Evening star., 1922-10-29

Task Extremely Difficult.
1T is extremely difficult to organ
ize an all-star team without crowding
The player limit. During my period
as manager in the American League
UP to the standard OF stars. that
found myself having more players
than the law allows.
There are the stars of twenty
Tears ago-the stars who were in the
league when We We're first organized.
They have passed out, but they should
not be forgotten.
while il has been claimed that
he game has advanced; that there is
more speed, better hitting, an i'm
provement in pitchers. and so on
,3own the line. | would not say that
Che class of players today is better
han it Was ten Years ago, fifteen and
back 10 twenty years.
You might Investigate the man
ayers right of tn, reel and start
rant in 1901. I finished last for seven
successive seasons. So You see that
Judging by my record l have not i'm
proved with age.
However, we'll forget about my
self. 1 have been asked for my views
on an alI-star team for the American
League during my twenty-five sea-
sons
Sisler at First Base.
Opening at first base I don't think
Ne have to look very far. Georg"
Sisler is a marvel of the age. Why
hat boy can do everything. He would
20 pressed by Hal Chase but for the
ract that he is better hitter than
chase.
'Entil Sisler arrived We thought
thar Chase was the top mark for first
''dseIneu. Sislrr not only equals 'has'
- h.aEs
nettcr batter and base runner. Sister
a,ets the award at first base.
''At second base it is impossible for
mo TO have one man play the position.
7 cannot name Eddie Collins and leave
out good old Nap Lajoie and / cannot
appoint I.ajoie and slight Collins.
Therefore it is Il tie between Eddie
and Nap.
what a remarkable player Lajoic
was. Graceful. handled everything
without exertion. and while he did not
set any home run records. he could
do what Il lot of the home run hit
ters could nOt-hit with the runner
and hit to the fences.
collins, too. is wonderful player.
You have to sit on the bench and be
on the inside with him to appreciate
his value away from his actual play
ing. Iio;a .,r
went in for the spectacular stun
W
ng traps. and the base runner or bat
ter usually fell into them.
Two Placed at Third.
AT third base 7 am forced again to
name two Frank Baker and Jimmy
Collins are my men. Baker had n long
term when ] thought he was without
It superior He was IL cleanup hitter
and one of the best defensive third base
tncu | have ever seen. Owing to his
home runs, years ago, Bakers fielding
did not get :: prominent pace. but the
records will show that his average was
tle highest for Il number of years.
Collins was an artist. too. They
had to knock him down to get one past
linn and in coming in for those slow
hunts he could handle the ball with
his bare hand and get it around the
iufeld with the best of them.
1.-TWO players Of practically the same
type are at sinortstop. Again ! refuse
70 pick one. They are Jack Barry and
Everett Scott They were ideal short
.'toppers-snart, fast and steady, in
fielding slow groUnders and hard drV es /,
Their batting averages did not
weigh up with the fence busters, 1 adj !
init but they were tricky and as hard !
To fool as any i have seen.
Now We come to the hitting power |