Evening star., 1932-07-07
NAMES NINE BEST
DEVELOPED BY HIM
Terry, FrisCh, Jackson, Young
DeVIin, Burns and OFT
Shone as Giants.
BY WALTER TRUMBULL.

M McGraw has named the
/ Y greatest composite team
he ever developed. His
choice for first base is Bill Terry.
His hitting alone would en-
title Terry to the place" said Nc
Graw, besides which he is a fine,
all-around first baseman. Frank
Frisch is the best second baseman
I ever developed and there have
not been many better.
The best shortstop I ever trained"
continued the man who won more major
league flags than any other leader. lis
jackson. I had a lot of fine third
basemen. Herzog played a great game
for me there in the 1912 series. Shafer
and Groh were good third basemen.
But l say that Arthur Devlin was the
best man ever developed at third base.
In the outfield," went on McGraw,
Ross Young is standout, and you
couldn't leave George Burns of any
team OF players developed by me. The
third man in that outfield would be
bit harder to pick, but I'd take Mel Off,"
THERE certainly was no hesitation in
l. McGraw's mind when it came to
picking a pitcher and catcher. He
named MathewSon and Bresnahan as
matter of course.
If you wanted to add a left handler
he said, "Marquard would get the place:
although, for one year. Ferdie Schupp
was indispensable. George Wiltse and
Leon Ames were good pitchers; but
there was only one Matty.
Il want to show you something" con-
tinued McGraw. Look at this book.
1t has all the Giant box stores of 1907
pasted in it. A fan gave it to me-"
He opened pocket sized, pasteboard
covered notebook, filed with newspaper
clippings of Is years ago. The Giants
had plenty of pitchers in those days.
There were McGinnity, Ames, Taylor,
Ferguson, Wilsts and Matty. The sea-
son apparently opened on April IL.
There were the usual rainy days, but
McGinnity, Ames, Taylor and sFerguson
got into action
| MATHEwSON pitched his first game
vi on April %; pitched it against
Boston, and won it, 1 to o. His
second game, on April 26, he won from
Philadelphia by score of to 4. He
pitched his third game on May 8; gave
| the Brooklyn team two hits and won,
to o. He struck out eight, but must
have been bit wild, as he gave base
on balls. On May 8, Matty gave the
Pittsburgh Pirates four hits and beat
them, to o. On May IL, Mathewson
merely went in to save game, which
he did; but, on May II he permitted
st. Louis three hits and took the ball
game, 2 to /.
And that" said McGraw. "was
| Spring pitching. They can talk until
their lungs give out about great pitchers
and catchers, but I will take Matty and
Bresnahan and they are welcome to
| the others. Those two are all-time
stars with me.
What other players would I put on
an all-tfme team? Well, have picked
| that team before and I am not sure
I always have picked it the same Willie
| keeler would go into any all-time out
field, but after you have selected Cobb,
Ruth and Speaker, where are you going
to put any other fielder?
''TD like to have Chance on first base,
i Eddie Collins on second and Jim
/ mie Collins on third. Hans Wag-
/ ner is the greatest shortStop who ever
/ lived, and always have claimed that
/ he las about the greatest ball player
| who ever lived. And that brings us
back to Matty and Roger Bresnahan
again, the best pitcher and catcher Of
| the game"
Over McGraw's head, as he sat in
| MS ofnce, hung a picture of a team
with this famous battery, together with
| Devlin, Mccormick, Wiltse, An1es, Nc
Gam, Browne, Dahlen, Mertes, DonIin.
| Gilbert, McGinnity and those others.
McGraw doesn't look quite as young
and slender as he did in those ancient
days of fiery leadership, but he looks
remarkably well. Not in years has the
| great little manager appeared as
healthy and active as he does now that
he has been taking bit of rest.
| A SKED whether he thought the old
"A style, smart base ball ever would
come back, he said that he hoped
so, but that, with the lively ball and
the fancy of the fans for heavy hitting
| it probably never would.
THE old Orioles practically invented
| that other type of base ball. declared
/ McGraw. "That Baltimore Club not
only was the smartest club I ever saw.
/ but it was the smartest club that ever
/ played base bail. There was scarcely
a player on it who wasn't smart;
| thinking all the time. OF course. we
used to tell lot of stories about such
| fellows as Brodie. But Brodie was
! 1865 hitter and about the best man at
going back on fly ball that I can
Cemember.
Il remember once" he continued.
"a game where, with two out, Brodie
was on second and Bresnahan was at
bat. Bresnahan hit what was a doubt
/ ful home run, but he was going to
/ stretch it to four bases if he could.
Brooie tore to third, rounded it, and
| then became interested in whether
| Bresnahan was going to beat the throw.
Just before he reached the plate, he
suddenly stopped, turned, stepped out
Of the base line and waved Bresnahan
| in. The latter couldn't stop. He beat
the throw: but the catcher merely
walked up the line and touched Brodie
Bresnahan had passed base runner,
so neither man scored.
ssTT was the next day" said Nc
i Graw, that Brodie slid across the
plate and the umpire called him
safe The opposing catcher raised
terrible howl, claiming the runner had
missed the plate. Brodie, who was on
his way to the bench, heard the a-gu-
ment, turned and dived for the plate
again. This time, the catcher blocked
him off beyond dispute, and the umpire
reversed himself and called Brodie out.
Those plays" said McGraw, "cost us
two ball games. 1t took the rest of us
long time to see the humor Of them.
We liked to win
That is a habit of which McGraw
never has broken himself. He still
likes to win
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