The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-13

/ first option on the Portland club an
! they picked Rodgets. "A second baEc
man. He won't do
The scout argued the matter to no
avail Nevertheless hp departed for
I the Pacific coast on at,ll hunt for
a gar Fhortstop. out ON the coast
| he talked with the manager ui the
club owning the player hc had mcn-
/ toned and was told that he would
never make good. this manager adj
vising tho scout to consider another
player In tho same league, who, hc
said, wac the best shurgstup he knew.
How bancroft -rD,,c In.
Still thu scout Cluug to his orig
| inal opinion. and the moro he saw -
| his player In action the more he was
convinced that ne wua right. tie
wired the homo office lgutu TO this
| effect. but the club owner and man
agor were obduratc aud tried 60
steer him elsewhere. However. this
scout had the courage ut his convic-
tions and because nobody elise could
"sce" the player at all the scout,
William Ncalc of the Phillics, drove
a good bargain FOR the player and
| the club took a chance.
The result was that Dave Ban
croft, now the star shurtftop Of the
/ National league. -got his chance
through the pcrspicaCity OF a base
ball scout who could see the possi-
bilitios IN player whore others
couldn't. and through his acquisition
| the Philadelphia oluh was traus-
formed thar same season from "a soc
ond-divisiuu team TO "a pcnnant win
nor.
Bancroft rapidly developed into q
sensation, and the club that GOT him
In straipht trade for two other
TO sell him 'p the Giants for $4,000
and two hilh-class inficlders.
The sequ, to this is that the scout
who was Instrumental I'm bringing
Bancroft iu.o the big league over
the protest II others was dismissed
from the club before the next sea-
son opened.
was talking TO n minor league
umpire who uaad to scout for big
| league clubs IN the bush" circuits,
when no tuFnod to me and said:
Yes, this Scouting IL a great
game, isn't it? 1t was on my tiu
that Johnny king, Three-fingered'
/ Brown, GearRe Stone, Jake Weimer
| Chnpley OLeary and Frank Roth
were picked from the bushes by big
| league clubs. stars you couldn't have
| bought from these clubs later for
SlOO 900. recommended Klinp
and Roth from the 81. Joe club
! Brown and stone from omaha; Wei
mcr from Kansas Citq, and O'Leary
/ from Des Moines Brown and klinf
! became the greatest battery possibly
ever known 70 baseball. and stone
| led the American league In hitting
with st. Louis, was TO get $500 foI
/ this service, and 90 make this story
good, was only promised the three
| hundred I've never got II yet"
Iris Speaker Found.
! Back in 1907 scout workint
! through the Texas league for tn,
Boston American league club wired
Texas:
An outfielder named Speaker
with Houston club can be bought
for delivery end Of Texas league
season. Looks llge great player.
Good outfielder, good arm and
great hitter. Grab him.
The Boston club purchased Tri
Speaker for delivery at the end o
the Texas league season. The fol
lowing spring the Boston American
trained at Little Rock. and at thl
finish OF their training season. tn
manager thought so litle OF Speak
er's ability that In settling the ex
penscs of the training trip Iris wal
given outright to the Little Rocl
club IN payment for ground rent
And they left the greatest outtieldel
in the game with a minor League