The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26

both. big leagues gives acid test H1 Who who on the diamond when it comes to making an impression on those .boiled lads who roll the pill around. An-National team. picked by National league players will be announced tomorrow in second in- stallnlent of series of articles telling now and why the chosen stars were pleHeo from the sixteen clubs within ther SoV players. .'-
 ICopyright, 1924. in United states and Canada by the North Americah Newspaper Alliance. for The. Age Herald. All rights reserved')
 This is the .All-American league team picked by vote for The Age-Herald by the leagues own players:
 Jamieson, Cleveland, left field.
 Speaker; Cleveland, center field.
 Ruth. New York, right field.
 Judge Washington, first base
 D. Collins, Chicago, second base.
 Dugan, New York, third base.
 Peckinpaugh, Washington, short
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 Ruel, Washington. catcher.
 Johnson. Washington. pitcher.
 Pennock, New York, pitcher.
 For the first time on. record the mem- hers of the two major baseball leagues have been given the opportunity of se- lecting hy ballot all-league teams from among their comrades: The result of the American league vote is given above. The All National league team will be published tomorrow.
 Never before has such a poll been taken among the league members. The ballots of the players have been se- cured for exclusive publication in this city in The Age Herald by the North American Newspaper. allicanse, of which this paper is member. The bal loting is full of surprises, which will be made clear by series of daily articles appearihg' on this page-of which this article is the first-explaining the out come of the vote and the reasons for the players choice.
 O6posing each other daily on the actual. field of battle. matching their skill and wits throughout the season, the players are. fitted. to render estl- mates of the exact qualifications of the stars of the game which no one else could give.
 Following acustcm of many years, Christy MathewsOn, John McGraw, Babe Ruth and other experts have been selecting All-American baseball teams for the 1924. season. The players, in their ballOting-and this vote has received the interested consideration of q big majority of the regular players are far from agreeing unanimously with individual all-stdr' selections:
 No Inter. League Selecting
 In taking their vote it was decided not to choose an All-American team composed of players of both leagues. It was felt that the rank and file in the American league are not sufficiently well acquainted with the players in the National league to pass upon their merits, and that the National leaguerS scarcely could be expected to give just critical judgment upon the American | leaguers.
 However, the ballot renders possible deductions which show that the private in baseballdom's army do not agree with some of the experts on All-American selections. For instance;
 Babe Ruth chose as his catcher Schang of the Yankees, but the players of his own league, by large vote, rated two other backstOps superior to Schang
 Jackson Buried In Landslide
 McGraw selected Jackson of the Giants for shOrtstop, but the youngster was eclipsed by two other men in the National League vote, one of them be ing OverW helmingly ahead of him.
 MathewsOn made. Falk of the White Sox his left fielder. but only three If Talks comrades in the American League voted for him as the best man il that position within the Organiza- ion.
 These and other developments in the 'te show that the players have an
 lcpendent viewpoint.
 Strong Team
 There is no doubt that the All-Amer-
 m League team as listed above is q
 ry strong one. Very likely the players | Ban JohnsOn'S circuit would be /. filing to match it against any of the