The Washington times., 1914-07-13
Baltimore Pilot Regarded as
Wizard at Developing Young
Players.

While he has n9t realized as much
money through his recent sales OF
PLAYERS as he would have had il not
been for the war between the Federal
League and organized baseball, jack
Dunn has stirred the country with his
transactions, fer people who follow
the great American pastime have
come to regard the Baltimore owner
as a wizard at recognizing real good
material while it is in the rough.
Indeed, Connie Mack is perhaps. the
only man in baseball who has picked
up so many young players for song
and turned them into stars. Dunn,
in most instances. has not even given
up the song for men wnc have
brought him biz money Fe rIade 4
mistake or twv, bat every one aoots
something occasionally. and the sltT.-
up is the exception, not the rule,
when J. Dunn passes upon a players
ability.
In New York the experts are telling
the fans that I'Unn may have minor
league ball club. but thar he is
great financier just the same. When
one stops 10 consider what Dunn has
found on BaltimoTe's back lots alone
ii cannot he doubted that he knows
ball player when h" sees him.
ceived for a man was $ls,0Ol which tho
New York Yankees paid him for Fritz
Aaisel Lefty Russell brought $1,000.
and now George Ruth has put at least
$1,000 in Dunn's pocket. They. how
ever. are only the men he picked up
sold Ben Egan yesterday for n second
time, the first transaction netting him
s7,oo1 from Connie Mack.
Egan was sold TO him by Mack. but
was developed by Dunn. for he was a
very raw piece OF timber when Re orig
Murphy. drafted from Scranton for the
small sum of $780, was sold for a nice
chunk to Mack. after John McGraw's S
scouts had passed MIN up.
Jimmy Walsh came to Baltimore from
the Athletics with little to boost him as a
PLAYER Of caliber. yet he. too, was sold
TO Mack. Then Bob Shawkey, now also
a member of the White Elephants, was
drafted from Harrisburg by Dunn, but
was turned over to Mack as part pay
ment for Egan when Ben returned here
last year.
Eddie Shore, after attracting Dunn s
attention in a college game at Tayette-
Vile in the spring of 9l13, was drafted
from the North Carolina League for 800
and disposed Of yesterday at many
times that amount, after having twirled
less than ten games for the Orioles.
Butcher Schmidt was discovered as
pitcher by Dunn. sent to the New York
Americans. and later Ii WAS the Oriole
nagnate who made 4 irst baseman Of
him, and now the Baltinorcan is hold
ing down the initial corner for the Bos-
ton Braves.
Dunn also grabbed George MaiseL and
Fritz's brother looked SO good the first
year out that the ST. Louis Browne
drafted him.
Then. too, Jack has Allen Russell. a
local back-lot product, and Davidson
and Burns. college finds. all of whom
he believes will eventually prove their
worth.
These operations, with the making
over OF two or three cast-offs like Der
rick, Cree, Daniels and Midkiff. cover
Dunn's work in Baltimore. but he also
did some in Providence before going
10 Baltimore.
While manager of the CIamtown team
Dunn found Ira Thomas, now captain
of the worlds champion Athletics He
first sold him TO the New York Ameri-
cans, but later the catcher drifted to
Detroit but did not make good. Ira
probably would have fallen back into
the minors had not Dunn convinced
Connie Mack that he was n wonderful
backstop. Mack took chance on
Dunns judgment. and what Thomas has
done for the Athletics is too old story
tn repeat.
In much the same manner Dunn nut
WalIy Schs NJ on the Athletics. Wally
clubs of the American and National
ceiver, with the exception OF Mack.