The Washington herald., 1908-07-28
BROWNS VETERANS
Jimmy McAleer Says Team
Is Good for Years.
NO CHANGES ARE PLANNED
Although He Declares that He VIII
Stick 10 Veterans Next Year, Man
ager OF -. Louis Club Is on the
Lookout for FTSsE Material, and
Has sent O'COnnOr Scouting.

Unless the black plague hits the Browns
during the coming winter they viii line Up
for the season OF 1873 Just as they are this
year"
Those were the words Of Manager
James r McAIeer when asked the Issr
time he was here II he thought his squaE
OF veteran baseball players would stand
the major league pace for another wear.
Every one knows that the ST. Louis
Browns IS the oldest team in baseball
to-day. Also we are all aware OF rts
fact that II cannot stand intact forever
one Of these days these old vets VIII be
I Forced TO give Up tlelr positions 70
/ younger and more active athletes But
Mr. aAcAIeer does not believe IL viii be
next year or the year following. But 5as-
/ the same. NcAIeer is already providing
against disaster He sent Jack C-Conuor
out IN the bushes Of Pennsylvania 10 in
spect young talent
1 McAleer knows that some day Wallace.
D Williams. Ferris. Stone, and al old-time-s
/ are going 10 drop out But when that
/ day arrives he expects 70 have e set O1
young fellows developing. 50 the team
viii not suffer
/ But 70 think OF any youngsters popping
| Up and dtsplaciug any one Of the above
| four regulars Of the Browns. next year IS.
! almost Iaughable- Il takes TINE 70 make
/ such players.
/ II there are any decided changes II
/ the Browns OF 1ss.' said McAIeer- ---hsv
I are likely 10 be in the pitching star. o-
possibly in the OUrdeId- I cant conceive
| OF a young inhelder displacing Wallace.
/ Williams. OF Ferris next year Il seems
{ these three are likely 70 be PLAYING on
our infield for three or four years 70
Z come
/ But 7 can see where q cracking. good
young pitcher could make q home for
/ himself with the Browns Or Z We could
! discover another 0utfelder. such as
I Schweitzer has turned out 20 be. he might
ind regular position waiting for him.
I though he would have 70 be a marvel TO
/ oisplace any Of our regulars OF to-day
Has Experienced Pitchers.
With TWO exceptions our pitchers are
all veterans Many said they were al
/ through last year. but they seem 20 have
come back 10 form this year, and may
stick a few more seasons 70 come. Bgs
at present the pitching staE IS the place
I where the young fellow with unusual
. ability can break IN q big league wiki
the Browns
/ 7 have heard several remarks that w
I less We win the peu1aur this season -re
I are lost because we have a team that IS
I on the decline. That Is where they are
I mistaken We may have 10 DO some
I pitching TO make the coat wear through
three OF four years. but the quality IS il
[ rhe gods 10 last for a long time what
we viii need IS help in The pitching de-
T partment. and the rest Of The team VIII
do It's share Of the work for many more
( battles
{ Why should any one say that Wallace
OF Williams or Ferris has Just about
/ reached the end OF his careere Unless
something unforeseen happens you viii
I see these three fellows playing ball Eve
f. years from now. with just about The
same sped as they 90 to-day They arS
not old IN years. and every year thar
takes OF a bit OF their speed adds just
! that much 10 their experience
I We have two or three young pitchers
/ this season who are only beginners AZ The
game Another season and Graham.
I Bailey. and Criss are likely TO rank high
with the pitchers OF the league IN
T doUbtedly, we viii pick up another live
I one OF two during the next TWO seasons
I and then when Powell Diueeu. Wa6deL
and Howell have finished their work thess
youngsters VIII have been developed in1c
( genuine major leaguers-
We certainly picked live one &
/ Schweitzer for the Outfeld, and stone is
still young IN the game and should De
good FOR ten years, should he care tC
{ play baseball thar long Hoffman IS stiI
young and Charlie Jones IS far from
/ aged HartzeH gives promise OF being
{ regular player from now on, so you car
{ see that Il will take q youugster OF al
most sUperhUman powers 10 crowd ont
/ any Of these fellows next year
Team Is Improving.
I IN my opinion We will have a better
I team next year than this. It IS almost
/ certainty that We viii have more pitch
Z ing strength when our young pitchers viii
J have proflted by a years experience.
/ Then the balance OF the team viii have
Z become accustomed 10 one another sc
they viii work with even more unity thar
they DO this season Last spring We hunt
ed for a first baseman TO take the place OF
Tom Jones, and Of late have been won
dering what we were thinking Of Tom
has classed with the best Of them this
year by having q brainy set OF players
20 work with, and al present I can hardly
see any reason 70 hunt another man 70.
his place next year
But baseball IS a speculative game.
It IS a guess in many ways. and II a feI-
low guesses wrong his team may bust
Just as the New York club when ClaTs
Griffith picked the wrong combination tu
I his trading last winter. However. I fee
satisfied that We have secured a squad
that VIII last There IS harmony in the
club, and I have never handled a squad
of players that pulled together as The
Browns are doing this year. As long as
this exists I am not going 20 worry be-
cause three OF four Of my players have
begun 10 gather gray hairs and lose q
little OF the elasticity OF their step. When
they lose the power OF their throwing
arms and begin 20 walk with canes. t1ec
will think 1t high time 20 replace them
with younger material Until then. the
Browns VIII stand as they are, but We
Will always keep looking for the I've
youngsters throughout the country and
VIII always have them on hand. building
them Up 10 take the places Of the old
stars that Father Time IS bound 70 con
Quer some day"