The Washington herald., 1917-03-22
ALI Time Baseball Team.

say, DoSs, from Tn players you've
saw in your time. who would va put on
a all-star team If you had your pick?'
Gracious, Lon. whatcha tryin' t do.
get tn stove league after me? I've
saw many a grand ball player in my
day, so to pick only one team out o. tn
bunch amt no easy task, but as 1t don't
cost nothin' to pick offhand I'd say tn
lads who appealed to me most would
line up like this, Catchers, Mike Kelly.
an Buck Ewing: pitchers. Christy Mat
thewson an Walter Johnson: first base
Charlie Comisky; second base. Larry
Lajoie; third base, Jimmy johnson, short
stop. Hans Wagner: left field. Ed De
lehanty; center field. Ty Cobb, an right
field, Hughey Duffy.
o. course l don't wanta get into no ar
gument over this thing, an refuse to
delve down into records, but simply base
my selections on tn boys, who for per-
sonality. general playin' ability. grey
matter" an popularity have kind O.
struck my fancy most.
Mike Kelly an Buck" Ewing were
playin' 1917 baseball in 1889. an while
don't wanta take nothin' from sterlin'
hackstops as Charlie Bennett, Silver
Flint. Charlie Camel. John Clements.
'Dogge" Miller. Charlie Farrell, Jim Nc
Guire. Lou Criger, John Henry Eddie
Ainsmith, Wally Schang an a mess O.
later-day babies l gotta hand it to tn
first named two on account of their all
round ability. brain stun, an popularity
with tn public.
Big Six Matthewson an Walter
johnson wOulda been great in tn stone
age. or any old time. They're both nat
ural born pitchers, an all things took
into consideration" have a slight edge on
such grand twirlers as Charlie Rad
burne. Cha rlie Ferguson. John Clarkson.
Mickey Welch, Amos Rusie, Kid Nichols
Clark Gubbert, Rube waddeu, or any
others you can mention.
TIL reason ] pick "Commy' for first
base over such performers as Cap Anson.
John Morrill,. Sid Farrar. AL McKinnon,
Dan Brouthers. Roger Connor, Fred Ten
ney. Jack Doyle. Hal Chase. StuTy Nc
lnnis. an them kind is on account OF his
noodle" "Commy" couldn't line 'em out
like tn rest, but he was a fair hitter. great
fielder. an wonderful general. Twas
him who first found out that first base
was regular position on tn team
Second base goes to Larry Iajoie on
account of his long an consistent record.
an while some may think that John Bur-
dock. Danny Richardson, Fred Dunlop,
Fred Pheffer. Johnny Evers. Bid McPhee.
Eddie Collins rank with tn big French
man. I can't see 1t that way.
On TIL hot corner. everything considered
think Jimmy Collins had tn call on TIL
others, although Jerry Denny, Billie
Nash, Tommy Burns Jim White, Johnny
McGraw. Denny Lyons. Artie DevIin,
Larry Gardner an Eddie Foster were all
classy third basemen.
It's rully useless 10 waste space about
shortstop so far as'I am concerned. for
while Ed Williamson. Jack Glasscock,
Herman Long, Sam Wise, Jack Barry
Donny Bush, Hughey Jennings. George
Mcbride. Ed Mexican were an are great
ball players. they never seen tn day they
figured with tn Flying Dutchman,"
Honus Wagner.
TIL game has seen some great lef:
felders in Abner Dalrymple. Larry
Twitchell, Jim O'Rourke. Hardie Rich
ardson. Joe Hornung. Tip O'Niel. Jesse
Burkett. Kip" Selbach. Joe Kelly. an
heaps O. others. but for all-round ability
an popularity when in his prime, big
Ed Delehanty looked awful good to me
It's like a certain kind O. wet goods
when you get to center field "Ty Cobb.
that's all" Curt Welch. Ned Hanlon,
Billie Sunday. Dickie Johnston. Ton
Brown. George Gore, George Var
Haltren. Ed Andrews. Jake Stencil, Iris
Speaker. Clyde Milan. Paul Hines are just
a few who have took great care of tn
with tn peach"
LII Hughey Duffy was as classy As
they made 'em. an when It come righ:
down to playin' ball didn't have to bow
to none of 'em. A grand hitter. fast
runner, an ma agnificent fielder was tn
"smilin' one" an while Jimmy Fogarty.
Sam Thompson. Hugh Nicol, Bug Holli-
day, Tommy Mccarthy. Willie Keeler.
Harry Hooper, Sam Crawford. an heaps
O. others were mighty fast men. I'd
bank on liT Duff
What? Now don't start no argufyin'l
told va when you asked me that I
didn't want no fghtin'l Them's tn guys
who appealed most to me- an II you
know any better. why. go to work an
pick 'em, but don't tell It to me!
DOPEY DAN.
Note Yesterday Lon bought a
'daffodil" hat an a military vest. an
wish you could see him.