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were busy with their chopsticks, maxi
ing! noises like hungry men,
Never Got Started.
Long Tom Hughes, the one real
veteran in the whole bunch. never got
started, during; the three hour" ride from
Washington. IT might have been sup
posed that he would have told the kids
around him al lot of stories--but. lie
didn't. ( Toms Voice Is rasping and
rough, and had no chance to make
Roadway against the raucous tones of
MnsIhith, the veteran backston.
''Dorf' kept everybody Interested with
as "Chief" Bender, ry Cobb, Sam
Crawford, Iris Speaker and Larry La
joie and had no difficulty In holding his
audience. Hughes got disguised and re-
tired to corner to read II borrow ed
newspaper.
In the intervals of his lecture Ain
smith. played q hand at whist, his part
ners being "Massa John Henry, Clark
Griffith. and klva Williams: He proved
so unlch hotter at lecturing. though,
than a. whist thar Henry tied the can to
him early, and he proceeded then to
sing various little ditties and give more
lectures to the youngsters. You simply
can't keep good man down, ,and f.
"Dorf' is mighty good man.
Likes the Pep.
81 like to see u kid with as much life
In him as Ainsmth evidently has" de-
clared Griffith. watering the illustrated
lecturer from a distance. There's a
chance for lad with plenty of pep oil
any team ] have. It's the one thing alb
solutely necessary to a winning team.
Look al Jennings Tigers, filled with pep
all the time, and see where they land
in the race.
II like to see a youngster modest and
without swellcd head, but he's got to
have pep TO suit me. These backward
boys may be all right, but how in the
world is anyone going to find Quite
"Talkativeness is a good thing in a
catcher. too. for 1t keeps his pitchers
working hard all the time. All the
really great catchers have been talkd-
tive-right down the line.
Say, by the way, haven't l got. a
bunch of giants for kid pitchers? Not
one of them is weakling. l like pitCn-
ers to be big and strong, for that means
that they have an asset had to over
come by a smaller man. l was a
pitcher, but one of those half-pint pitch
ers-a wee fellow: Yes. had some
success but l think I'd have been
much better il I had had a powerful
physique.
Plenty of Chance.
l''All these youngsters are going to be
given plenty of chance to show what
tney nave. FOR the hrSt week. perhaps,
they won't do much, but as soon as the
other fellows come down, Wen have
some batting practice every day. The
kids will have to pitch to the hitters
and / shall study them closely to- see
their class. If I land one, just one kid,
out of this bunch. | shall be satisfied
Tor this year, anyway"
Grin certainly has a large and mus
cular bunch of rockies with him here
Paul Musser the finger from the o. and
P. League, is no child, judging from ap.
pearances. He looks more like a vet
eran than any of the other kids. Jerry
Akers, the Dubuque terror, is another
lad who might make a capable long.
shoreman at least from the standpoint
of his set-up. Private John" Allen, the
huge athlete from Berkeley Springs, Va.
In the Hayloft League, is nobody's baby
He should be able to take care of him.
self on dark night.
Alva Williams is all bone and muscle
His muscles stick out in knobs all oveI
his bulky form. Griff grins every time
he looks at him. Buck" Becker car
reach up into the clouds without hall
trying, and young Joe Engel the baby