Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-16

second choice t0fF the VGtEran aggTe- gat-er. He cs qyhS some good games for the Chicago Cubs last season, and will be actfVe> With that team in 1915 as manager. /
 For rirst rz4se we have that extrao1- diinary FtEnci7man, Napoleon Lajoie. He trod, .>A stg-lsasue dIalnoad for the l. first stiRt g. in f1iladeipi1ia in 1896. He has g5Aned the sreaLer- part of his fsafnfs% as a seceud-Eacker, but he is ah<e to guard the 1tst corner and dis J Hiay class that some of the 20-year- old stars envy. Larry didn't bat 300 ] last season, but that doesn't mean he can't hit the sphere.
 John. Evers is placed a second base, and some folks would select him on any all-star team. Only one keystone sack guardian is ranked ahead of EVerS and he is the $0U,000 Edward TroN bridge Collins, who was a boy ] playing baseball on the lots when the captain of the Braves was a star Ev- I CTS joined the Cups in 1909. and was l with tllat team continuously until last 1 season, when he was sold to Boston. Tn every department of the game Ev- CTS will hold his own with q younger player today.
 Of course, you all know whom we are going to place at shoTtstop. Who could compete with that ''youngster'' out in Pittsburgh. John Henry WaS- ner? He became a member of the Louisville club in 1887. and went along with; the Colonels when they moved to tthe Smoky City. About his years of l 300 averages as a batsman his re- markable fielding and baserunnins and all his other good qualities, on and off the field, so much hes been written that his baseball history is well known. The experts opined that John Henry was going back last season, l time in his IS years of big-league ball but most managers would pay good money to get the veteran today. Thomas Leach today is best known as an outtieider for that is the region he has occupied since the Pirates sold him to the Cubs. But in 1899 when he joined the Louisville club and when Pittsburgh was winning pennants, Leach was d star third basen1an. Therefore, because of his activity and his good throwing arm he would be a better man for the three quarter post than some others who would be avail able
 In picking 9 veteran ourfeld, one Ilna13--SaInuel, Crawford-iS in 8 class by himself. There are some younger gardeners, such as Cobb, Jackson Speaker and Aagee, who are superior to Crawford, no qoubt. But he still can chase flies, and when it comes to hsulmering the basebaIl-welI. o0Iy one man, Magee beat him in the big league 1sluGging division in the 1914 campaign. Crawford was a member Of the Cincinnati team when he did
 his first ma tor-league siugging in 1900, but since 1903 Samuel has been with the Detroit Tigers.
 It is more difficult to 5oick, the other veteran outfeldeTs who were regulars in 1902: in fact. 1t is impossible to choose a pair who iloR, play every day on a. nlajor-ieague nine. But Danny Mack's. great baseball machine and Mike Donlln, who was equally as re- markable a. batsmen with John Me GFaH-s grand aggregation Of Giants will get the bertls. Danny last sea son played with the Brooklyn Feds, the New Workers
 Murphy began his uajor-leaSue career with, the Giants in 1901 as a second pasen1an, and in 1902 was. dug up by Connie Mack. He played the inteld for the Athletics until Eddie Collins came along. when he was shifted to, the out6eld. An injury to his knee slowed him up bit, but ne still can hit and catch flies. too Don lin, was 8 pitcher when the St. Louis Cardinals got him in 1899, but the next season he moved to the outfield, and always has been 8 hard and. timely hitter He quit baseball once to be an actor, but returned to the game and showed he still could hit He's not as fast as he once was, but knows how
 
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 It would not be hard to select sUb- stitutes for our tean-that is, players who wear a uniform and. are with ma jor-1eague club Sin some capacity Harry Davis, who began to play Lall in 1896, still helE@s the Athletics by doing duty at first base now and then and gets around without the aid of crutches. Bobby Wallace, of the St. L. guer with Cleveland in 1895, and Ter " Turner who bowed to the major fans in Pittsburgh in 1899 and todalSs is 9 member Of the Maps. are quite active yet. FIarman Germany Schaefer, who began to wear the coach in recent years, would be an- other inffeld possibility.
 Fred Clarke, who started with Louisville in 1894 and quit active my Callahan, who Joined the Phillies in 1894 and also decided that he could manage better from the bench the last two campaigns, are eliglbles for a vet outfeld. Although neither pretends to be regular. both can bat and field are fighting for $1o,o0O salaries. The players mentioned all were ac- tive in the days Of the American Lea que war and with the few exceptions cited, nave been continuously aCClVe ever since. And we will again say that we will issue a challenge to a team Of kids and assure them they will kHow they have been in a bat tie
 Eliminating all other departments of the game, take our veterans on the attack. The young pitcher who could successfully bAff1e Wagner Lajoie, Crawford, Donlin, Murphy, Leach. Ev- ers Dooin and Bregnahan would be proud Of himself.
 On the other hand, the Cobbs and the Collinses Of the kid nine would not. bang the offerings Of :aiatheWHoI1 and Plank as freely as they do those of many 21-year-old fingers.
 There IS oHe particular in which women and ball players are alike when they have passed the 21st year it is best not to mention the subject OF ages. Therefore, we will not at- tempt to say how young our all-star team Is. But, it may be said, without fear Of contradiction, that the 30tfa birthday Is only a memory now with all of them. Some are beginning, private1Y.4 Of course. to tf1itGf1 about the 50th celebration ofsthe birth
 All Of which goes to prove Una baseball is not such young mans game as we are prone to think 1t
 The Ail-sTar team of veterans: PISxerS ,..- Years in 1 st Esnazz,e11eDF