The Washington times., 1930-08-07
no uted Presents Ruth Contestants With Difficulties
MANY STARS
+. CAVORT IN
GARDEN

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II. one can Judge from early
selections that have come into
the office-a lot OF the boys and
girls are, having q tough time
settling on an. outfield for their
All.America, team.
with only three spots to fill,
and q dozen or more corking
outfielders to fill them-it's fine
Job for. a carpenter or a plumber,
the boys and girls insist.
For instance there's Simmons,
Wilson and Klein; then there's
Herman, Douthit and Manush;
not to mention GoSlin and Combs
and OFT. Nor can you overlook
Averill, Hafey and two Waners
or for that, matter Cuyler and
HaSs and Frederick and ODOuL
And these are only q few OF the
very excellent outfielders who will
be candidates for a place on the
All.An1erica team.
There's one smart Lad. how. .
ever, who has got the thing
all figured out. He's sending
I'm D new team every day.
figuring apparently that In
weeks he ought to be able to
get the winning combination :
somewhere along the line.
| And that's the beauty of this
Times contest. If, after thinking
lit all over. you don't like the first
team you selected why you can
send in another and another and
another. There's no limit, except
your ambition. You send EN- in
and the judges viii be glad to
look 'em over.
Another little thing that Is Civ.
ing the boys concern is the pitch
/ ters - though from a different
reason. Out in Chicago. you
Eknow, the slogan Of the fans is
come early and see the starting
i,pitcher"-and all over the league
Ilthere seems to be a dearth OF
1 pitchers who qualify, with the
/ fans, as All-America material.
/ One young man, in fact, in his
/ accompanying letter, remarks that
while he has followed rules BY
naming two. pitchers, he figures
1t would be a. better ball club II
they left out the pitchers and put
in couple more outfielders.
But that seems a little harsh
For instance, If you're up against
it for pitchers why not pick q
pair out Of this crew-Pennock,
Grove, Uhle, Walker, Root, Earn,
shaw. Bush, Wells, Jones, Grow.
der, Seibold, Vance, Luque, Moss,
Morris, CASTOR, Lyons-~well, we
could go on for q long time and
name nothing but first-string can.
didateS..
Let us warn you again about
writing on only one side Of the
paper when you send in yolr Sc
lections. That's q very definite
Irule and must be, observed. !, And
don't forget that the Babe TilI
mot name himself; :. that you T1llsl
arrange your selections as TO bat
1 ting order, and that there are tc
be two pitchers named. It IS mol
necessary that your pitchers IN
cludel g right-hander and a left
handler, neither Is 1t necessary
THAT your selection be one pitcher
from the National League and one
from the American.
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And don't forget that it's
/ wise to get in your selections
as early rs possible. There
/ will be thousands and thou
i sands Of selections sent in.
i And now a word as to the
prizes. There's the four trips te
the world series to the first block
LOT games as guests Of The Wash
ington Times that you already
know about. In addition, there
will be 10 Babe Ruth baseball bats
and 10 handsome Babe Ruth desk
blotterS for the runners-up.
So get busy at once.
! Shoot your selections along. 1C''
your chance to prove that yoC
know something about baseball
and your chances, too, to put thai
knowledge to work on q job thai
viii pay mighty sizeable dividends