The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-09-13


Cleveland, Rodney Sutton.
st. Louis, John e. Wray.
Washington, Louis Dougher.
Cincinnati, William A. Phelon.
And here Is the way they voted"
First Base.
Kelly ......... AlSheeley .,..... !
Blue ..,...... 3ISisler ....... l
Second Base,
HORNSBY. 49,. SIF'risch ........ ?
Collins ."..... III
Third Base.
Frisch .....,.. NlHornsby ....... !
DUGAN ...... 2IPinelli ......... !
ShortstOp.
sewell ........ 4lGerber ........ 2
Wright ........ 2lTIornsby ....... !
Leftfield.
CUYLER ..... 5IWheat ....... !
Jameson =. q Falk ........... !
Centerfield.
RoUsH ....... 81 Jameson ...... ]
Cobb ........,. 81
Rightfield,
Cuyler ....... 2lCobb .......... !
JAMESON, -. ] Young ......... ]
Wheat ....s... IL
Catchers.
Rassler ........ 2ISchmidt ....... !
Hartnett ...... 2lMyatt ......... !
SCHANG. ...... 1IHargraVe ......h
endyer ......... 1lSeverieid .......h
Pitchers ~.
VANCE, 9lWhitehall ..... Q
johnson ....... 4lThurston ...... !
PENNOCK. -. q
Before taking up the players and
positions, it should be mentioned
that the selection Of the All'Ameri'
can baseball team Is based entirely
on the players work for 1924, ana
not any other year. The selection
ia made two weeks before the end
Of the pennant race and shows the
men at their best.
Another point that may be no.
ticed, is that three Yankees are
selected--Dugan, Schang and Pen
nock--although none OF them got
majority votes from the writer's
committee. / will discuss the rea-
sons later but to show there Is no
favoritisn, I remind the fans that
last year, with New York leading
the American League by fourteen
games, no Yankees were named.
This year has been tough going and
the playing of these three players
has had lot more to do with the
Yankees keeping up In the 1924
race than their work did last sea-
son.
D.~I,.ra cE,o,,II oNnIno1~o Cos.
(Iisagreeing with the sport writer's
in several places. But after all,
I have to take the consequences
for the team selected and there
fore have placed q number Of
players entirely on my own re-
spOnsibility.
Now for the reasons why:
Naming the two best pitchers is
the hardest part of this years all.
American job. Dazzy Vance, Of
Brooklyn, Of course, gets a place
before any other player. I agree
with the sport writer's who give him
q perfect vote, an honor no other
player receives this year. Vance's
strikeout record has placed him in
a class with Cy Young, Rube Wad.
0SAl ebAiA w oAbOA SOiAAoOhs
He has won more games than
any pitcher in either league and
he has simply made" the Brook.
lyn ball club. I have batted against
him and take it from me there
are plenty OF reasons why he has
National League batters swinging
like gates.
The American League gets the
other pitching honor but it's a
mighty tight squeeze between Herb
Pennock and Walter Johnson. In
my opinion the star Yankee south.
paw deserves the call.
My first reason is, because Pen.
mock is a left handler and therefore
the ideal runningmate for Dazzy
Vance, a right handler. Vance and
johnson are both speed kings and
an all.American pitching staff would
need change Of style. don't mean
70 take anything away from the
great Washington veteran but 10
prove my point. I've got to show
that Psnnock has been more valua.
BE TO the Yankees this season than