The Washington times., 1924-08-21

True, jacques FOurnl0r, OF the
brooklyn Nationals, IL hitting bet.
er than any other keeper of that
Important post, and Is getting some
III; but 1t il by no means 80
rong call as his hitting leader
alp would indicate. He Is way out
front with the stick, but he is
ot way out in front Of the candi
ties. Our own Joe Judge, who is
Gving far from his best batting
BAR, is getting almost AZ much as
urge for the Job as Fournier.
Eisler, Shelly, Kelly, Bottomley.
rinm, and Pipp arg mentioned nu.
herically in the order named, with
My one or two favoring either
ottomley or .Pipp, who are both
rack-a-jack first oasemen. Kelly,
nth a batting mark Of S17 last
Sunday, IL getting ten times as
many votes as the Cardinal candi.
late, with an average almost as
ood, S15. Odd, isn't it."
Pipp's votes to date are almost
negligible, despite the fact that
he Is q teamnlat0 Of RutI1'S and
win no doubt be weighed accord.
lngly when the BambinO makes
mp his mind.
Lu Blue, Tiger first baseman
Delected by Babe Ruth last year as
the outstanding player Of that posi-.
|eion, is being chung to by some for
denomination, although he doesn't
seem to have q very strong organi-
cation Of fans behind him this year.
Neither did he a year ago, but
Ruth vetoed their guess.
The outfield race for the all.
American, too, Is loosening up q
bit. In the early stage Of the con-
test Jameson, Speaker and He'll
man were being named on all sides,
but since the fans have had q little
more time for cool consideration,
the names Of some outsiders arc
creeping into the scrimmage for
honorable mention.
Fac Wheat, Of the Dodgers 10
getting beaucoups support. Eddie
Rousch is running a strong race.
~ Cobb's gang is remaining faith
4Ill. Falk Is making his popularity
felt as IL Archdeacon. Cuyler, that
youngster of the Pittsburgh Pirates,
81 getting followers every day. Bob
Meusel has some hackers who are
willing to wager Ruth will name
him. and altogether the outfield
department Of "Skillet's" race IL
getting to be the merriest part of
It, particularly since most every.
body has decided Oh battery Of
johnson, Vance and Ruel.
While his opinion may not
ANwaAvVrnk "a ONOftAfvAn, AwSA vw10w -
the other, ''SI1iIlet" win be very
much surprised II Ruth does not
recognize Cuyler or some equally
promising "yearIlng" in his all.
star team.
Ruth has impressed Skillet ae
being one Of the type Of ball play.
ers who would readily give encour.
agement to any young player in
either league who deserves ti1is
honor, and it certainly would be q
tribute to the rising generation OF
BAH players IL the Bambino In.
cluded one Of their number In his
official guess.
With the Giants being scared silly
by the Pirates and the Yankees none
too sure Of their footing in view of
Washington's recent successes, in
terest in this world series trip com.
petition Is getting SO hot that 1t Is
just about keeping one postman
busy trotting between the Hearst
Building and the post office. But
wherever the big classic is played,
''Skillet" is going to take two Of
you to the home games of one team
90 let your selections come along.
What do you think of these:
By F. j. CALLAHAN,
1929 North Capitol st.
Errisch, third base; ArchdAacon
center field; Hornsby, second base
Heilman, right field; Fourier. first