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The Star Players in the Big Circuit Discussed
and Crystalized by the Men Who Know
Their RAJ Abilities and Weaknesses.

much skill as Wagner in working with
the pitcher and catcher in ira ping men
off second. He handles i throw and
tags runner as we'll as any la ielder
that ever lived Ever Cobb's whrwii4d
$ ides don't insure him safety when
Wagner is there handling the bail.
IF you can keen the runners off sec
ond." sagely remarked one umpire, the
opposition is never dangerous ON sec
ond they are always dangerous. Touch
ing runners is an art in itself. Wagner
is a wonder at. it. When j first saw Col
Inns play. second / said he never would
do because. he. couldn't tag runners. The
second time 1 saw him play-ten weeks
later-he was riding the runners into the
sack. That was the only weakness he
had to overcome. But it's a weakness
that some players never master"
Three Third Basemen.
Three third basemen outshone the rest
of the league. Baker is ranked best be-
cause of his terrific batting, GARNER sec
ond and Foster of Washington third.
Each of these men Is a thoroughly
strong performer Baker hits a ball TO
right field harder. many say, than any
hitter that ever swung the ash. He is
little weak at touching runners at
third. but at that he doesn't miss many.
Gardner has played by far the best game
Of his career this season. His fielding
has been nothing short of heroic. 1t
will surprise many TO learn that Gardner
has driven in more runs for the cham
pions Il AN Speaker.
Fosters work has been beautiful in all
departments. Especially noteworthy has
been his stiffness in the hit-4n1-run.
Harry Lord of the White SoX was mem
toned by many of the umpres as Il good
third baseman. but his future career will
prObab y be in the outfield. His strength
at third was always overestimated. How
ever, the chances aie that he will de-
velop into great outfielder. since he
knows the game, has great arm and is
fast.
Engle of Boston was rated the best
utility infieider He does well at first or
third. bat this has been his worst year
with the bat.
And now reach the outfielders
where Cobb and Speaker Jackson and
Milan shine. What mo.e is there to say
of Cobb?
Cobb is so far ahead of all the bali
players that ever lived that comparisons
are idle" said one OF the ablest umpires.
His superiority is more menta. than me-
chanical. He thinks faster has more
daring and nerve than his rivals. / re-
LAST season as somewhat of an accident
because he beat out many hits. But
this season he has hit bette than ever
and his average has been aided by fewer
hits to the iDfield. His drives have been
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CoryriGh, 1912. ny Charles y. Hu-he<)
The umpires Rave to decide so many
close decisions why not put the question
az pickin the a.l-star taee ball tear7.s
up to them? Then al that disagree win
their decisions can keep ON railing at the
umpire
There are many reasons why an all
star ball team should. if selected at all,
be picked by the Umpirez In the first
place. the umpires have no favorites. so
t.eir selections would not be influenced
by local pride nor friendship. But chief
among the reasons is that me umpires
are Closest 10 the players IN action. see
every good ~ bad point IN the players
work, observe at close range a PLAYERS
sameness. his quality Of craftsmanship,
his ability and willingness to work fo:
Ike team instead Of mis- own record. how
the players adapt themre!vCs 10 varying
condit Ons on different grounds. how they
stand up under the fire ~ a hostile crowd,
how they taI.e a call" from the manager
IN The right spirit or sul.siiyj. and in
short. because the umpire : always
the job an eyewitness TO every biz %
base bail and byplay that takes place On
the diamond
In tins article the Umgires ot the staT
OF President = T. johnson of the Amer
lean Lea- ue nave picked tie a.I-stdr
American League team. In another a~ti-
Gle the umpires of the National League
will pick the Hypothetical aggregation
from that circuit. Then To crown the sea-
sons glory. Hugh Jennings. MANAGER Of
tn Detroit Tiers. will select the :. l-star
team from both MAJOR leagues. Mr. JeH-
ninSs Is wei qualified for that task. be
cause h has watched closely AL the play
eTS in both leagues.
I'm presenting the umplrtS all-Star
American League team, the opinions of
the entire star OF 'arb.tratorS ma =
been crystall.zed. The umpiTes voted for
the men they considered best for the nine
positions. The selections for second base.
'v-o outtield positions and three pitch u
berths were unanimous. There was not
quite Il Unanimity of opinion on the O,neI
positions but the boi ed-down votes re-
suited in tn, following team:
Catchers-Stanase. Detroit: Carrigan.
Boston: Henry. Washington.
Pitchers-Johnson. Washington Wood.
Boston; Walsh, Oh caso Plank, Philadel-
phia.
