The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-08-18
ON THE SCREEN Of SPORT
By Hugh S. Fullerton.

By Hugh
Major league managers and owners
arr making greater efforts 20 corral
promising young ball players this sum
"a, tnE; the pennar; races arc ", far
rom decided. every club N tn" MAJORS
mas been ou!lng youngsters "n"!cSai"
On top OF a fairly prosperous season.
are selling players wholesale. nc semi
pros. the !udeiendCn;s and The coNsS"
teams nave furnished larger quotas
IT The ctop Of players from The Class
\. 4 Leagues IS extremely small anu
poor. and not more than SIN OF SHEt"
of their players are IN demand. i'o>.
q: these already having been sold or
optional. According 20 the scouts
neither the Association nor tho Ini"rna-
;ion:,l has produced any players w"rtHE
q major rank this ycar. VITA IN" eN-
,cp;iou OF those placed, with them "
the jors this spring.
Recruits Will Lack Training
The great prosperity OF taH majors
this season and tho hope that the pros
rcrity Viii continue over into reXt year
- rtusluE he owners 10 beStir them
selves \ winning team means Tor
;ua" % any owner. and they rHaIlZe lne
poor QuNuY OF their teams as At pres
Thr msseriai beng assembled for
,-,a, this fall after the races ara over
nm j. better than y has been for
= ,,rinr- o. years. Yet the fact remains
ina, practically every recruit Will come
from hepw Class \ which means mai mai
regardless ot their aoNity. inc! VIII
lack ~ .NpN7icnce and in training.
~ he, been easier for the scouts 20
End pla. crs this summer than n ordin-
arv v"'rs. Tho owners "NIdSmtE o.
IFvr that the era OF lively balls ana
hard hitting Will conUna". tGT ne ny ny
tNrs arc IN great demand and the i">s'
clever feeders are \ drug on the MAJ
hc, The chief efforts appears 20 Do
"a collect as many hard hitic-S as pos
s,blc AID - sacrifice som" fielding skill
10 AID 20 tho punch Of n" teams.
II NAV no; produce IN" e"S; or ire
rast.s, baseball but u seems the con-
,cie ~ managerial opinion thac X IS
whit the public wants and they are az
ter that.
Mcaraw AFFAIR starts Runors
John McGraw'S latest adventure cam"
a. y shock to the Giant tarS IN New
York ,ust at tn" tnstan; when n"nnant
hines we're running widest Tn" aftlir
nav c@ect n, chances o. n" ;"ah ma
triaily. regardless oE th@ outcome Oh
McC'rav. II appears. GOT, tangled up
"a row /, thr Lambs cub. had a hSht
win an u"or. and vas taken nome IN q
tax. ny a pSiS'',r'N -. Wmn "'S -
F-ac'ur'd sNl after M'''Ta" 'H'S''"
H. Tr ~ a~o;- % course. ,or",,s NJ
=. - - .,,.. o.. '....s ~. ACTORS.
~, ,,,ya ,-"u a'.a"- -" NOS 10y.
ana GlUgrr' az m" Giant -""'"-s ar
ar.-s, N,nluow and h" ,os, = r"nS.""T-
aSio rCrtio, OF the prestige.
:, = rosibl" that 'hc aTair may de-
-rs,E, la~g.y from has usefulness as
ls9Gr- ~ nc Giants. II" vas. OF Coursr:
,.,,i Iercnt m tho team which K
Lcr-,vcd Z his leadership even Tor 4
sbo-, tire. will suffer heavy handi-
c"Gor,,a with the stories ot IN" ARRAY
.or, OF tho ugliest runors ever set
afIoa, baseball They may o. IN"
T"suI, Z n" bitterness % , To-,r OK ihT
sbou,,, NOT IA given ready Cr"d"ncc;
tho sam" time N" National
40 would do we'll to guard care
f,,IiI against the circulation Of such
rum pIarieet May Appear in Big Tent :,
T'rrc was a Quot runor C'r"u'atef
,...wrNk 70 the CFrS"t thot Joss buT
Ir,: tho famous Old tune oltrcldEr, ara
az na~,in managers. was To succeed
On 81 the Major L"aGue pilots. IN"
10y cam" ~ me- from M.nor L"hE ~,
Cyrrr- Of nc club mentioned
wrote - Jess % ask him i there
r's any truth IN ~" rur"7-aNd 10;
re The lnstHr was HpF''"' ~
"a. 70 VAS IN View York and In CON
ul,a,,on with Major League "Wn"7<
'hera NAV be truth IN ~" story. and
: rhc-r IS MOI: thee should Pc
EurkC,t would MAX" on" 90 ~" h"S'
- managers N no big circuit y" IS 4
hustler. aggressive. FAR. hGh,'r tHT
he tear, aud ore ot IN" smartcst pal
wen "a tn" business GU grow - ~
an idea that ne was a row9y and t""Sn.
49, irokrd 'hNt way and h" rSr' amy
could d-ag down ono corner ~ ms Jaw
md ,rn an Unp.C" several things NJ
n,co Pr. rs n matter ct fact no WAS
~, ~ tho kindcS. ~ mon. ard square
%ard srh,,ny bali player II" - orc -
tho r"w Old t'm"-s W"n IS N"rt 80, IN.
ro,,c, old ,Imc principles Any team or
a7v r,ayrr under HIM would huSl" TO
INC limit or 60 S"n3"w ", ~. a,u,
Tho tactic Coast I"agu" CONTINUES rs
crusade for clean has"o"!a Mlin ~
rlavrrS chased or t"Hu1S t"r 'nc E",,n
- H. corn"" ;ho club owners announce
c.,nr .uspens!ors and GNpUls.onS
WI follow
we a." s"!rE - h,yG Ci"'n HH IS ~
me on beng asked me c,rcumS,,an,ccS.
.Tor., 90. no idea that tho ball play
.~s ~ tho Coast nrr bunch or crooNS.
.rhe rrrat majority OF them arc ~PuNr'.
Io,c-r fellows and arc with us IN ms
-rf. 20 drive gamblers out az H"WNr "nI
49, Hxrcl players who have mixed up
with ,hsrn. 49,.
50 -n,,Sr >no,S before thov sD-'ad:
y,,, would hnvA Vav'd us ,ot OF
nSroTc sayinS anything abou, the co"d'-
'G Instead 80 ~ hurting, ~" snort. ;h"* 80.
y,orifr Coast owCc-s har" d'"" m'uHh -"
res,1-s the faith ~ tNc ta1S m ~" non,
ss,Y o. ,hT EamS, I, ,TIU.' o. he "a.
~ -oas. rlavcrs n-N not "nlv ~ eyrI-