The Washington times., 1905-01-15
MAJOR LEAGUES
DEVELOP PLAYERS
New Talent Must Succeed
Veterans Next Season.
AMERICAN ENLISTS MANY
National Suffered Greatly From Raid,
But Has Brought Out Good Ma
terial for Future.

That there is great demand for new
major league baseball talent is shown by
The fact that les players have been taken
out of the minor leagues by the Ma
tional and American this year.
Or these the National secured ninety
five and the American seventy three
The National, ever since the raid made
on its players, four years ago, has been
forced to go out and try to develop new
stars, and the relative numbers OF men
secured from the minors this year show
which league needs the new men most.
But the number of men secured by the
American this year is greater than ever
before, and in a number of cases AmeFi-
can League club owners have grown
tired of the stars they captured in the
raid OF 1900 and 1901.
Already Developed.
Some of these stars no doubt have de-
Perforated, and now that the American
owners cannot go out and get men al
ready developed they are forced to do
the same as the Northumberland or pur-
chase many youngsters each year in the
hope of picking up some new star
The National League has developed
nearly all the greatest stars in baseball
today, and since losing most of them the
cid league has gone ahead and developed
more new men, until today there are
almost enough good ball players to down
the cry that there will never be enough
to fill out two good major league cir
cults. The many new stars secured by
Cincinnati helped that club to finish
among the first three last season.
Ten for Reds.
The Reds developed such men as Hug
gins Odwall a;
kiiluna- For next year the Cincinnati
club has picked up ten men, and nc
doubt several more good ones will be
developed Pittsburg developed Catcher
Phelps, Outf1elder Sebring, two great
players, and some of the new men play
ed last fall look pretty good. Carrisf
should develop into a star. while Case
Rooertaille, and Lynch have already
made good
Brooklyn has gone out after more tai
sent than any two clubs in either league
combined. Hanlon in the last few years
developed such good ones as Lumley
Jones. and Schmidt, and out of the
th1rty-tWo new ones secured for next
season Brooklyn should get fast team
Some of the thirty-two however. MAJ
be under cover for minor league clubs
If they are, Hanlon may find it hard t.
get them back to the minors, as som
OF them are too good for the other man
ayers TO allow them 70 escape
Corridor Looks Good.
The Phiilies developed Lush. McGee
Hulswitt. Doolin. Roth and Caldwell
besides Corridor. who was secured from
Chicago last season The latter shout,
be one of the star catchers of the coun
try next season The Phillies secures
fewer new men from the minor league
this year than any other club in eithc
league Howard, one of the PhiIlie:
new men. who was traded to Pittsbure
Is expected to do great things next sea
SON
New York developed Arthur Devlir
one of the best third basemen in til
country. besides bringing out McCor
mick, who viii be found with the Phil
lies next season Ames also is goo
pitcher who Will rank among the bes
next season For next season the clu
has only picked up four new men,
Chicago has secured twelve new one
to try out and may develop one or tw
good men Boston secured less goo
youngsters than any other club. Som
of the eight who will be tried next SCI
son, however. are touted as comm
stars