Show STAR ALL-STAR TEAM OF ECCENTRICS IN THE BASEBALL WORLD CHICAGO During rin During a fanning annin bee bce one ono night last summer r one of tho the bugs always delving in the dope clope suggested sug the following players as members of the Eccentric All team Catcher Schreck pitcher Waddell shortstop Altizer first base second base Ferris Ferns third base hase Yea Yeager r left field George Stone center field Ty Co Cobb b ri right ht field Willie Keefer Here arc of the characteristics he pointed pointed point point- ed out that make them eligible Schreck when in condition is one of the tho greatest receivers before the public but is inclined to ho bo a trifle wild He lie has a mania for catching thrown balls halls in the tho gloved hand Has developed this art Is the only catcher who can ean suc- suc ces fully catch and handle Waddell Rube Waddell is ono one of or tho the greatest characters the game has line ever known Has received more press notices than Ted Teddy y has worked at more jobs lobs than any auy other other man living j has been lost and killed a thousand times is a great Ireat fisherman and always insists on good bait Altizer is about the hi highest strung man in the profession In a ball game he lie Ie is a bundle of nerve is all aU over the field and flies flics off the handle at the slightest provocation pro Dave Dave's Daves s 's rise riso has been a rapid one oue He leap leaped from the army to the outlaw league and then to tho the American At first base hase would be Bob rD the goody good goody boy hoy Bob doesn a chew smoke or drink an and seldom swears His worst habit is catin eating ice cream It is a known fact that he has stowed away seventeen plates in one ono day Durin During the summer months Bob often speaks speak at Y 31 M. C. C A.'s As s 's on Sunday On second Hobo Hobe Ferris would shine hobo Hobe has hal the reputation of heill being a hotter hot bet ter kicker than the mule Maud in several several sev- sev eral ways wan Hobo Hobe i is slated to go o to St. St Louis next season and it is said ho bo is spending spendin the days in the of a Turkish sh bath hath parlor preparing himself for the torrid climate of St. St Lou Louis Lous Joe Yeager would bo ho the third sacker Too Joe would be the comedian ln of tho the club The witty German gets off many ninny a rich joke ipke that would get tt a big hand for the th Ro Rogers cr brothers JOG Joo imply refuses to be serious Geor George c Stone the silent ilent man of baseball is clearly ent entitled to left field Stones Stone's greatest claim for fame aside from his batting ability is the fact that ho be nevor never has hag questioned a decision of the umpire The worst be he gives the tho umpire is a sad look Never once has hus ho he appeared on the coaching lines ines sine since joining St. St Louis Thata That's It going goin sonic some The fiery southerner Ty ly Cobb was the choice for or center Ty has hns numerous qualifications that entitle him to a job iob His Ills hitting ability as us to baseball and pugIlism is IB is his chief stock in m trade trude Right field would bu bo filled fined bv by Willie Keeler the tho wealthy man of baseball Keeler is 18 much after tho the style le of George I Stone Stono on tho the ball field held n and d even cn much more quiet off of it it Ho He is an nn Inveterate smoker and when an not playing is goner goner- ener- ener aU ally pulling at a fat cigar cig almost as big hiJ HB Re himself Keeler has been a thrifty chap invested in his bis mone profitably in Brooklyn real estate an and ana is reputed to be worth Connie Mack MacIc as os manager and Tim Hurst as umpire would complete the tho outfit |