Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
GOOD SCOUTS Will
SAVE LOTS OF MONEY
George Huff Never Paid Over
$1,000 for a Player, and
He Nabbed Stars.

CHICAGO. June 25.-In the course Of a
recent conversation with George Huff,
the latter told Bob Hedges. president of
the Browns. that he never paid more
than s1,2eO for a young ball player
While scouting for the Boston Americans
and Chicago Nationals HUFF picked up
such brilliant players as Iris Speaker.
Eddie Reulbach. Carl Lundgrens Artie
Hoffman and other stars of the national
game.
Hedges says that Huff is still under
contract to scout for the Chicago Cubs.
Huff is the physical director of Illinois
University. and spends the summer
months searching the minor leagues for
promising talent. Huff and Sam Ken
nedy of Cleveland and Tommy Mccarthy
of Cincinnati are considered the cleverest
scouts in base ball. Kennedy worked for
Connie Mack up to this year. He is
credited with having secured Harry
Krause. Eddie Collins. Frank Baker and
Jack Barry, the shortstop. These four
players blossomed into stars last year
and boosted Kennedy's stock as a scout
to such an extent that Charlie Somers of
Cleveland took him away from Connie
Mack.
Somers is one of the most liberal club
owners in the business when it comes to
spending money for young players, and
with the Cleveland owners support.
Kennedy will doubtless land a bunch of
desirable talent for the Napoleons.
Mccarthy a Good One.
Tommy Mccarthy is credited with hav-
ing discovered nearly all the speedy
youngsters now with the Cincinnati team
Mccarthy has been scouting for Herr
mann for several years. Tommy PLAYED
with Charlie Comiskey's ST. Louis Browns
twenty-five years ago, and will be remem-
oered as one of the smertest players of
his day.
Mccarthy. Bid McPhee and Tommy
Corrigan are credited with having dis
covered Bescher Paskert. Mike Mitchell,
Egan, Downey and Hoblitzel. The Gin
cinnati team is composed principally of
young bail players, none of whom has
been in the major leagues more than
three years, with the exception of Me-
Lean, Lobert, Beebe and Fromme.
Taking this years work as a criterion
the most successful scouts in base ball
are the men who picked up the young
sters who have landed the Highlanders
at the top of the heap in the American
League.
Frank Farrell has three clever base ball
men thrashing through the tall grass for
young ball players. Arthur Irwin Is the
chief New York scout, with Duke Farrell
and Eugene Mccain as his assistants.
Irwin was the star shortstop of the
Providence and Philadelphia National
League teams Of twenty-five years ago.
Duke Farrell was the star catcher of
teams of twenty years ago. Mccain man
aged the Jersey City Eastern League
team before he went to work for Farrell.
Yankees String.
Irwin, Farrell and Mccain picked up
Jim Vaughan. Russell Ford, Foster,
Roach, Frll, Mitchell and other new
men with the Highlanders. FrilI.
Vaughan and Ford are pitching sensa
tional ball for the Highlanders, and are
responsible for the present high position
of the team in the championship race.
Johnny McGraw of the Giants has
big string of scouts. Wilbert Robinson
and Dan Brouthers, veteran ball players;
Joe Gardner of the Dallas club, and Dick
kinsella of the Springfield Uil) team.
scout for McGraw. Gardner landed
Drucke and Fletcher fer New York.
Drucke is one of the most brilliant young
twirlers in the National League. Kin
seila recommended Larry Doyle to Nc
Graw. New York paid $4,000 for Doyle.
Ten times that money would hardly buy
his release today.
Hedges has seven scouts working for
him this year Charlie Barrett and
Harry Howell are two members of the
Browns scouting staff. The other five
are known only to their employer.
tity known, figuring that the men can
do better work under cover.
Talking about scouts, don't overlook
John n. McCloskey, who landed some
good men for the Cardinals. McClosEey
likes to look them over from the bleach
ers He picked up stars in the bushes.
notably Eddy Honey, Bobby Byrne, Bugs
Raymond. Arthur Fromme, Eddie kar
ger and Red Murray.
Murray Scouts for Dreyfuss.
Billy Murray discovered promising
young players for the Philadelphia Ma
tionals while he was managing the team.
Eddie Grant. the third-sacker: Lew
Moren Earl Moore and George Nc
CULLEN. Mike Doolin. the shortstop. and
Otto knabe. the second sacker, were all
picked up by Murray.
Like McCloskey, Murray could go out
ard pick up coed young ball player
never could make his team play win
ming ball. Murray, by the way, is now
scouting for Dreyfuss owner of the
Pittsburg team.
of the scouting for the Cardinals last
season. Gilbert found Howard Murphy
for Robson. Murphy cost the Cardinal
management $500. He proved a big
"bloomer," and Gilbert lost his position
Bresnahan discovered Lester Backman
over in Portsmouth, Ohio; Leon Kahn.
owner of the Shreveport team. found
Harmon for Bresnahan. Dick Kinsella
of Springfield advised Roger TO draft
Hauser. Robson picked up Bctcher
himself. Bresnahan bought RUDE Geyer
from Columbus. after seeing the big
pitcher in action.
Charlie Comiskey had the most ex-
pensfve staff of scouts i'm the business
last season, and is said to have spent a
least 100000 for new players Ted Sui
livan, the late Tom Lotus, Dannie Long