The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
mont Of young players that raises TIL

Fans get impatient during the on
senaon and wonder why this and tnat
manager does not make deals that
VIII bring good men to help in the
sica1 to think that manager Is GO
Ing to trade a good player II he can
avoid ". Good players are scarce. II
would BIO just as foolish to trade q
| sood player for a poor player. Ths
logical conclusion, therefore, tB that
/ players must be developed.
Youngsters Win Pennant.
4 When Baltimore won the pennant
many years ago the team was laugh-
ed ct when the season started. Ned
I Hanlon had a lot Of untried young.
sters on the bench in the persons OF
/ McGraw, jennings, Keller and Kelley.
\ They all suddenly developed and be.
came wonders.
| The old timers OF the famous team
merely served as balance power,
II was these four youngsters who won
| the penrants.
| When tho Giants won their flrs,
pennant under McGraw 1t was due to
the unexpected development of Arthur
/, Dcvlin as wonderful third baseman
, and "a hard hitter At the same time
Roger Bresnahan came to the front
as great catcher as we'll as q hard
4 hitter. That wonderful increase in
| playing power with veterans like Dom
Hin, McGnnn, Daflcn. Browne and Gill
/ bert to back them up sent the Giants
to the top like a shot.
Y Chicago followed on the heels OF the
/ Giants as champions from the sudden
development OF Miner Brown as a
great pitcher. He had worked In St.
Louis before, but had never been re-
\ gnrded as a wonderful artist in the
box Then Johnny Eyer,s suddenly
poked his head above all others as a
second basenan and a thinker on the
base lInes Joe Tinker was on the 9th
Ter side Of the diamond to hold him IN
! balance. Up went the Cubs, and to-
1 ward the end Of the season the PEN
nant became easy.
| A trade also helped Chicago, in that
lit gave them stienfcldt at third and
(! sheckard in left field. These two
/, veterans held things safe while the
youngsters forged to the top.
/ Chicago's strength lasted for three
years. and then the machinery began
Ito break down The first cog in that
wonderful wheel to drop was king
4 The rhythm OF this thing was gone
4 Archer was substituted, but patched
4, machine, as rule, never runs as well
as tho original combination.
\ Pittsburg rose the first time On the
/ shoulders of Hana Wagner, Tommy
i Leach and Fred Clark. With the
4 same men on the team it fell. Their
ireturn to the championship last sea-
son was the result OF the sudden and
! unexpected development of young
4 talent Hyatt came forward as a
4 great pinch bitter AMI Adams stepped
lout as pitching marvel. Toward the
Il end of the season Adams practically
carried the Pittsburg team on his
4 shoulders In the early part of the
season he was used as game saver.
What he did during the worlds series
/ is we'll known.
AS further proof OF the assertion
!, that 1t is the development of young
sters that brings team out of the rut
We might point to the Boston Ameri-
cans. From the bottom they came up
on the shoulders Of Speaker This
youngstcr proved himself one of the
best hitters that ever broke into the
/, big leagues. and II was due to this
sudden development OF strength that
the Boston Americans began to climb
The Philadelphia Americans took
: "a sudden shot upward upon the
, strength of Eddie Collins and Pitche,
Krause. When the Athletics appeared
actually felt sorry for them. Connie
Mack had a lot OF bush leaguerss
.. on his hands. and for a while they
most certainly played picturesque
brand of bush league ball. But
when the youngsters began to develop
the team was in the fight for the pen
nant.
Trades are all right in their way
but after all the manager must pick
his pennant winning ammunition from
the bush leagues"