Evening star., 1936-07-18
Every One has Favor;tes.

his own and it was only after con-
siderable pickering. shouting. ours
ing and threats of jamming those
words down somebody's throat that
we reached a comprmoise ticket Your
correspondent practically was shut
out at the polls, landing only one of
his own personal nominees on the
party slate.
You will detect a strong note of
modernity in the infield listed above.
That's the fault Of Mr. Joe McCar-
thy, the scholarly manager of the New
York Yankees. In fact. Mr.. Mccarthy
was the guiding spirit Of the meeting,
and jammed many candidates home
by the sheer force of his spellbinding
oratory.
1t seems that Mr.. Mccarthy had
been picking an all-time all-star team
for the Sporting News.
Il am picking guys I have seen in
action myself" barked Mr.. Mccarthy.
"and I will not be deluded into doing
otherwise. Hartnett has gotta be the
catcher on this club"
- AOhA VA RAOGScI SHClICu dDOuG
speakers ears.
"Cochrane has it over Hartnett like
a quilt"
What about BreSnahan?"
What about Johnny Klng?"
Gimme George Gibson an Bill
Dickeyr'
And your correspondent added feeb-
ly: WHAT about Ray Schalk?"
This was the only one of your cor
respondents suggestions that met a
favorable reception. Mr.. Mccarthy
allowed magnanimously that Schalk
was a right pert catcher.
But I am sticking to Hartnett." he
announced. II managed him, and I
should know He could hit and think
and handle pitchers, and he was the
best throwing catcher of them ALL"
McCarty Reverses Theory.
A T THIS point Mr.. Mccarthy in
serted theory which may startIe
you somewhat. He said the catcher
does not make the pitcher, as is gen.
orally supposed. The pitcher makes
the catcher.
Look at Bresnahan and Cochrane
and Archer and Schalk," he said.
They got famous by catching lot of
great pitchers. Hartnett never had
that kind Of pitching. He worked his
way up by himself"
The debate on our pitching selec-
tionS was not quite SO warm. Mr..
Mccarthy picked Grove because he
said he had TO have a left-hander in
there somewhere. His first choices
were Matty and johnson. Someone
else told him that, if he had to pidk
left-hander, he was daffy not to
take Rube Waddell. Mr. Mccarthy
stoutly denied the charge of dizziness,
and all hands agreed to change the
subject when your correspondent men
toned that he would like to see big
Ed Walsh on an all-star team.
Picks Another Team.
Mr.. MCCARTHY railroaded Gehris
and Pie Traynor into his in
field, but the opposition overruled him
at second base, electing Gehringer
over Lajoie by a short head, with
Eddie Collins a length behind. Your
correspondent whispered something
about Hornsby, 1.-THE greatest right
handed hitter Of all time" and added
word for Sisler at first and Buck
Weaver at third. He was defeated by
acclamation, and the boys rounded out
their ticket with the unanimous selec-
ton of their obscure outfielders named
Ruth, Cobb and Speaker.
They went away thinking they
had baffled your correspondent and
shut him out. But truth cruched
to earth will rise again. Little did
they know that / would dash of,
lock myself In secret vault, and COM
pose an all-star team that gives the
facts to the public in their true light,
as follows:
Sisler, first base
Hornsby, second base.
Wagner, shortstop.
Weaver, third base.
Cobb. outfield.
Speaker, outfield.
Ruth, outfield.
% Schalk, Cochrane ctachers.
Johnson, Walsh, Waddell, Pitch
erS.
Maybe Mr.. Mccarthy knows more
about base ball than ] do (cries of
what do you mean, maybe?'O, but
this is a country Of free speech and
that includes you customers, too.
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