The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-20
Stars Of Today Were Noticed
Almost as Soon as They En-
tered Profession Ball
MAGNATES ARE VERY
CAREFUL OF ROCKIES
It Is From the Densest Woods
That the Choicest Fruits
Often Come
BY RALPH l.. Y0NKER

BY RALPH L.. Y0NKER.
Here comes a real busher.
You thought that real bushers exist
ed only In magazines just as you
thought that the farmers with alfalfa
swhisksrs, neat rows OF porcelain In
Icisors studding sharply ingrowing
mouths, and celluloid collars were
never permitted TO live OF the stage.
But here comes real busher. He
may be wearing a coat that Grapes II
self around him like robe and falls
listlessly to his knees, with shiny but
tors plastered thick on II like fiies on
a sugar-cured ham-part or Beau
Brummei's outfit In 1905. Or he may
have stepped out OF the sack suit de-
partment OF the latest fashion plate.
The real busher may tell what me
an Coveleskie done to them guys that
was leadin' the Southern league last
season or he may give Hughie frat
grip and call him Brother Jennings
It may be that he gained his baseball
ability pitching Saturdays for the
foundry nine. Then again II may be
that he got his first real chance on the
infield because Coach Hun wanted TO
favor millionaire friend OF his by
giving his SON an opportunity on q
university team.
3 However, you want to know that
he Is real busher watch how care
fully he Is handled by the big league
magnates. Having been duly purchas-
ed from Podunk by the Tigers he Is
led up TO contract with the Detroit
club by q route that takes him clear
0f any ambushes the willy Federals
may have laid. Once signed he Is
warned to conduct himself as becomes
an athlete In the winter, and told to
report to Detroit In February to start
the. trip the raining camp In the
south. In the south he Is watched
by q dozen pairs of eyes very care
fully. When the trip north to start
the big league season begins he Is
given his final test, In case he has
passed the preliminaries successfully.
When the season begins he has either
made good and Is big Lacquer for
time at least or he Is still q busher and
back he goes to the minors.
AL this care and attention Is given
him because he Is the material OF
which stars are made. The less he is
known and the shorter time he has
ben In baseball the greater are his
chances Of becoming q Cobb.
BASEBALL PLAYERS DESTINED
FOR THE MAJORS RISE QUICKLY.
a YEAR OR TWO or THE MINORS
SHOWS THEIR ABILITY. IF THEY
ARE GOING TO MAKE GOOD, THEY
DEMONSTRATES TT RIGHT OFF
THE BAT.
This IL the reason the rawest re-
cruit 10 the most carefully watched
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Take the Tiger stars, trace their his
fory and see II the statement about
rapid development doesn't hold.
~ Cobb played only little more
than one season with southern clubs
before he was noticed by Tiger and
other scouts. He had been playing
< less than two years i'm professional
Y baseball before no was purchased by
Detroit. ! He was secured for a small
/. price and was practically unknown
when he came here.
Sam Crawford played part OF one
season with ttatham, Ont, before he
vent into the Western league, then a
blg league. That was in 1899.
Bush played 10 games with Saginaw
ana . few with South Bend when De
troit, Chicago and Boston clubs
noticed him. Detroit got him, farmed
him to Indianapolis and brought him
here In 1908.
Oscar Stanage was signed by the st.
Louis Nationals before he had finished
his college baseball career. He was
with the Newark club for three years
before becoming Tiger.
Dubuc was grabbed by Cincinnati
from Notre Dame university. Coveles.
kte pitched short time for an Allan
tic seaboard league before the Phila.
delphia Nationals got him. Dauss was
"a the minors only short time. veach
was with Peoria and then indianapolis
only before the Tigers got him.
Jennings himself played only semi
+ professional baseball before going TO
4 Louisville. which was then a major
league club
- So Il goes. Notice the world famous
ofers OF other clubs. Frank Chance
started HIS carer In organized baseball
With the Cubs. Eddie Collins went
nom college to the Athletics. Johnny
Bverg played "a games with Troy be-
xDr0 ne became Cub Walter John.
0cn Was with minor league club only
9 part Of two seasons. Lajoie PLAYED
30 games of minor league ball before
the Phillies got him. Mathewson was
grabbed from college and farmsd for
year for the Giants. Wagner was
one year In professional baseball be
fore he went TO Louisville, which club
Wee later transferred to Pittsburgh.
Hardly star Of today can be found
VINO was not grabbed quick by some
major league club for comparatively
paltry price. si4 TIy7 a =
To the Cubs.