The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-28

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Our major league Al-Star team
for 1885 is as follows. First base,
Hank Greenberg. Tigers; second
base. Charley Gehringer, Tigers;
third base. Pepper Martin. Car
dinals; shortstop, Floyd Vaughan
Pirates; outfelders, Melvin OFT,
Giants: Joe Vosmik. Cleveland. and
Joe Medwick. Cardinals; catchers,
Mickey Cochrane, Tigers. and Gabby
Hartnett. Cubs; pitchers. Dizzy
Dean, Cardinals; Schoolboy Rowe,
Tigers; Carl Hubbell, Giants, and
Wesley Terrell, Red Sox.
TINE tremendous difference which
4 only one season may make IN
major league ratings may be APP
preciated from examination of this
1894 all-America First base, Lou
Gehrig. Yankees; second base,
Frankie Frisch, Cardinals; third
base, Bill WerbeI, Red Sox; short
stop, Joe Cronin. Senator's: outheld-
crs, Al Simmons, White SOx; Paul
Waner, Pirates, and Heinie Ma
nush. Senators; catchers, Mickey
Cochrane, Tigers, and Bill Dickey,
Yankees: pitchers, Lefty Gomez,
Yankees; Dizzy Dean, Cardinals,
Schoolboy Rowe, Tigers, and Hal
Schumacher, Giants.
In massing his data and impress
sions for the nomination of the
greatest players Of 1885, the writer
was struck with the strange fact
that for the first time since 1919
the Yankees we're not able to gain
even a single place among a galaxy
to which they have been accustomed
to contribute brilliantly and Law
ishly The Giants, with two desig-
nations, OFT and Hubbell, saved New
York from total eclipse.
ABE RUTH. all-America from
ID 1920 to 1888, is gone. Gehrig,
who won all the power champion
ships last season with 40 home runs,
an average of 1863 and 165 runs bat
ted in, is having a comparatively bad
year
Dickey. who has been hurt so
often this summer. is hitting under
.27O. He is not physical giant and
IS feeling the effects of seasons Of
Overwork. Gomez, who with 26 vic
tories led the pitchers of 1884, has
won a mere 10 games and can not
keep his head above the 500 mark.
In short, this Yankee club is
wearing out and a complete over
hauling is indicated for 1886. The
team used to brlstle with stars. Now
the organization depends on balance
rather than outstanding indlvld-
uality. and the change is not one
for the better.
DERHAPS the most startling m
Il provement of the year is that
demonstrated by Arky Vaughan,
who has regained the ShOrlStop Su-
premacy for the National League.
The old circuit held the leadership
at that position for many years
first with Dave Bancroft and then
with Travis Jackson. Then came
Cronin to shift the top ranking to
the American League.
Now we find Vaughan batting
around 400 and playing a vastly
stronger game in the field. His av-
erage has suffered no erratic flights
or surprising fluctuations. He
opened the season at 400 and he has
kept close to that mark all the way.
The writer does not rate Vaughan
one of the best fielding Shortstops IN
the game. Arky still has to cock his
arm for the throw. But when a
man hits 400 you are quite willing
to overlook little fOibleS in style and
niceties in execution. For fielding
class we will take Leo Durocher.
frankie Crosetti and Eric McNair.
Dick Barten looked good for half
the season. but with his tumble IN
hitting the Giant shortstop lost
lot Of his class in the field.
THROUGH he is not listed on our
i all-America. one of the really
remarkable players of the year is
Augie Galan. left fielder of the Cubs
Galan and Billy Herman have been
the chief reasons for Chicago's re-
naming in the race.
Galan made his mark with the
San Francisco Seals and came up as
a possible successor to Herman. But
his work at second base was too
cratic. His throws we're wild. SO
Charley Grimm conceived the idea
OF converting Augie into an out
fielder. And Grimm never had a
better inSpiratiOn