First base-Chase, New York. Second
choice-Mc ms. Philadelphia. Third
cho:ce-Gandr. Washington.
second baSe-CoIl.ns. Philadelphia See
ond ch"ice-L2jV 4. Cleveland Third
chcicr-Pratt, ST. Lonis.
Third base-BakeT, Philadelphia. Sec
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PE.NDIEToM HAEF BACK PR1NcEToK
Inquisitiive Fans.
Sporting Editor Star:

Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish i'll your pink sheet the
base ball history OF Milan, Morgan. Me-
Bride and A. Williams To DO so you will
please. A FAN
Milan has been with Washington since
1907. He was secured from Wichita, Kan.
Mcbride Joined the Nationals in the
spring of 1868, being secured from Kan
sas City. He was with both Pittsburgh
and ST Louis in the National League in
1895.
Alva Williams saw his second year in
fast company the past season. Washing
ton secured him from Boston. where he
played during the season Of 1911. He
went there from Buffalo.
Sporting Editor Star:
Would YOU kindly publish in your pink
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a worlds champion team which WAS slip
ping badly in the pitching departing mt
and even more seriously in the outfield.
Ii any one thinks that pitching ISM
at least so per cent of the ball team, lei
him ponder over the experience of the
Athletics. in 1911 they looked like a
Very ordinary team until their pitchers
hit their stride. To lose four strai- II,
was common Occurrences for them. Blu,
the minute their pitchers rounded to form
the champions Waded through the other
teams almost they pleased. And this
season the Athletics have looked any
thing hut champions just because they
didn't have pitchers in the box who could
pitch. Those three magic names
.Coombs. Bender and Plank. lost theiI
power to charm this season because
Coombs and Bender didn't come hack
Planks success was dimmed by the fail
ure of the others.
LANCE and Scott of the White Sox also
failed to come back. That. in the opinion
of the umpires. was all that prevented the
Sox from making more creditable fight
for the flag. While the SoX We're far
from being a great team. yet good pitch
ing overcomes 50 much med ocrity in
other departments. that with Lange and
Scott working with Walsh The White
SOx would have been out in front Il much
longer time than they were.
Praise Jack Powell.
The umpires praise Jack Powell for
his work on. the lowIy Brown team. The
veteran pitched some splendid ball. His
base bali head is as long as any Of then
Hamilton of the Browns pitched Wei and
doubtless would have been a sensation
with strong team behind him. Another
left-hander to win the commendaton OF
the arbitrators was Ray Collins of the
champion Bostons. Russell Ford CT the
HiShlanders was good only by streaks.
None of the Detroit pitchers met with
any degree of success except the new
man, Dubuc. While Johnson and Wood,
with splendid teams behind them, We're
raising the league record for games won
consecutively to 1G, Dubuc carried on "a
very nice little squirt of his own and won
IL in a row. Dubuc's chief stock in trade
was slow ball, which the batsmen
couldn't time. Dubuc's lifting helped
MIN win several of his games.
1t wouldn't be fair to dismiss the sub
Ject of pitchers without a mention of
one once great pitcher who slipped quiet
~ out of the league to a minor league
managership. wild Bill donovan has
gone. At his top form Donovan was
one of the best pitchers of all time. He
helped bring three pennants to Detroit.
A cooler man in u pinch will be hard to
name. When ne sett ed down to fight
off the rally of the attacking horde his
quality of skill and nerve was such as
to warm the cookies of every fans heart.
He was fifteen years major lea cue
pitcher and he left the big circle with
world of friends.
Mclnnis was the best first baseman in
the league, far as value to Lis team
was concerned, but in spite of that fact
the umpires pick Hal Chase for the all
star team. They picked Chase because
they know that the brilliant New York
player can do things around first base
that no other first baseman ever did.
While he had d comparatively poor year
because Of illness. nevertheless he is
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H:nry, Johnson, Gandl, Foster and Milan Are
the Nationals to Be Given Preference
Among the Galaxy of Diamond Stars.

ond chOice-Cardner. Boston. Third
clio ce-Foster. Washington.
ShortSiCp-N agner Boston Second
choiee-Barry. Philadelphia. Third choice
Bush. Detroit
Outieid-o Obj. Detroit: Speaker Bos-
Ton: Jackson, Cleveland.
Utility infielder-Engle, Boston. It'll
jty outiielder-M Milan, Washington.
What manager that ever figured out a
batting order wouldn't like to hold the
re ms over that aggregation of players :?
W hat possibilities for developing wonder
full team work, for that team possesses,
first IF al. the keencst case ball brains.
