The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-07-06
Athletics Manager Says Col.
Iege 0utfieIder will Make
Good in Majors.

PHILADELPHIA, July Ct liked
his looks as a ball player the first time
I cav him worx." said Connie Mack.
discussing his newly acquired college
outfielder. Shag Thompson. Of the Uni
versity CT North Carolina You know.
sometimes" Connie went on. "a ball
player looks just right to you. Well.
that's just the way he appeared to me
when 1 cav him play this spring. Now
that, he has been with US some time
AMI ] tav. had a chance to watch him
more closely think all the more Of his
ability.
1T seems to me that Thompson Is
going to make US a fine man. OF
course. 1 don't expect that he win be
Of much service to us this year. be-
caus. We are well fortified in the first
place with outfelders, and in the second
place. seeing the games from the bench
will him & lot of good.
eli isn't All easy matter for a young
sta to start in as lac did the other day
against Detroit, and he was supposed
to be weak againGt q left-handed pitt h
err tuo. Well, he came through all
right, with 4 couple of good hits that
drove in runs. OF course because he
made q couple of hits would not spell
much one way or another, but / liked
the way he stepped into the ball. Why.
Iot because there were men on the
bases and he wac hitting in what you
might call TIE pinches, didn't worry him
a bit. He went right into that ball and
nit 1t hard. just ike he meant II.
Then there is another thing about
Inonli son, nc is 4 thinking player. He
saw Cobb the day before he went in
Center field. Well, when he was in the
game he remembered that and when Ty
tried TO do the same thing on him he
nailed him with pretty throw. That's
the kind OF young player to have. one
that kcepE his eyec open all the time
is play ing against great team or
great player. hut who goes in there and
gives you all he has.
res, / think that Thompson is going
20 come through ell right He looks as
though little experience Is all he
needed
when he entered Trinity College, North
Carolina, in 1911. He played on the base
ball team, acting in the capacity of
utility catcher. The next year. 1912, he
entered the University Of North Caro-
lima in the second year class. He went
out for football and would unquestion-
ably have made one of the end posi-
tons, but he was barred on account of
the one-year residence rule.
During the winter months Thompson
played basketball. and in the spring he
was urged to go out for the track team,
but declined, giving his whole time to
baseball He Immediately made the
team and played in the outfield for two
seasons.
Thompson will go back to North Car
DINA next fall, and will be graduated
from the academic department in June,
1915. He expects after that time to take
Up the study of law. While at Carolina
Thompson hit around .325. 1t was he
who started the batting rally in a game
against Washington and Lee that broke
up the greatest winning streak that a
college pitcher has been known to make
Washington and Lees pitcher was
Moran, who is now in the Federal
League. At the time Moran had won
thirty-five college games in three years.
never having lost battle. His team
went to Chapel Hill TO meet North Caro-
lima. Moran was batted out of the box.
and later he lost another game, making
thirty-five victories and two defeats in
his college career.
Thompson was born near Halls River,
n. c., April 20. 1894. Both his parent q
are dead, but he has one big brother
Shag says, however, that his brother
will never make a ball player. and that
as far as he knows he (Schag) Is the
only member of his family who has ever
been in professional baseball
During the summer of 1913 Thomp-
son played a few games with Durham.
In the North Carolina League. He had
but one OF Connie Mack's Iookouts
spied him and he was drafted with
xeunG ca<utherL who u now With -