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Show M'ALEER PRAISES OLD STARS Major League Players of Today Have Nothing on Boys of Long Ago, Says Veteran Leader. Present-day stare of the major leagues are no better performers than the stars of the olden days, in the X f I Jimmy McAleer. opinion of Jimmy McAleer, the veteran vet-eran manager. "We have some great players now, but I can't see where the best of them have anything on the boys of long ago," he said. "Show me, in any club, the equal of Buck Ewing a catcher -who could do everything that Schalk and such top liners do today, aud who could beat the ball to death year after year. Show me the equal of Jimmy Collins on third base. I think he was the greatest third baseman that .evor lived. Balls that bound badly bothor all third basemen tow, and used to bother all but Collins -he bounded with the ball. "Where are the shortstops now that phii both field aud hit like Jennings Lang and Dahlen? Or any second tasemeu better than MePhee or I-fefer! Or anybody who could bunt lke Brown or Keeler, or hit the old Lull as hard as Delehauty?" |