The daily sentinel., 1910-04-29
MEN WHO PLAY
ON LOCAL TEAM

The past several days comment in
baseball circles has been frequently
heard to the effect, who are the
young players that Manager Moore
head has been signing up of late and
where did they ever play before2"
and as is always the case with a large
number of fans unless a player has
been secured from large town or a
fast club the verdict is instantly pro-
nounced that he is of small account,
but history of baseball and of our
own experience bellies this conclusion.
Take for example Mcneil, one of
the star players of last year. Until
he signed with the Grand Junction
team he was almost unheard Of He
was picked up from the Lafayette,
| Colo, team, not a crack team by any
/ means, and what was the result.
/ From the first he won a home with
the Grand Junction rooters and today
/ he is playing top-notch ball with the
| st. Joseph league team. Woolums,
/ first sacker of last year is a second
| instance. He played with Trinidad
and was considered one of their poor
est players. He got in bad at the
start, did not take well with the
/ crowd and the result was that he was
! roasted to such an extent that he lost
| heart and went from bad to worse.
| until at last he jumped at a chance
| to sign with Grand Junction at
| small salary. The pleasing atmos-
| phere in Grand Junction, a captain
who understood his players and
| chance to begin over. did all that was
needed for him. When he came he
could not have hit the bleachers with
a bunch of lath or the water If he
had fallen out of boat, but in no
time he was one of the best men on
the team and Grand Junction would
be more than pleased to get him
back this year, but there is small dan
ger of his coming; he is making good
in faster company.
Those who know Grand Junction
Jimmy Moorehead" would never
recognize him as Trinidad Jimmy
| Moorehead," but he tells this story
on himself and those who followed
that team closely-a a few years ago
know it is true.
At Trinidad he met about the same
fate as Woolums; he simply couldn't
connect. The papers roasted him,
the fans howled in derision when he
came to bat and the bleechers made
remarks about his getting a scoop
SnuNel, DOTTOWlnS some more DalS,
striking in earnest, etc. He lost
heart and couldn't hit at all At his
first opportunity he left Trinidad and
went to the Colorado Springs Zoos.
Local fans know the rest of the story
He became at once the hardest hitter
in the state and ever since he has
been known as the best pinch hitter
in Colorado. He well earned the
sobriquet of "Homerun Moorehead''
and Goldsworthy. who was then man
ager of Grand functions team de-
cided to sign him at any cost and
when the Zoos broke up Goldy signed
him and he has been the star batter
and fielder of the local team from
that time on.
1t is the same way in the big leag-
ues, certain players must play to-
gether, under certain manager and
representing certain crowd. A
square peg will not fit in round
hole. neither Will a player play good
ball unless he is in the right club and
under the right manager.
| Moorehead is as good a judge of
players as any of them and if he
elects to get player who has never
been in a city the size of Durham,
Colo, or is not over 1 2 years old, the
writer is willing to trust to his judg-
ment and one thing is sure, no player
will stay on the Grand Junction nine
| this year who does not make good
no fayOrites go with Jimmy"