Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-22
FAMOUS PLAYERS
IN REGULAR JOB
An Ali.National League Baseball Te..
Selected Has Stars ut Acepy.
toned Positions.
PLACED by OFFICIAL RECoRps
Grover Alexander, Late OF PhIlad.,.
phia Team. is Prominent Twirl.
or Of the Seniors. i

New York, Jan. 22.-An all-Natioau
league baseball team, the selection :,
which is based upon the official rec.
ords of the leading players for at leas,
so games in their respective positions
shows, almost without exception a.
nous stars at their accustomed sta
tons. According to the system used
so per cent is allowed for the yalne
Of the player on the offensive and an
equal percentage for his defensive
work.
The theory is that player On such
a combination should be equally
strong at bat and in the field. Az =
result, high grade stick work and feld.
ing are necessary to produce a place
winning average and this applies to
all the players. including the pitcher
who. in addition, must show ieaeue.
leading ability in the box. although
not called upon to qualify in the 50.
game class.
Under these conditions it is not sur.
prising that Grover Alexander. late
of the Philadelphia club, should stand
ouS oo lAC ICduIhS I"lllhI Vi the san.
ior league. Viewed from almost any
angle Alexander's records prove his
right to be selected for the position
Of boxman on an all-star 1917 National
league team. He led the league in
number of innings pitched and allow.
ed less runs per game than any other
twirler.
AI0vondnr oil
| centage on the games won and lost
basis and his combined batting and
fielding averages produce a higher
grand average than any of his rivals.
Perritt and Schupp of New York:
Schneider, Cincinnati, and Vaughn.
Chicago, are close competitors for the
position. but none quite approaches
Alexander's standard.
Catcher killifer, who is Alexander's
battery mate and who was sold to the
Chicago Nationals recently with the
pitcher, easily makes the place behind
the bat. His grand average is $40.
eight points better than that of Rari-
den Of New York. Gonzalez Of St
Louis is third and Wingo of Cincinnati
fourth.
Among the first basemen Konetchy
OF Boston and Chase of Cincinnati are
almost tied for first place, the Braves
initial sack guardian winning the DO
sition by the scant margin of three
points in grand average. Chase has
five points the better of the batting
averages, but Konetchy is IL points
better in fielding, with the net results
that the Boston player ms the choice
for the bag.
Another Boston player fits in on the
midway sack, for Rawlings records at
bat and in the field show to better i'd
vantage than either Cutshaw of Brook
lyn or Doyle of Chicago. OF this trio
Cutshaw has the best batting average,
but Rawlings fielding puts him to the
fore with total of GIG to Cutshaw's
GIL and Doyle's .6O3.
Groh, Third Baseman.
At third base, Groh of Cincinnati
leads the field by comfortable mar
gin. He batted 304 and fielded 1855
for grand average of .635. His near
est rival is Zimmerman of New York.
who is Is points below the Cincinnati
player. Zimmerman's figures show
that he batted seven points below
Groh and fielded 10 points below the
season average of the winner Of tho
place.
! The position of shortstop Is earned
by another star in the person OF
Hornsby of st. Louis. He is rs points
better than his nearest rival, Fletcher
of New York. Olson of Brooklyn and
Meanwhile of Boston finished right
at the heels Of Fletcher, but neither
threatens the first place laurels OF
Hornsby. The latter hit 1927 and
fielded 1893 for the 1917 season, CIV
ing him a grand average of .633.
For the outfield, Roush of Cincin-
natl, Wheat of Brooklyn and Kauff Of
New York form the leading trio.
Burns of New York. Cary Of Pitts
burgh and Meals of Cincinnati show
up we'll, but none of them could wrest
a place from the first three mention
ed. Roush is six points better than
Wheat, while kauff falls three points
below. the latter's average.
! Averages High.
The personnel of the team. with the
averages and grand averages, are as
follows:
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