The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-11
ALL AMEESICA TEAM.
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 ALL AMERICA TEAM.
 (SeIected by Baseball NIagazine.) r Pos. Player League H. S B. Ave. (. Snyder (Nat) 142 1901 1b. NIcInnis (44m-) 144 8 .315 2b Collins (An4.l 175 As .33S- s. Bancroft (Nat.) 143 14 .254 3b. Groh (Nat.) 169 14 .2s9 If. Crawford (Am.) 1S1 g .296 cf Speaker {Am-) 176 30 .321 ; If. Cobb (Am9 POT 94 1869 D. Alexander (Nat.) 22 .169 n Johnson (Am) 34 ]! 233
 ''In preferring McInnis to Safer for the greatest first q.aseman of the year, we are well aware that we are choos- ing a nfan of the Jake Dauberts type McIn11is has never been noted for his long hits He is not a cleanup slugger like the Cub player. But the man who hit fc7 an average of three hun dred and fifteen in this year of lean batting averages, needs no excuse on the score of batting
 McInnis is stin one of the hundred thousand dollar infield who has fallen off no particle in his phenomenal play. Daubert it must De remembered has 2 slumped and sIufnped considerably to lose the crown, but McInnis has not done so. Furthermore, his fielding is one of the classics of the diamond. It is but one point short of perfection. : McInnis at first, is a greater star than Safer
 At second base Collins outhit Doyle by more thanf tw 5nty poin- scored over thiry runs more than the Giant, while in fielding we will assume there was not much comparison. Collins can play rings around Doyle the. best day the latter ever saw, and as his supremacy is equally clear in batting k1 11<1 much doubt in anyone's mind that Collins is the greatest second base man of the year.
 At shortstop, Bancroftse considera- bIy outhit Bush, and though it may be hard for purely American league followers to see it, we believe he. has somewhat outfe1ded him as we'll. Bush is great run getter, but Ban croft is decidedly good in this respect and as shortstops after all are not. paid primarily to score runs but rath- CT to keep the enemy from doing so, Bancroft has first choice
 At third base there is a remarkably close balance between Maise1, of the Highlanders, and Groh, of Cincinnati. In fielding, if there is any preference, it must go to Groh- He is one of the prettfest defensive players in the game. In all round speed MaiseT is clearly superior, and has shone par ticularly inSstolen bases. In hitting, however, Groh has a considerable adj vantage. The margin is not confined merely to the fifteen points with which he outhit his rival, but also ito long hits as well, and although not so fast MaiseI8s and in addition. oc- cupyingI a place on, a club which has been near the bottom of the ladder all the season, Groh has scored nearly as many runs as his rival
 Ne hali Ina Ina season Groh has been the more ex- perienced, better rounded performer, and while the difference is by no means so clear as at second base or even at shortstop, such slight advanA tage as exists proclains Groh the pre- nnier performer at third base.
 In the outfie1d Cobb must be given a place without a dissenting vote.
 An equally brief canvass will elect Speaker to first honors. But mention of Crawford brings up visions of ,Cra-. vath Cravath would be elected by / perhaps three out of four observers. First, because he is a member of a winning club and second. from the respect that is given his twenty -four home runs The balance is indeed finely drawn between these two per formers, but we believe a careful an- aIysis of the figures will give the pre- ference on several accounts to Craw- ford.
 In the first place. Crawford is an all round star of fifteen years stand ing Cravath has never been star save for his great hitting, and even that iA largely due to the extraordin- aTy limited playing fie1ds upon which most of those twenty-four home runs were made. I talked to Cravath on this point in Boston, and he admitted tha ito the best of his knowledge but five of these home runs were made on alien territory
 Glance for a moment at the figures. While Cravath has made twenty-four home runs, he has made but six Most of the home runs of Cravath were clearly the result of the en- croaching fences of the outfe1d.
 Crawford. on the other hand, while he has made but five home runs Cbut one American Ieaguer has made more) has twenty-three base hits to his credit. Crawford, though faster than Cravath is no longer fleet of foot, and when Crawford makes a three base hit. depend upon it, it is a three base hit
 Crawford leads every man in the American league in three -baggers, ust as Cravath does in home runs. and if anyone wants to bet that Craw- ford's three-base hits were not as long on the average as Cravath's home ruins, he will get plenty of takers in the American league
 Crawford is, without doubt, the greatest cleanup batter sr either cir euit. and, unlike many great batters.