The New York herald., 1922-02-13
WINTER BASEBALL
OYERLAPS SPRING
Players Get Ready to Move to
the Southern Training
Camps.
By WIN. II. HANNA.

The time Is a bit out of joint wher
baseball players begin heading South
to training quarters before the magnates
have completed their winters work
The National League is to have its
schedule meeting in New York this
week. and yet by that time several big
league players will have begun their
spring training. Bill lsyan of the Giants
already Is at Hot Springs and whole
pack of players will move on that re-
sort before the week is over.
Prospective deals are best kept to
themselves until consummated. for II
they don't go through the effect on the
players involved is more apt to be bad
than good.
Whoever is on the committee to de-
eide which player of a league is the
most valuable to his team is not to be
envied. lie has Il tough Job. He can't
go by figures alone. There are more
intangible factors than batting and
helding and base running deeds and per-
centages. Personality counts a mans
moral value to his team, what he is as
'an inspiration to his mates, his influ-
once. what he does to help and lift
them, such one. for instance. MS Larry
Doyle. Larry was a hustling, buoyant.
helpful fighter. He might have been thu,
most valuable. though outhit by every
other man on the team.
Between Bob Veach OF the Tigers and
johnny Mitchell of the Yankees. taking
each by himself as a ball PLAYER. there
is no room for discussion as 10 which is
the better. vench is, and at first glance
trade of ono for the other appears
uneven with Cobb getting the worst
OF 1t. That, however, isn't the point.
The impell!ng reason. the big motive in
any traoe--barring the money grab
bers-is to strengthen your club by
getting, In the line of material. that
which fits in best.
Cobb Is sensible in wanting 60 get
Everett Scott or Joe Dugan In prefer
ence to Mitchell. but the Yankee club
would be bereft to let Scott go for any
outfelder. Cobb has no chance to got
either. and that being the case IL Is
his play to do the next best thing. If
he neds shortstop more htan Veach
In the outhcld then he would be fully
he needs "a shortstop more than Veach
ard not justified In refusing 70 mako
the trade. Keeping Veach just because
he is better player than Mitchell
would be poor business IL by taking
Mitchell he could strengthen his club.
The successful managers have bcen
bold traders.
News item-Coach Yost has Joined the
ranks OF coaches who believe the pres
ent day football teams are superior to
those OF decade or more ago, when
Drawn was the chief requisite for n
college football player.
Was II now? Have you ever seen a
faster center than Sanford was twenty
years sgoI lie could run the 100 under
~ seconds. Or o faster guard than
IIeffclhnger? There was lot of speed
and brains. too. In the football ranks Of
a decade or more ago. and teams were
no heavier then than now. Speed
didn't suffer az the expense of brawn--
not with such players as McClung. Ed
wards. Lewis. Newell. Bliss. King. Dib-
bic. Palmer, Davis Eckersall. Chan
ming. Weekes, Hubbard. Campbell.
WrichtinRton, Brewer. Shevllr. De-
S,rl'es, Minds. Graydon. KEENAN,. Tib-
bott. Schulz. Jones. philrin. Glaze,
HooDrr Bunlye" - s N,v,av Dunn.
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