San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-09-06
MISSES BUT
ONE STAR
IN TEN
George Rau Second in
Lights Contest-Tie
for Third.

Fans. meet some close students of
baseball.
They're the winners of The Lights
big annual All-American Team Con
test, whose ideas on the most valuable
players in the major leagues most
closely conceded with those OF BaDe
Ruth, instigator of the All-American
plan, and his corps of ten assistants
who include leading baseball critics
over the big league circuit:
To Joe ObriOtti, 1OS ArbOr Place,
goes first prize In this test Of the
fans powers Of observation and
baseball analysis.
Mr.. Obriotti agreed with Ruth
and his committee of big league ex-
merits in nine of ten departments. lie
disagreed in one position-third base
choosing Traynor of the Pittsburgh
Pirates for the job. instead of Bulge
of the Washington Senators, Ruth
choice.
REST PERFECT MATCH.
On the rest of the team, he batted
1000, naming Cuyler, Speaker and
Goslin for the outfield, in their proper
positions, Bottomley for first' base,
Hornsby for second, Wright for
shortstop, Cochrane for catcher, and
Vance and ROmmel for the pitchers:
The Light will present Mr.. Obriotti
with a check for $15 and will give,
him the choice of an autographed
Babe Ruth bat or n major league
bal! autographed by the crstwhlle
home-run king.
Second prize goes to George w.
Rau, 1889 West French Place, VINO
scored eighty per cent in his seiec-
ton, naming eight Of the ten men
correctly. Mr.. Rau placed Frisch
of the Giants at third base instead
of BJuege, and picked COyeleshie OF
Washington instead Of ROmmell.
He will receive a check from The
Light for $40 and will get second
choice between the autographed ball
and bat.
THIRD PRIZE SPLIT.
The So third prize must be. split
between Clarence hatfield. OF san
Marcos, Tex, and Il. A. SpinkS, OF
9OG West Laurel street, San Antonio
Each will receive a check for 900
Mr.. Spinks and Mr.. hatfield each
scored seventy per cent. So did flVe
other contestants, but, according tC
the rules of the contest, IN case oil
ties the selections first received were
to be given preference. The letters
from Mr.. hatfield and Mr.. Sphinx,
were received in the same mail oil
| August 81.
Mr.. Spinks' letter was dated August
IS; either he carried it around awhile
before mailing it or Uncle Sam mali'
men played him a mean trick; MT
| Mattfeld's letter was dated Augusl
20 and wasted no time getting IRON
| San Marcos to the Contest Editor.
The others who scored 30 but missed
out because their letters were tardS
we're: AlphOnse BOOg, D'Hanis, Tex.
August "a: Ollie Gay Linney,. ne
Rio, Tex, August "a; another OF th'
San Marcos Mattfclds, II. W., Angus'
%; Maurice Ewing, Gonzales, TEX
August 90, and r. H. Lindley, CAM
Normoylc, August 81.
MISSES THREE PLACES.
In dividing third prize, Mr.. Splnk'
missed out on three positions, giving
tlrSL D0Se 10 ClSlNlg AhAAN
Tr,vnor and one of the pitching JOBS
10 Yde instead of ROmmcll. Mr.
i MattfeId made Combs the centcl
fielder, Judge the first-bascman AM
Coveleskie one of the pitchers instead
of ROmmell.
The contest was highly successful
There were S14 entries, not counting
A. submit IONS after the contes
closed. none Of which, however, would
have scored above GO per cent.
Letters came from all over Texas
one from Los Angeles, two iron
North Carolina, one from IamplcC
one from Mexico City. five from Chi
cago, one from Portland, Ore, on
from New Orleans and others iron
distant points.
, There were 80 women entrants.
Honorable mention goes to the fol