The Washington times., 1904-08-28
Fen Youngsters Make
Good With the Majors
Promising Minor League Talent Can Seldom
Stand Pace in Fast Company-SmaI
Number Successful This Year.

The fact that the major league clubs
are now busily engaged in signing up
minor leaguers for next year brings 10
mind the fact that OF the unusually
large number OF youngsters tried out
last spring by the American and Ma
tlonal League teams only a comparative
few made good.
A man may look Ike tie real thing
in a minor league. but more often than
not he acts like an amateur when he
gets into fast company. Sometimes he
will start out like a race horse and then
die away before the quarter pole Is
reached. OF course there are exceptions.
Take for instance Miller Higgins the
clever young second baseman Of the
Reds. He made a flying start and has
not fallen down all season. Catcher
Schlel of the Reds is another such play
er. Devlin and Mccormick OF the Giants
are two more.
Comiskey Lucky.
Then take It In the American League.
There seems TO be no better pitcher in
the league than Frank Smith, the young
| Highlander that Comiskey got from
| Birmingham IN the Southern League
/ COmiskey also made find when he
! picked UP Dundon. his second baseman
! McAieer got a good one in Pitcher
| Glade, while Detroit was lucky when it
! secured Outfielder Mcintyre. Turner has
| made good with Cleveland although his
/ batting has been rather weak for the
/ last few weeks IN consequence Of HIS Sc
/ rious Illness, which threatened 10 keep
| him out Of the game all year
! Clarke Griffith found a star backstop
/ in KleinOw, while Osteen more than
came up 20 expectations as a utility
man. Danny Hoffman, secured a year
/ ago, has proved to be one Of the Ath-
/ letics' star hitters. and Inhelder Nullin
/ also did fairly well in subbing for diff
/ ferent players. Washington picked up
a star twirler in Jacobsen, while Jake
stahl and Shortstop Cassidy are Corners
I sure enough.
Dozens Failed.
! Upon the other hand. where these few
have made good, dozens have fallen by
| the wayside Cleveland took a number
! Of youngsters South and OF the number
/ Turner was the only one retained asi8e
from Hess. who might also be termed
an experiment. The others were Ross
man, Pastor. OHara- Curtiss, Hickey
and Schwartz. Chicago let out Pitchers
] DOuRherty and StriCklett. Outfielders
! Charley Jones and Huelsmau and Catch
er Berry. ST. Louis released Pitcher
Morgan in addition TO the veterans De
mont and Gene Wright. Pitcher Ferry
and Second Basema--. Burns were the
only youngsters turned loose by De
| troit. but then Detroit did not have
| many experiments.
! The three leading Eastern teams did
not throw out their line for young blood
] 70 any extent. and. consequently. there
have not been many releases IN that
! section. New York EARNED out ThOney,
/ however. and released Pitcher Bliss
Mack Found Three.
/ Philadelphia only youngsters were
4 Hoffman. Mull.n. Bruce. BarthoId. and
| Pinnancc. and the first three are sim on
! Ccanie Macks payroll Boston had but
/ two youngsters. Outhelder O'NeI and
/ Catcher Doran. O'Neu being traded TO
/ Washington for Selbach. Washington
4 has used no less than twenty-four play
| ers this season. but Of the lot OutfieldeI
| Hoffman ard Pitcher Mason were the
4 only youngsters who tailed 10 make
| good.
Running over the list Of youngsters.
/ The following good team could be Sc
| lectcd:
These Are Good.
Catcher-Kleinow New York
Pitchers-Smith. Chicago. Walsh. Chi
cago; Glade. ST. Louis; ia cobson, Wash
| ington.
First base-Jake Stahl. Washington.
| Second base-Dundon. Chicago.
ShortstOp-Turner, Cleveland.
Third base-Cassidy, Washington
Left held-McTntyre, Detroit
Center neld-HOuman, Philadelphia.
Right nelG-HyGes, St Louis
The last named is q recent ACQUISITION
Of the Browns, but ne looks like Ak
ture. His batting is above the average
and his fielding fair
No better Judge OF q nIayay-s ,b{IJt,,
than Connie Mack exists. and IL was
Connie himEeLf that said while in CIeNn-