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Show I '""' ALL-AMERICAN ' I TEAM CHOSEN I CompDsed of American I I League Stars. mm , Chesbro, Donovan, Dineen, Hj-1' ';d Patten, Bernard, and H1 ; i White Are Pitchers. An Eastern Baseball Critic Selects an. H i r Aggregation Which He Believes H Could Defeat Any Team. HJ j j' NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Jesse P. Mat- H ; K teson, an Eastern baseball critic, has H 1 I selected an all-American team from fl ! jj American league stars. It Is as fol-H fol-H ' ' j !"- i I , Catchers Sullivan, Chicago: Crlgcr, B Boston. ' . '! Pitchers Chesbro, New York; Dono- , )i ran. Detroit; Dineen. Boston: Patten. H' ) , Washington; Bernhard, Cleveland; i; I; White, Chicago. Hj j j First Basemen Davis, Philadelphia; '.';.( Stahl, Washington. Hj Second Basemen LaJole, Cleveland; Hj Murphy, Philadelphia. Shortstops Parent, Boston: Davis, Hj Chicago. , I Third Basemen Collins, Boston; " I Bradley, Cleveland. MUM . Left Fielders Callahan, Chicago; .1 Burkett. St, Louis. ' I Center Fielders Jones, Chicago; C. Stnhl, Boston. MMW Right FJelders Keeler, New York; Crawford, Detroit MUW i Matteson then says: "Tliere Is hard- mUM ' i1 y a more difficult task than that of , , picking an all-Amcrican league basc- j fi '. ball team. There are so many stars In 1 ' the organization that some extra fine 1 ii ' men must be slighted. For Instance, MUM Dougherty of New York and Selbach of mMM Boston; both wonderful outfielders, Ii were clven long consideration before MMM ' , the names of Callahan and Burkett mMM were finally UBed. Callahan and Burk- 1 ett are extremely good outfielders; they j are men of good Judgment; Callahan Is capable of managing a team, and mMM 5 ' Burkett, although at one time he was j ! 1 one of the hardest men in the busl- , ,, .! ness to .get along with, Is now one of j I1'-j the easiest. MWM ).'- "Other teams have good center fleld- 9 crs, but Jones of Chicago and C. Stahl I of Boston surely have the call. , ! "There can be no disputing the fact i i' , 1 that "Willie Keeler has them all beaten ! i j. . as a right fielder, with the possible cx- MWm j ; caption of Crawford, who Is selected mmt j j,l with him. These are two of the high- mum I ost priced outfielders playing baseball. mMm i "4. ' Crawford has not made a wonderful flf . H record this season, but his ability Is HF ' i there. Jn selecting these men other ex- j', cellcnt men were passed by. r "In the matter of first baseman the mMM Job was easy. Harry Davis of Phlla- MMW delphla easily leads them all. Stahl of Washington, the old University of II- muu ' llnols player, Is a close second. He Is 'j j i given that place because of his batting mum 'j! ability. Isbcll Is probably as good a UUu ' ! J fielder in a great many respects as MU !! Harry Davis, but he is not the batter. , i j '8 As a fielder he is better than Stnhl, but 1 ; . batting again puts him out of It. 1 5 : "When It comes to the selection of a j ! second baseman the task Is also easy. J i j LaJole is without a peer. Murphy has this snason earned a place beside the r . great player. ; i; "Parent of Boston and Davis of Chl- "'' cago are the premier shortstops. Par- ,). , ent is probably a little better than Da- i K vis beoausa of the fact that Davis was , ! j a trifle stiff at the. end of the season . and was not able to do himself Justice. "Collins of Boston and Bradley arc ) )'' easily the best third basemen In the !'.! ' league. They have a close runnlng, i, mate In Tannchlll of Chicago. Had he ; i 'I ! played early In the year he would have ' j !, - j been placed on the list, but In the later i games he Bhowed a bit of unsteadiness. (j "Tho two best catcliers could prob- j,, . ably be named by almost anybody, Sul- r! - ' ; livan and Crlger stand out above all of '!;! ' "the rc?t. I J ! "In selecting these men many excel- i'i , lent pitchers have been passed by, but I for gruellnjr work they stand In the i .! , foremost ranks." |