New-York tribune., 1922-11-05

"'AA3 s7NN ~ iuaaReWlH. ~ w neH thay
reach the shiny edge Of their careers.
they are tossed aside to be forgotten.
| Shortly after the close of the recent
wov!d series with the Yankees McGraw
was requested to name an Aii-Star Ma
tlonal League team during his term
as manager. He arranged select set
comprising twenty-one players. and 1t
will be noted that nine are in the game
to-day. McGraw presented the fol-
lowing: y" ~sr
"As I 60 over the list Of players in
can note the difference In style Of play.
Just start with my first season as man
ager Of the Giants. That was back In
1903. What scrappy lot the boys
were in those daysi
"The closest resemblance have seen
at present to the game Of years back
vas in the world serias between the
| Giants and the Yankees. There was
play in the third game with Babe, Ruth,
tearing oveg for third base, 6n ~ BILL b
funlhlsd bYFIankie Frisch. rErisehs =
covered as Ruth had turned second
base and made a perfect throwaAss
Hetiis Groh, who was waiting to tag
Ruth, Il. 5ss.'s~ * .ss H..
/ Groh Challenges Ruth ~. ssst.
with base running being developed
TO the hne points Of Sliding during
Ithisa age the fielder hassnots h ad much fcs
| fear from thc runner. for the runner
linow slides away from the sieider. Years
ago, however, the fielder who attanpts1
Ted co get inkfe way Of the runner was
knocked fcx3a less Of many yards.
We'll, there was little Groh, outs
Ruth. Heinie was spilled % he would
have been when spike cut was q
.ltoken of esteem, but he made his play.
Nothing has pleased me SO much In
many days as the way Groh handled
that situation. He was fighting mad,
and I was laughing on the bench when
Heinie started after Ruth and offered
to swing his fists.
"For my all-star team I will start
with Frank Chance at first base. i
do not see how this selection could
meet with any opposition All OF. us
know how Chance, a mediocre catcher,
developed into wonderful frst base
man. He was the aghting type, loved
close ball game, was great hitter,
aggressive base gunner and, consider
ing his weight, was exceptionally fast
in fielding.
"Chance did not play for his own
average. He would tell his infield-
ers to shoot the ball in the direction
Of first base the, moment they fielded
II and to Leave 1t to him to finish
the play. !, =,
fellow on wild throw. When ne
failed TO dig them out OF the dirt.
you'd hear him kicking at himself.
I Hornsby at Second Base
"At present We have the greatest
| Of all second basemen curing my time
in Rogers Hornsby with St. Louis.
There's . funny thing about this fea-
low: His remarkable batting causes
everybody to ignore his brilliant. de-
fensive play. He has tho perfect throw
for second baseman, gets around on
all plays and handles himself as
Johnny Eyers did.
| "If Hornsby had b-en In the game
before thsy crested the foul-strike rule
he would have established records that
no one would have equaled. III
"He has ono OF the most perfect
swings hava ever seen. Unlike many
great fiitters, he is not natural 10 one
| particular feld. Our pitchers have
famed him on slow curves and he has
just can's do much inside figuring
against Hornsby.
"Groh is my pick for sll Of ths third
basemen. There were Leach, SteinYeldt,
Dsvlin, Herzog, Zimmerman and others,
but in the pinch Groh isf the steadiest.
He Ia what you call 3 aure-Bhot as
money player. His frsakish batting
style makes him valuable, for no is .
perfect hit-and-run nsin.
Wagner. OF Course. for Short
'sThe daddy Of tbs flock IL found at
shortstop In Honus Wagner. There 10
no competition, and will admit that
we have had some great shortstoppsfs
in Joe Tinker, Art Fletcher. Bal
pahlen, Dave Bancroft and Maranville.
/ used to love to play the Pirates just
to 20 against Wagner. II was az much
Of : traet TO me as to the fans to see
him play.
"Shortstop needs no further cogn-
ment than Wagner. am picking Dave
Bancroft and Frankie Frisch for the
utility inAeld positions, and they would
be on my regular team but for Wagner
and Hornsby.
II have to 60 back more than ten
years for my left feldsr. Fred Clarke
is the one The greatest Of all, He
had everything a winning ballplayer
needs. It is too bad that Fred couldn't
turn over his stufs when he retired.
eddie Roush is the best Of &ke
center fielders. Clarence Beaumont
was 4 star, bus he didn't have much
snap about himself. Roush ss a
straightawsy, dangerous batter. COW
ers both left and right field for
drives and doesn't miss any.
~ guess Mike Donlin has totgeS The
call for right field. Mike always liked
tough series and the best pitcher
the other fellow had.
"I'm not going TO pass up George
Burns. He gave me excellent service
for cen years, steady as clock, one
Of the surest cetchers OF fly BALI
! have ever sesn, and tricky batter.
Burns and Jimmy Sheckard draw the
places for substitute outfelders and
you wouldn't miss regular with those
fellows sitting In for you.
Two Star Catchers
"The cream Of the catching iins
goes to Roger Bresnahan and Johnny
King. hated to part with Bresnahar.
He pulled out the best q pitcher had,
never let him relax, and himself was
one of the stars Of the game.
"Kling was . Bit more conservative
than Bresnahan, but q brainy catcher.
haven't seer anything like these two
since they departed.
1The pitching staff starts. with the
great master--.Christy Mathewson.
They can have ali Of their picks, but
iii taae Big Six for mine. Whenever
we needed q victory Matty was The
boy to get it. Look how long he lasted.
WHY. I hefiava ha couI6 30 in there