The Washington times., 1930-08-08
Jones Got Breaks, Con1pstOn Didn't in British Open
.MACK'S ACES
UNANIMOUS
CHOICES
The first thousand, they say,
Is always the hardest.

The first thousand, they say,
Is always the hardest.
And if that's true this Babe
Ruth All-American contest ought
to be a wow" For the first
thousand selections already have
been received in The Times Of
fice-and the boys and girls are
stil making the mail man stag
ger with their choices.
Which is as should be. The
more the merrier, and the more
credit to the fans who at the
finish are adjudged winners and
grab off the four trips to the
world series which The Washing
ton Times offers to the fans who
come closest to picking the Babes
official team.
There were q lot Of inter
esting things developed In
those first thousand answers.
4 too. For instance Mickey
COchrane and AL Simmons
are almost unanimous choices
Of the fans for q place on
the team.
And Bill Terry has fine lead
Tor the first base job, to-. Not
that it means anything, you un-
derstand. The editor of this con-
test hasn't any idea who will be
Selected-nor has anyone else ex-
Cept the Babe himself, and Babe
isn't saying anything.
! And the mere fact that the fans
overwhelmingly favor one man
won't prevent the Babe from Sc
1ecting someone else, if he thinks
his man is better one for the
POST.
There are some neat fights =
Veloping over some of the other
positions. No less than 20 differ
ent men have been suggested for
the outfield, and second base, too,
mas q big flock Of candidates.
Here's something for you TO ;
, remember. In cases where
the Babe judges two men
equally fieted for post. he'll
probably favor the chap who
has played the most games.
Playing regularly you know.
Is big point in baseball
and Injury that keeps q chap
out Of the lineup Is always q
tough blow to his chances.
i .s52tesSs
And don't forget either, that
Fast years accomplishments don't
count in this years selection.
Babe will make his selections en-.
tirely on this years showing
the fellows who have starred for
years will have to win their place,
II they're selected, on what they
show in the 1890 season.
And it isn't exceptional hitting
pr exceptional fielding that wins
either. A man must be an all.
around player, good in all depart
ments = though, Of course, all
other things being equal the
harder and heavier hitter would
have the advantage.
Don't forget the rule about
writing on only one side of the
paper. You'll find the coupon
in today's paper a big aid to you
and a time-SaVer-but don't for
get that It must be accompanied
by letter explaining your
choices. Some of you fans are
forgetting the letter, and your
Slections will have to be thrown
out without consideration.
But let's get busy now and
send i'm your selections. Then
keep sending them. You've
still got nearly four weeks to
get under the wire, and the
more selections you send in
the better are your chances.
Every Saturday The Times will
publish complete batting averages
for each league, and these will
help you a lot if you look them
over. And, day by day, you'll
find news on the sports pages of
the doingS of the stars. That
will help, too, to stir up your
judgment and bring you right up
tofthe minute.
So get busy. The more the
merrier. And don't forget this is
q real chance to prove that you
know and understand the old
game thoroughly.
DAN PYME RlXES