The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-14

Bluege the third baseman that ma
The selection of Wheat ana
Speaker, and Cobb in left, center
and right NAV cause some surprise,
as the last two are regular center
fielders, but Cobb played the right
field for a spell this year when
HetIman was out on account of ILL
ness. So the all-managerial outfield
is novelty. as far as this contest
is concerned, but as the rules say
a man may be placed in any posi-
ton he has been known to occupy
even for one game this year, there
is no flaw as to its eligibility.
In view of the small number OF
spectacular shOrtstops doing busi-
ness under the big tent, there is
nothing to be lost in naming
Bancroft for that position-and it
Is worth trial at least, for Babe
Ruth has been known to look
far for his teams, particularly
his infields.
The selection of a fifteen-year-oId
boy, William H. Wiltshire, 4S9 e
street southwest, ,impresses skill
let Finn, Esq, otherwise known as
the Big Mayonnaise Man from
Washington. A lad of that age
could not have been taking an
actual personal interest in baseball
for very many years at most, and
Skillet likes to see fans OF such
tender years pitting their judgement
against Babe Ruth, to say nothing
of the many more mature fans who
are l1eadlining in this contest
wiltshire picks Vance and Rom
mel as his mOundsmen. He
argues that Vance was named the
most valuable man i'm the National
League a year ago and hasn't
gone back any this year. He
believes ROmmeI has had much
to. do with keeping the Athletics
up there this year and belteveS
that, teamed with the youthful
COcErane, he has a proper place
on any aIl-star selection.
Sisler and Hornsby, being chosen
by nine-tenths of the fans around
Washington are his first and second
base selections, while Bluege ana
Wright make up the rest or the
infield. Goslin, Speaker and Cuyler
get the call in the outfield, and
who is there that can deny but
what this fifteen-year-old baseball
fan has named team that could
give an excellent account OF itself
in a. championship season game or
in world series contest itself?
Evidently the fair fans of Wash
ington took Skillet Finn, Esq.
seriously when he wrote those bed
time stories about adopting couple
for the world series epidemic, be-
cause for the first morning since
the contest started, the number OF
feminine fans submitting selections
dropped off to almost nothing. Miss
Elsie Croft. of Manassas. Va. con-
tributed the .only non-masculine
entry today.
The girls and women who have
heen interested in this contest
must not relax their activity, lest
the men and boys beat them out
completely in their efforts at ap-
proximating the team to be picked
by Babe Ruth. A year ago ski
let" had one fair fan as his guest
at the local series, and he would
like better than anything he can
think of to have at least one OF
the shrill sex on his guest list this
season. II there is any adopting
TO be done, remember, IL will only
he temporary, and the recipients OF
The Washington Times generosity
can, like little Mary Louise Spas,
go back home again.
The thriving little town Of Null
Inns. W. Va, after having had a
winner in the last seasons contest,
is reacting very favorably to this
years competition. Evidently Ar
thur King. the successful entry OF
1924, went back to Mullins and
told the whole town about how
easy it was to come near to Ruth's
team and then walk into "Skillet's'
boudoir and be presented with seats
for the series.
While King and Munsey Stanton
were the chief competitors last
season, the names of fully a
dozen other inhabitants of Null
Inns have been added to "Slxil-
let's" files, and all are trying to