South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-15
Toledo Team Is Placed On Road While Smith Looks For Heavy H
There Are Enough Good Players
But Too Many Leagues, Says Hugh
BY HIGH s FTIJFRTON

ID VII - lNJNs
one day years ago George Withers
and / were coming out of the track
at Harlem, wondering whether we
had car fare 10 get back 10 the city
An open faced carriage with "A hand
somely gowned woman and a sportily
dressed man flashed past At their
feet were several grips filled with
money and a liveried driver held the
reins over "A pair OF bigh-bred horses.
The old Dope Book is right said
George sadly
The old dope book" I inquired.
being puzzled.
Sure" replied George-"the Bible;
best dope OF them all"
What does il say"
1T says the guy what's got it is
goin TO get the rest Of il"
1t seems that way in baseball The
team that needs an Outfielder develops
pitcher and the team that needs
pitchers and has a strong in1eld fnds
two or three cOrking infelderS. 1t
has been that way to large extent
this season.
The fact is that the major leagues
have developed more good young
players this season than they have in
the last ten years. The reason is
double: the Federal league came in.
developing a number of corking play
ers from raw material, and they
forced the major leagues to hold
young players who developed in spite
OF the managers.
At least two out of three of the men
who are now hailed as finds" would
have been sent back to the minors
almost without trial had not the Feds
been in the field. They were held be-
cause the National and American
feared to let them go-and when their
chances came they made good
The new players who have devel-
oped this season prove that if they
are given a real chance the minor
of the game
The New York Giants have Robert
son, a transformed pitcher, into a
smuggling outfielder and have made a
formidable player of Stock. The Cubs
found Mollwitz. now with Cincinnati
and label, Philadelphia brought
Mayer and Martin to the front, Gin
cinnati, which is club in the forma-
tive period. has produced Won Kol-
nitz, Gonzalez, TwOmbley, Douglass
and NiehOff. BOston's Braves needed
an Outfielder and some pitchers this
spring and proceeded to develop
everything that was not needed.
Stallings has made major league
NTulGn-
er. Schmidt and Whitfield while the
Cards have developed DOak. Beck and
Dolan. Pittsburgh has brought Joe
Kelly and Manufacturer TO the major
league standard. while Brooklyn
shows O'Mara and Kunzman as likely
TO stick.
The American league has produced
even more good men; there are Ber-
ger, Mayer, Faber, and Breten of the
I White Soy RahO Of he
Red Sox, Leary. Howard, Lavan.
Rumler of the Browns with several
added possibilities, AcOsta Of the SEN
ators, Kavanagh. Cavet. Main, Cova-
| leskie, Mckee, Boehler of the Tigers,
| Hagerman and Bassett of Cleveland,
| Cook, Boone. Pieh and several posi-
bilities on the Yankees.
| The Federals seem to have had
more luck in developing youngsters
than they have in taking from the ma
| jor leagues. IT looks as if they could
have developed a league of major
league strength by paying strict at
! tention to getting promising young
SterS much more quickly than they
could by taking from the majors.
Tinker has had the greats success,
| and where even he did not expect il.
He expected little Farrell TO make
! good. but Fisk Flack and Wickland
were rather surprises and Fritz an
establishment. The big surprise of all
was Irwin LANCE, taken as a relic of
| the old Fed league to become a star
! in the new Esmond, Billiard Kauff
and Rausch of Indianapolis Boucher
and Misse of st. Louis Harris of Kan
sas City, and a dozen others have de-
! veloped in the Fed league.
There are enough good players
/ and too many leagues.