Evening star., 1911-08-24
IS AFTER PITCHERS
Scout Kahoe Makes Flying
Trip to Vermont League.
is TIPPED OFF ON PHENOMS
Washington Club Turned Down
First Easeman Tate-Base
Ball Gossip.
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BY j. ED GRILLo.

Scout Mike kahoe Is making his final
trip OF the year in search Of a couple OF
pitchers who have been h ghly recon-
mended TO him. MIKE has gone into the
wilds OF Vermont. where there are several
independent leagues, In which there are
two pitchers who have shown good form
of late. These Vermont leagues have ful-
nlshed major league teams some excel
lent pitching material Jack Coombs ut
the Athletics and Ed Reulbach OF the
Cubs both got their start there and kA-
roe's informant insists tha; the pair he
has been touting are every bit as good as
Ruelbach and Coombs.
Not bsing under organized base bali L
Is possible for kahoe to get these play
ers without il costing the club anything.
so that he can take long chance evea
though they be green hands.
Pitchers are wanted by McAleer. He
figures that with prospects of having botn
his in and outfield strengthened next sea-
son by the recruits that have been pur-
chased he can almost assure the Ma
tionais to stand several notches higher
in the race IL he can be fortunate enough
TO add to his pitching staff.
Some of the best pitchers the game can
boast of have come from the most re-
mote leagues. Few of the high-priced
minor leaguers have made good, and this
year the demand has been greater thah
promise at all has already been gobbled
UP by the big league clubs.
The system Of scouting a carried on by
Kahoe IL made possible by a network ui
friends throughout every league in the
country. These frie nds write Mike when
ever they see player who looks %!
enough to come mp INTO fast company az 1
Hike then goes and looks him Owe. lie
secured Long from Gadsden in this WAY,
hut the strongest recomne :Idations he has
yet received are with reference To the Two
pitchers he has gone 10 Vermont 10 look
over.
IL develops that Fi..t Baseman Tate
of the Youngstown club was not GUIDED
in the deal which gave the locals Sheer
and Scott. two iniielders. Tate Is by no
means a youngster. He played here ser-
eral years ago under Tom LOTUS. lie
was then an outfielder. but gave up the
garden for first base several years ago.
Just soon as il was recognized that lie
was an d-timer lie was stricken from
the list, as IL is McAleers intei.tlon 10
build up his team with youngsters.
1t is as good as settled that Dolly Gray
will not be a member of the Nationals
next season. and unless Bob Groom shows
an inclination to learn how To pitch he.
too. may be found with some minor
league club next season. No one can
doubt Groom's natural ability, for he has
as much stuff as any pitcher could de-
sire, DuI the ldtl iEdt Hr eoSS hP ~ 80
pinches when he seems to forget what
TO do with the ball has proven too severe
handicap on his team. Groom ana
Gray have been with the Nationals sdnce
1905. and while both have shown occa-
sionaI flashes which indicated that they
would be winners for the team, neither
has proven consistent. Gray has had
an especially poor year. having hnfshcd
only about two OF the games he started
in Groom has done much better. but
;.x In don
much on.
Last year the Cubs were favorites over
the Athletics in the worlds series, put
this year Mack's team is sure to be the
pick of the public regardless OF which
one of the three National League teams
now fighting for the pennant VIII lana
on top. The easy manner I'm which ne
Athletics disposed of the Cubs last fail
and the fact that the team VIII again
have an apparent walk-over in the Amer
Jean League make it the public choice.
Present indications arc that the Athlet-
les will have much to spare at the finish.
and as there is about a weeks difference
between the time that the American ami
National League seasons close, IL VIII he
UP to Jimmy McAleer again TO iorn an
all-star team to keep ihe Athlet.rs on
edge There Is no douDt that the Athlet-
les exhibition games against the al
star team last fall gave them an adNah-
tage over the Cubs. FOR after facing john
son and Walsh for about week ihs
Cubs pitchers looked very ordinary and
were hit harder than any pitching stan
has been in any previous worlds series.
The worlds series this year is expect
cd to start about October io or II, which
is nearly a week earlier than ii started
last wear. If this he the case tn"
Athletics will not be able TO get i'm more
than two games with the ail-stars, as the
regular season closes September 4. The
National League season h strung our 10
October l.. but it IS mere Than likely thaa
the late games will be brought forward
in order to make the playing Of the big
series possibIe before the snow begins
to fly