Could team Of sluegers he brought to-
ether tta5 would relish facing Johnson,
Wood, Walsh and Plank? and IL the OPP
pos ton did meet the bali hard now and
thtn what iiity tree would be in the
field to cut off the drives
No weak spot Of any kind can be de-
tected in that lineup. 1t possesses all
the qualities dear To a managers heart
great pitching. strong bait ng, swift, GER
tan heldtng, Gu ok thinking and much
speed on the bases
Cobb King of All.
Every American League umpire agreed
tnat cobb VS. the king of them all and
stands in a ass by himself The others
" no won Every vote for first place were
Speaker OF Boston, Collins of the Attn
- Us "Hf! three OF the TOUR plIcnerS
named. Johnson, Wood and Walsh. BY
some il Was argued that Gregg of Cleve-
land outranked Plank OF the Athletics for
fourth PLACE IN the pitching list, the Vet
eran left-hanGer Of the ex-world's cham
pions winning the place by the slender
margin of one vote.
Oscar Stanase of the Tigers was named
- the leagues best catcher That may
surprise many fans but the umpires
back their selection with good reasoning.
They point To SIAN @e an almost per-
feet receiver, deadly thrower. close OBJ
server or b2fs'nien'S Weaknes SEES, and the
equal nj car.Ican of the champion Bus-
tons IN outSueSsi the opposition when
the hit and-rtin play is TO be attempted.
StaEaS"'s ESht has been hid under a
bushel with the Detroit team. because
he has had 10 work with such ordinary
pitchers that il was hard for catcher
to saine. He has hand ed all kinds of
twiriers during the past season and none
of them was rea ~ great. Pitchers that
let base runners get a flying start make
their o.4tchers look bad. But the umpires
never JAILED TO put the blame where 1t
belonged, and Stanage's work stood out
20 them as high class. Many inferior
catchers. on the other hand. have been
rated high because the pitchers they
caught simply made them look good. a
notable case in point j. that of Catcher
Street. formerly OF the Washingtons.
While he was backstonping for Waiter
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After Foot Ball Sca'pers.

PRINCETON, y. J., October 19.-Deter-
mined i'm its efforts to keep the tickets
for the so-called big games out of the
hands of scalpers. the Princeton Uni
versity foot bah management has an
nounced that all purchasers of tickets
must sign contracts not to sell their
pasteboarCs 1T profit or to strangers.
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Princeton and Columbia Make Up.

NEW YORK. Octof err 19.-Princeton and
Columbia have resumed athletic relation
on the cinder path after a lapse OF four
years. and in addition to daal run with
the Tiger croSs-cOuntry team i'm Jungle
town November 9 there will be Il Qua,
meet between the Blue and White and the
Orange and Black varsity track teams
next spring.
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Speaker Best Centerfielder.

Speaker is undoubtedly the best center
fielder in the league. His judgment Of
fly balls is better than Cobb's. He starts
quicker for the ball and is a dead SURF
catch. He handles ground balls better
than Cobb and has better arm-much
better In fact, the Boston outheld is a
wonder for strong arms. Speaker i a
mighty hitter. but not Cobb at bat
on the bases.
The real problem for the umpires was
hold down TIE third post in the outheld.
Jackson won the place by a close vote--a
majority of one. Jackson cannot field
we'll Milan, nor run the bases so well.
But he is such fierce hitter that he
can't be kept off the all-star team. There
is this about jackson. he must get his
hits right along TO be useful TO ball
team. He loses interest when his bat
ting sumps.
So far as sheer thefts are concerned.
Milan leads the league. Still he doesn't
pull of the great feats on the bases thar
Cobb does. Mi an can field with the best
of them-better than amy man in toe
league except Speaker. 1t is pity TO
leave him of the all-stars, but he hap
pens to be i'm an organ cation of rara
outtielders. He gets the utility post with
out struggle.
Hooper of Boston is also firm i'm the
esteem of the umpires. as is Lewis OF the
same team. John Collins of the White
Sox is a great outfielder and Sam Craw-
ford of the Detroits is still mighty use
full, especially with the bat. Danny Muir
ply OF the Athletics was strong player
until incapacitated by accident
The second article of this a l-star series
viii deal with the best team possible to
be picked from the National League. The
umpires of that league agreed on most
every position but pitching. There was
wide and interesting divergence i'm their
opinions on National League pitchers.
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tai Simple and effective. threat rnire IL ktxkt.
and ii II ..-... i'xEt then Is Kt-Kt5 wins.
