The New York herald., 1922-01-22
BY WILLIAM Il. HANNA.

Another Frisch." Hugo Bezdek says
ball player--All America star-who is
to play baseball with the Yankees the
coming season. Bezdek coached Kill
iinger on the diamond and on the
gridiron and really thinks he will be
as valuable a man for the Yankees as
the brilliant Frisch has been for tho
Giants. If ne is he will be a heap.
Frsch at Fordham had far greater
reputation as a football than as "A
baseball player. In the college world
football is bigger game than base
BALL. and Frisch Notwithstanding the
unusual ability his career with the
Giants has shown him TO have, at
tracted no particular attention as
baseball player. Yet he must have
been n corker even then. Arthur Dew
lin. his coach, knew how good he was.
but few others.
Same way with Kilinger. Those in
position to know at Penn State declare
ne Is a coming star, but though he il-
lumined the football sky with his prov.
ess last year he hardly was heard OF as
baseball player. In the case or both
him and Frlseh the glamour which went
with his football career probably led
big league clubs to believe that one with
such athletic aptitude would develop in-
to first class ball player.
Thorpe Shining Example.
This isn't the first time baseball has
reached ous into football and taken a
chance on n man with exceptional ath-
letic skill developing into a first class
ball player. The case of jim Thorpe
was such n one. The Indian played
baseball tolerably well at Carlisle but
did other things so very well that IL
looked as II he might become tiptop
baseball enthusiastically. he never
did-so MeGraw took a chance on him.
The vogue or the football man has
spread right rapidly since Thorpe cams
up. and now all managers look long
ngly on the football cracks II any base
bail ability at all also Is had Ned
Mahan of Harvard and Tad Jones Of
Yale could have had big league jobs
for the asking
Frisch and Eddie Collins from the COLI
lege gridiron have made good in base
ball to n greater extent than any or the
others except Chrlsty Mathewson. II
the list stopped right there the ability
of these three alone would give IL dis
tinction. II doesn't stop there. Dave
Fultz and Davey Robertson. give Il
lustor. Fultz at Brown and Fultz with
the Orioles. Athletics and Yankees was
n fine player--flne IN both games: like
wise Robertson. Both were exceedingly
fast Football brought n shoulder in
Jury 20 Robertson and ruined great
pitcher, but Fultz. by way OF contrast
was much more severely hurt in base
ball than he ever was in the rougher
game.
McGraw says Howard Berry IL hs
were a good ball player would be a
mighty good one because he Is a
utation landed him a job with trs'
Giants. Remember Pie Way. the ysls
pitcher and tackle? He had a berth
with the Giants for time.
Derrill Pratt. Chief Meyers Rim Coll.
lins Harry Mccormick. Harry Davis
Jack Murray. Arthur Deviin and Earlsi
Neale are graduatsc Of the eridiron.i
So IL Hinkey Haines. outfielder and on
the Yankee roster. Haines starred at
Penn state year before last just az
Killlnger did last year. He is very
fast and isn't n major Lacquer in calf
ber yet but he is young. They'll prob
ably he after Gazeila OF Lafayette
when he graduates. for he plays both
games and ranks high in football.
Ruth mt First Base.