| Show r OUTFIELD BETTER C PLAYED YEARS AGO Quarter of Century Back Saw Faster Men in Outer Gardens PRESENT INFIELD SHADED SPEED BOYS OP or TODAY SHOW SHO W BETTER BETTEB TEAM WORK BY SAM SAlt New N w Ye York July J ly 3 The outfield playing ef of today la le hardly hu up to what wha t it was In the Ute earlier days day of or bose b aa e In the tho infield the present day Cuy style atTl to Is foster for they have haye morn more boys now than formerly anda and a nisa the tle great advantage that goes coca with The glove lore But the best bOlt Individual of today are no nob better b If It as u R good as those of oC a quarter quarter quarter ter of ot a century ago Ed Williamson Jerry Jeny Denny Jack Glasscock Fred Danny Dan 7 Richardson Chub Sullivan Charley Comiskey trUe ArUe Latham and other crack InfIelders of or years past Jut were possibly pe et J superior In man many to the th stars Mars of or today la In tho same sam e positions has hu never nover been b en surpassed In the tha all around ability that goes goe go to make moke a shortstop and neither has Jack Glass cork Debby Jack who although ho how how w Wr w rp re a number 4 cap was wa alt all there when warn It was waa up te to him to 0 play ploy base blUe ball bail Jerry Denny won WM the best beat I iran of or his hie hi dy He was a ed hyer iyer and anet ana mind you ysa never wore were a glove gIOT when he was Rea at his Ms beet best Either to the right or loft he ho was wu Just Justas justas as good and hta hh overhand B scoops oops an l of h bet t grounders grounder were famous There was waa Rummy Burns BUrRs too toe who was just as sa good goed a 8 t as ns there is playing p Ing ball today Johnny J or Eddie Collins nevi r 1 had anything on Fred bred er or 11 Richardson or er Fred Dun lap In fielding Cabling the he second base baso post t tin tD n or In head work either elther and aad Ad Evers Is la considered red ene ono or of the brain est eat t and d he b U k 1 unto Hats OfT Ott 0 to Chase As te t first basemen all aU hats hat must cn C l o r off ocr to Hal gad Chase of the Ute Now T irk TK rk He has hu never been even a In IR playing the tal bag But Bet there U r were ware groat first tas IR la Charley Chancy Comat who wit o first tret made first base bue base a fielding poel po l U tI t 1 Long John Joha RetHy Reilly Al 1 Mc c and aad Bel dab Ank Sullivan Dan Tr rr Roger Connor Conner and Cap CaD Anson A n were first basemen ba om lJ but bat not great at fielders But my how bew they c wallop the Ute ball ham Ono One does not se r n ri ny batsmen batemen of o their calibre 2 wades t Hl 4 4 the tho pitchers box In tn t tc t c slays flays when wilen that big trio blo of hitters wire VI re in I their primer prime was only onty forty r ft fret t away from tho the home plate plata r 2 New tr It u Is 1 P But It wa WM was M hithe the outfield that the 03 mers showed Mowed tho the great greatest eat ro so l 1 r ti r rity Ov over r the present guardians of ot tr tt t c outer Da pasture pastura We Thor Ther are arc Ty Cobb r w tr and a Stackers and Jacki Jack Tack i V tate au but In m the th days of or twenty 1 f tf a r years yean ago age ag there were the tho Fred it 11 Alters tb tit the Curt Welch Ua Ute Char k Ie Fr iM IO th m Joe h tho the Tunny T MoCa McCarthy tc tits Hughey HU e Vu the Sam Thompsons the Nod Nat IT l T lius site Geerge George Woods Woods and ot ers who wh K Ie they tk throw threw out or v c t or r two runners manors at the Ute hf haere me plate plato In la every erry game flit think they were ca ing their salaries and th they r were a g jest hest as Mg big stipends upends in I those cays tsy as player are sr t ever eve r hears brays nowadays of or outfielders pulling off of such shrewd tricks in the outfield a a those Heavenly twins Teai Mc Ma t irthy and Duffey geed Hd t to o C right atone along I a saw McCarthy McCarth y teat two twe fly balls In la eo game garno and Bd dt dJ a J I u up both times w The pm games ff are faster wier r at present presen pre ent t than a quarter of ot a century ago apo a o per hate hat haf because there Utere are more noro fast c p aC but u ae all aft around MIl ball players place Sn in batting flailing and aDd the th e sUn stars or of the UIe ekI days had a shade o on n the tte or of tocla today |
