St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

their spurs. OF these may be men
toned Wallace, of Cleveland; Miller, Of
Cincinnati: Clarke, Holmes and Col
Inns, of Louisville; Anderson, of Brook
lyn; Dolan, Of Boston; Demont, Of
Washington, Harry Davis, Of New
York; Ely and Cooley, OF St Louis
Foreman, of Pittsburg, and Friend Of
Chicago. There were not enough capa-
bic recruits turned out to repair the
weak spots in the league mines. Hence
the above named semi-cripples and age
worn veterans keep in the game, be-
cause they are more valuable, can do
better work. lame. halt and senile.
than most OF the green, untamed and
nerveless students from the lower
classes.
1t is not because the major man
ayers dc not want young stars that the
old cracked ones continue to shine. A
glance at the experiments made by
National league clubs last year which
failed will show that there has been,
as there is yet, an anxious yearning
for young players to relieve the vet
Grams whose days of usefulness are
drawing to a close. Baltimore re-
leased Carey. Kissinger and Pond Ros-
Stockdale go. Cincinnati found Spies
and HogrieVer too light for Its team.
Louisville turned out Luby, Borchers.
Jantzen. Preston, Flaherty. Sweeney
and half score of other failures. New
York chased Knauss. Boswell Smith.
Murphy and Butler. Pittsburg had no
constant use for Colcolough. Jordan.
Clngman and Cross. ST. Louis parted
with Wanna q r,x,in
gan and Brown, while Washington ran
them through the mill in regular
grist from early spring till late in the
autumn.
The crop of new players this year
IS unusually large in the start. Nearly
every league club has gone South with
a gross or two of the article to test
their abilities in the land Of sunshine
sand and early freckles. We shall hear
wondrous tales of the doings of these
youthful phenomenons while at prac
tiCe. On paper and at rehearsal most
of them will come along as profession
al wonders; at least that is the ex
perience of every years training trials
But when the championship season
opens and they face the real thing :"
then the actual test will come. Then
1t is that weak hearts pull many be-
low the league level. and they draw
back whence they came. few of
these temporary failures may come ND
again year or two hence They are
those who are called too soon. A
notable instance of this class is Jesse
Burkett, who is the champion batsman
for 1925
] remember when Burkett played his
first National league enga cement with
the New York team in 1890 He went
to the club "a pitcher; but, failing
there, they put him into the outfield
where he created more amusement bv
his comical mishaps than he caused Ell
thusiasm by brilliancy of work. If
there had not been players famine
that year, on account of the Brother
hood war; he would not have lasted a
month as member of the New York
team. When the consolidate came in
1891, Jesse was cut adrift He went bac,,
to minor leagues and finished his pre-
paratory educa ton. Three years ago
that wise young manager, Oliver Te
beau, called Burkett back to the lea
and kept him there till he landed the
New York cast off Of 1890 at the ton OF
the batting list of 1895.
1t frequently occurs that a man
ager gets young player in whom he
sees great possibilities for the future.
but who is so far undeveloped that no
league club can afford to play him In
championship game. 1t does no .ood
to keep such a man on the bench
where he has no opportunity to mature,
but on the contrary would retrograde.
There was no other recourse a few
years ago than to let the uncut dia-
mond go back to a minor league, and
run the risk of some rival club ret
ting him when he developed 1t vas
this dilemma which led to the origin
of the farming plan.
Soon after the February meeting. OF
the National league, and the adoption
of the new national agreement, there
was considerable war talk among the
minor classes. a few insurgents went
so far as to call meeting to issue r.
dinances of secession from the e pluri-
bus unum of associations, and declare
war, offensive and defensive, against
the parent body. The jingoes of he
diamond had their brstles standing
erect all along the line, and a set Of
Cuban situation was threatened in the
base ball provinces. Time, in allo-
pathic doses Of a lew weeks, has some
what alIayed the beiligerent fever. On
ly one minor league president is bold