The Washington herald., 1912-03-10
special to Ths Washington Herald.

spcciAl to The Washington Herald.
st. Louis, No, March Sin retaining
Dick Kinsella and Bill Armour. both for
mer club owners, to scout for the Car
dinaIs, Manager Roger Bresnahan is lay
ing a foundation on which eventually he
should build a championship club. The
Cardinals. as they stand to-day. are not
pennant-winning aggregation. Roger
is shy a championship pitcher and a
hard-hitting outfielder. However, in Kin
sella and Armour he has n pair Of gum
shoed gents who soon should unearth
enough talent to strengthen all the weak
spots in the local club.
For the first time since father was a
boy" a local team seems equipped with
competent stan OF scouts This de-
partment surely Is a most important
one. and in signing Kinsella and Armour
Bresnahan gobbled up two Of the most
likely looking men in the country. Both
are seasoned baseball men. Kinsella's 5
master stroke was the deliverance OF
Larry Doyle to the Giants; Armour is
famed for finding Tyrus Raymond
Cobb, the greatest ball player OF all time
Kinsella and Armour should. and un-
doubtedly will. exercise more Judgment
than the average scouts in recommend
ing material to Bresnahan. Perchance
they will not send up a single man
next season. Good scouts seldom buy
in wholesale quantities.
Armour and Kinsella probably will fol-
low in Lakes footsteps They will not
recommend many, but when they put
their stamp of approval on a player
the fans can rest assured that he will
not be a Joke. At least IL is hoped that
they will not duplicate the work OF Brcs-
nahan's scouts OF last year. Roger was
passed along the most hopeless array OF
misfts ever sent into the big arena. And
probably for the best, as the Duke got
on his high horse and hired a pair OF
real scouts for next season.
Little Chance to shout.
At long range. the Cardinals seem TO
have a very slim chance for National
League laurels next year. Fans may
become Overenthusiastic and predict n
pennant for the Robson field cadets.
simply because they made a phenom-
email squirt last year. That will be max
ing harder the task of Manager Bresna-
han. With such teams as Philadelphia,
New York. Pittsburg, and Chicago in the
same league. II is hard 10 see how the
Cardinals can win. However II Is safe,
to predict that the Climbers will be up
there fighting for a part of the season.
And Bresnahan eventually will deliver
a pennant to st. Louis. bet on that
Roger has proved by his manipulations
in the past three years that he is going
about his task in the proper way. In
fact, there's a remote chance that he
will deliver next year. Should Golden
hit his stride, Sallee climb aboard the
water wagon and he, himself catch the
bulk OF the games, the Cardinals may
surprise even their most sanguine sup
porters. But there are too many IFS"
One thing is sure. though. Bresnahan
has the foundation for a pennant winner.
In Honey, Hauser. Magee. Mowrey,
Oakes, Evans, Wingo. Harmon, Sallee,
Steele. Golden. Louie Loudermilk. Geyer.
and WaiIie Smith, Bresnahan has an ar
ray of kids that should improve with
age. Miller Huggins is the only man
who may drop out, but the Rabbit is far
from being through. True, he's bit
ancient, but by the time that the diminu-
tive second sacker is ready to step down,
Lee Magee should be ready to fill the
vacancy and show championship form.
Roger Need Not Worry.
No manager In the National League
can look ahead three years with the
same peace OF mind that Bresnahan can. |
McGraw has a pretty young team, but
Big Six Mathewson long has been the |
backbone of the Giants. and Big Six is !
showing signs of distress. When he
goes, McGraw will have to look to his |