Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-09-12
Gossip In TIE world
-of Sport


one man only. l do not know his name
or number, and l don't know where
he works or where he lives. But L
would recollect that face again, no mat
ter where / might encounter 1t, and
If we ever meet there is going to be
war, red war. al you blame me?"
900
"~Comebacks'' will be numerous at
the big league training camps next
spring. Not aged "comebacks' of he
class of Tom Hughes and Jimmy Cal
lahan. but youngsters and semi-vets
who were up before and failed to make
good because of inexperience or ac-
cidents. Their RELOCATION to the minors
did not mean that they did not have
the stuff in them. On the other mana,
ii simply meant that they We're not
quite ripe for the fastest company. A
recruit may be a star in ne minor
leagues but fail to know many OF the
things which are required of play
ers in the major circuits. Again, he
may develop a lame arm or suffer
some other mishap on the training
trip in his eager desire to show his
manager that he is really the goods.
Consequent he goes back to de-
velop. Well, there were many such
men pulled back by the draft or pur-
chase during the last few weeks.
| Cleveland has a bunch OF
them, seven of these, in fact.
Catcher O'NeilL of Worcester.
was an Athletic recruit, as was
Pitcher Collomore, of Scranton, n
Utility Player Hyde Barr. of New
Orleans. Third Baseman Manusch, OF
New Orleans, has been a
member of the New YORK
Giants. as we'll as the Athletics.
0utfelder Williams was with the
Browns last spring, while Catcher
Konnick, of Dayton, was given a trial
b, Cincinnati. Third Baseman Bunt-
ing. of Worcester. was taken south
by Brooklyn last spring.
900
Detroit gets a comeback" in Pitcher
! Dubuc. of Montreal, who vas with
Cincinnati for a season, Chicago gets
a pair in Pitcher Hovlik, formerly of
Washington, and Third Baseman
Rath. who was tried out by the Ath
letics and Maps. ST. louis will try out
First Baseman Danzig, Of Sacramento,
once with Boston, and Pitcher Brown,
of Akron. who was a Cincinnati re-
cruit a year ago
Washington gets First Baseman
Flynn, late of Pittsburg; Shortstop
Foster, formerly a Yankee, and Out
fielder Moeller, once with he Pirates.
Outfelder Beall, of Denver, bought
by Boston, was given a trial two
years ago by Comiskey, while of New
Yotk's recruits. Outfelder Osborne.
Mcconnell and Schlafy have all been
up before. But it's dollars to shoe
strings that Schlafy will not play
with the Yankees next season. Bron-
kie, of Toledo, is Connie Mack's only
recruit who has been tried by some
other big league.
There are more comeback" recruits
in the National League, the list be-
ing headed by Otto Hess, bought by
Boston. The Rustlers ave also hooked
First Baseman Houser, of I%ndianap-
oils, who used to be Harry Dayis's
understudy.
Brooklyn has taken the most men
who have been tried before. Among
Ebbetts's recruits are Paige, formerly
of the Giants and Maps; Infelder Reil-
ley, formerly of the White Sox; Out
fielder Welchonce, a former Philadel-
phia National; Vedder Sitton, once a
Nap; Pitcher Carmichael. tried by
Cincinnati; Earl Yingling, another ex-
Nap; Jerry Downs, with Detroit for
several years; Catcher Bob Higgins,
another former Nap, and Catcher
Shaw, a veteran who played with at
least four big league clubs before he
landed with Toronto.
Other National League "comebacks"
are Pitcher Maxwell, of New York;
Outfelder Hyatt, of P%ittsburg; Out
fielder Crayath. of Pittsburg: Infelder
kirke, of Boston; Pitcher O'Toole, of
Pittsburg; Outielder Northern, of Gin
c%innati, and Pitcher Compton, of Gin
cinnati.
Frank swayne returned Yesterday from