Show THREE GREAT P LAY hn iti I 1 I 1 R BALTIMORE TRIO BEST BY ay ONE CRITIC keeler kellay kelley and brodie wu wire 1 hitter hitters and clever 4 0 jonee jones spoiled chance Chan ceis of to 0 ivy J trait fop for greatness there ho ha a buoen no many good fields in tho the history ot at the d dibias that to pick out ono and nam naneen e its tho the best would bo be oure to start argument it may be tor urs 14 cat ent day fans to acknowledge IL ta bettor than speaker hooper and 10 Is tho the red box sox wonders ot at 1912 oldring calah and ot murphy but fara o 0 recalling stars of other daye days wll will vole tho the opinion that there were lu u the past ablo able to throw duet dust la in ali tho eyes of the greatest of today dayi baseball writer 1 in 1879 or 1880 providence boast boasted on an outfield out flold composed of jim paul hines ulnes and tom york they hit lat collectively about but were not high class fielders recently five oct out fields havo have been named as an the beet best la 14 the game these according to rank were tho the trios of baltimore in 1894 ot of brooklyn in 1900 of boston in 1897 ot the rod red sox box in 1912 1012 and detroit la 14 1909 just as tho the athletic infield has beatri praised havo have speaker lewis ani hooper Hoope been lauded to tho the skies hi fut aro are they tho the equal of keeler kelley keller and brodle brodie of the orioles or keeler fielder jones end and ot of brook drool lyn keeler was the cleverest man 11 baseball in 1894 with baltimore he bs batted and in 1900 ho be batted as tor for brooklyn this brings the superiority priority of either of these outfield outfields down to four men brodle brodie and keeler jone and for keeler wu equally equall good with both teams harring keeler walter brodle brodie WA vii thu tho most uncanny judge of a fly ball that ever spoiled a base hit hil he owned a fine arm and batted compared to Sheck ards but sheck offset the difference by working pitchers top for bases on balls frequently joo joe kelley was a terrific hitter bitter bat ting close to and often tor for extra bases opposed to him fielder jones was one of tho the craftiest men in the game and whilo while nowhere near kel leys leya equal as a batter ho he narrowed the margin by his cunning but first place must go to kelley had davy jones been a batter 1909 outfield would haye ranked with those of baltimore and brooklyn but despite tho the brilliancy ot of cobb and the slugging of sam craw ford davys failure as a reliable batter prevented the trio from becoming immortal no two men not if they were both cobbs can tho the weakness of a mediocre player because the ideal outfield must be c v smooth working machine with every man capable ot of doing what the others aro are capable ot at to maintain the balance clarke beaumont D P aumont and sebring of pittsburgh I 1 were a wonderful outfield hard bard hitting fast fielding although se brings inconsistency caused him to fall below the other two |