South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-25
Younger Players
Making National
Circuit Faster
Success in Picking Youngsters
Brings League to the
Front.
BY DAVIS j. WALSH
[. y. s. Stan Correspondent


NEW YORK. June 24-To those
who cannot take their baseball or
let Il alone, II IS no Masonic secret
that the National league is rapidly
drawing away from the American
league in point of class. IL it has not
already done so.
The American league was once
the final and ultimate word among
baseball organizations and for years
il set the pace. largely through its
ability 10 thrust a fortuitous hand
irto the minor league grab bag and
come up with the ripe ones. Now,
however. the National league is
more successful with its young pros
poets and, in consequence, is wax
ing prosperous.
The development OF young stars
furnishes the lifeblood of baseball.
and for no good reason the Ameri-
can league Is realizing little on It's
tminor league investments. Consider.
for example. the young players who
have caught on in the majors this
year. The National league has all
the better OF the annual gamble.
Cubs Fair Sample
The Chicago Cubs are fair sam
pie. They are very long on young
players. notably Arnold STATE. Vic
Aldridge. Marty Krug, Hack Miller
and Hartnett. the catcher Krug Is
said by the ball players themselves
to be the best infleld prospect of the
decade. and the rest of them are
making good on day TO day per-
formances.
The Reds have pair of new stars
in Caveney and Pinelh. infielders,
lille Harper. an outfielder. and
Johnny Couch, the pitcher, seem
destined to remain. Taynor a fine IN
fielder. and Gooch. a catcher, are
making good with the Pirates. while
Ralph SINNERS. the Giants $40 900
outfielder was going very we'll until
hit on head by a pitched ball.
Zee Cards and Braves stood pat
for the most part, but the Dodgers.
seeing their many veterans going
from bad TO worse, culled Andy
High. infielder; Bert Griffith, out
fielder and Dazzy Vance. pitcher.
from the minors. and all three have
made the rifle. The Philis' only
graduate from the minors is Leslie,
q first baseman from New Orleans,
but the young man is making good.
American League Suffers.
BY comparison the 1922 crop OF
major league graduates I'm the Amer
lean League looks as though It had
suffered from draught. The Cleve-
land Indians and the Boston Red
Sox are almost exclusive veteran
the Yanks can muster Norman Nc
MILAN. the infielder- outfielder, and
Bob Murray. pitcher who spend
much OF their time upon the bench,
while the Athletics have only Out
fielder MCGOWAN. a substitute, TO
show for the long trip to Eagle Pass,
Texas
The White Sox can summon mo
Hit" Robertson and the Browns a
/ left-hander named Pruitt as new
faces. while Rigney, a shortstop.
and Pillette. a pitcher. are the only
recruits that have really caught on
with the Tigers, although any pitch
er or infielder that could show any
thing faced a ready-made chance.
The Senators really did better in
this respect than the rest of their
American League rivals. Francis,
Phillips and Gleason look like real
pitchers. and a youth by the name OF
. Bluoge, is almost certain TO fit into
the Washington infield sooner or
later. Goslin and Goebel. outfielders,
are fair prospects who are getting a
chance to show largely because
Clyde Milan has found that he can
not stand up under the strain or
everyday work.