Show American Leagues League's Best Best Star For 1923 1923 EVANS SINGLES HIM OUT OF BIG WG FIELD OF DIAMOND STARS FOR GREATEST BASEBAll HONOR By BILLY LYAS LYA'S rV Is the most valuable ball ballIf vy If pla pia pill er cr In Ln tho the American league this ea yea ea George famous star stir of the St Loul Louis Browns was waz voted that f s honor In 1922 b a committee ot of o 1 d experts epert th His name will b be the first toe toC to toe e C grace a monument no- no being erect erect- erect d d d in Washington to commemorate baseball the hero of 1922 baa has not pla pia ed a game this ear because fit of ofey eye trouble rouble It Is not believed lh that t he will III don n a uniform Ir Ij- Ij 19 3 I That ThU puts him out of ot the running ho ho Ul succeed ro Nm hile there are man star etar stars In Inthe Inthe Inthe the American league worthy of consideration I nominate te Chancy Jamieson left lett fielder of the des Cle Cleve Clee Cleveland e- e eland land and club as the mot most pl player yer of ot 1923 figuring he Ul continue his hl hi present form CH lIL S IU RE L L There arc man many fine outfIelders In the American league but ncr ncr- certainly there is none b than Jamieson He possesses e e cry ery of a star n doeS doU ever everything thing well ell No outfIelder In the American league can go further then than Jamie Jamie- Jamieson son and he Is a a sure catch handed left handed er he gets not only great distinct distance to his heaves but bit deadly accuracy tooh tooti too tooti ti h At the bat he bits hits left lett or right right- right handed handed pitching equally well Is i-Is bats left handed but do donot donot donot not worry orry him In the least Jimie- Jimie Jimieson son son Is very ery er fast He i-fe hits bits the ball bail hard as a rule but he can bunt or drag the ball In A manner most anno Ing to the Infield Success did not come to ron ron on overnight Some years ears ago he came to Washington as ai a pitcher He lacked control and Lne never neer er got very ery far Being eIng fat ta t and able to hit fairly well ell eIl he was as aa used need at first baoe bae and In the outfield l Hl His ne next neat t stopping place was as Philadelphia going to Connie Mack Mack la la Ia a a trade He lie Improved ed under Mack but southpaw pitching both both- bothered bothered both bothered ered him some then len ien came a trans franc transfer transfer fer to Cle Cleveland lIe He was as ae thron n In as excess S baggage In a deat that sent Bobby Dobby Roth to Philadel Philadel- Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia phia Under Tris Speaker Jamieson arrived He has overcome 0 his hull Inability to hit s and now no stands as a pIa placer er Hh t ta a single weakness He s a real stat star I Other players who ho ho will Ill ill recell e serious consideration con are Babe I Ruth Harry Heilmann Hellmann Urban I Shocker Eddie Howard Ehmke Fred Han Har Haney y Roger Peck Peck- and perhaps a oth- oth others oth others ers era Y Ml 0 Y I IV IN m Babe Ruth fluth In the best condi condl condition tion of hl his care career r has hae been a won won- wonderful won wonderful help to the Yankees e een en though he Int nt breaking any hom horn horn- run hom-run run records The work of ot Eddie Collins Is the outstanding feature of the White So So play Shocker I is hn ha having Ing a whale hale of a year ear s Ith the Bro Browns ns Ho Howard Hoard ard Ehmke with Ith the Boston Red fled ox has been one of the pitching sensations of th- th th majors winning Inning practically halt ot of the victories scored by his club a aI I Hellmann Is having basing In another great I lear ear at the bat Fred Haney Is Isone isone laone one of the bet best utility players In Inthe inthe Inthe the majors Roger Is fooling tooling the experts by a great comeback These and many marty other pIa ers ersha ha hate hae e done big things for their clubs In the American legue le But it Is questionable It If anyone any one of them has hasben been en more valuable than fleet Charley Chancy Jamieson |