The Washington herald., 1910-02-27
TAKES TWO YEARS
TO DISCOVER A FIND

First-year baseball stars do not always
thrive It takes two or three consecutive
seasons of success to see whether a find
is really a top-notcher or If he is only a
flash in the pan. says an exchange.
Last season saw an unusual number Of
one-year ''phenoms." Managers win be
on Uneasy street until the first few
months OF the campaign have passed to
md out where they really stand in re-
gard to their material
Konetehy, first baseman OF the cardi-
mails. has made a steady advance, and as
he has been through two years fire must
he counted upon to fulfil expectations.
Left Fielder Ellis, on the other hand, is
what is termed a phenom, and another
complete season must be played to ad-
vantage before the ''Rube'' can be classed
as tested Griggs, Of the Browns, is in
the same boat.
II really takes two or three seasons to
justify the building OF triumphant arches
TO a heavy hitter or a reliable fielder.
Any city which changes the name of its
principal thoroughfare to that of its sea-
sons ind in baseball may discover itself
in bad. for the first-year marvel may be
playing for East st. Louis in the new
Northern Association.
New stars Often Fail.
Many one-year men in seasons past
have disappointed. and it takes every bit
Of two seasons 10 tag a man with a star
label. In addition TO Smith. Frisk. Thiel-
man. Nordyke, and Otto Williams, St.
Louis has seen other phenoms who looked
like world heaters blow up Al Schweit-
ger. of the Browns, Is by no means GER
tain 10 come back though he may. Ger
tainly everybody wishes the Cincinnati
lad we'll It is even likely that Schweitzer
may show the form that he did Ia 1908,
when as a first-year man he hit .2s3 and
performed as well as any veteran out
fielder In the game AIS leg went 10 the
bad before the season ended and he was
OF little use last year. Next year he will
be an experiment, and though he may
make the team. It Is by no means a GER
tainty.
Danny Shay. raw with Kansas City, OF
the American Associations, Is another In
stance of such a case. He was brought
to the Cardinals from the Stockton team
.of the Coast and performed brilliantly
for period He was traded later to the
Giants along with Spike" Shannon and
$4,000 for Mertes and Marshall. McGraw
held on to the Californian for a short
time and then turned him adrift. Last
year he landed the managerial berth of
the Kansas City Blues. and viii continue
in that capacity the ensuing season
Bobert, of Cincinnati. was rated in
baseball Bradstreet's as q $4,000 man
after marvellous season. Hermann
could have gotten almost any man In the
league in trade for the speedy German,
and he was hailed as a counterpart of
Hans Wagner. Heine slumped, though.
and his batting average shrunk like a
flannel shirt after a hard days wash.
Nichols Fell Down.
Nichols, formerly of the Athletics, and
recently traded 10 Cleveland for Goode.
is another instance, as is the man who
figured on the other end Of the trade In
1907 Nichols looked like the coming fielder
of the game. and he was good enough 10
send Monte Cross, one Of the most sensa-
tional fielders the shortstop position has
ever known. to the minors. The follow
ing campaign Nichols work looked like