The Washington times., 1925-08-08

former years will not enter into C
at his own combination of players
In other words, fans must NOT
try to. pick team of all-time stars
or even modern stars, but rather
PLAYERS who have been Of the great
est help to their team in the par
tiouIar races which are being run
this season in the American and
National Leagues.
The fans who would, at first
blush, say that an oHtfleld ma0e
up of Cobb, Carey ana hellmann
Is the greatest. must look careIu
IL into the records and see
.hefher these stars have lived
= mn TO their past greatness in 1928,
or whether some younger star
I,asn't done enough to crowd one
of them out.
The reader who makes his selec-
tions without watching the daily
hox scores and records may find
himself outsmarted by the careful
ness of those who are keeping right
abreast of their baseball and the
ratings of the various men playing
it in the two major loops.
- Kelly or Etsler or Blue or
Grimm or Fourier or Judge likely
to get the call at nrst base! An
are stars. Who knows what tney
have been doing? Perhaps the
readers won't select Kelly for first
haSe at all but would rather place
him at second. The rules or the
contest have provided for instances
where a man has been playing out
of his position.
For instance, Frisch, ordinarily
riaeed as a second baseman, has
,,Iaved at short and at third this
vesr He is eligible to choice IN
anv of these places, the rule being
that If a man has played in one
championship game out OF his reg
ular position, he is eligible as q
choice for the new one.
For the benefit of the readers OF
The Times who may attempt 20
earn free world series trips or
tickets If it is played partly IN
Washington. Ruth has announced
that he will make his choice OF
nlavers with an eye to producing
the best all-around team, the best
offensive and defensive unit that
car be placed in the field from ali
Of the star material that the two
big leagues afford. It behooves the
contestants who attempt to match
their skill against Ruth to tolIoW
this idea and keep in mind what
Il means.
The first thought Of most fans
would be to select the eight
players who lead In hitting In
their positions and then select
the two pitchers who have won
the most games or have the pest
pitching won and lost percent
ages on the seasons play so Tar.
Such course may lead the con-
testant far astray. Not alone will
hitting be considered but defensive
work in each position as well. For
instance, in CHOOSING a prominent
infielder in his last years team.
Ruth took a man who was batting
only 27S. and sidctracked three
other infielders in that position who
had batted we'll over 800. The .278
man was no slugGer-but what a
fielder he was! And further, he
had delivered with his COMPARE
lively small hitting average scores
of timely blows that broke Up ball
games.
DS IOnSA0CiC4 An
making up the real championship
array. and that is why the fans who
attempt to mattel: the experience of
Ruth must use their wits. No hap
hazard guessing will accomplish
anything.
Remember. the contest closes
August 81. It seems like a long
time to make up your estimate.
but 1t isn't. Recall the rule that
only the work OF 1926 will be con-
sidered. Don't forget that there
must be an explanation OF about
fifty words Of the choice Of PLAYERS
and positions with each list submit
ted. The announcement of Ruth's
team and the prize winners will he
made on Saturday. September s.
Meanwhile, here are some Sc
lections submitted by a half dozen
or so fans who believe that they
have just as good baseball iudR-
lnent as Babe Ruth. The follow
ing are picked at random from the
hundreds which have already been
submitted and nobody knows vet
whether they mean anything or
not:
By Garland A. RObey, 2lz Eighth
street sOutheast-Co veleskie and
Hoyt, p; Hargrave, c; Gehrig, Ib;
Harris, 2b; Shanks, 3b; Pecg. SIS
GosIin, If; Roush, CT: Pashal, rf
By c. e. COllard, $3.50 O street
johnson and RommeI, p: Ruel, c;
Sisler, 1b; Hornsby, 2b; Bluege,