Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-10
VETERANS DOOMED.
:,
Army of Recruits Promises to
Crowd 0Id-Timers to Bench.
CUB TWIRLERS ARE AGING
Youngsters in Line to Take Jobs on
Regular Staff in Race
for Pennant.

CHICAGO. April 1o.-Breakers loon,
ahead for the major league vets" Slow
ly but surely the old-timers hailed a few
seasons ago among the truly greats are
slipping, and popular demand for new
faces. coupled with the degeneration OF
these same old idols. is working tremens
dous changes in both circuits. The time.
honored adage, 1T isn't what you were,
it's what you are today" is working over
time. and the season Of gloom is in full
blast.
There won't be any glazing shake-up In
the Cub troupe If "Husk" Chance makes
good his recent statement. The p. l..
seems content to stand pat and go
along with the battle-scarred warriors
who chung to him through thick and thin
and assisted in giving Chicago four Ma
tional League pennants in five thrilling
seasons II young talent is to be injected
into the betitled ranks the process will
be applied locally to the hurting staff.
Infield to Stand Pat.
To take il from Chance, the infield-one
of the greatest ever assembled under one
roof-will endure another season, all slams
at the faithful Steinfeldt to the contrary.
The outfield will "come back" and IL
looks like Sheckard, Schultz and Hoffman
for the ne best bet. Johnny king is
getting UP in years; so is Tom Needham,
but Jimmy Archer is still a sprightly
youth, and the p. L. is banking on no
changes In the windpad department.
At present sixteen fingers are lined up
to depart on the spring trip when the
team embarks for West Baden. OF the
lot five must be enlisted among the
grown-ups of the slab armament. Willis,
Brown and Pfester are the prize antiques.
all lowering around the thirty-three-year
marvel Of 1910. is merely stripping,
beardless child OF twenty-five according
to his own solemn oath.
Reulbach Again Hearty.
big Ed" Reulbach is fast nearing his
thirtieth year on earth. but Chance fig
ures the wild man to enjoy a rip-roarins
season Of it, now that the antitoxin treat
ments administered last spring have part
ed company with "Reulie's' system
As in the case of the Cubs. every other
club in the two major leagues is bur-
dened with venerable artists, and the club
owners seem loath to dispose of the stars
OF yesterday. These players are OF ines
Unable value to their respective teams I'm
more ways than one-otherwise they
couldn't stick to their jobs.
Endurance is grand quality in base
ball as well as in automobiling and pugi-
lism, but the best OF them must some day
fall for the count. Down at Pittsburg the
bugs are wondering what the future holds
for the athletic landmarks-to wit. Clarke
Wagner, Leach, Lever. Philippe ct 81.
All these hearties have basked in the
limelight for more than a decade.
Detroit has q bunch Of old scouts In
Crawford, Donovan, Mulhn and Dayy
Jones. while the worlds champion Mack
men have some aged boys in Davis. Bep-
der. Plank. Hartsel and Murphy. YsA
these grown-ups must stay on the job 70
lend the helping hand to newcomers who
stand in need of considerable uplift in
the finer points OF pastiming.
Wagner Saves Red Sox.
Charley Wagner. shortstop on the Bos-
ton American League team, is the key.
stone to the speedy infield corralled by
John I. Taylor a few seasons ago and all
but smashed to smithereens when the
Hub city magnate traded Mcconnell and
Lord for Purtel and F. Smith, former
White Shins.
At st. Louis Bobby Wallace. one OF
the brainiest infielders Of them all. proved
the connecting link. the tie that bound
the Browns inner wall together. This
season Harry Lord should turn the same
trick for Comiskey's infield. working hand
in hand with the new material assembled
last season and amplified by the cadets
OF the coming spring trip.