South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-04-01
80 PERCENT Of
"BUSHERS" FAIL
On the Other Hand Nearly All
Feds VIII Get BerthS
on Big Teams.
BY Frank &. Mcnke

fnternatl0ual News Service.
NEW YORK. April THE ex-
pected has come to pass.
Ninety per cent of the bush
ers" who got a tryout failed 10 de-
liver
2--PracucalIv all the Federal
league players have delivered in a
way that has won regular berths for
them.
There ere many folks who had
the impression that the Federal
leaguers couldn't stand The major
league gaff, that they would show
up as "bloOmers" when i'm Job com
petition with the men who were reg
ulars for the National and American
leagues last season.
But the Feds. ia practically every
Instance. have shown themselves TO
be as goOd-or better-than their
rivals.
n Feds Who Made Good
The Giants shared four Feds-an
every one has made good with
whoop. The Braves got three-and
all three delivered. The Yankees
took two Fed regulars Of 1915 and
one who would have played with the
Feds in 1916 had the league existed
Every oHe becomes a Yankee regu-
lar Cincinnati. Pittsburgh and
Brooklyn also tried out some Feds
They were not I'm class with those
secured by the other clubs, yet each
has shown enough 20 merit his re-
tention
u was expected that Benny kauf
would star. and so far he has lie
is just beginning 20 hit. His drives
have all the power that ne showed i'm
Fedora league uniform Bill
Rariden. the regular catcher for the
1915 Newark Feds. has won the
backstopping job with the Giants.
He Is being called "the best all
around catcher the Giants have had
for six or seven years"
Fred Anderson was a star hurler
for the Buffalo Feds last season. He
has shown as much brilHancy in a
Giant uniform and will be one of
the pitching regulars Eddie ROusch
reported late but he had demon
strated beyond question of a doubt
that he is a wonderful outhelder.
the rejuvenated Yankee eleven. Nick
Cullop. the best left handler in the
1915 Gilmore circuit, has won
with casa regular turn in the
pitching division OF the Yankees. Joe
Gedeon. a sensation in the Pacific
coast last year and later signed up
by che Feds, will be the Yankee sec
Ond sacker.
KOnetchy strengthens Braves
Ed Konetchy played the first sack
for the Braves in the training camp
AS II hasn't been played i'm years
The big Bohemian has convinced the
skeptics that not only has ne not
gone back. but that ne has come for
ward. both as a fielder and hitter
Allen and Knetzer. pitchers for the
1915 Pittsburgh Feds. will be among
Stallings' hurting mainstays this
summer
The ratio OF divers among the
"hushers' this year. however. has
been on a par with that OF other
years only about one out OF every
10 youngsters that trekked the
southern trail will como back with
a major league job. The majority
of the successful ones. however
were unable TO get berths. The best
they could do was TO win utility
jobs.
The major league clubs expended
something like $3.50, 600 during 1918
for promising looking rockies. Bat
most OF the money has been wasted
The second Ty Cobbs." the new
Christy Mathewsons. and the bet
ter than Eddie Couinses" have gone
back whence they came They were
Wonders i'm the minors. but when
failed
subjected 20 the big league test they
Tho $4,000 FIiVVer
Conspicuous among the failures rs
Dan Triple. Pitching for Indiauap-
oils last season. he set the Ameri-
can association afre with his bril-
liant work. His hurting feats were
heralded far and wide An army OF
scouts looked him over and pro
nounced him a star Of the first
water. And then the clubs began
bidding for him.
Higher and higher shot the bid
price; "Se. 600" yelled the owners Of
the New York Yankees The other
bidders became silent and Tipple was
turned over 10 the Rupert Huston
combination. Great things were ex-
pected OF Triple But ne divvered.
His curve ball was easy 10 hit. his
speed. described as binding never
caused a blink hin the Macon camp.
Triple was an "A wonder. but not
good enough 10 fulhn the Yankee
standard. And so Triple the $4,000
fizzle, is going back
Yes, there is a slight difference he
tween the minors and the majors.
Oscar.