Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-03-09
new BASEBALL
PHENOMENONS.
Training Camp Echoes Tell Of
Great Work by Youngsters.
M'GRAW HAS some GOOD ONES
Manager of New York Nationals Says
Five of His Recruits Look Like Com
ers-5rookIyn Has Two Corkers.
Chance Sweet on Vic Safer.
BY TOMMY CLARK.

/ ny 1ON1ElI GLANhs
The annual season for talk of won
derful baseball finds" is on, and on
strong. Reports emanating from the
training camps tell of the number of
pocket editions of Wagner, Cobb,
Lajoie and Mathewson that have been
found-wonderful batters, feeders and
base runners. They will surely set
the diamond afire the coming season,
say the correspondents.
The strange part of it is that the
teams which have not stood high in
the pennant race last year or the year
before are the ones which have the
greatest number of finds" on paper
OF course the leading clubs have some
recruits, too, who are said to be the
equal of the stars.
Manager McGraw of the Giants has
become very Sweet on Outfielder
Jack Johnston, Pitchers Harry Rusten-
haven and Big Bill' Tesreau and In
fielders Fullerton and 81 Forsythe. 1t
is believed that the Little Napoleon"
will hang on to this entire quintet.
Their work at Marlin Springs, Tex,
has been exceedingly good, far above
the average recruits brand, and Nc
Graw is confident that with a years
experience every one of them will he
ripe for a regular berth. And it is not
unlikely that all of them will have per-
manent positions this season.
Bill Dahlen of Brooklyn says he has
two wonders in Mack Owen, a pitcher,
and Lejeune, an outfielder. Dahlen
thinks the latter is a future star par
excellence. Bill also says his young
pitcher has everything a twirler should
possess, including that great essential,
control.
Manager Chance says he has great
bunch of youngsters to help out his
veterans this season. The peerless
leader seems to have gone daft over
Vic Safer, his young first baseman.
Correspondents say Chance thinks so
well of the youngster that he may be-
come a. bench manager this season and
let the youngster hold down the initial
sack. Chance has several crack young
pitchers. Among them are Kirwan,
Cooke, Toney and Weaver. All are
good ones and will make Brown, Reul-
bach and Overall look to their laurels.
Pittsburg has several phenoms at
Hot Springs. Clarke thinks that Hunt
er, his new first baseman, will fill that
weak spot on his infield in great shape.
Manager Hugh Duffy Of the Chicago
Americans says he has one of the finds
Of the year in Tex Jones. The latter
is talked of now as a possible first
baseman of the Sox next season.
Players at Mineral Springs, Tex, pre-
dict he will be the sensation of the
American league this season.
Cleveland, st. Louis, Boston, New
York and Detroit also have a number
Of recruits who may develop into stars
with more seasoning.
While all the dope sent out from the
training camps of the clubs proves
very interesting to the fans, the truth
of the matter is that the majority of
these so called phenoms explode early
in the season and before midyear have
slipped back to where they came from.
OF course there are exceptions, and
several good ones are found every sea-
son, but the major portion Of them
drift back.