Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-07
REMNANTS ARE WON
BY bush LEACUERS'
Base Ball History Shows That
the Young Players Really
Land the PIumS.
By Bozeman Bulger.

The cry for trades and the clamor for
new talent in base ball grows louder
as the teams have begun to announce
| their. spring training plans and the anx-
iety of the fans will continue to grow
until news begins to dribble III from
the south In two more weeks the
! Giants leave for Marlin and week later
| the Hghlanders hike off for Georgia. At
/ the same time Brooklyn starts her an
nual pilgrimage to Hot Springs. And
none of them has made trades that will
/ upset the nation.
| Outside of the acquisition of Criger by
! the Highlanders no trades have been
made for the reason that nothing of
value was on the market.
II connection with this c!amor for
! winter trades it might be we'll for the
| fans to bear in mind that single player
developed by any one team will do more
toward winning pennant than all the
trades in the world.
/ The base ball public is often msed
by what is supposed to be great
)! advantage in winter trades. AS a rule
and base ball history will prove it. these
! midwinter deals have had comparatively
: little influence on the winning of pen
| nants. 1t is the development of young
| players that raise the flags.
Fans Get Impatient.
| Fans get impa tient during the off-sea-
| sond and wonder why this and that man
ager does not make deals that will
| bring good men to help in the winning
! of pennant. 1t is nonsensical to think
| that manager is going to trade off a
coed player If he can avoid it. Good
players are scarce. 1t would be just
| ltCi, 70 ysol In Sy.nnI Ia hp. q
it would be to trade for bad player.
| The logical conclusion. therefore. is
| that players must be developed.
| If base ball lovers will so back over
! that every pennant has been won by the
| unexpected development of young play
| ers. Ninety-eight per cent Of the base
ball players of the big leagues are in
diamond is concerned. The sudden ac-
| QUESTION OF star player gives team
| that much increase in playing ability
and in season of 14 games the added
| power will count enough in percentage
| to carry the team over the mark. That
is the way pennants are won. and if this
statement is doubted there are plenty
Of facts to prove 1t.
When Baltimore won the pennant many
years ago the team was laughed at when
| the season started. Ned Hanon had a
| lot of untried youngsters on the bench
in the persons of McGraw, Jennings.
Keller and Kelley. They all suddenly
developed and became wonders.
The old-timers of that famous team
merely served as a balance power. 1t
was these four youngsters who won the
remnants. Their strength lasted for four
years and they kept on winning. The
team then disintegrated and the power
vanished.
Devlin Won for Giants.
| When tho Giants won THAR fret nan
nant under McGraw it was due to the
unexpected development of Arthur DevIin
as a wonderful third baseman and a
hard hitter. At the same time Roger
Bresnahan came to the front as a great
catcher as well as a hard hitter. That
wonderful increase in playing power. with
veterans like Donlin, McGann, Dahlen,
Browne and Gilbert to back them up, sent
the Giants to the top like shot. The
| next year they were still strong enough
to win The old fellows finally began to
drop out and away went the strength.
| Chicago followed on the heels of the
Giants as champions from the sudden
great pitcher. He had worked in ST.
Louis before. but had never been re-
garded as wonderful artist in the box.
Then Johnny Evers suddenly poked his
head above all others as second base
man and thinker on the base lines.
Joe Tinker was on the other side of
| the diamond to hold him in balance I'd
| went the Cubs, and toward the end of
| the season the pennant became easy. A
| trade also helped Chicago, in that 1t gave
them Steinfeldt at third and Sheckard
| in left field. These two veterans held
| things safe while the youngsters forged
| to the top.
| Chicagos strength lasted for three
years. and then the machinery began to
break down. The first cog in that Won
derful wheel to drop was King The
rhythm of. the thing was gone. Archer
was substituted, but a patched up ma
chine. as a rule, never runs as we'll as
| the original combination.
Adams to the Front.
Pittsburg rose the first time on the
shoulders of Hans Wagner, Tommy
Leach and Fred Clarke. With the same
| men on the team 1t fell. Their return
to the championship last season was the
result of the sudden and unexpected de-
| velopment of young talent Hyatt came
forward % great pinch hitter and
Adams stepped out as pitching marvel.
Toward the end of the season Adams
practically carried the Pittsburg club
on his shoulders. In the early part OF
the season he was used as a game saver
that is, he was always sent in at the
finish when his predecessor was weaken
ing. In that way they discovered his
did during the worlds series is well
known.
AS further proof of the assertion that
it is the development of youngsters that
brings team out OF the rut we might
point to the Boston Americans. From
ders of Speaker. This youngster proved
himself one of the best hitterS that ever