The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-28
A LULL IN ACTIVE MAJOR
FOLLOWING CLOSE
Selections Of All,American Teams to
Hold the Boards Now for Time
Until Baseball Magnates Begin
Work for Next Season

New York, Nov. 2S.-Following the
annual ArmyNavy football game in
Philadelphia tins afternoon will come
the usual selection of all-American, all.
Eastern and all. Western teams for the
season of 1914. The adherents of the
two United States Academy teams will
await these mythical combinations with
more than usual interest this season
since both the Annapolis and West
Point teams include players though,
by their admirers to be of all-American
calibre.
Last year the Army and Navy each
succeeded in placing a player ON the
team considered by football followers
IN general, to be the nearest approach Ii
to an official eleven. Brown, of the Ca
dets team, was placed at right guard
and Merillat, of the Middies, at right
end. This brought the total up to ten
for the period extending from 1901 to
1918. Bunker, the Army S right tackle,
and DAILY, quarterback in 1901. were
the first service players to make the
au-American team. DAILY had, however.
made the teams of 1898 and 1899
while playing quarter for Harvard.
In 1902 the Cadets were again rep
resented by Bunker, who was placed at
right halfbaek in that year. Two wears
Later the Army famous center Upton
was the unanimous choice of the expert }
for the position of passer back of the
oall Three years elapsed before an
academy player was again mentioned L
and then the Navy placed Dague, left
end of the 1907 combination, on the
eleven while Erwin, the Army's rieht
guard, was also named. 1t was not un-
til 1911 that the Service football men
made the all-American team again. In
that year the two academies divided
honors Devore of the Cadets beinp at
rlght tackle and Dalton of the NAVY at
tulioack. AS result the count stands
at present Army, I: Navy. 3.
With the passing of football there
comes duh in the active major spo-ss
of the nation but the fans composing
the Winter Baseball League will keen
interest alive even though the mag
mates break all precedence by imitating
the Sphinx. With Organized Baseball
the Players Fraternity and the Fed.
eral League all offering fuel there
should be no need of tanning the flames.
In fact all signs point to one of the
hveliest seasons of indoor baseball in
decade.
Although the echos of the World 5
Series are just dying away the mag.
Mates managers and players are al
ready planning for the 1915 campaign.
Regardless of the possibility of sensa
tlonaI changes in ownership and cir.
cunt, arrangements for the spring train
ing trip OF a number of the clubs have
already been made. The Chicago Ma
tlonafs will work out the winter stiff
ness at Tampa, Fla, beginning ON
March L; the st. Louis Nationals have
selected Hot Wells, Texas, as their
spring camp and the New York Nation
ais VIII return to Marlin, Texas. for
the third season.
Inc Boston Nationals, champions of
the baseball universe, have desiled I'm
prepare for the 1915 pennant race al
Hot Springs, Ark, and will have com.
pany IN the Boston Americans and som,
of the Pittsburgh Nationals for time
at ieaSt. The Pirates will spend a por.
ton of the time at Dawson Springs.
n.y. while the Detroit Americans arr
scheduled to return to Gulport, Miss. re.
porting late IN February. The Pgila.
delphla Nationals are expected to linn
per up at st. Petersburg, Fla, and the
other clubs nave either signed renewals
1or thelr former camps or are selecting
new training quarters.
Al recent meeting of the swim.
ming authorities of the Conference Col
leges of the Middle West. the coacha,