Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-11
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STARS ARE SHUT OUT n
OFALL-STAR TEAM
Ty Cobb and Walter Johnson Not Eligible on 1920
Showing g-Pitchers Food for Argument
Best Fnst-Sacker-Speaker Stands Alone
BY GRANTLAND RICE

YOU may observe that the heading
L of this article is not "The All-Sta
Team but "An All-Star Team"
Briefly. in behalf of several requests
or suggestions that have come in from
various fans, it is the team we believe
to be the strongest array in baseball
upon the 1920 showing.
The 1920 showing would eliminate
such stars as Ty Cobb, who has been
crippled most Of the year. and who Is
GO points below his normal status, and
Walter Johnson. who has been wearing
lame arm two thirds of the campaign.
These two, on past performances,
would make any all time team ever
named, but in so far as 1920 is con-
cerned they have both been too roughly
handled by Fate to figure with players
working out the full schedule.
The Catchers
MAIN points that figure in the Sc
AVl lection of catcher are stamina.
ability to work 100 or more games,
batting and generalship.
The three best in this respect are
Schang, of Boston; Schalk. of Chi
cagO. and Perkins, Of Philadelphia.
Needing two catchers for club. our
pick would be Schang and Schalk.
Schang is a 300 hitter. hard worker
and a good catcher, while Schalk re-
mains one Of the hardest working,
smartest catchers Of the decade.
Four Pitchers
VOU can get all the argument you
l. want in naming four pitchers.
Most of the old stars are either skidding
or already skidded. johnson has had
his first sore arm and Cicbtte has
slipped from his brilliancy Of year
ago.
SO have Ruether and Eller.
Jim Vaughn has had q tougher year
than usual and the same applies to
Jess Barnes, who led his league in VIC
tories last season.
The four best that we see now are
Bagby, of Cleveland: Alexander, OF
Chicago Cooper. of Pittsburgh, and
Shocker, of st. Louis.
They are among the few who have
won over twenty games. Bagby will
lead the boxmen of both leagues in vic
tories. Alexander will be on his heels.
Cooper. pitching for the weakest hitting
club in his circuit, has been consis-
tent winner all year. The same applies
to Shocker who, with a club out of the
race, has yet won well over twenty
! games.
Grimes. of Brooklyn: Mays. of New
York; Coleleskie, of Cleveland: Doak,
of st. Louis. and Cicotte, of Chicago,
have all good years-but hardly up to
the standard set by the four herein
mentioned and inscribed.
The Infleld
THE infield calls for arguments at
L three points. There can be no argu
ment at first base with Sisler batting
400 and fielding in brilliant fashion.
He wins the job here by two spare
furlongs.
But the other three places are not
so quickly decided.
At second we have Eddie Collins and
Rogers Hornsby. Both have been bat
ting between $3.50 and $40 for the
greater part of the year. Both are fine
ball players.
But we string with Eddie Collins, who
is not only playing in his old brilliant
fashion, but is also having his greatest
; year at bat.
Collins is the greatest ll-arount
second baseman OF all time, and 1927
is one of the greatest years.
What more could you ask-even pit