Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-28
PHILADELPHIANS
ARE In LINE FOR
CHALMERS TROPHY
Eddie Collins, Alexander
and Magee Have, Wrought
Nobly This Year-Phils
Play Reds Today.

When the committee appointed for that
purpose awards the Chalmers trophies
for 1914 the names of Philadelphians are
apt to stand at the top in both the
American and National Leagues The
three men who have the chance to be
honored by this annual award are Eddie
Collins, of the Athletics, and Grover
Alexander and Sherwood Magec, of the
Phillies.
Hugh Chalmers, the donor of the auto.
mobiles, suggested that the committee
give the prizes not to the man who, in
their opinion, was the most finished per-
former in each league, but to the player
who had been most valuable TO his team
This suggestion has been and will be
followed this year.
No matter what details are to be con-
sidered, it is difficult to see how Eddie
Collins could be overlooked. He Is not
only recognized by most experts as the
worlds greatest ball player, but he has
been this season the most valuable man
on the Athletics team. Officials of the
White Elephants and others have often
been heard to declare emphaticaly that
the Athletics were not one-man team.
To a certain extent that is true, but if
Eddie Collins had not been on Mack s
wonderful game that he did the Ath-
letics would today be out of the pennant
race instead of having it won for the
sixth time.
That Connie Mack realized fully the
value of his great second sackcr was
shown when he permitted him recently
to sign contract at his (CollinsO own
terms. Mack knew that without Collins
the odds would be against his winning
for at least two years to come. Hence
after the Federal League had made Eddie
one of the most flattering offers ever
submitted to a baseball player, he was
in a position to dictate the terms of his
contract for the future, and he did.
Incidentally, the EVENING LEDGER is
eager to announce that it has secured
the services of this great player as
writer of the worlds series. Eddie Is
going to play, of course, and is going to
write the news himself. That is more
than any other ball player can say Ed
die is going to be the author of the
"write-ups' in the EVENING LEDGER and
10 going to work out the material himself.
While not equaling the actual baseball
ability of Collins, both Alexander and
Captain Magee, of the Phillies have sur
passed the Athletics star in relative util-
ity Those two men have kept the heads
Of the Phillies above water. The disin-
tegrat1on OF TINS CLUBS strength by the
ravages of the Federal League has been
retarded to certain extent by the mas
terful play OF Dooins pitcher eXtraordi-
nary and heavy hitting utility man. The
use of the term utility man" here is not
meant to convey the Idea of Substitute"
which is its usual meaning in baseball.
but term which means an all-round
player.
Sherwood Magee has put up the great
ngt % l,t- IL ,nt
cepting his work in 1910, when he led
the National League in batting with an
average of 1891 and took part in 1a
games. He has played seven positions
for Charley Doom and has played them
all in better than acceptable style. Ma
gees batting has been one of the fea-
lures of the play in the National League.
His average is above 300 and he has hit
10 home runs, to say nothing of enough
two and three-baggers to bring his extra
base hits up to lOi, the highest figure in
the major leagues today.