Evening star., 1922-11-05

his term as manager. He arranged
PLAYERS. anG it will be noted that nil
McC;raw presented tho following:
AS | go over the list of players
IL. our league TOR the last twenty years
7 can note the difference in style OF
play. Just start with my mrs, season
as manager of the Giants. That was
back in 1903. What 81 scrappy lot the
boys were in those days.
"The closest resemblance ] have
seen at present to the game OF years
back was in the world series between
the Giants and Yankees There
was play in the third game with
Babe Ruth tearing over for third
rase on a ball fumbled by Frantic
Frisch. Frisch recovered as KUN
Nad turned second base and made Il
perfect throw to Heine Giroh, who
was waiting to tag tuth.
Groh Challenges Ruth.
With base running being devel-
oDed to the fine points of sliding dur
fnG this age tie fielder has not mad
ruch to fear from the runner. for
the runner now slides away from the
fielder who attempted to get In the
way of Il runner was Knocked 1of
Il loss of many yards.
Well. there was little Groh. out
weighed almost 100 pounds; tackiins
Ruth Heine was spilled. as he
would have been when spike cut
was a token of esteem. but he made
}is play Nothing has pleased me
50 much i'll many days us the Wa!
,iroh handled that situation. He was
whting mad and | was laughing on
1he bench when Helm. started after
er. developed into Il wonderful first
For my all-star team | Will start
with Frank Chance ut first base.
10 not see how this selection could
meet with any opposition. All Of US
hnU n
r. developed into Il wonderful first
raseman. He was the lighting type
Loved Il Clcse ball game. was Il great
litter, aggressive base runner ana
considering his weight was eScep-
tionally fast in fielding.
"Cnancc did not play for his own
average. He would tell his inneld-
.rs to shoot the ball i'll the direction
ii first base the moment they neIueo
II ard to leave ii to him to finish the
;,lay.
"iIc would never blame tho other
-elow on 4 wild throw. When he
failed To dig them cut of the dirt
you'd hear him kicking at himself.
IIornsby at second base.
"At present we have the greatest
OF all second basemcn during my
lime in Rogers Hornsby with St.
Louis. There's 4 funny thing about
his fellow. His remarkable batting
causes everybody to ignore his brill
liant defensive play. He has the per
ioct throw for y second baseman, gets
around on all play and handles him
'.clf as Johnny EVCrS did.
Put Hprnshy in tn" game before
rhey created the foul l-strike rule ana
he would have established records
that no one would have equaled.
"JIa has one of the most perfect
swings | huV" ever seen. Unlike
many great hitters. he is not natural
70 one particular field. our pitchers
have famed him OF slow curves and
he has hit SLOW curves out of the lot
Nou Just cant do much inside hEurlHS
against IIOrnSby.
"tiroh is my pick for all of the
third laSemcn. There was Leach.
Steinfeldt. Devlin, Hcrzog, Zmmer-
man and others. hut in the p1nch
Groh is the steadieSt. He is what you
rall II slIre-shot as Il money player
Ills freahish batting style makes him
valuable, for he is a perfect hit-and-
run man.
Wagner, of Course, for Short.
"The daddy of the flock is found at
shortstop in Honus Wagner. There is
no competition, and | will admit that we
have had some great shortstoppers in
Joe Tinker. Art Fletcher. Bill Dahlen.
Dave Bancroft and MaranvIlle. l used
% love TO play the Pirates just to go
against Wagner. Ii was as much of
rreat to me as the fans to See him play.
han Wagner. I am picking Dave Ban
,-ort and Frankie Frisch for the utility
infield positions. and :hey would be on
my regular team but for Wagner and
Itornsby.
II have to go back more than ten
years for my left fielder. Fred Clarke
i the one. The greatest of all. He
had everything a winning ball player
leeds 1t is too bad that Fred couldn't
:uru over his stuff when he retired.
Iir IS-+ no. hos ~ q for
folders. Clarence Beaumont was 4 star,
hut he didn't have much snap about
himself Roush is straightaway. dam
'erous batter. covering both left and
light field for drives, and doesn't miss
snany.
II guess Mike Donlin has to get the
caIl for right field. Mike always liked
I, tough series and the best pitcher the
other fellow had.
I'm NOT going to pass up George
Burns. He gave me excellent service
ror ten years, steady as Il clock. one
nf the surest catchers of fly ball I
nave ever seen and tricky batter.
Burns and Jimmy Sheckard draw the
places for substitute outfe1ders and
YOU wouldn't miss a regular with
these fellows sitting in for you.
Two Notable Catchers.
THE cream in the catching line goes
10 Roger Brcsnahan and Johnny
King I hated to part with Bres-
rahan. He pulled out the best. a
pitcher had, never let him relax, and
himself was one of the stars OF the
game.
"Kling was a bit more conserva-
tive than Bresnahan. but brainy
catcher. l haven't seen anything like
these two since they departed.
1.-The pitching staff starts with the
great master-Christy Mathewson.
They can have all of their picks. but
I'll take Big Six for mine. When
ever we needed victory Matty was
tho boy to get it. Look how long
he lasted. Why. I believe he could
80 in there today and win more than
half of his games.
There have been a number of
steady pitchers. good pitchers. in the
league, but none to equal Matty. The
stan could be filled out with Joe Nc
Ginnity, Mordecai Brown. Sam Lever,
Ed Ruelbach. Babe Adams, Grover
Alexander and Art Nehf.
Brown was wizard; McCIinnity
lust what they called hinl-the iron
mani; Leever an old fox, Reulbach a
terror, Adams a great man, Alex
ander about next to Matty, and Nehf
as good as they ever turned out.
FOR a. fellow lacking the physique
Of Matty, McGinnity and the others
Nehf is q wonder.
What the next twenty years will
bring l do not know, but I'll stand
on this team for the past twenty
years