The Washington times., 1925-09-23

Babe Ruth Sees Next Season
as Big Opportunity for
Young Blood
By BABE RUTH

NEW YORK. Sept. 23.-The
time of year has come when two
teams in the big leagues start
talking about the world series
and fourteen others are telling
the world what they'll do next
year at this time.
That's nothing new, but it does
seem a bit strange to find the
two New York teams listed among
the fourteen also rams. And seems
as though the Yankees can al
most qualify for the cleft at the
post" class. But that's baseball.
Everyone else on the sport pages
seems to be writing about the world
series. So I'm going to write about
anyhow But / can follow a
hunch-and right now I've got a
bunch that 1925 viii be one of the
best years for kids in the history of
baseball. Believe me thee- oppor.
tunity will be there-and any kid
that can deliver can step into a
regular job in short time.
Figure it out for yourself. There
are at least a half dozen clubs in
the two leagues that will have to
be rebuilt. The Yankees and Giants
are examples. So is Brooklyn. All
of these clubs have few veterans
who can still hold their end--but
they all have lot Of old-timers
who are slipping too-and that's
where the youngsters come in.
Another club that may come
out with a lot OF new men next
year is Washington even though
the Senators are breeding along
to another pennant. But series
or no series, Bucky Harris can't
go on forever with the old fell
lows he has. And he knows 1t.
Even if Washington wins the
world series you may see some
changes i'm the club next year.
And if they lose the series to
Pittsburgh, I'll be the most sur
prised man in the world ii
Bucky doesn't tear his club wide
open and start rebuilding.
Iris Speaker is another man who
will be in the market for young
players. Spoke has had tough
season-and he is convinced that
nothing but new blood and a touch
of youth will fix up his club and
put it in the running.
And there are lot of others
in the league in, the same fix. It
looks to me as though 1926 would
be a kids year with even more
kids coming up than came up this
season and last. / don't know
whether you pay any attention to
| it or not, but I've got it figured
that this kid thing goes in periods.
For two or three years there will
be only few youngsters come up
and stick. Then suddenly a year
will come when almost every club
in each league has at least two
or three "finds."
Of course. they're no more
''finds" than some of the others
in the years when only a. few
came up. It's Just case of vet
Grams growing old and kids COM
/ ing on to take their places.
Look over the records. The
fall of 1906 and the spring of
1907 was a great kids" season.
Ty Cobb came up then and
Walter Johnson and Eddie Col
Inns and lot of others who
have since gone. Then in 1909
another lot of them came up.
That was the year of Babe
/ Adams.
Then in 1912 another crop came
on. Wally Schang and Max Carey
and lot of the Nboys still in
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It works right on down the line
with the big group of rockies
coming on about every three ?r
four years. And unless Pm mis-
taken. 1926 will be another year
with a lot Of Youngsters coming
up. At least it will around New
York and chances are the thing
will hold up all around the cir
cult.
Copyright. 1925, by the Christy
! Walsh Syndicate)