The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-12
Moley Will Develop Young ster to Fill Place of the
 Departed Veteran
CATION AND O'ROUKE
 TO RECEIVE CHANGE
Baron Chieftain Has Never Failed to Find Youngster to Take Place of Veteran-Clark and Coombs
 Are Good Examples
By FRED BODEKER

By FRED BODEKER
 If tradition holds true with the Barons this season, Manager Carlton Molesworth will have no serious trouble In securing a player to fill the shoes of Roy Ellam al shortstop Fans have worried recently over the departure of Ellam, for 1t was felt that a player would not be secured who could perform as faithfully and as well as the veteran did.
 But this idea has never held true with the Barons. Moley always manages to get another man to fill the gap caused by the departure of one of his veterans which for a time appeared to ruin all hopes for successful year the next sea- son. An expensive former major leaguer Is never selected for the task. Moley always takes youngster and develops him Into a reliable performer.
 Instance after instance proves this statement Moley gained his present rep utation by the fact that he is an excel- lent judge of young players. Old heads who have served years and years in the game appeal to Moley, but in the same channel as the youngsters do. When veteran reaches the Southern league he Is usually on the decline. Moley figures this and he figures 1t wisely. and the Baron chieftain usually passes them up and takes the chance on the young player.
 YANNIGANS SELDOM FAIL
 And in very few cases has the yannigan failed him. He knows good player when s.- Q fresh from the bushes, is ambitious, it should be his desire to come to Birrning- ham and get the advice and instruction of Moley. Fans sometime gets the wrong impression of the facts when Moley passes the old heads up for a youngster. They usually think that the high price Is the cause, but fans who have followed the progress of the Birmingham Baseball as- sociation for the past years know that money is no object to Owner Rick Wood ward in his desire to give the baseball money can provide.
 Time after time there has been a glar- ing gap in the Baron lineup at the open ing of a season on account of the ab- sence of a star of the previous season. It has always fallen to Moley. as manager of the team, to find man for the job. And he has never failed.
 Take for instance, in 1914, when Lii Mar can, the star second-sacker of the Bar ons, was playing great game and was Instrumental in the victory of the Barons. Marcan was sold at the close of the sea son, and the fans immediately raised the howl that second base would be the weak spot of the 1915 team, when Moley failed to sign big leaguer with high salary. Moley knew what he was doing. He real fzed that he had a "comer' in several of tzed that he had a "comer' in several of Clark for the job and under carefully @5iidance Danny was developed into the S4ar keystoner of the 1915 Baron team.
 CLARK SUCCEEDS MARCAN
 Danny stepped into the shoes of the vet 4 an Marcan with apparent ease. Ho &atted better, fielded as well and worked %.th Ellam at short just as good as the N{steran Marcan did in his prime.
 And this is only one of large number 2. cases. The failing of Mcbride gave Mpley another opportunity to show his kfility ln this line. Cecil Coombs was &&1eloped from a clumsy, unsteady player f1ge finished gardener in a years time, sS[t ripe for the big show, but still a very Valuable man for the Barons. Now the fans look to Moley to continue his pro- gress.
 Ellam, it must be admitted, was with out a peer during the greater part of his stay with the Barons in the Southern league, which lapsed over nine years. He was finished player in every respect. Fans must not expect either Caton or O'Rourke, the two recruits whom Moley has selected to fill the former captain s shoes, to be of as much value to the Barons this season as Ellam was last year.
 Statistics show that either Caton or C'Rouke has the same chance as Ellam. They come to the Barons as young play CTS, lacking experience but with a prom ising outlook. Both boast of good feld- ing average and strong in batting. When Ellam came to the Barons his reputa ton WAS the same. He was ambitious, will Ing and anxious to learn. That's all 4oley wants the youngster to do. Be willing.
 MACK FAVORS YOUNGSTERS
 And Moley is not the only manager in the game who has won success who be- lieves in this policy. Take, for instance, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athlet- les, who has won championships of all description. Does he annex old heads to do the playing? He certainly does not. Recall last season, when he began to remodel his team. Did he seek young sters from the bushes or old heads through the waiver process? The majority of the players whom he developed that are famous today were rockies when they advanced to the big show to be under the leadership.
 Fans will watch with interest the final outcome of another experiment to develop the youngster. The public favors this policy. the popular opinion expresses their belief in it's success and every indica- ton points toward the development of a star shortstop for the 1916 Baron team from some player from the bushes. The fans place their confidence in Moley. and it will. in all probability, be rewarded as in the past. At any rate. everybody hopes so.
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