The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-09-29
THE COLOR line AGAIN.
Treadway's Case Caused Some
thing of a Sensation.
THE MUTE MILLIONS OF BASEBALL

: Caylor Says That Players Arc Born ant
Not Made, but Many Stars Of the Dia
) mond Never Shine Because They Hav.
No Opportunity to Do So.
Some people talk as if they thought goot
baseball players grow on trees or can b,
chased out of the bushes like rabbits. Tha,
Is a great mistake. Good baseball players
like good poets, are born, not made, and
born at long intervals too. Perhaps a lack
OF opportunity smothers many Ewings
Ansons, Duffys, Rusies, Hamiltons and
Pfeffers. Could some modern Poet GRAY
visit a country churchyard 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,
Inc threats of fines by umpires to despise,
10 scatter home runs DER n grassy land
And read their greatness in their best GIRLS
eyes.
am constrained to indulge in the above
homliy 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 Mines. Comis-
Keys experience in this work has been
more extensive and at the same time less
satisfactory than that Of almost any other
League manager. lie has had 50 players
under contract during the season and even
nov" mas ateam that cannot make a bid
for a desirable place in the race. Arson
mas also suffered from the player famine.
When Anson cannot get together a winning
team van I,uv rnct pes,,,,I ,l-- :.
OF material on the market. The Old Man
mas 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 "A formidable on
ponent to the Bostons, composed almost.
entirely of stars whose reputation was made
before this season.
From every city where a National league
club holds IL franchise goes up the cry:
strengthen! Why don't you strengthen
the nineE" 1t is easy to advise, but diff
cult to point the way.
am more han ever convinced that the
TIM and opportunity ore near for the OPEN
ing OF Il baseball training school. A man
like Anson ought to make n fortune at that
venture. Such an institution would not be
a~ntagonistic to the theory that baseball
players are born, not made. Anson'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 n
training school opens. Then, too, q club
need take no chances in the engagement of
a new player. All that would be needed to
assure the quality of the goods delivered
would be an 80 X" Or al" stamp from
Professor Arson. The idea of "A training
school for ball players is not entirely a
new one, but 1t is my own and the time
seems ripe for the launching of the venture
At the time ! am writing the Chicago
club has nine pitchers under CONTRACT
viz, McGill, Hutchinson, Donnelly, Abbey.
Haughey, Clausen, Griffith, Mauck and
Luby. In the nine Hutchinson alone has
been Of solid worth to the club for any
length Of time. McGill would be u valu.
able man were his habits good. In Clausen
the club seems to have secured n gem. He is
pitching almost invincible ball for Arson.
Clausen did good work for the Columbus
club of the Western league last year up to
tho time the league disbanded. lie thcn
signed with the Louisvilles, but was cut
adrift without n fair trial. 1t was only by
chance that Anson gave the young man a
chance and found him a jewel without a
flaw.
An exciting controversy recently arose
over 1readway 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
llntsl in Iiu y.ipu A., i,,,; |
the runOr to be false. But the 81 niCct WAS
interesting for the reason th;.J no Nero
or part negro ever played in a National
x club. some years ago Arson created
II national sensation by refusing to permit
the Chicago team to play against n nine in
Ohio which possessed IA negro catcher.
Negro jockeys have the call in the cast.
but cOlored men have never attained pr0mi-
hence on the ball field. The Cuban Chants
and the Gorhams, two clubs which play in
and about New York city, comprise about
all the colorcd ball players Of any promi-
nence in the United States. Both clubs
have been in existence for some years, vet
has turned out n player who would
be able to hold II place OF n National league
even II there was no prejudice against
him.
While the negroes have never tame a
in professional baseball, the ma
tionality which fraternizes with them the
least OF all the Caucasian family occupies
the majority Of prominent places on the
big mines. ] refer to the Irish or the Irish
American class. / believe that half the
of the National league are of Irish
The Irish through ages have
had n reputation for excellence in games
and athletic sports. No one but n true
lrishman, too, can understand what a
pleasure it Is To badger AN umpire.
Many Of the brilliant stars Of a few years
ago whose lights have gone out forever
might now be occupying the positions in
he National league, which are weak for
want of competent players, had they hus-
their talents and let riotous living
Drink has p. ematurely retired more
OF brilliant than Of mediocre quail
les. The latter knew they must walk
or lose their means of competence;
he former grew daring through the belief
n their Importance. Few Of them ever re-
gained their prestige after it had once been
ost. Denny Is one Of the few. He for
'wore his folly, started out to climb to the
,op again and succeeded. In n game re-
played by the Louisvilles in Brook
Denny acceDted 10 chancea ont nj Oh