Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-05
NORTHERN LEAGUE
MEETING MONDAY
NJ. Stanchheld Leaves To-
morrow Night for Du-
luth Session.
ALL-STAR TEAMS
ARE IMPOSSIBLE
So Declares Coach A. A.
Stagg-Hard to Pick
Such an Eleven.
BV Eeil.)


NJ. Stanchlielh. one of the local
baseball magnates. will leave tomor-
row night Tor Duluth. where Monday
he will attend the war meeting of tho
Northern league.
Judging from reports from Winni-
peg, the gathering may not be as SZ-
zling as was anticipated A. II. Pull
ford was expected to turn Duluth in
side out, but, adviceS from the Mani
toba metropolis Yesterday were to the
effect that he had practically COM
pleted arrangements for the sale Of
his holdings. IT the deal goes through
before Monday, the warm stuff will
be off. unless the Winona magnates
are able to kick UP fuss.
After considerable speculating, the
Duluth contingent soon will know
proposition. Over that way they've
had US lined up with Pulford, but
then the Duluth lads are likely to have
us doing most anything.
Grand Forks is for itself at that
gathering, and Stanchfield will do
what he thinks is best for this city
and the league. ...
Mondays gathering will be a re-or-
ganization affair. The Northern is a
GERS will have to he chosen. 1t may
be that they will try to make it a
long-term league.
Steps, Of course, will he taken to
oust Winona, and. if Pulford still
owns the Winnipeg team, they will
attempt to get rid of him.
Winona wants to elect a new presi-
dent in Burmeisters place. This will
cause a warm, little discussion.
: Anent .An-Star Teams.
Rdst notice what Coach A. A. Stage
had to say about the pickers of all
star teams? 1t cant be did. says
. Stage. And. somehow or other. We
: think Stages right. We've always
held that there was something wrong
with the man who attempted to name
an all-star aggregation.
In basehall, a writer has some OPP
portunity t" accurately Judge the
playing ability Of the men. but in foot
ball things are different.
= In the first place. the season is too
short. and, except in the case OF the
home team. the writer sees the play
ers in action but once. That is not
enough to judge. because very fire.
quently a football player proves a
flash In the pan.
The day the teams are seen. man,
who has done nothing all season may
; play sensational game. and, then,
may not keep IT up. Very frequently,
this man gets on an all-star team
OF course, there are men who play
consistent football all season. and, in
their cases the selections are COM
paratively easy and cause no COM
n1ent.
Stage made one point that is good
He said that too frequently coach
who has heen at the game for years
and knows its every feature--has hard
work choosing between two candi-
dates for position. And the coach
sees the men iii actual work every
day. So. ho argues. it's rather hard
to see how a football writer. who has
TO watch twenty-five men in action
during the short course nf game,
can accurately select tho hest men.
Personalities too Frequently enter
into these selections, and, then. there
is much criticizins and kicking
throughout the conferences
And, then, of what worth are these
all-star teams? 1t means a little
honor to the mon chosen. especially
when they are selected by reputable
" critics. But even the honor stuff has
= heen minimized by the attitude taken
by critics during the past several
wears