggregation. Pitchers-Carter,
Yale; Coombs. Colby; Plank, Gettys-
hurg. Bender Carlisle; Mathewson,
Bncknell Catchers-Meyers, Dart
, mouth: Jones, Yale. Harvard; Ka-
fer. Princeton. First base-Chase. st.
Marys g. Second base-Collins. Column
bia. Shortstop- Barry, Holy Cross.
Third base-Devlin. Georgetown. Out
field--Fultz, Brown; Cree, Penn
State: Thomas Pennsylvania. For sub
stitute infielder, Derrick Georgia Uni
versily, or Dutch" Meier, Princeton,
would fll the bill. and for substitute
outfielder. Birmingham, Cornell.
The foregoing team is strong beyond
the average in every position. Any
manager would jump at the chance OF
plotting such a team through a bie
league race. The n-professionals
on the list are Carter, Reed, Kalel
and Jones Neal Snow. who played
first base and the outfield at Michigan
and Harry Keator. Yale captain ant
outfelder, are mighty nearly entitled
10 a place on the team, for they were
college players of exceptional skill
Jake Stahl. Illinois. and Fred Tenney
Brown. could be placed on the team
but both were catchers when IN col
lore. and besides the team has Chase
White. Georgetown, could be substi
tuted for Plank without hurting tn
pitching department much.
Walter Carter Was q wonderful col
Iege pitcher in his day and goo
enough for the big leagues had h
cared to become a professional Bill
Reid. of Harvard: Tad Jones, OF Yale
and Red Kafer of Princeton we're al
backstops above the average. head
catchers. good throwers and hard hit
ters They had the native ability 4
develop into first-class catchcrs
professionals Chief Meyers has dem
onstrated his ability. but he has mao
such big Improvement as Giant ina
Il is a question whether he was 4
the class with the three men men
toned when he was in college
No Weak Spots visible.
Coombs. White, Bender. Mathew
son-what better pitching stan coul
ary club want? And then an inhel
composed of Chase, Collins, Barry an
Deviin-why, that's as alright
quartet of inner garden guardians a
the present Athletics with their crac
inheld have. 1t is made up Of helder
base runners, hitters and every on
of the four smart ball player.
AS TO the cutfield. it isn't as stron
a hitting trio as some, but pret'
capable batting combination, ncNel
theless and a combination of batter
sliders and base runners that make
il a rare run getting combhauol
Cree is 800 batter and tultz an
Thomas had their 300 years Who
they were in the game. Fultz was on
of the best slders the game has ha
and he and Thomas covered a VIC
cxpanse Of ground on the defense
also would be a good throwing GU
field.
Even Hugh Jennings. who doesn
enthusc over college players. mig
rejoice i'm a team such as this