Bob Tales “Eddie Collins." He Said
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TNI DITROIT TIMES 20-C ' Dac. 1944 Ttj 0 obb Rates Eddie Collins RasebaWs All-TimeNo. IDrake Downs August 1904, Augusta Columbia, C., In By Mog ridge of the Yank* and Eddie Ksrger of the Boston Red Box in a, Ga., In between and S. FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW Atlantic were the ino*t effective against my attempt* to hit. the newly organized South League." Nev., Dec. 5 (UP)—Who's the ball player*' Cobb two he wa* fired from the GLENBROOK. “None of the three had a lot of *peed nor any exeeptlonal didn’t mention that day* later ball player of ail time? team for lack of natural baseball ability, a deficiency subsequently curve hall. They were more on the side-arm delivery style. Cagers put up the certainly the sports corrected sufficiently to put hi* name at the head of the list of Titan one was to man who is That “Other really great pitchers 1 had to go up agalnnt were Cooperstown, critics' pick as the greatest star of baseball, Tyrus Raymond Cobb. baseball's immortals in the game’s national shrine at southpaw Eddie Plank of the Athletics, who won some .63.5 |>er N. Y. Bob Tales “Eddie Collins." he said. cent of his games his whole career; Rube Waddell with his over Ty was given the big question last—his all-time all-star team “And that was really a tough question. There were great great ‘stuff,’ both fast ball and curve; Ed Walsh of the Chicago of American baseball, complete with three pitchers and two Bresnahan Rates catcher*, great Infieldcr* and great outfielder*. Mickey Cochrane, Walter Johnson of Washington and Addle Joss of By White Sox, catchers. 3 Points were career* Nome I'll I spent KUler. All fine hitter*. Some had long and Cleveland. I had to study ’em all closely. admit more “All right, hut I'll limit my pick to the I hav* actually ™ With Game's Best men By short. Many had unusual ability to aid their team* In other ways. time trying to find a way to hit them than I did with the three played against, with ono exception," he said. “There are many TOM HARPER “Rut a who do anything—hit, field, effective for man could run base* pitchers who finally proved the most percentagewise great hall player* I’ve never seen and for that reason I’ll have to A fast breaking Drake Univer- By 808 MURPHY and play real inside and brainy baseball—Eddie Collins stands in against Mogrldge and Karger. me—Wellman, exclude them from my lineup. The exception Is catcher BUI sity basketball team notched a Sport* Editor front." “I beyond studied Walter Johnson, for Instance, until I got to a point Dickey, who wa* after my time In baseball but belongs 41-38 triumph over a scrappy Uni- Ty was asked who was the greatest hitter of them all. A where for Nome time Iknew every pitch he would make. on anybody's all-star will bo fair practically question lineup. versity of Detroit quintet at Hack- Baseball's oldtimer* question to put to the man who was the world’s batting champion So great was his strength that he relied on the *|»eed hall almo*t “The catchers, then, are Dickey and Mickey Cochrane. to- huddling *llabout the nation for a full half of his 24 years in the majors and who hit .420 in continually. Only when he shook his head did we know for *ure “The pitchers, Johnson and Walsh, and then because we have ett Fieldhouse last night. day. And from those huddles will his peak season. he would throw a curve, and even when we figured out this to have a left hander, Eddie Plank. Jack Edling, acting Drake cap- come a lot of reminiscing and “That would he Joe Jackson," he said. “Jackson hit with a advantage he was still plenty difficult. “In the Infield, Msler at first, Eddie Collins at second, Hans tain, sparked the winners with 16 third, stories full swing and at the end of his hat. A real *liigger. And he was “Walter was one of baseball's real gentlemen. He never low- Wagner at nhort. At because we are selecting great ball points on seven field goals and in there during all the trick pitching—the splthall, emery hall and bridged any one to make the batter duck and drive him away from player* regardless of what happened In the past, Buck W'eaver.’