Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-03
STARS DON'T
LAST LONG

The greater the star the quicker the
In baseball. The good average player
goes along year after year, sticking to
the same old pace and holding on 80
his job by steady, grinding work The
star, however, lives up to his name.
He shines and flashes and dies out al
most in a breath.
There are many who could be named
to illustrate the example. Nealon, the
Pirate first baseman of three or four
years ago.. was one. On the coast he
bloomed up in a day almost, and the
crowds went wild over his sensational
play. Then Pittsburg grabbed him up
at the highest price ever paid for a
minor Lacquer, and he rose : to his
the short space of six months. The
Pirates couldn't get rid of him quickly
enough, and you never hear Of him as
a ball player after that.
"Jiggs" Donahue, once Of the Chi
cago Sox. is another. After playing
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minors he suddenly sprang into fame
as a first sacker who "ate 'em up" So
Comiskey grabbed him of, and be
lasted for a very few years. In the
world series of 1906 his work was
the sensation against the Cubs. That
was the supreme time Of his baseball
life. The following season he fell of
badly, and IN average steady going
fellow, Isbell, supplanted him. "Jiggs"
was given a tryout this spring by the
Sox and was recently released.
Take the steady fellows, who can
generally be relied on In pinches. There
are scores of them, and their careers
always are long and honorable In the
majors. Stovall of Cleveland, Craw-
ford of the Tigers, Dougherty Of the
Sox, Schultz Of the Cubs, Stahl Of the
Red Sox and Wallace of the Browns
are examples. They have seen many
stars come and go, but are cinging to
their positions and VIII keep them for
years to come In all probability.
Sometimes men of this type are COM
PEELED to sit on the bench for awhile,
while one of the comets" takes his
place. But you find them back again
at the old stand before they have been
missed long. They fall right back,
and things 60 along smoother, al
though not perhaps as sensationally.
Change of environment works o
ders with pitchers as q rule. There
is such a thing as being too long with
one team. 1t is also true that some
twirlers can work better with n
team than with another. This was
especially true with Overall. He was
a wonderful pitcher when with Gin
cinnati, but didn't like his surround
ings. Right when he Joined the Cubs
he fell into his stride, and he was re-
sponsible for a number of victories for
them.
Cliff Curtis OF the Boston Nationals
is another example. Cliff pitched for
Milwaukee for a long time. He was
regarded as a fair man, but the Brewer
fans didn't care much for him. The
reason was he couldn't play his game
In Milwaukee. To make a long story
short, the Doves got hold Of him last
year, and the transformation was won
derful. he COPIED n game In Chi
cago In a manner that left no doubt
of his ability to- befuddle champions.
He looked about as good as any twirler
on Boston's staff.
Pitchers are not the only players
who profit by changes. There is Dele
hanty, who now is with Detroit. He
plays with much more ambition and
life than when he was with Washing
ton. Bresnahan has done yeoman
service since leaving the New York
Giants and joining the St Louis Car
dinals.