But stTopger continuation is the var u
tioD first used by Mr. y. T. Whitaker agains:
Row T. Hlacs. IL P-KR3 Bra. IL KtxKt
PXkt. l. BxP kt-B;;. IA B-Bj.. by which the
l"-al expert able ro well earned vic
tory the Brooklyn chGmpion
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of thinking. The minute one of his team
mates pas cs batsman and is reached
for couple of hits, Walsh, upbidden. Re-
gins TO warm up for the rescue work.
Whenever l am umpirng in a series in
which the Chicago team is a contender,
hear this from the players: We'll. Wal IN
= tched yesterday: surely he won't be N
today But about the eighth inning. if
things are looking dark for the White
Sox. in comes Walsh. and there is always
perceptible fall in the spirits of the
oppO; ing players.
Given three days of rest something al
most unknown 10 Walsh during cham
pionship season. and his effectiveness is
deadly TO opposing hitters as is that
of johnson or Wood. Walshs masterly
half-balk motion in trapping men off first
also hard man for base runners to out
guess. Both are little better in that
respect than Johnson. Wood is the best
fielding pitcher of the lot
Johnson is the most sensational to
Watch--the crowds idol. His delivery is
true pitching poetry. Without any appar-
ent effort he hurls ball over the plate
with more speed. it is claimed. than any
man that ever mounted the slab. He has
no fear nor respect for any batsman. He
never passes a hard hitter to bring up a
weaker one and doesn't even waste any
balls on the batting stars. Most pitchers
out a called ball offer him couple of
bad ones to tempt him. Not so with
Johnson.
Johnson's Great Speed.
The secret of Johnsons success, say
the unpires lies in the fact that the
frightfu speed on the ball, coming after
such an easy. simple delivery, brings it
onto the batsman before he realizes it,
Even the greatest of all batsmen. Cobb,
will be seen repeatedly fouling Johnsons
delivery off at right angles to the path
from the pitchers box to the home plate
an unmistakable sign that he has
failed to gauge the speed correctly. Right
hand hitters peck and pop fouls off In
the opposite direction Apparently no
amount Of practice AGAINST johnson helps
the batsmen. Johnson, more than any
other pitcher. seems to allow nothing but
accidental hits. Ringing base hits off
him seem just happens ances.'
Johnson gets the whole side of his body
into every pitch. For that reason he
probably will outlaSt Joe Wool, who
pitches with a good deal of a snap to his
arm. Johnson and Wood have wonder
full curves and they wh.Z across the plate
at the same speed as their fast ones.
Each developed a tantaliZ:ng slow ball
Walsh. on the other hand. depends al
most entirely on his famous spthall. For
seven seasons that splitter has been the
terror of the American League.
That tric-JOhnson. wood and walsh
stand out far above the rest of the
pitchers, and since every umpire named
his choices N that order. 1t may be as
sumed that they consider that season S
pitching honors place Johnson first, Wood
second and Walsh third.
That good left-hander. Plank of the
Athletics. is given fourth place. 1t is
admitted by the ump.res that he hasn't
as much stuff as Gregg of Cleveland.
but they picked him for his superior
knowledge of the pitching art and be-
cause Of his highly successful season with
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Toucl.d"wns Iocm> 90. Norris 81. tio frc'e
A. tioaS missed from tpHciidoNliS Morris. Ito
fecller Knole 90. loomis. Goals kicSed froil
touchdown Node ~. Hoflpcker. Looinis Ref
erec-Mr. Neison. University oil Nebra-ka TIM
pr,.-Mr. 1iegarty. George town. Head lii'
Mr.. Hart. Georgetown. Time al quarj"r>-fO
minutes each.
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Sporting Editor Star:
Please publish in Your pink sheet the date
or dates during the recent world series
that Sneaker OF the Boston Red SOX failed
to make "a bit. J. \. II.
Speaker failed to get hit in the game
OF October IL He hit safely in all the
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PI2ES IN AMERICAN LEAGUE SELECT AN AIL~STAR
CAST FOR WHAT WOULD BE GREATEST OF BALL CLUB

Johnson he gained a great reputation
! with the fans. not with the management
/ which traded him to New York. With
no johnson to work with i'm New York
his catching did not impress the fans
SO strongly and he soon passed out of
the league to the minors
Carrigan was named as the second best
catcher. despite a weak arm. The Bos-
ton man is a wonder behind the bat in
every way. except throwing. However.
what he lacks in speed for his throws he
gains in the quickness with which he
cts the ball away. Carrigan has had a
Wonderfully clever at handling short
throws. Wagner receives the ball any
where within reach and gets his man..
Neither Carrigan nor Stanage is d strong
batsman and both are slow on the bases
However, they hit better than the aver
age catcher.
