Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-14
PH|[[|ES. SYSTEM
I SURE Of failure
Why Does tho Management
Persist In Refusal to Oct
New Players7
GLENN MYA11's BIG YEAR

Philadelphia fans are as long suffer-
Ing and meek as the second son OF Job.
For seven years they watched Mnck's
Pathetrs wallow In the dnnk and dis
NAL cellar. For several years they
gazed at tho sad efforts Of Will Bakers
ball club to get a little sunshine into
eighth plnce.
Mack has seen the holes in his outfit
from the very start. Let II he
said to his credit that he has tried
to I'll! those p1aces-but he attempted to
dlll them without buying seasoned play.
ers. For some years he persistently
tried OUT youngsters without experience:
Then. rs he did last year. lie signed
battered veterans. who had been waived
on by other clubs. Doc Johnston. with
bis rickety old legs. Is case in point.
60 is Pep Young.
Last year Connie went into the
American Association and came out
with the best young first baseman T., TO
get Joe Hauser he had TO send away
some very promising ball players in
addition TO a bale Of cash.
He sacrificed Glenn Myatt. Ivy Grlf.
fin and Paul Johnson to get Hauser.
The sacrifice was worth while. for
Hauser has added terrific batting
strength and earnest. II slightly un-
polished. fielding power. to the inner
Gordon. TO fill the right field gap
Mack has reached ont for Wild Mat:
thews.. also Of the Milwaukee Club. and
in exchange handed out Three. Fingered
Keefe and Frank Galloway.
NIyatt's Success
When some Of these players return
to fast company (and there isn't much
doubt concerning several Of them)
Connie will be subjected to q barrngc
Of criticism for having let them 90 in
the first place. Yet the trade was
to local advantage. regardless Of how
those chaps do when they come mp
again.
Glenn Myatt. who was once Slim
Harris battery mate in the Texas
League. is perfectly equipped fora star
maskman. He Is burly and muscular.
fast on his feet. and with ono Of tho
finest throwing arms in baseball. Be-
cause Of 81 Perkins iron man pro.
clivities Glenn wore out his shoes IN
the cinders in the bull pen. and seldom
got a chance to appear in action.
He did nothing this year but lead the
American Association in hitting, swipt
out lot Of home runs, and in genera
show that he was the best maskman
on the circuit.
Ivy Griffin and Paul johnson were
both startling uccesses-Griff, IN par
ticular, Amazing the sun fish with hi:
aashy fielding. And. probably little
kcefc will show. some excellent pitch
ing skill and Galloway will uncork some
Rasl,y shortfield stuff next season.
Then the croakers will rise in thei,
might, and say that Connie Mack is
getting rid Of all his fine new blood.
It would not be surprising. BY thu
way. II Cleveland snapped up Glenn
Myatt. Speaker is anxious to get q
good catcher. and il there is a better
one in the minor leagues than Myatt
no one has noticed him.
The Phillies' Plan
1t Is a notorious fact that Mack won
60 out In the open market and spend
large sums for star tossers. But. a.
least. he gets his hooks on ambitious
youngsters for try.outs. 1t used tc
be that no college stnr in the country
would sign contract with any other
manager than Mack. Today job,
McG:raw gets the pick of the uni
yersitics.
But the rhillies. in spite Of their
hopeless complexion. have the reaction
nry's tendency to lot things 80 as they
were. They don't reach out for new
talent.
One of their former scouts said
What good does it do TO look the
! stars over? Baker won't buy them.
had one of the sweetest prospects YOU
/ ever saw ont in tho Western League
! but when h" heard the price that was
asked the deal was all wet. And Vol,
can't get good ball players without pay.
ing for them.
II is true that the Phils got a couple
Of Eood ball players in Walker and
Hcnline. but they we're not dug out OF
the bush by local efforts. They came
In fast company because McGraw's
system brought them out whence they
were shunted to the local club in the
deal for Irish Meusel.
Can you point ont any star young.
stcrs whom the Phils have gathered in
recent years:
Not one.
Roy Leslie has failed TO hit. and
ut times indicated faint traces of bone.
Parkinson is good prospect. who was
taken from the lots. but "Rivets" is
still anything but polished fielder.
Pat l'rhnn promises much as n pitcher,
but has still to earn his spurs. And
even IL these three were stars thew
would be unable TO pull the locals into
u respectable position.
! Every season we hear the same old
! plnintivc cry. "Wait till next year, "
| and every season we see the same ole,
faces: We So" the recall of BaumgartneI
and Wcnert nnh others who have flivve,l
in summers past.
Why is it?
Is II possible that there are powers
who do not want tho Phillies to be n
factor in tho race?