Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05
CHANGE OF SCENERY
HELPS ALL PLAYERS
Many Men Do Better Work
When Placed in New
Surroundings.

Chicago, June - Ball players, like
travelling men, ofttimes do better work
| when placed in new surroundings says
| Clarence Beaumont, who has been play
| ing steady outfield in fast company for
| many Years. Certainly there is a lot of
| truth in the saying that a change of
| scenery is good for the health. I know
this is especially true i'll my case. Hav-
| ing been a member Of the Pittsburg club
when that organization was at the top, or
! Whereabouts, fer several years. / know the
feeling that overcomes a player when,
through the medium CT the trade, he is cut
adrift TO cast his lot with a club that
| stays far down in the race year after
, year. That's why l am bending my every
energy to help the Cubs this season, for
| it is like old times TO be with a strong,
| winning team.
| Some star players. becoming dissat-
| iSfied with their surroundings, have been
known to play possum, or to soldier on
the JOB, in order to hasten changes which
might result in their being sent to other
clubs. Generally the bad actor draws a
severe reprimand or a fine from the man
ager All this merely inspires the player
to a heavier crouch, he commits costly
errors, and finally is turned over to an
! other club. +
"A few weeks later, chances are. the
man who engineered the deal hears that
the player who drew the yellow slip has
been hitting like a tiend, or playing bril-
liantly, far above the best work he had
given the club from which he was
traded.
THE Boston club has been particularly
hit in this respect in recent years. Take
! the cases OF Pat Moran and Tom Need
ham, both former members OF the Boston
club. Both were cut loose at the in
rfn Of Nr,1,r Ypn p0S
them too slow for the National League
Today they are holding jobs with clubs
that stand far above Boston in the same
/! league. At about the same time Jimmy
Slagle. a star outfielder. was deemed
too slow for Boston, and was allowed
to go to the Cubs. AS in the case OF
others, Slagle blossomed into a terror,
remaining with the Chicago club unul a
year ago, when he was sent to Baltimore.
-Four years ago, when Kitty Brans-
, field was supposed to be in poor form,
Fred Clarke put through deal whereby
the iron man was sent to the Phllies.
Ever since Bransfed has been playing
bail that shows him to be far from an
oldtimer.
Dave Shean, now playing second for
J Boston, is another hish-class man who
was dropped early in his career, to later
win a regular Job with another club. He
IS clever in putting the bail on a run
ner, a clean fielder, hard hitter, and fast
! on the bases. Shean was with Connie
Mack's Athletics for a while in 1907, but
later got MS release. going to the TIT
State, where he remained until snapped
UP by silly \ urray of the Philies.
Several former members of the New
York American League club have played
in brilliant form since going 10 other
clubs There's George Moriarty, now or
third base for the Detroit club, and he
looks to be 30 per cent better with the
champions than when a member of the
Hlghlanders Jake Stahl has improved
wonderfully with the Boston Red Sox.
Tom Jones, also of the Tigers, is a
former st. Louis Brown, and he seems to
be enjoying a new lease on life in the
| City OF Straits.
Jennings has made few mistakes as
things have parned out but to err is
! only common. 1t was one Of Hughey' S
| dickerS that enabled the Cubs to eventu-
ally secure Jimmy Archer. Jennings also
gave Ira Thomas. a former backstop, to
| the Athletics, where he is now doing fine
| work.
THE Cubs have a number of players
who couldn't show to their best advan-
! tage while wearing the uniforms of other
clubs in the major leagues. Overall, after
quitting Cincinnati rapidly jumped up
! among the topnotchers. Mordecai Brown
also developed into a sensational pitcher
| after leaving ST Louis, while Sheckard
/ has been going at top speeu ever since he
| laid aside his Brooklyn uniform.
Hard to Decide.
It's hard proposition for manager
| to look over a player in a week or ten
| days and then announce his decision as
| to whether or not he will do on the club.
/ That's one of the troubles that confront
| the manager on the spring training trip.
Considering the number of players man.
| ager has to select from. 1t is small Won
| der he misses one Or two.
There is the case Of the late Frank
Seee, who won several pennants with his
Boston club. and afterward nodded the
Chicago Cubs. Selee never could forget
| that he once passed up Napoleon Lajoie
| and sent the great Frenchman from Bos-
| ton back to the minors. 1t was Selee who
developed such stars as Tenney. Long.
Collins and Lowe, and it certainly did
| prey on his mind when he read of Larry s
great hitting shortly afterward.
Various agencies enter into the dis
| satisfaction of a player. thereby hasten
| ing his desire to seek other surroundings.
| He may be suffering from some unusual
mental or nervous strain. Or perhaps he
| is the outs with some of his fellows.
| and his playing is thereby affected All
| of these things can be remedied in iiffy
| If the manager only realizes where the
root Of the trouble is located.
1T has to be a case of snap picking
! sometimes in the deals that pass over the
base ball checkerboard, and even the
| base ball genius cannot always see the
star in the making"