* Ro^rr outfield, two charity tosses. Tom Molitor, han. who dud all the re*t." the plate, so I realized he was wary of the damage his fast ball “In the Jackson in left, Speaker in center and Babe the subject pitchers, Ruth in right. former De La Salle prep star, was yes tor da > in On of trick and otherwise, Cobb was would do If he did hit a batter. asked who gave him the most trouble. “S|»eaklng of pitchers," Cobb continued, "at a bond rally In “There’s a team for you. Any Idd could manage It. But since top scorer for the losers with 9 “All pitcher* bothered me,” he said seriously. Seattle the other day I ran Into the first pitcher I ever faced In a an all-star team ought to have an all-star manager, let’s give the noints, the result of two field think “1 guess left-handed Carl Wellman of the Browns, George professional game. He Is George Engle, and the game was played job to Connie Mack. He was tops." goals and five charity tosses. cat ch»'i>, Drake got off to an 4arly lead **Jmm moderns and at no time was trailing. Score '? Hi h k e w 1 t h at half time was 22-15. With two minutes of play re- '’ AA va BASKET ,,nv, Picks ¦ ' ACTION UNDER maining, a free throw by Joey H !*OUt Micko\ Nelson Wins Escoe Keeps Smith and field goals by Merly Finney *. Cochrane, Bill JBKKtiMm and Johnny Sokol brought r* *?WiBBI A University of Detroit bid for a field j(oal brings aarsHaAHAN Dickey and Schedule the score to 41-38. a Drake’s basket in last night’s game. Then Drake took over and by Gabby Hartnett. lot of action under “freezing” kept And then you should hear the MILWAUKEE, Dec. f> (UP)— the ball, the Ti- By Titans missed this one despite their strenuous tans frem further scoring. The\ II The Winning guard of snort. a old baseball Stroke tentative 19-15 the On iA schedule for One the Drake was tell you in a few million well of stars for American Association, calling for effort. And they could have used it as they lost the game LAST NIGnT'l Stefko, marine, rhosen words that Bresnahan was SAN FRANCISCO. Doc. 5 RESULTS Frank former time. (INS)—Byron Nelson today occu- 154 games between April 18 and V*m* F.»o>*, Toronto. rtrcUloned D*n Mer- who lost the sight of his left eye the greatest catcher of all by only three points. ritt. Cleveland, 10 round*. Why, was greater even than pies a familiar role in golf. Mr. Sept. 9, was leady today for ap- in the battling at Tarawa. he Leon Spencer, Cleveland, won on technical years age Johnny Kling and Buck Ewing, Golf of Toledo yesterday came proval at a special meeting of the knockout over Bill Eddy. Flint, Mcond round Stefko is 25 of and through with his second straight minor league next month. Willie Barrow Birmingham. Ala , decUloned hails from Hammond. Ind. He is they admit. And that is high Odel Riley. Detroit, • round* to w in Open The proposed pre- attending Drake under the GI praise, indeed. 69 the San Francisco schedule was Johnny Hemandei Flint, deddoned Je»»e Whether or not Bresnahan was with 281. sented at a meeting of association Jame*. Detroit, 4 round* Bill of Rights. is officials at Kelley, J«e Andary. Detroit. decUloned WlUle Kent. Following the contests the the No. 1 receiver of all time Seven under par, Nelson nosed which M. J. Detroit, 4 round*. something that never will he set- out Jim Ferrier by one stroke. president and owner of the Min- - ' fIyBBBBBBHBBHBHHBBHBBBHBBBBBI Titans left for New York where tled. But there is no question that The ex-Australian champion, who neapolis Millers, was re-elected Verne Escoe. Toronto heavy- they ojien ihe 1944-45 basketball with is now in the U. S. vice president. George Trautman season at Madison Square Garden his name must be bracketed a sergeant weight, scored his second straignt the best the game has produced. army on furlough from his base will continue as president. Wednesday night when they meet at Camp Roberts, Cal., had a 71 Three teams announced their upset victory in a Detroit ring Citv College of New York. DETROIT (Ml DRAKK (41) yesterday for 282. spring training sites. The Kansas when he outpointed Dan Merritt GFT G r T Highest Honor City Blues will train at Bartles- the main Molitorf 3 S V Ertlln* f 7 3 14 , PAYS HIM WELL of Cleveland in 10-round Flnn*y.f 113 M*y*r 1 3 4 4 ville, Okla., the at » One days in the not-to- St. Paul Saints event at Arcadia last night. Smith f 3 1 St»fko e 4 0 4 of these Nelson’s winning score gave Independence, Kan., and the Louis- Malinowski,c 3 0 4 K»l*mb*r f .3 0 4 distant future Bresnahan's like- $2,666 war bonds, Escoe, who beat Eddie Taylor Dillon.c 113 I.an* | OIL him worth of ville Colonels at their home Sokol | 3 10 be placed in baseball’s few ago, handily 17 Gnit*n« 3 ness will the top prize of a total of $14,500 grounds in Louisville, Ky.