February 4, 1930 - Sarasota Herald-Tribune - 1910 All Star Team Formation
(Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Feb 4, 1930
by ALAN GOULD, ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITOR
All-America teams have never been put to the actual test of action, although a number of all-star football aggregations furnished many a thrill last New Year's Day. An All-America league baseball outfit, however, once demonstrated what it could do on the field by trouncing the Philadelphia Athletics, world's champions then (in 1910) as now, in four straight games.
The details, now almost odd enough to be news again, are recalled by Norman (Kid) Elberfeld, manager of the Springfield (Mo.) Western Association club, in the Springfield Daily News:
"In 1910 the American league closed its schedule 10 days earlier than the National league," says Elberfeld, famous in the majors as the "Tabasco Kid" at the time. "The Athletics had won the pennant and did not want to lay off for those 10 days and grow stale. I suggested to Jimmy McAleer, manager of the Washington club, that we get up a team to play the A's a series just to keep them in trim for the Cubs.
"Everyone was agreeable to McAleer, acting as manager, got together a club composed of Walter Johnson of Washington, Doc White and Ed Walsh of the White Sox. pitchers; Gabby Street, Johnson's battery -mate, catcher; Jake Stahl of Boston, first base: myself, second base; George McBride of Washington, shortstop; Harry Lord of Boston, third base: and in the outfield three of the game's greatest—the mighty Ty Cobb of Detroit; Tris Speaker, then with Boston and Clyde Milan of Washington.
"McAleer just warmed the bench and laughed up his sleeve as we grabbed off four straight games from the Athletics, although Connie Mack used a new pitcher every three innings, including Plank. Bender. Coombs and Dygert.
The Athletics then took four out (of five games ??) to win the worlds series, the same margin by which the championship was decided last year between the same clubs.
by ALAN GOULD, ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDITOR
All-America teams have never been put to the actual test of action, although a number of all-star football aggregations furnished many a thrill last New Year's Day. An All-America league baseball outfit, however, once demonstrated what it could do on the field by trouncing the Philadelphia Athletics, world's champions then (in 1910) as now, in four straight games.
The details, now almost odd enough to be news again, are recalled by Norman (Kid) Elberfeld, manager of the Springfield (Mo.) Western Association club, in the Springfield Daily News:
"In 1910 the American league closed its schedule 10 days earlier than the National league," says Elberfeld, famous in the majors as the "Tabasco Kid" at the time. "The Athletics had won the pennant and did not want to lay off for those 10 days and grow stale. I suggested to Jimmy McAleer, manager of the Washington club, that we get up a team to play the A's a series just to keep them in trim for the Cubs.
"Everyone was agreeable to McAleer, acting as manager, got together a club composed of Walter Johnson of Washington, Doc White and Ed Walsh of the White Sox. pitchers; Gabby Street, Johnson's battery -mate, catcher; Jake Stahl of Boston, first base: myself, second base; George McBride of Washington, shortstop; Harry Lord of Boston, third base: and in the outfield three of the game's greatest—the mighty Ty Cobb of Detroit; Tris Speaker, then with Boston and Clyde Milan of Washington.
"McAleer just warmed the bench and laughed up his sleeve as we grabbed off four straight games from the Athletics, although Connie Mack used a new pitcher every three innings, including Plank. Bender. Coombs and Dygert.
The Athletics then took four out (of five games ??) to win the worlds series, the same margin by which the championship was decided last year between the same clubs.