Norwich bulletin., 1910-03-18
BALL PLAYERS COME BACK.
The Exception to the Rule in Sports
 Moore, Street and Cy Morgan as Proofs.

Can the star ball player almost ready to join the down-and- club, show a
 time win back his place as a stellar attraction?
 It's the history of sportdom that the percentage of comebacks is greatly in the minority. It is also true that more
 men labeled all in as ball players come back to old time form than in any other branch of athletics. Fighters | who have once received their quietus over the knockout route rarely regain the confidence and class that made ] them championship contenders After being once beaten and showed into the ranks of the also rans few athletes are able to win back the honors and title | that made them famous.
 If there is any exception to the rule | that athletes cannot come back after repeated reverses, baseball offers it. A perusal of the averages of the National l and American leagues for 1909 dis l closes this fact.
 | Several years ago, while a member | of the Cleveland club. Earl Moore, l CTS in the American league. suffered | an injury to his left foot. Moore, | while playing the infield one day fin practice, was struck on the instep by | tie attention was paid to the injury, | but later it became so serious that some of the country's most noted spe- cialiSts were called to attend him. The | injury caused Moore to become almost l fat-footed and so weakened the mem Der that he was unable to throw any
 weight on the left foot when delivering | the ball.
 Naturally because of the weakened condition of the left foot Moore was unable to take the long stride that he ! usually did when sending the ball to | the batter, it interfered greatly with his speed. and because he was com pelled to practically change his entire style of pitching he lost control of the ball.
 For over a year Moore tried every known remedy and appliance that might strengthen the weakened instep. apparently all fin vain. It was not long before everyone was. pronouncing Moore as all in, down nd out. Some critics were very uncertain as to whether CT not Earl would be able to deliver in the minors. Evidently the
 Cleveland club entertained like opin- ion, for Moore was disposed of to the New York Americans in exchange for Walter Clarkson. After a brief trial with New York, Moore was ticketed to minor league berth in the Eastern league.
 The once famous twirler was surely on the toboggan. and it was up to him to deliver or keep on a sliding. Evi- dently it was just the opportunity he had been waiting for. Strength re- turned to his foot, he began to deliver the ball in the style that made him a terror to American league batsmen, and
 
 sand on the toboggan to stop any fur ther movement toward the bottom. With a club that finished a near last, Moore averaged better than 300 and famed better than six men per game.
 Manager Billy Murray of the Phila- delphia National league team decided that Moore had come back. and before the close of the Eastern league season men in particular. Last year Moore won Jersey City club. It didn't take Moore long to convince everybody that he had come back, the National league batsmen in particular. Last year Philadelphia team, a percentage con- siderably better than that attained by the club he represented.
 Not so many years ago Charley | Street was given a chance by the Gin | cinnatj club of the National league to i demonstrate his ability as a catcher. l For some reason or other Street failed | to impress the manager of the Cincin- | knockout in the shape of release without any strings attached. Street recovered soon after the count of ten had sounded and in a few short years worked himself back to the American league for a trial He joined the club and inside of a few weeks demonstrated beyond a ques- tion of doubt that he was real big ing ever since. Today he is reckoned as one of the very best catchers in 1 the American league. Street came back with & vengeance.
 Perhaps no player has had a more unique career than Cy Morgan, now d member of the Philadelphia Americans Up until two years ago Morgan was the property of the St. Louis American eague club. For three years previous Morgan's name always appeared on the -oster of the Browns team. Each spring he would report and usually would start one or two games, and hen be shipped back to St. Paul in he American association.
 Manager McAleer, then in charge Of he St. Louis club. was certain that Morgan had the stuff to stick in fast company, but the fans refused to be of the fact. Just as soon as Morgan would step on the rubber the :rowd would get after him, and 1t wouldn't be very long until he was on l he way to the clubhouse It became vfdent to McAleer that Morgan would lever do as St. Louis player and he vas sold to the Boston Americans 1. Morgan then proceeded to make good 'erhaps no victory ever pleased him nore, than the one he scored against It, Louis on his first appearance in hat city after drawing his release. 1e shut the Browns out, l to 0, hold . nG them down to Something like two its. For some reason or other Boston raded Morgan to Connie Mack last ear. and it was mighty good thing or the leader of the Athletics, as Nor .xf Sx. sl~>