Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-22
THE COLOR LINE AGAIN.
Treadway's Case Caused Some
 thing of a Sensation.
THE MUTE MILLIONS OF BASEBALL

Not Made, but Many Stars of tho DIa-
 mond Never Shine Because They Have
 No Opportunity to Do So.
 Some people talk as if they thought good baseball players grow on trees or can be chased out of the bushes like rabbits. That is a great mistake. Good baseball players, like good poets, are born, not made, and born at long intervals too. Perhaps lack of opportunity smothers many Ewings, Ansons, Duffys, Rusies, Hamiltons and Pfetfers. Could some modern Poet Gray visit country churchyart and let his muse out to the length of the tether, he might be constrained to tell how these unknown baseball stars died and were buried with out a chance to develop their latent gifts The applause of yelling rooters to command,
 The threats of fines by umpircs to despise, To scatter home runs OCT a grassy land
 And read their greatness in their best girl's
 eyes.
 am constrained to indulge in the above homily by the apparent failure of the many managers in the National league to secure satisfactory material among the rising young players with which to patch up and strengthen their weakening hines. Comis- keys experience in this work has been moro extensive and at the same time less satisfactory than that or almost any other League manager. He has had 8 players under contract during the season and even now has team that cannot make a bid for a desirable place in the race. Anson has also suffered from the player famine When Anson cannot get together a winning team, you may rest assured there is lack of material on the market. The Old Man has swept the country over with the search light of his discerning eyes, and in all the broad land he cannot find young players enough to make his team formidable op- ponent to the Bostons, composed almost entirely of stars whose reputation was made before this season.
 From every city where National league club holds franchise goes up the cry: "Strengthen! Why don't you strengthen the nine?' It is easy to advise, but diff cult to point the way.
 am more than ever convinced that the time and opportunity are near for the open ing of baseball training school. 4 man like AnSon ought to mako n fortune at that venture. Such an institution would not be antagonistic to the theory that baseball players are born, not made. Ansou's duty would be to develop the inherent talents of young men who otherwise would re main mute, inglorious Miltons' of the profession. In this age, when a good ball player can command a larger salary for his services per month than is made by thou sands of the lawyers of the land, there should be no lack of pupils when such a training school opens. Then, too, a club need take no chances in the engagement of a new player. All that would be needed! tc assure the quality of the goods delivered would be an 70 K or AT stamp from Professor Anson. The idea of training school for ball players Is not entirely a new one, but it is my own, and the time seems ripe for the launching of the venture
 At the time I am writing the Chicago club has nine pitchers under contract viz, McGill, llutChisOn, Donnelly, Abbey Haughey, Clausen, Griffith, Mauck and Luhy. In the nine IIutChiSon alone has been of solId worth to the club for any length of time. McGill would be Il valu- able man were his habits good. In Clausen the club seems to have secured a gem. He is pitching almost inVincible ball for AnSon Clausen did good work for the Columbus club of the Western league last year up to the time the league diSbanded. He then signed with the Louisvilles, but was cut adrift without fair trial It was only by chance that Arson gave the young man d chance and found him Il jewel without q flaw.
 An exciting controversy recently arose over Broadway of Baltimore. The young mans curly coal black hair, dark skin, peculiar gait and southern manner of talk ing started the rumor that he had negro blood in his veins An investigation proved the rumor to be false. But the subject was interesting for the reason that no negro or part negro ever played in n National league club. Some years ago Anson created national sensation by refusing to permit ! the Chicago team to play against a nine in Ohio which possessed T negro catcher.
 Negro jnckcys have the call in the cast. but Colorcd men haN Ncncvcr attaincd promi- nencc on the ball field The Cuban Giants and the Gorhams, two clubs which play in and about New York city. comprise about all the colurrd ball players of any promi- ncnce in the United States. Both clubs have been in existence for some years, yet neither has turned out player who would be able to hold a place on a National league nine even if there was no prejudice against { him.
 While the negroes have never attained a standing in professional baseball, the ma tionality which fratcrnizcs with them the least of all the Caucasian family occupies the majority of prominent places on the big mines. l refer to the Irish or the Irish American class. l believe that half the players Of the National league are of Irish extraction. The Irish through ages have had a reputation for excellence in games and athletic sports. No one but a true Irishman, too, can understand what a pleasure it is to badger an umpire.
 Many of the brilliant stars ot n few years ago whose lights have gone out forever might now be occupying the positions in the National league, which are weak for want of competent players, had they bus banded their talents and let riotous living alone. Drink has prcmaturely retired more players of brilliant than of mediocre quail ties. The latter knew they must walk straight or lose their means of competence the former grew daring through the beliei in their importance. Few of them ever re gained their prestige after it had once been lost. Denny is one of the few. He for swore his folly, started out to climb to tho ton again and succeeded. In n game re gently played by the Louisvilles in Brook lyn Denny accepted 10 chances out of 21- some very difficult plays at that-and made three hits. It seemed to be the Denny o 1889.
 This is the man who realized S 900 fol his services ir 1890 and the following yea went adrift with not club willing to pa, him a dollar for his services. The reason Nothing but drink.
 News comes that both Detroit and Buff falo want to buy National league franchise for next year As Artemus Ward was font of saying, Things is movin." It will pa. to watch the baseball kaleidoscope thi fall and winter 0. r. CAYLoR- l Answered.
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