Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . combination that could be sent againstthem. In choosing the All-Eastern team I have given the entireoutfield to Williams, for the reason that the Williamstown menwere hard hitters, with the exception of Shons, and what Shonslacked in this department he more than made up by the mostbrilliant fielding seen in many a year on an Eastern college BaseBall team. In making this selection I have kept in mind the batting aver-ages of the men, for any college team of really championshipcaliber ought to. be able to hit. Malcolm of Vermont and Davis of Wi
Spalding's official college base ball annual1911- . combination that could be sent againstthem. In choosing the All-Eastern team I have given the entireoutfield to Williams, for the reason that the Williamstown menwere hard hitters, with the exception of Shons, and what Shonslacked in this department he more than made up by the mostbrilliant fielding seen in many a year on an Eastern college BaseBall team. In making this selection I have kept in mind the batting aver-ages of the men, for any college team of really championshipcaliber ought to. be able to hit. Malcolm of Vermont and Davis of Williams were the mostbrilliant of the Eastern pitchers, the former being a little steadierthan the latter. There were times when both men were hit hard,but,their best games were far above the best pitched by twirlersfrom any of the other colleges. Davis big man and canstand a lot of hard work. He perhaps tried to do too much, andwith the burden of the captaincy was somewhat more speed than any of the others and was usually in. SPALDINGS ATHLETIC LIBRARY. 31 fair command of the ball. Neither Davis nor Malcolm is primar-ily a strike-out pitcher, for both men make the utmost use oftheir field, and there was plenty of work for the outfieldersbehind Davis. Lewis of Williams and Sterrett of Princeton were the headiestcatchers to be found in the East. The professionals had theireyes on Sterrett throughout the season, and doubtless if therehad been an opportunity to hook Lewis up to a contract he, too,would have been captured. These two men handled speedypitching, although Lewis task was perhaps the harder. Bothcoached their men ably, and either man would be a sound back-stop for an All-Star aggregation. Such a team as this oughtto have two catchers as well as two pitchers, for the wear andtear on the backstop is almost as great as it is on the twirler,and in the case of Davis he ought to be provided with thecatcher that has handled him all season. I have picked C
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