Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-06-14
MAJOR LEAGUES
'SHOO' 1851 MEN
BACK TO BUSHES
rryout Season Has Ended
and the Youngsters Who.
Failed to Make Good Are
Sent to the Minors.

Chicago, June 18.-The annual
-yout of scores Of minor league
,asebaH players by major league
cams has ended and the young
tiers who failed to make good
tave joined in the yearly pilgrim
,ge back to the minors for further
experience, some to return for an
lther chance next year. but many
remain in the bushes.
Every season two or three hum
lred youngsters are taken on the
pring training trips by managers
hopeful of finding at least one
cobb, one Sisler or one Walter
Johnson among them, but when
Nay Is, the day the clubs must
'educe to rs players each, comes
round the tryouts are ended and
most OF the youngsters are back in
he minors.
This year the 16 major league
ilubs have sent 161 men back TO
he lower leagues for seasoning.
Most of them are pitchers, for the
heavy batting Of the past two
Tears has sent managers and
nouts sourrying to even the small
est leagues in the hope of finding
sne or two good hurlers. but there
also a good proposition Of out
uelders and a fair number Of in
.ielders and catchers.
Yanks Dispense With 10.
The New YORK Americans. with
10 recruits sent back. lead both
leagues in the number of players
gound wanting. Manager Higgins
kept only a few of his youngsters
md with the exception of his
pitching staff is depending almost
entirely on his last years team.
The Chicago White SoX. crippled
by the loss of eight stars through
The baseball scandal, took nearly
fifty men south, but 10 of the new
players have been found to be be-
low major league caliber and sent
back to the minors. The White
Sox, however, probably have kept
more youngsters than any other
club, Sheely, Falk, johnson. Multi
gan and Monsil being recruits who
have earned regular positions in
the broken up club.
The Chicago Cubs were third in
youngsters sent back, Seventeen
of the men tried out by Manager
Evers were found wanting, The
Philadelphia Americans came next
with Is turned back.
Washington occupies position
unique among the major leaguers,
for not a man has been released.
Manager George Mcbride started
the season with q small number of
players and is holding all OF them.
Virtually all of the men released
were recruits, although there were
a few veterans. such as Nick Gull
lop of the st. Louis Browns, who
has PLAYED with several major
league clubs, only eventually to re-
turn to the minors each time. Don
Ayers and Bernie Boland were
others who might be classed as
veterans. Both were released by
Detroit, but Boland is getting an
other tryout with st. Louis.
Many College Youngsters.
Many of the youngsters tried out
this year were fresh froEr colleges
and the number of semi-pros given
chances in the majors each season
seems to be increasing. AT least
one of the college men mas more
than made good. He is Stephenson
of Cleveland. who came from the
University of Alabama to play sec
ond base when Bill Wambsganss
broke an arm. Stephenson ranks
in the first ten batters In the
league and has q good fielding
record.
A majority Of the players re-
leased were sent back to the
minors with strings attached and
will get another chance in the ma
Tors next year. Some Of them al
ready have had several chances,
but these men are always cheered
IN by the numerous instances OF
PLAYERS who did not make good
until they had several tryouts In
the senior circuits and then be-
came stars,
The following table shows the
number Of men up to May Is re-
leased by each major league club,
according to records at league
MAO douarter