The chronicle=news., 1914-06-22
'S1Abe FRen1' KEEPS
9usneRs" out OF
MAJOR lEAeuEs

S0V9 HUOO6OI
Nss York. Jahe s.,-is sui-ri.f
rissins Ia tn. big issxaes ~ '.iAxes
fright responsible for III. Ssesaxe|
pSor showing of the h,isor league
players sho are tried s,,i in the Nal
iisssi saa Amssirss eiF~siss.
Neither sssa,s. eiah n,shsEsW nss
lass ess sssses IN. question sAli.-
fsrtesiiy.
Every SESSION ssoses Of players. sos
nsee~ssiiF yoasxsirr.. ffeaassllS
sessnsed ssa in sa,e s,aAii~f leagues.
ar seskeA oat by the bis leagues
asa fsssd ~shiisE.
Ptsrhsrs with s,rihe-osl S~sssas as
saar - Soss srsn and With rs-dilsbss|
sssss performances made asAiass pses-
- fair less : - to the s,aand Ssaiass
oae of ~ weakest ''six league
i-s,ss a. Z psossrlis are LsiIsd out
II the bes
t1s-s-i"sei player. ~hs have si.
sAR -sse,ss hsss'' In minoS orsahi-
sA,iass Las in big time" ssd shes
the, ara IL sks esoaEh 10 Es, = chance
10 sh"~ sised Invariably remain as-
ehos-d o. The sssks ustii showed oa
by sssssedias ssss~sy.
Thea ~hes the, are ''hsuisA oas''
fos lSssiss from hasrs IN sssiis. they
ssk- such Desperate and ''sss~-h~ad-
~d' ehsases that they Invariably
''ai~ ssesiiss."
Tessuss sf ''she bushes who ssnas.,
husas suss. usip,~s Asa daasir. ss as-
def. uho srsrs tail To siast~ ~h.n q
sua ss~sss . snmv-thrS. as . rule.
arc the ssrA'-ss disappointment ~hes
they s-t their ofs.osiasi,y To show
In the l,r~t company Mra Vim have
halted veil above 200 for y-sss siak
Ia . misrssblc .l5o lh. saisats thet
face National ssd American league
pitchers.
Thvs the aveeesss Part ot II all is
that after shssr stars at tho minor
l-Asuess fail utterly In the msbss.
shrs sa sishs hack Ia their sid-sia,s
place. In tho hush frmameas aud
srissiilssv just ~ sii,srsiakiy y. they
did hrfos-.
Many . time . scout has watched a
pitcher 90 a WESTERN team S~isi . no-
hn Eame. and has srui the promising
recruit ~ass tn sssrsir the Na,isaai
league. The newly prosnos~d t~ist-r
samco . sissas of disastrous defeats
aaa h returned whcaee he came.
Thea maybe the ncxs s~Asoa the
~a;nc srous In the AaRc la~a s~vs|
the same pitcher pail OF another no.
sie xanc.
lie shakes his head and ssuquratis
ssks the pitcher Why h~ showed sa-h
startling r~scs.ai of form aud then
reversal. Invariably the pitcher do-s
mol kaow OF else nc "alibt.'' himself
strongly in the hope that he will got
smother chance.
Many scouts asscrt u IL STAGE
fright that eaus~A this. Hut their s--
lief il eonirovcrtcd by others. who
ask why the minor i-aIucr. player
are not disrunrVrt~d In their own
eamss. whrrv :h, crowds arc fire.
gs,cntly ~ LARGE ~ In tho bia league
rarka. aud where often tho fans rn
ter even MORE. iniO .hc sa,nc than
they do Al tht major hail xrounds.
~ ihlnk II 10 . sort Of mental con
ditson tho 'srasc recruit works
himself into, that causes his down
fall" said orc scout. who has cap
turcd'' aosss OF the hest prospects
nsv In captivity.
.Takc = fellow who Is good play
se. He Grla with . minor league
club and he pitches we'll or hats well.
and pretty sooh he IL tho main
Rqusssc' o. that circuit. lie gcis a
chance to Join the big league club
and right away he beGins 10 worry.
He knows the press agents Of tho club
will tout him strong: that he will
be expected to 70 in and shine strong
or than old stars on his new team.
"He Is billed n another 'Matty.'
and deep down in his heart he has
the greatest misgivings ~ to whether
he Is. Then he starts his FIRST game.
He usually starts TIE hrst time he
works or clSc goes In with COM
Portable lead. Managers have found
out that they can break the heart Of
almost any recruit by sending him
in to pull his team out Of the FIRE
when the score II already against II.