1t is very doubtful, according to the
umpres. II either Of these catchers will
rank one. two among the backstops for
next season, for there Is string OF
young catchers who Will just about reach
top form by 1913. and if they do they
VIII snatch the laurels from the veter-
ans They are Henry and Ainsmith of
Washington. and Schalk, the new catcher
of the Chicago White Sox Each of these
three hands ball down to second base
in as beautiful form as one could ask to
see. another years experience and they
VIII rank among the best. Sweeney of
d
and Ira Thomas of the Athletics received
honorable mention
The American League pitching for 1912
was classic in the case of a few twirl-
ers. There was general regret at the
failure OF the great Indian, Bender, and
MS tee inmate Jack Coombs to dup,ioate
their l9l1 successes. Every one had been
wa ting for years to hear that those
splendid artists had reached the end of
their rope. But having been fooled by
them so long. few were prepared for their
let-down this season. They had won two
worlds championship flags for Philadel-
phia.
Bender for One Game.
One of the umpires stated that if he
were picking a pitcher to pitch just one
game. his choice of all the twirlers would
be Bender. But for a seasons work-no
Bender" said this veteran umpire, 'is
the most wonderful man l ever saw in
whizzing that ball right into the very spot
he tries for. File thinks. Every ball he
pitches is the execution OF a carefully
and quickly thought-Out plan.
But as for the pitcher TO do a team
the most good in season. there is moth
ing to that. Give me Walsh l believe
every American League manager. If given
his choice of all the pitchers in base bail
today. would pick Walsh without a sec
ends hesitation. Just as there is only one
Cobb among the all-around ball players,
30 Is there only one Ed Walsh among
the pitchers. OF course. Johnson and
Wood have more brilliant records so far
as games won Is concerned during the
past season, but they both had better
teams behind them and were required to
pitch only in regular turn. But Walsh
often took part in five or six games in a
week
"Walsh's temperament makes him the
most valuable OF all pitchers. to my way
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sheet the name of the team against which
Clarence t''Reds'D Walker made his debut
and the name of the pitcher. A FAN.
Chicago: Olmsted. ...
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer in Sundays pink sheet.
Was j. l.. sullivan ever champion of the
world and for how long? r. NJ.
Sulivans fai ure to defeat Mitchell.
champion of England. did not entitle him
To the title Of worlds champion.
Sporting Editor Star:
Please answer IN Sundays pink sheet il
players receive percentage for hits in
game that was played to d tie in Boston
Wednesday. the 9th, in worlds series.
T.. +. NJ.
Yes.
Sporting Editor Star:
viii you De good enough to answer the
following questions in next Sundays pink
sheet? |. How many games We're won
during the years 1911 and 1912 by Walter
Johnson? > How many games We're Won
during 1911 and 1912 by the Washington
team from the Athletics?
J. 0. BURNHAM.
Johnson won - and lost - in 1911-32
and II IN 1917.
Washington Won games from the Ath-
letics in 191 and 6 in 1872
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'a This i hasty: 90 is better.
tbl III QKt-Q2 then q $3.50 ktxkt 10 Bxkt
R-kc,i. etc.
fci \ Ll,i,i.ier as Marshall demonstrates. Bxkt
G.s-s-SSary
th II PSR then 81 ..-... R-kt7eh wins two
Rs and 1t II,
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cleaner than ever. Where Cobb differs
from many other notable slrgsers. espe-
81 1 y La joie and Hans Wagner 81 the
PittsbUTghs. is that he rareia hts NJ la I
balls Lajo;e and Hans knock wild T. ici-s
over the fence. Which in 40 way ~ plc s
that it is good policy TO hit al bad one
because more often, they miss The wide
ones pop them up.
Il am amazed at the T. icks Cobb gets
away with day after day at the expense
of really great and experienced y ayers.
Cobb seems to divine what they ints1d
doing with the bal before they throw.
There is only one way 10 head Cobb OF.
and that is always to play the bah in
front of him. He is Always going on, on.
on. Never throw the ball 10 the base he
is stationed at or you will see him at the
sack ahead"
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COMBINATION STUDY.
BLACK.
WHITE.

This position bears a close resemblance to that
of the third Janowski- Marshall game after
Whites 18th move. (The score Of this game IL
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IN ana'y~'s Sc Huuinstein's score 1T
Wilma reveals an utterly ineXp1ica5e
condition Against mir. opponents in the
"-der in which they finished. his score
w2s 10 for Jhe first three. d To for
e he next three and to I for the three
taiienders. No comment. except this bare
statement of fact. is POSSIBLE