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Show ; STARS SUCCEED ONE ANOTHERJN ORDER Always Somebody to Take Place of Player Who 1$ Slipping. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7. "The name will never sec another shortstop the like of Hans "Wagner, J -was tho remark re-mark ma do tho other day by a youug mau who is a close student of tho great American outdoor pastime, and he fully believed that ho was making a prediction predic-tion that would not bo disputed. However, if one goes Lack, over the paea of the history of the national game ho wiLl soon conclude that there is every chance of a player the equal , of 'Warner appearing ou the short field! m years to come, and almost as much a possibility of tbis player being a member of "the Pittsburg club, for the records aro full of processions of stars. It seems there is always as good a man to take one's place no matter how good one is. Perhaps there is no more striking example ex-ample ol this rule than tho second base position on the Philadelphia Athletics. The prooei-sion of stars around the pivot point on the Athletic infield dates back io the earliest days of the game, when tao Philadelphia National association club was known as the Athletics. For years Philadelphia raved about the second base play of A. J. Reach, the baseball and sport goods manufacturer, manufac-turer, who formerly was a bright siar in the baseball arena. He was a wonderful wonder-ful hitter and a grand fielder. But, when Larry Lajoie joined Philadelphia and was stationed at tho pivot sack, the Quaker City fans forgot all about Eeach. Lajoie -was, pronounced the greatest ever. And be was for many years, but in time Philadelphia developed devel-oped another second packer who displaced dis-placed him from the throne. The play-fir play-fir in question is Eddie Collins, who has been bought by the Chicago "While Sox. Follow One Another. Left field on the Philadelphia Nationals Na-tionals is another position that has had one star after another. First came Me-Mullin. Me-Mullin. a great hitter and fielder, andf next the wonderful Billy Hamilton, who was replaced by the" migbtv Ed Di'lehanty. Ox late Sherwood Atagee, who was traded recently to Boston, has been the star in left field. The New York club has always been fortunate in the pitching box, ' It has never been without a single star there. Perhaps every other position was weak, but the pitchers' mound could always he relied upon to give cause for joy to The Manhattan rooters. In the old days it wag Timothy Keefe who won two rlags and also a pair of world '& championships in 18SS-SV). Then came the wonderful Amos Rusie, with his dazzling speed and brilliant curves, who in turn made way for tho mighty Christ v Mathew&on. Behind the bat New York was also rather fortuuatej having one after another an-other such crack receivers sf Buck Ew-ing, Ew-ing, Roger Bresnahan and Chief Meyers. Mey-ers. - Boston ia another city that produced $reat pitchers and catchers. Its batteries bat-teries are famous wherever baseball is known. At present Jon Wood and Car-rijjan Car-rijjan are the Huivs star battery, when right. In tho early days it was ftpald-itig, ftpald-itig, Tom Bond, Whitney and Ciarkson. who were the crack pitchers, while the catchers were Snyder and King Kelly. Tn between such stars as Jack Stivetts, ' ' Kid ' ' Nichols and Charley Bennett appeared, while of late years (CyJ oung. Bill Diuneeu and Lou Origer were the darlings of the Ilub gods. Stars in a Row. Chicago also produced some wonderful wonder-ful pitchers and catchers. In the box appeared Spalding, Corcoran, Clarkson, Reulbach, Miner Brown, Lavender and Cheney, while tho catchers are Flint, "King"' Kelly, Kling, Archer and Bres-naliau. Bres-naliau. Right field 'has always been Detroit's strong point, that team having such star guardians iu that position as Sara i Thompson, Sam Crawford and Ty Cobb.; Second base on Chicago has had Borne j . . i wonders in TTows Barnes, Havers and Sweeney, while iiret base on the same j team has ween Anson and Chance. i In St. Louis left field and shortstop j have always been tho strong places. Such sluggers as Tip O'Xei!, Jesse Bur-kett Bur-kett and George Stone played in left for the MouiuT City, while its star shortstops were Force, Gleason, Glasscock Glass-cock and Wallace. Boston in center has had such stars as Hugh Duffy, Brodie, "Home Hun" Charley .lones, Billv Hamilton, " Chick" Stahl and Tris Speaker, while on third cavorted some wonderful players play-ers in Ezra Sutton, Billy Isash, Jimmy. Collins. Lonl and Herzog. , I |