Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-08

field Of play, and he always gave the
right answer, Had he kept in the
game he would have made another
Mike Kelly He had the pepper" and
never lost heart He was almost
perfect catcher, and good, clean
sport
! believe Hutcheus Of Georgia TO be
his nearest competitor.
| HERE are the first basement Perry
L Of Vanderbilt. Wheat Of Sc
vance. Armbruster Of Trinity, Hodg-
son of Georgia. Mccoy and Davenport
Of Auburn. calhoun Of Tech an6 @ned-
ccor OF Alabama
Perry was superb fielder. but
couldn't hit. Wheat was pretty good
both ways but q little too SLOW and
not sufficiently well vorsed in the
game Hodgson was a grand first
baseman and true blue sportsman,
butt want harder hitter than was
he. Calhoun could hit and field, too,
when he felt like 10. but he was too
lazy 10 satisfy me Davenport was
and is q real first baseman, and his
work can not be called weak in any
department Considering only those
who plaved first and nothing else
better than any Of the rest But
there was man who sometimes
played third sometimes short and
sometimes second that believe would
have made a better first baseman
! than either Of these. And this man lis
| just too good a bah player 10 be left
/ of the team entirely ] refer TO Car
/ lyle smith OF Auburn.
am satisfied with my selections
| for second, short and third as they
viii follow. and SO ! can find no place
/ for smith at either Of these positions.
| YET. as I said before. the way smith
Reldrd. threw. hit. ran bases and did
! everything else iu baseball Cnmpels
me JO put him SUmeN here Tt ] Cuu-
siltrrj tine regular fret baSsmeu Only.
/ ! would have. no matter which one ol
/ the Tot . chose the weakest man IN
] the entire iudeld. iu fact. "a player
not strong enough 90 hold his own
/ with the rest OF any A.l-Time inteld.
/ This would never DO as long as I have
I "a man who made All southern TWO
/ successive years. and who was entire
! Is ht and able to hold his own with
| the rest ~ them n the inheld
] These are ms reasons for putting
I smith OF Auburn ut fret base
And wouldn't that be SOME iuficld
Z Every man Of them TODAY IS in the
big show and making a big noise. eN-
rept Holland and he could be III he
wanted. would like to stack that
infyld nap against any in the southern
League.
IT EORGIA has raG three Au-South
N e~u second b1ssmen iu the pas;
Item Years and ala three were bit
|ahead OF the form shown by rivals
from other camps teNcepiug Smith
LOT Auburn SD there can ue little
question but THAT Georgia man
gets this position. These three Were
Rrnuks Derrick and Anderson a.
three were remarkably heavy hitters
Tan Lir. strong fellows with fine arms
and AN making good throwing targets
Cor their gatcrrrS ! consider perriCk
his last wear was "a shade the best
.of the lot They we're AIN zap tor
IHelters and base runners The other
good second ua~emeu OF the decade
were Hamilton. ~ Vanderbilt Suffer
|uf Trinity ami = Holland and r
. Montague. % Tech.
THE list holds tile names 81 Clary
and Lloyd. Of Vanderbilt. Baum
gardner Joplin and Pratt of Ala
hama MCMILLAN ~ Tech and Mar
Gin, n. Georgia
/ Between Mcmillan and Pratt a.
their best .u their college work
R,aGIE %, willing rn shut ms ayegs
land Erab either Pratt was some
|nrr harder hitter than Mcmillan
|wriIa tra latter had 30 a0 Pratt when
boz came to accuracy NJ arm and The
.-rrat with which h. could ger baH
au-r from him. The fser IS -E.y
were both such grand PLAYERS Ersr
H. must have them both oU our team
PIRATE ais. l..rr" second and lr.r-
brG can't q -F'aua Che men 4 have