New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Callahan Counts Himself Lucky
in Drafting Young Players,
HOPE FOR THE WHITE S0X
John M. Wards Appetite for
Baseball Sharpened by Own
ing Part of Team.

Jimmy Callahan. the new manager Of the
Chicago White Sox. is either wonderfully
optimistic or else he has been unusually
lucky I'm drafting and purchasing young
PLAYERS When he started South he was
quoted as saying that he would be more
than thankful IL he could discover among
his Young players one infelder one out
fielder one catcher and one pitcher WHO
could travel fast enough to hold a place IN
major league company. According {"
James Crusinherry. who has been travelling
with the team. Callahan has discovered
more than four players worthy Of consider
alton with tho best. lie says in The
: -rtinG News:
To pick I'D six or soycr recruits %
major league Capab itics Doe one sprinG
, -ems almost impossible. but that's what
,he SOY have done. ac'ordinE t. the WIS"
critics. Perhaps his is 70 be Comiskcy
lucky year. That does not mean that h"
can 60 out and win = ponnant this year,
for IL is hardly Drohahl" q team with ="
many new mon could go IN and heat tx,
periencsd teams IKE The Athletics ana
Tigers but IL docs seem as if ne has tn"
stiff this year to begin building great
n was noressar, that Callahan find =
new second hasamaN this year. for he
hasn't = regular second saCkcr loft among
the veterans Apparently ~" right MAI
rosn procured from the BaltiW0r" lIuD.
Rail is roaIlN the best looking recruit or
rhc lot ~ a." present DAY, when every
thing f. taken INTO constellation itH has
r,oT- "3isn 80 liu that any ~ the others.
though b. ma. lack the hrilh3ncy OF some
The 1fhor trneldcr who sooms ukolv 70
earn 81 regular Job is "Burk Weaver. me
fov short stop from Frisco. BUCK laNh
p ~ ne against Rim hut his ago. H." IS
only tVcut. ."srs Old nov and lacks only
g., ,,.,,-.i lone. I' rie TniIiuC no looks every
~ az .as, as owuje B.sh. "f Detroit
Tra first 1aSc job -eems 70 lie among
oloutar. Eoliio I'idor. III" clever httl"
Iooslor nno PLAYED il $" ven last year
aud TeN Jones. Nh" big -. 10" man. VINO
was up for trial . wear ago ana Ven Wen
hack fnr moro training. shane Collins.
~ course has = chaDC" 10 step in ahead
Of All II them. should no begin hitting me
hall = 1T harder and learn how 20 us" ms
speed ON the oas0 s. charley MumSh a'So
remains a. 2 candidate and is hkeIN TO
s. tx FOR another year as utility 'nn"ider
Nattj,S and Barrnws ar" outh"IdCrs VINO
.ocrr 70 ic "a in the proper mould. while
Tay Powell * another promising player.
There ar" enough catch"rs IN Camr 10
sunni. about tnTc" teams and all OF lhom
arc good ones though some OF them are
,o.uC and need more experience before
they're ready for the hig battles; Caliahah
eNpeCts 70 keep one 10 help RilIN Su'IiNan
and tir,mv block. but from present indi-
p.tions two orc likely 20 he retained. ioi
hoth senm too good 70 lot 90 OF.
.siE f, "Eod" Kuhn. the rttle fellow who
uae With Portland in Nh" Pacific Goast
League last season. The. other Is hgos
EreItz the huskv Young fellow who joinNG
tbe club last summer and acted as third
catcher for tn last half " the season.
Tim Muruaue. writing from the camp or
+he Boston Braves, at Augusta, Ca saws
II never saw 2 man So interested IN
baseball and his team as John NJ. Nar''
His sixteen years retirement from the gam"
has simply sharpened up his appetite for
rereved elorv Ward will never rest until
no has forced hts team 10 he respected as
contender for championship honors.
"Tverv vounsster will get q thorough try
ir- out under Ward and John King. The
oy.Cuh catcher is the happieSt man on the
team and is proving to be fine mixer WIN
the PLAYERS and public. ! will ADMIT thst
King has surprised me. and II would not ne
,rucb of prediction 20 say that Kansas
Johnnie will make good in his new perrin.
The rlayers seem ~ be very much ln'-
pressed ~ Kings methods 50 far. knng
IS lucky IN having Ward and Duke Farre'I
,, advisers.
"rarreu will travel with tho team as
,osch FOR the Young pitchers. Big league
clubs make no mistakes in carrying such
men a= Robinson and Duke Farrell. Thes"
c,d PLAYERS have \ good influence on the
Youngsters, and can stoor the boys over the
HURDLES
The time will come when all We'll organ
i7el c,rhs viii have voterar players on
the payroll They give the youngsters con-
fdcncc and strengthen the hands Of the
managers"
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