The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-03-24


than the average Glass IA minor lea
average weak club Of the majors.
"The main thing We have 70
watoh," explained Tinker, us to keep
tho Federal League teams evenly bal
anced so a. to give the public good
night any time they pay to see us and
gradually build up strong baseball
machines. 1t can't be done in
month or year. but you can bot 1t
WILL. be done"
FEDS ARE TRAINING ON BIG
LEAGUE SCALE.
The Feds have started out on big
league basis in giving the players
chance to develop. and the training
camp here Is as complete In its con-
veniences as that Of any team In the
country. Tho players stop Mt high
class and high price hotel and have
q clubhouse Of their own really won
derful In it's appointments. In addi-
ton to this they have built their
own grounds. sliding pits. handball
courts and everything. They 90 to
their work In automobiles and some
OF them dress for dinner.
This frst training trip Of the CHI
| caRo "outiaws." II 10 estimated. will
cost Owner Weeshman something
like $4,000, and he says no doesn't
caro- IL they make It $4,000. He has
the McGraw idea Of making his play
ers feel that they are tho Glass"
The hotel expenses alone run $50
day, and tho dinner table Is ono place
where you never SEQ one of these re-
cruit outlaws pulling away from the
plato. The only thing at all bush"
| about this camp Ia the team. They
could still stand q whole lot Of class
and not be hurt.
The main weakness In the "Chifeds."
as they call themselves. Is the out
field. A mass u untried and impOs-
sible youngsters fiocked here for trial
IiI}4hat department. and Tinker has had
reat difficulty In wedding out the chan
DO az to get down to q working basis.
Having done this In way. he finds
They arc Wickland. a minor Lacquer;
Zwiiling, formerly Of the White Sox;
Walsh of the Wisconsin League: Beck,
ormerly OF Boston and Cincinnati. who
In also a first baseman, and q big boy
from Jacksonville. Fla. named kad
Coles.
or these Walsh appears TO be q md
Thinker thinks him wonderful hitter
In the practice game that ] saw. this
big fellow got three hits. two Of which
were triples. The others have shown
nothing 30 far to particularly distin.
Iguish them. These fellows are not big
lieaguers yet. The mark OF the
"busher" Is still upon them. Tinker ex'
pressed It more clearly, perhaps. when
he sized II up by saying: They have
their health. but don't know anything
TINKER THINKS HE HAS A SEC
oNp JOHNNY EvERs.
i The intisld Of the Chifsds 10
really very good and. with the
possible exception Of first base,
would do credit TO many . club
in the National or American
: League. BY accident. u seems.
Tinker has unsarthsd Q second
bassman who 10 . wonder.
Johnny Farrell 10 his name, and
I Joe calls him . second Johnny
!, Evsrs. Just how the big league
/ scouts managed TO overlook this
: boy 10 beyond understanding. He
!. comes from Chicago and played
on the Federal League team
r there last summer: The White
n sox were tipped of to him, but
q the scouts for soms reason neg.
n Isotsd TO look him over. This 10
a one prize that the outlaws have
e drawn without paying a cent.
~ have played with Q lot OF
ia second basement" says Tinker,
n "and I have yet to see any one,
d outside Of Johnny Evers, as good
d in every angle Of the position -
"a this raw kid, picked VI from the
N town lots OF Chicago. Don't think
n I'm over enthusiastic. for you
T. haven't heard me say that about
any OF the others"
~ II u comes TO an open baseball WI
"a the inaPnatea OF organized Daseba
la would do well to risk a good size
Is stack Of chips ON young Farrell,
=. was almost AS enthusiastic as Tink,
rs after watching him for an hour.
in Rollie Xeider, the former bunio
~ champion OF the Highlanders. is q
" third base as bunionless as a sprint,
and az full Of pepper ~ Mexica
chile. Rollie II the life OF the infie
IN and keeps mp u constant chatter tn,
nj made II difficult to reconcile him wit
he the fellow so silent at the Po
liz Grounds last fall. Ills crouch we,
he with the bunion.
re 81 hated to leave Frank Chance
~ he said to me. between innings on Il
10 bench, "because he 10 a groat fello
e. but had to get the dough. and VIII,
these fellows showed me the coin