The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-03
RECRUITED PLAYERS
; ARE USUALLY STUNC
Great and Real "Phenoms
Graduate i'm Late Sum-
mer from Minors.

These are great days for the young
recruits the eager Juveniles who have
assembled from near and far at the
call of the magnoots The kids al
ready see the nsclves parading in the
big league fields. the idols of he throb-
bling throngs. and every jackass OF
them all imagimes that he is sure TO
make good. TO become a regular per-
former and 10 realize his full ambi-
tions before May /. 1911. Poor. de-
luded gazoboos.
Hard is the lot of the youngest er,
and scanty are his springtime chanc-
es, lie is up again 81 it good and plcn-
tiful The odds against him are far
heavier than againsf the veteran, no
matter how rusty the older man may
be. How so? Why doesn't the linn
Der kid stand the better show? For
hefty reasons, reaso rs that nip both
coming and going IA I'd stop him, no
matter how he may Gaper on the
green.
II the boy puts all his energies into
the first few days aud breaks his
ltSS III HIS illiu HuSllliS ne viii create
great impression. SciibeS and man
ayers will look at the agile young
sheep as he goes over the hurdles and
declare that he is a wonc.cr. gen
uine marvel. dead sure to make the
team. And the fool kid viii go ahead
till he is so lame, that he cant move
"A hoof. and has to lay off, with legs.
arms and shoulders full of aches and
strains.
That cooks his sooselet. BY the
time he is again fit to move around,
the veterans, who have been laying
low and taking it easy. are in shape;
the skies are balmier: thes sun is
warmer: the old fellows rise up, show
their ancient speed as they stretch
their rusty joints-and the early work
of the juvenile is soon forgotten. lust
because he tried to make good. he has
committed baseball suicide and his
name is Dennis McPants.
Well. then. suppose he is foxy. and
refuses TO let himself out in the early
days, holding back just like the vet
Grams? In that case, everybody
promptly decides that he is a lazy
shIrk: that he either lacks the abi.i-
to make good, or is so devoid of
pepper tina. he cannot show his quail
ity He is tagged \. G. right off the
reel, and wont even get the chance
to parade when the warmer weather
comes.
Possibly he may be extra intelligent
and will figure that he can show en-
ough class to make an impression,
and yet not strain his back TO soon.
Good reasoning, but it won't work, be-
cause the manager will see only med
iocrc performances, and will stamp
the boy as IL bush Lacquer. who is far
from ripe. That means back to the
timbers by April |, and no getting
around the decision.
Hard indeed is the lot of the kid
let. If he hustles he does himself up.
and If he spares himself they kick
him out for laZiness. How on earth
can you get around such a complicat-
ed situation? You can't that's all
The Junior recruit hasn't as much
show as Il safety razor at a black pic
mic. The only chance is that he show
ed such absolutely dazzling quality in
the minors that the big leaguers are
nifty over him. and will stick to him
clear up TO April II.
The great young players of the big
leagues are not found in the spring
training camps. They are the men who
were picked up from the minors in
late summer or early fall, strong and
seasoned by Il long campaign. and in
jet ed into crippled major clubs. The
poor kids who make the training
trims don't stick and don't make good
because every circumstance is dead
against them.