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 a
perfect catcher, and a good. clean
sport
believe Hutchens OF Georgia to be
his nearest competitor.
HERE are the first bascmen: Perry
II OF Vanderbilt, Wheat OF Sc
vance. Armbruster OF Trinity. Hodg-
son Of Georgia. Mccoy and Davenport
Of Auburn. Calhoun OF Tech ami Sned 70
ecor of Alabama
Perry was superb fielder, but
couldn't hit. Wheat was pretty good
both ways, but a little too slow and
not sufficiently well versed in the
game. Hodgson was a grand first
basernan and a true blue sportsman,
butt want a harder hitter than was
he Calhoun could hit and field. too.
when he felt Ike Il. but he was too
lazy 20 satisfy me Davenport was
and is a real first baseman, and his
work can not be called weak IN any
department Considering only those
who PLAYED first and nothing else
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better than any OF the rest But
there was man who sometimes
played third. sometimes short and
sometimes second that ] believe would
have made n better first baseman
than either OF these. And this man is
just too good a ball player TO be left
Of the team entirely I refer 20 Car
lyle smith OF Auburn.
/ am satisfied with my selections
for second. short and third as they
win follow, and so I can find no place
for Smith at either OF these positions.
Yet. as ] said before. the way Smith
fclded. threw. hit ran bases and did
everything else in baseball compels
me TO put him somewhere II / con-
sidered the regular first basemen only,
I would have. no matter which one OF
the lot I chose. the weakest man IN
the entire inheld I'm fact, a player
not strong enough to hold his own
with the rest OF my An-Time infield.
This would never 10 s long as ] have
man who made Ais Southern two
successive years. and who was entire
~ ht and able TO hold his own with
the rest OF them in the inheld.
These are my reasons for putting
Smith Of Auburn az first base
And wouldn't that be SOME infield
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big show and making a big noise eX-
cept Holland. and he could be II he
wanted I would like TO stack that
inheld up against any I'm the Southern
League.
Z EORGIA has had three Au-Soutn
~ ern second basemeu In the past
ten years. and all three were a bit
ahead OF the form shown by rivals
from other camps tevCepting Smith.
Of Auburn. SO there can BE- little
question but that a Georgia man
gets this position. These three Were
Brooks. Derrick and Anderson. Az
three were remarkably heavy hitters,
all big. strong fellows with fine arms,
and all ma kiug good throwing targets
Cor their Catchers. ! consider Derrick
his last year was a shade the best
~ the lot They were all tip top
fielders and base runners The other
good second basemeu OF the decade
were Hamilton. Of Vanderbilt. Suffer.
Of Trinity. and :. Holland and ?.
Montague. Of Tech.
THE list holds the names Of Clary
and Lloyd OF Vanderbilt Baum
gardner. Joplin and Pratt. OF Ala
bama. Mcmillan. ~ Tech. and Mar
tin ~ Georgia
Between Mcmillan and Pratt at
their best Iu their college work Z
would le willing Co shut my eyees
and grab either. Pratt was a sr,u--
what harder hitter than Mcmillan.
while The latter had 90 on Pratt when
DC came 90 accuracy - arm and the
speed with which BE could get q ball
away from him The fact IS they
were both such grand players that
v, must have them both on our team.
Pratt also played second and third.
5US ! can't dispiace the men ] have