The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-26
SOMETHING OF YOUNGSTERS
 WHO ARE SHOWING IN MAJORS
BY w. S. TAI NsWoRTH

w. .. TAI
 New York, June 24.-Every spring new sessations bob up in the big leagues, but usually not one in fifty lasts over a month or five weeks. But scouts verify are nearly 100 newcomers in the Amer ican and National circuits now that ap- pear to have earned themselves perma- nent berths.
 Teams that didn't look any too promis- ing at the tail-end of last season have come back this year and are fighting for top honors. six months ago they were not given a look-in for anything better than the second division
 Probably the team that was most ben- cited by recruits was the Chicago White sox. Comiskey opened the money bag and sent his scouts out with orders to get stars, no matter what might be the cost. As a result Ping Bodie, Roy Cor han and Jimmy Callahan were induced to affix their John Hancocks to Chicago contracts.
 While Callahan is far from a novice, he did not play big league ball for about sfx years, so he must come under the
 
 'new men, list.
 And, it is Bodie and Callahan, both of whom are hitting over the 300 mark that are keeping the white-hosed ath- letes up in the American league race. Bode broke all home-run records last season, while in the Pacific Coast league when he completed the circuit 30 times without a stop
 Ping has developed into a perfect fielder too. When he first joined the White Sox Manager Duff stationed him in right | feld-the sun garden, and Bodie did not | look any too good. But Duffy soon real l ized what the trouble was and shifted Bodie to centerheld. Since then Ping has been making sensational catches with l regularity
 AS for Callahan, it must be said that he is every bit as fast as he was ten years ago, when the handsome one" was considered a bearcat. He is field ing his position in swell fashion, hitting like & fend and getting around the bases like ten-second man. There is only one trouble with him and that is his arm. Jimmy cannot throw any too far. The in feders are forced to back out into the field to relay his throws.
 | As for Corhan, let me remark that he is every bit as good as old Herman Long on spearing grassers at short and going up in the air for line drives that are tagged safe hits. He has great whip and time and again has gone over back of third, knocked down swats and | chucked far across to first in time.
 corhan hasn't done any hitting, to date, however. But he is being schooled by Manager Duffy, himself great bats man years ago, and the yongster is sure | to improve his stick work As soon as he stops swinging wildly at the ball and chokes his bat, punching his hits, he will be up among the 300 biffsters. The Chicago Cubs also picked up a great ball player in Jimmy Doyle, who | last season hung his hat is the Amer | ican association. When Frank Chance announced that Steinfeldt was on the market, fans the country over couldn't believe it. While the veteran third base man had been showing signs of hitting the downward path, nobody knew that Chance had youngster to fill his shoes.
 But Chance had seen Doyle perform and promised that the new man would turn l out to be a sensation And Doyle sure- ly was. He is not the finished defensive man that steinfeldt was, but he shows promise of developing into another Jim my Collins. But Doyle can handle the wagon tongue to perfection. Southpaws and right-hand twirlers all look the same to him.
 Although the Detroit Tigers have always been feared because of their clouting ability, critics did not give them a chance | on dope to win the pennant this season. All figured that, while the attack of Jen- nings' men could not be beaten, the team was not possessed of high-class twirlers. But foxy Jennings fooled lem all, for in Jack Lively his scouts unearthed l corking good spit-ball finger. who right now is about as classy as any wet de- | liverer in the league.
 The Boston Nationals, although Tar from real big league team, nave two l crackerjack youngsters in Miilar, out l fielder, and Ingerton, third baseman. NH lar shows promise of leading the league | in batting this season, while lhserIoI' is another powerful and heavy hit.er.
 Frank Chance passed Ingerton up TOT | Doyle and just now IL LOOKS iihe 'o'' | up between the pair.
 l cbar,ev Dooin and his Phillies have | been nlavipg A. brand of ball that IS Tar ahead of anything that was expected or them before the season opened. And one of inc men who deserves a. big boost for the Quakers' standing in the pennant race is young MT. Alexander, pitcher se- cured from the New York State league
 i)ooin has been working Alexander l ahout twice a week since the season opened, and the youngster hasn't failed vet to deliver the goods. Still, many be- ueve that Dooin is hurting the new man by hustling him so much, and fear he is likely to break down.
 Clark Griffith. who has been criticised for deals he has made, seems to have secured a live wire in Jimmy Esmond who last season played with the Jersey City team of the Eastern league. Esmond l played phenomenal ball around the key