Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-01-07
FOgarty a Scrapper

FOgarty Scrapper
"Thcre's Joe Fogarty," he said,
"crcdited with being the brainiest man
in basketball. When I signed him he
was playing with the Catholic High
team. | sent Charlie Bossert over to
give him an inspection, and after watch
ing him in action several times the
doctor reported that he had n pretty
good eye and did not know the meaning
of the word quit. but that he had
tendency to fight In every game.
"Well, Joe continued the same tactics
when I took him in tow and do you
know that the first five games he started
in he never finished because he was put
out for fighting?
Zone day | took him aside and in
formed him that his vacation Mt At
lantic City was about to cease unless he
played basketball, and he Immediately
began to pay attention and l had no
further difficulty with him.
Take Kinkaide he did not get into
the game as soon as he came with me.
Instead he sat on the bench two whole
summers. and one winter just being
coached and when time came for him to
play he had developed into finished
player able to hold his own with the
best In the league.
John Deal was another one of my
stars lie was just being developed
when l secured him, and took Eddie
Fcrut right out Of the gym in Cam
Aen 1t was the same with the other
clubs in the National League. The man
ayers developed men.
Down ut Millvillc the McMurray
boys took Kitchens. n local lad, and
made a star forward out of him. The?
developed Furman Reeves at center, and
when he showed signs of skidding they
shifted "Reddy" Barber to the pivotal
post and made a guard out of Reeves.
Again when one Of the regulars showed
signs of going back they brought Bonn
hoff to the front.
"In. the last year of the National
league, Trenton did not have one
of the men that had started rih
the team fUe gears prcri0uSlV. All
had been replaced. FrCd Cooper
aud Albert BrdttOn had developed
D0nOrGn and Harrison, q pair of
guards, tchO icere as CldSSicSt q
backfed com bindttOn as cere
playing the game at that time.
"They also brought out young Al
Cooper and gave Harry Hough' his
start in the Trenton Y. NJ. G. A.
lIough eventually fl0atcd over to Bristol
und played with that team.
Old New York Five
THE old New York five, of Shields
md Reed, forwards; Wendelkin. center,
nd Bob Abadie and Mother" DIETRICH.
guards, We're the products Of Y. NJ.
=. \. instructor in the old Twenty
bird street institution. When AbadiG
showed signs of slowing up, Wendelkin
was developed for forward and Reed
was used at various positions. When
Shields showed signs of going back,
Walter Grief was used at forward.
These changes came In the teams every
ear or so, and when a man slowed up
there was always some one available
to take his place who had been dcvel-
opcd by the manager.
Our Frank did considerable with
the st. james team when he bought the
lub and his greatest success was with
Willie Keenan,, who was about as good
center as the game has ever seen.
Keenan, was far from the star he turned
out to be when. Frank took charge of
the club.
"An idea of what was done in the
olden days is illustrated with this years
Trenton first half champions. When
Fred Cooper got Mechan as his center
what did he do with Tome? Simply
developed him into one of the best
guards in the game, even though the
former center was expected to br among
the retired players for the year"
The other reason why basketball in
Philadelphia is at such low cbb is
that the Philadelphia club signifies
nothing. The team must represent some
ncighborhood like jasper. Greystock,
Nativity, Shanahan. South Phily He
brews, st. Anne or one of the many
prominent sectional representatives.
When Jasper played il meant a big