Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-30
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At the Giants training camp in Mar,
I'm recently. "a he booked oyer
!unch Of rex ruiiS fvisAng about the
field ".Ioe" IacEsoR\ Was practically
me last Singer 10 arrive from the
"bushes" who could s4ongh tie ball.
WHAT MeGraw said is true, eS'"rial.
y nf the-rec RMS that hAv" appeared
AZ r-,p Giants camp this season. but
! hrliel < there Is a direct rauR" tor
mis- Scouts are seeking too much in
, p3lI nhvtr these days. II used 10
10. that when a digger in the q,ish Sa"
q >onugster Who could hit hefshooed
MIN into 1hc big leagne without lug,
lh.r 9ncstion. figuring that he- had q
d.amond in the rough, but npT they
lcok for speed AND headwoK and .
lot more stuff. u 3
The real hitters alipear to Dome 1g
in groups Look at the days OF lleie,
Nanty.t, Lajoie and Wagner. Thsn
came a flock which included Ty CoeD
and a little later Eddie. Collins, i1is
Sneaker and Joe Jackson This lasI
bunch of real stars to arrivefs Sc ~
high a standard. Take Cobb ~ x
Inns aud Speaker. All are higg,s,
fished in the other departmens " t 'fe
game besides the batting. Eacn ca can
rnn bases and field and tb1nK, ne
scoutsehave started. looking lor more
Cobbs and Collfnses 1sn DP cane s,a ~
Line raw. and. the reslhs oeeh mat
an overdeveloped here4 900 e,h mas
noekedt into the trainns " mp, Scuu Us
ahd Collinse$ and spe" H n'7a, Ia, o
birds and not to!bsriouHSSsAfe qosn'IE'
All Demand HeasNork' ~ ILL.,.
,,,sr U orc co" in Ss Ears, "slahaye beard
W Hinf ew'' rensarE pethhps ,3Hot so
often" Al - ! ~
t,,a cot ssfGiants nj ana SER him.
self compl not ns SO sa very 70 o 1ne, SsS
a a man. the scout vas leaving
e. I run T.. lid to him: ~ = =
H'E .:It ~ see ant+ otheV promising
1919 ont that way hook on to
! -rIsaSE { :, Z p
j. ~ scout came back With five.
~ to McGraw's disgust whef he
"a look at this bunch IN spring
/ Eetise the next. sear77 he, found E9pe
D. any big league qttaltffc ations5ex.
hadSs1s ability to hit. :.
cept tm9d to be a slugger himself
He aAMcGraw, referring, 20 the
asserted 4 Very. 'busher he saw who
scout, "so!she ban little he brought
could bust Am. Look at that arnlfhl
along with hey eannd m9yeC1ass
out there. ~ - of their~d%n way,
enough to sA me GASES. 3. y you
They would Athem out ~et9{he
would have I'd h1nd.
dirt to get theA Mont do efasrI
Qf course, this Fers; *
so* Only HitIesy IIl a these ~
In the historYM N?de q 49,
Teen onk one clad rH npt NJ
record without reaI! VA my
lis needless for M h ,uel
vas the White Sol tesS i
'JoneS, wheh knowns 49,
wonders, they swept Np s Ta3
Yen the worlds chsSS NSo on'
1896. But the "team 'lfss Won
pitching ff,tgreat, spesd pa
deriM manager, and it A 3s
the top for one season eniI
that Nave stuck up there A
year have EalRbeen hitters. s
the backbone of a team x
The bushes seem to var. ~
Ias the, soil ID
CROPS. There areskood years -
ones, and long dry spell ha
"ped in recent Seasons, ThesS ls
production Of all .was Me peri6fk Fl
Cobb Collins andz Speaker e ~
blooming. This is theL finest IcrS5 AZ
BALI players. ever developed, I'M
5pinfens sl1fN believe. 1T was
larvtEous~ ability wRier mas ss,s,
largely Responsible f4e fhe g9feeel
Hearth. ThekS CAPABILITIES Seafe~ "a,
manifold They couldsaB Sit, run and
hink The result ever, sine has been
hat scouts are looking f0f too & hfyH
,rade material tod sexfraofdrnsry
continuation Of assefs. > TIE tiseestl
'tars are nsuaIly9paad bY. aetiS6hi |
md obtained cheap 80
The old time slssger mhdfafg a. toei
loId when he wentst The pfate. set1
himself in it and Just Salldpsd amaF1
las vanished.tors good. Basebaif Isl
90 fast f4E him thass days, but. tIisrel
must bsbetter "stieksrs" ~ han. Nai
mes whAafS eorsizs E6 X isss ~
elief thatsnOst ofsaAe boys il thst
minors hateAeard and read SO mncIl
bout inside hasebaIi m the maioFs1
hat they haTF NE leGfed the funda
1entats- in:t Order 10. pursue some I
aythieal Qualifications TFds, Is a bieb
etstake5 and thst hay ers Aiae nave notf
ct. attained tdtte. big Jeagnes bntE
.hft gave anfbsspA tAat ny shouIdl i
et~is5: tpo alsleh Stress d. the SO
aIled 8FnSidep TbfFs:, e
'ot M56b inside bsl Z /
As asRafter. OF -faetss Inside haze h
al. is Greatly ayeffst e6dnsti thflou.
IFS nj tthe intricate game & Is |
aade'oae ssbe bga loag sshot, on feNl
lubs thai have obseffed IS spoIaYk
in dangeE sef gettilk brain sfeJskf
ON -tbe signs. he, Iatist Barn. Nstnfsl
ily,- the pjteher. cafeher and base,I
EN- hate s,sals, ana tk srba ersand e
ase, RRnkhs1 them. but thesrestIs
the si9stHa Sis theihE bunk ash
fr as, 7; EloME ! haIes aetthllyI seen
ecrnits !eoge d the ffahing camp