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Show THREE MEMBERS ALL AMERICAN (By Damon Run on.) Po&sibly it is out of mere veneration venera-tion to their years, but tho lay observer ob-server is struck by the fact that all selections ol star bnsona'.l teams made by experts, ball pln.vers oi mere faii3 this season, Include the names of those doddering old gontlemen Chri3 Mathewson, John Ilonus Wagner and ; Edwardo Walsh. 1 These partfes.aic veterans, as baseball base-ball goes and tliej have fcccn many r outhfuJ star rise and also fall during the past few years, but somehow the close of every seabon finds these aged birds being selected bv those who lore ', to dope out paper ball teams. Walsh ' i? not as senile as the 31 -year old, Mathewson or the 3S-year-old Honus. but they are veterans none the less nd no youthful light has yet been lble to dim the lustre of their prow- 1 CB3. Mathewson, Walsh and Wagnei ' , Kow much would the average managci bid for this trio? Walsh, the cucces-"Oi cucces-"Oi to Joe McGlnnitVs title of "The I Iron Man," is meiely in his prime as a pitcher. How long Honus Wagner will last In something that no man can answer. He is a wonderful ball I plaer today, and age doe- not wither with-er nor custom stale in his case. Ma- thewson may be fading, but you can't coin nice any one who saw him work in the world's seiles of that facu Still another comparative veteran whoso name appears in all selections is Napoleon Rucker, the Brooklyn Ex-ipiess, Ex-ipiess, greatest of all left banders with apologies to those who think that title should go to Eddie Plank). Tine. Rube Marquard is a wonderful southpaw, south-paw, do is Vean Gregg and " Lefty" Hamilton and George Tyler, but they hae yet to stand tho test of time, as Napoleon Rucker has stood it. It Is a fine tribute to the so-callud veterans that they are still ranked among the loaders of their kind in nu era when now phenoma are of alinost daily occurrence The free-handed manner in which the baseball leaders are fired nowadays, nowa-days, especially by clubs which seepi to need managors about as much as anything else Is causing con- pldorablo astonishment In baseball circlet While Rogor Bresna- han's dismissal was not wholly unexpected In view of tho numerous reports of the past vear, it has aroufied almost ns much comment as the discharge of Frank Chance by Charles W. urphy. Eeither of these men would bev welcomed In several other citlps, Bresnahan's record with the Cardinals Card-inals compares very favorably with the achievements of numerous other managers who are considered fairly successful. While he 1,ad a noor season In 1012, he was gradually getting get-ting together a pretty good ball club and he was always a Etrong road attraction, at-traction, More than likely Miller iluggins, the Cards second baseman, will be Bresnahan's Bres-nahan's successor, and I Juggins' friends believe he will make good. However, anv SL Louis manager has a tough row to hoe especially under tho new regime there, and Cincinnati Cincin-nati is considered a sinecure to a berth In the Mound City. Cincinnati; by the 'way, is still talking talk-ing about pobsiblft .successors to Hennery Hen-nery O'Day, although Hank's record should warrant another year's trial. All in all. the old umpire did talrly viMl with the Kedt., and next season he may bo able to belter balance his opening alid closo iigainst the middle. It Is. said that ever .since Miss. Brit-I Brit-I on been me he.ul ol the St Louis uliib that nho has constantly Interfered Inter-fered In Hip management of the team, something which even as astute an owner m, John T Brush has hesitated to do with his managers That no team leader can be successful suc-cessful if ho ha to obey ie whims of tho owner has been proven time and tunc again Probabl not even f-McGraw f-McGraw nor a Connio Mack could finish in the first division If they were subject to tho baseball caprices j of a feminine mind or even a masculine mas-culine mind, for that matter. Horace Fogel and John I. Taylor are among the owners credited with Injuring the chances of their clubs in years gone by Charley Murphy has entered the same class. It is j known that ack and McGraw are un-1 hampered, and It is generally sup-1 posed ihnt Callahan, Jennings and a few others do as they please, and their records will stand inspection, -nate managers af flicted with magnates who want to assist in the team management. |