The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-27
RECRUITING THE BALL TEAMS
NOW BIG LEAGUE CLUBS HAVE
BEEN PUT TOGETHER.'

BEEN PUT TOGETHER.'
Cases where Success In Making Deals Has
Been Largely Responsible for . win
ming Combination = Importance Of the
scoat-seasoned vs.. Youns Players.
Some baseball clubs 60 along for years
trying, air sorts OF ways to get hold Of
team and fail; some. on tho other hand.
r either, lucky or judioious in getting
hold Of the. right material and soon strike
a winning combination. All have to take
chances, and long chances. on new mon
making good and be ready to risk money
In landing them. The scouting business
has come to be- an important part Of base-
ball recruiting, and something depends
on the ability of the scout, which in his
case is Judgment in knowing a ball player
when he sees him. A scout who can un-
earth M first class man a eason for a
major league team earns his pay.
Big league players are had by purchase
or draught from the minor leagues.
deals with other big league clubs. by tax
ing a man after some other team has cast
him off. and once in a great while by
picking him up from the vacant lots.
Once the material Is rounded up 1t rests
with the manager to get the baseball
out Of It,, and managers also have to be
on the lookout for material.
The policy Of two clubs. the New York
and Boston Americans. this season, has
been notably Of reconstruction. with
what success the future must tell. but
in their case a necessary policy. Every
club always is looking to strengthen;
mono can afford to stand still in that re-
gard. It requires constant and careful
planning. keen foresight and q thorough
understanding of what additions are
needed to obtain component parts which
viii weld in with the present component
parts to create q strong whole.
The present New York National League
club has been put together by a combina-
ton of oleverly engineered deals and
securing OF young players from the
minor leagues. hridwell and Tenney.
both OF whom have added strength to
the team. were had In a deal Of players
with the Boston Nationals. Murray.
Schlei and Raymond were had in a deal
with st. Louis, the crack Bresnahan
being parted with TO get them. Mar
guard, Meyers. O'Hara and Doyle were
obtained by purchase from the minors
and represent a big outlay OF money.
Devlin. one Of the most valuable young
sters ever picked up, was bought from
the Newark club. and Herzog is another
man direct from the minors. Seymour
came from the Cincinnati club after
having been with New York once be-
fore. aud Mathewson. Wiltse, Ames and
Crandall came to the Giants from minor
league teams. Under the able guidasoe
OF McGraw, most Of these men have
developed to their present ability since
joining the New York club.
= The deal element has not cut much
figure in the building up Of the New York
American League team. Keller and
CHESHIRE, for instance, are original men,
beers OF the team. They came here in
1908 when the local American League
team was launched. They were grabbed
from the National League in war time.
Glade, Niles and Hemphill came in a
deal with st. Louis. Niles is with the
team no more. while Glade has been OF
practically no service to the Highlanders.
Cree and Warhop were turned over by
Detroit in payment for New York giving
Moriarty to Detroit. Hughes and
Brockett were turned yer to New York
by Boston largely as a matter Of courtesy.
Kid Elberfeld came here through a deal
several years ago.
Laporte, once before with New York.
was traded back to the local club by
Boston. A majority Of the players, how
ever, came straight from the minors
Quinn, Manni ng. Mcconnell. Doyle.
Kleinow, Blair, Sweeney and Chase. The
last named wa the b est find the New Y ork
club ever made and was discovered in
California and sold to the New Yorks.
Vaughn came from a college team.
Across the bridge in Brooklyn the policy
OF recent years has been TO seek new tim
Der chiefly in the minor leagues. 80 far
II hasn't borne very luscious fruit. Some
good players have got away from Brook
fyn BY deals, but few have been taken
in. Jordan. Alperman, Lennox, Hummell.
Mcmillan, Lumley. Kustus, Bergen, Dunn,
McIntire and Seaman are all minor league
recruits. Buroh was taken on after st.
Louis had discarded him INC has been
a valuable man for The team. Marshall
is another who had had big league ex-
perienoe.
Direct from the minor leagues the
Boston Americans got such a promising
man as Speaker, n OF the best young
sters OF the year. also Mcconnell, the fast
young second baseman; Lord. Carrigan.
Ciootte. French Arellanes, Wagner and
Hooper. Gessler had been In the big
leagues before, while Jake Stahl was had
In a trade with New York. Thoney,
Cheoh, Wolter. Spencer, Gessler and
Schlitzer have all been with other big
league teams for a short while.
Veterans and youngsters make up the
wabbly Boston National League aggrega-
ton. Ritchey, Bowerman. Dahlen, Beau.
mont and Harry Smith. had by deals and
trades, are old timers in the service.
while Starr and Ferguson, comparative
younestes, were with other big league
teams before going to the Doves. Becker.
Beck, Stem Aubrey, Bates. Tuskey, White.
Lindaman and Matterp have practically
been developed by the Boston club,
while Mccarthy served q brief term az
pitcher with the Pittsburg team. Former
Pittsburgers figure ~conspicuously in the
formation Of the Boston team.
The strong Pittsburg team secured
one OF its mainstays in the box, Victor
Willis, In q deal with Boston. but has OBJ
tanned a great deal Of its strength by look
ing elsewhere than to big league asso-
ciates. Barney Dreyfuss Is q fine judge
OF q young player himself and has an able
lieutenant in Fred Clarke. Clarke
through all his long big league career
has been steadily with Dreyfuss. first In
Louisville, then In Pittsbu re; -
Tommy Leach and Hans Wagner; at least
- l,oaxr apn,oh fp uo for md Uet them