The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-08-17
CHICAGO WHITE SOX HAVE SET
lesson OWNERS SHOULD READ
NY HUGH ruLLENroN.

s -. 80 a lesson which All
baseball club owners should re"u.
lnerhaps remember. l have oeeH nou
for twenty years that more 80 "a
l~players are sent back 70 inc ra,nr
Erpinsd than are kept IN tne "H
u S,r,rv after spring l nave
,,trbnd the Youngsters come W.
lows who have made good IN lne "s.,,
Icarurs and who undoubtedly nave
because their Old managers S"Sa
have and the scouts VINO nav sn~,,V
,n.r are convinced. Then taSn $50
tnem' .Ina sod and sent back 20 the
sticks with scarcely a oe'euI ah,fity
49,, vbathHr or not they nave 80
~ =, Fac, n the veterans had to ~
,.ni- worth during tho training seas.
/, The same way the youngsters "N T-,a
80 ,hcr would make the teau'S'
tktd inst hrcak!nG in. had 10 P'"' s,.,
season IN schaN by NrH or nray
a chance. while IN" Ns'eI"I co., owav
rotte, hail up 20 June ! an" E'N -
,.,tS I, Once a younSster Is sent -
- a major league trial ne SeH
"avcs hack \ few with nerve an" -
~. confidence in themselves, *
+ssir way back but the ma)"r''H az
~ldiscouraxrd and broken IN Sp.'"
IRA white Sox Record.
80 We have had complains
,-om r-oct;caly all the cIaes i" ~
80 ,.avles that they cannot get soou
,ay.rs Las, spring there was a -
nEarcrs "a good as ever was Sa'"'III
~ ,or,try had been secured '"' -
lsyes raked and the semi-P'"S
Insd IN March. figuring on pa
ynrIanres there were thirty-'"o Ia"
~ n,aysrs on my lists who una"u'
ursra Of major league caIiore, ~ 10,
day I examined the HstS am raacues
NJ six remain in the major 'ese"s
Tho sou- college boys who sesrneu -
80" 80 win herths are all gone.
A, ,bo, STAKE 81 the game the 'n'C's0
u-S,,n GOV had a bunch OF try"rt p!SS"'
sr. Among chem were LeFer'l'e'
sr,sc, and Elankersh!p. There VIZ
-, laast a dozen pitchers N '"e
,nsrues who. on past performance -
het,er prospects as pitcherS
cratic today promises 70 oe one -
-, rrds OF baseball and the two ON
sreHo "a above the average OF the
mo;or .arues. They have nut '"e
Will sox. a rather sNotty ana "hve.-
.atn Isam IN within striking distance
~ +he supposedly strong c!nhS'
rbn ooint - this: The chances "s
49,, IA ,bcse men been found by any
sinh IN either league with 4 SN'""s
rI,chinc staff. not ore OF tne" N.'.-
nave lasted - the start 81 me S|"S'.i.
Had they been drawn when '"e W",SS
sox had a strong pitching SN''' -
ha,ccs s-e ,hcv would not nave "N"
49,, - chow what they could do.
CIHaso, ard his scouts will &c; crcd''
no,,,g brains: which they have. Ne'
M the same time. prior 20 lSt'' ptl,"-
sra ~ The same caliher would n"' nave
bas, kent long enough 20 sn"" wa.
,hsy could do. They are good r't'h"cS
merely because they were lucky eNoGsu
N &c, the chance - develop. 70"
many other stars are cut loose Wl'"o"'
the same opportunity ana ru'"eN'
commy on Baseball.
Was talking with ,harAe ',"is
today. Comry has been a pretty >NN
uar AVID Il FAR from a well man now:
"a -orious trouble with the gall
bladd.- and was in a hospital Tor weeks
b., ,f,cr the doctors leaned the poison
for his system ne Ch!rked up.
tn Old brain which has done m"Te
>o- baseball h that OF anyone else
rtiu e working a. keerly "a ever We
we're talking Of outr;elders and he al
yanccd IN idea ,,.
"The pret;ieSt par. OF baseball. ne
said, has been hurt q great dea! HF
ths huildinC OF tn modern parks, Inc
ZINE Is coming when big cities like
%sw York and Chicago must nave
fields big enough to play the game OIL
Chicago has one. New YORK needs one
worst o. ALI, because so many people
Gee baseball for the first time there
and they should have a chance TO APP
I~reciate IL -
THE sacrificing OF playing space 70
nujld stands Is all wrong. The prettHs,
md most thrilling part OF the sport IS
outfieid work-aud IN a great man
marks the stands are so close that any
Old kind Of an ourfielder will do II he
can hit 4 little bit The public IS get
ting tired II seeing easy ny halls drop
over into a stand with an outreide:
! leainS help,esslv against the wall
when we were abroad the ou;tie!d-
inc the long runs ard the perfect
iudsinE Of fly balls was the most at
trac.ivs part OF the sport 70 the ones
who never had seen the game. Ana
~ Is even 70 the oid-timer who has
watched baseball all MS lie. There is
nothing p-eccIer than 10 see an OUT
fielder make a great catch and then
throw. The shor; fences are taking
that or OF the sport and II should be
returned 10 the game"
BIB Parks Record
Speaking OF o]utfle!ders that youngster
bib" FalN. who Is playing left field
for The White Sox. holds one Of the
oueeres, records in the history OF base
hail I'm almost afraid 20 write II for
fear the record will be lost before this
Is printed. But Falk, during his entire
major league career. never has dropped
a fly ball. II seems astonishing but Il
is true. and that recalls a queer Incl
dent. Artie Hoffman. the great utility
man and center fielder OF the old Chi
carn Cubs. used TO say that he dropped
Jus, one Hy each year. He made the
statement one day that thereafter he IN
tended 10 drop a fly The first game OF
.HAfNI - rnEF
ANYTHING. so that he would no, have to
drop another during the season. 1
printed a llt,le yarn about Il ond the
rerv mex. day Circus SOliN dropped two