The Alaska citizen., 1913-09-29


'' Va me 'o''''''' D"'H from the
Viewpoint Of attendance and the
am IN, OF money involved. but once
aEaln il Is being shown that The IA.
t.snal past NE is the Stoves, to
wake uF to modern c.ndi,ions. With
close To $1uo.ouo tied up in the aver
-" American league plant and =
salary lis: of over $5o60n the system of
training is one that would be rejected
10y the average college of a couple
o. hundred students. In other words,
tho baseball masnates have rejected
the system which has made America
the olympic champion ever since tho
games We're revived. and the n1ain.
i as result being heard that there
are Rot enough big league ball plav.
els to - around Bat if the nr- ner
mean Of DEVELOPMENT were en-.
flayea the Youngsters would kea,
The Veterans hustIinr to hold their
jobs and the COMPLAINT about nIay.
ers OF high grade would ba thing
of The past.
Along this line let us draw tho
deadly parallel When A college
needs a certain athlete if sets ont to
develop him fr m the hest man n
be had Special coaches are IN, IN
work on him to correct his weak
points. and trainers nav special at
tention to him. Repeatedly this
system has produced champions and
reeori-hroakers. for It is not ALWAYS
the man who shows the most natur
al ability who eventually deyelops
int the greatest athlete
y " take baseball. The average
player still gets his start with anna
teur or semi-profcssional teams the
college man still being in tho min.
ority. though coming fast. Connie
tent and INTELLIGENT managers in
amateur and semiprofess 'onal com.
pany are SO rare thar they ar, retry
much i'm the same class as the doso
bird. The next stem is the minor
league. and the average minor league
manager is a chan who holds his
i,h because he has ability to use a
linz Of talk which will c-pvince the
owners Of the team that he can turn
on winner.
There are lew minor league
managers Who really have ability in
4 baseball way, hut the problem of
financing minor league teams is the
greatest and he men heading such
clubs arr. as rule. in other lines
OF business. knowing but little about
baseball Hence manager with tho
gift Of Cab" is the one who will get
By. So Tho average voung nlayar
travelling This route is inst as liable
TO get bad coaching as good i, fact
a whole lot more. But few nlavers
are now secured from the big minor
leagues. so this source of supply
need not be seriously considered
What this system nrodrcae l. nnt.
ting Young PLAYERS in the major
leagues who nine time in Ten are
weak in some points If thew have
not developed positive defects from
the coaching they have had. The
major league clubs herds these play-
crs into a training camp in the spring
and starts 10 pick ont material with
which TO strengthen the team. The
youngsters have but couple of
weeks TO make good in. are under
a continual strain and fail To deyeI.
op even the ability they have. If
team employs coach it is 60
inc the limit. and. as a rule il de-
the coaching as we'll as training
What the result is is shown h., tho
fact that every big lea,ue team huys
anywhere from 500 oo0 to $40 oo0
worth of material every wear and
is lucky TO get one plaver ont of the
lot
Going further into tho comnarison
of athletic training for baseball and
otber snorts on1,. carvae IN show
moro how far tho national n.stime
III, g.