Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-11
COmiSkey Greatest First Stacker
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Griffith Ranks Him Above All

IT he could club like Wagner he would
be the greatest shortstop OF all time.
Barry. OF the Athletics, also is a
wonder and Fletcher, Of tho Giants,
is a mighty good man.
"Of all the third basemen ! think
McGraw and Jimmy Collins, of the
Boston Red SOY, we're tho best Nc
Graw was foxier than Collins and a
better hitter. but Collins was the bet
ter fielder He was the most grace
full fielding third baseman Tie game
ever has seen. And this gives him
the edge
Gardner OF the Red sox: Foster
OF the Washingt0ns, and Baker, Of
the Athletics. are the only third
basemen who can be compared -
these two.
Baker is a poor fielder; he is awl1-
ward But he is such a wonderful
latter that it lifts him up to the top
notch Foster is a foxy fielder and
a foxy batter-a great all-round man.
Gardner is a wonder, but not quite in
Fosters class"
Iris Speaker is the most remark
able outnelder that ever lived" re-
10 the Quilted Hall Of Fame to more
than a score OF the past and present
gardening stars "Hc is the best man
on fly balls that I ever have seen.
His throws are deadly, Batters hit
the ball a mile, vet Speaker goes ont
to the fence and gets them-gets
drives that other men would have TO
let go for three base hits and home
runs
"Of course, 10 is hard 10 judge be-
tween Speaker and cobb as to which
rs the better man. Cobb is a better
base runner and better batter, but
Speaker stands out as a fielder.
jackson. Of Cleveland, is a Won
derful throWer and batter but he does
rot shine as a base runner. Milan,
OF Washington. Is a better ball play
er than Jackson. He is a splendid
fielder. splendid base runner and a
consistent 800 hitter lie is contin
ually usins his head
UCOMPARING these stars with Bill
- Lauge, oi the old generation,
shows that the old generation suf-
fers cobb and Speaker are Lange's
superiors, and 1 think Milan is al
most Lange's equal Among the other
great outhelding stars OF the past and
present were Willie Keller, Fred
Clarke, Fielder Jones' Jesse Burkett,
Elmer Flick, Hugh DUFFY, Mike Dom
lin. Jimmy McAleer. Fogarty AMI
Diolly Johnson.
In the catching line the stars OF
the present day are not as good as
those OF the other DAYS. Buck Ewing
never has known an equal as
catcher ] call him the best ball
PLAYER the world ever has known,
The only man who ever approached
him was Mike Kelly, OF the old Chi
cago White SoN Kelly, too, was a
wonder but not quite equal TO Ewing,
CAVALIER JOHNSON is the great
w est pitcher OF to-day but
wonderful as he is there were some
ld-timers that were wonders, too
Clarksou and keefe We're the best in
the period that ended i'm 1898. Then
came thre0sWonders- Amos Rusie Cy
Young and Kid Nichols And then
came Mathcwsou. GARRISON, keefe
and Nichols were not quite as good
as Matty and Johnson are to-day, but
Young and Rusie i'm their prime
We're right along with them
"lu making these comparisons, liz
telling who ! think were the greatest
men that ever played the different
positions ON the diamond ] am only
swing my opinion Some may differ
with me. but these conclusions are
drawn after watching closely the
thousands who have come and gone
since ] entered the big league games