Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-09-07
Stevens Minor Leagne Star After
Begging Chance Here.

BY Waller Haight in Washington Post.
Early Isl summer President CLARK Griffith.
OF the Washington Baseball Club. could
have had one Bobby Stevens. then short
stop on the Chevy Chase A. C. nine, by
simply offering the youth a contract and
saying. Sign here" Today. for the same
player, the Nationals president would have
to do the signing-and on a check-and
the amOunt would probably be 10 five fig
ures. all designating dollars.
The player who walked on the field at
the bali park little more than year ago.
hungry for a chance and who. discouraged at
the time because he wasn't noticed, went
back to the old gang on Chevy Chase field,
is now termed the Eastern Leagues lead
ing candidate for the majors For Bobby
Stevens. Little Bobby" who played a cute
second base for Western High School when
he was hardly large enough To swing a
bat, found the opportunity he sought with
the New Haven Club. where he has 50
aroused the press Of the city that the
leading paper devOtes the best part of two
columns to him and picture with the
caption. Just Kid, But What Kid"
A. W. Granger. who is not familiar. il
seems. with our fashionable suburbs. writes
of the recent New Haven-Aibany game
Master Robert Stevens, late of the Chevy
Chase A. G. down in the wilds of the Mary
land sticks. but more recently an active
member Of the New Haven Club. is the
complete owner of New Haven today A
slashing line drive by the youthful prodigy
in the seventeenth inning yesterday with
twu out the score tied and Heine Scheer
on second base. gave the PrOfs 3.2 vic
tory.
youthful Bobby had been 10 a sort of
slump for several days. His hitting had
been off color and his work in the field
had suffered in like manner. In his first
four times at bat in this game he hadn'
made anything like a hit. Then. suddenly.
he rose from his fielding Stun to pull
couple Of sparkling plays and. with that.
his hitting took decided turn for the
better at the same time. -Four times In
succession he singled with the last drive
the most vicious and timely. Three OF MS
hits were made off Jeffcoat and the chunky
Albanian is the best southpaw IN the league
this season. And now the kid is ready TO
90 again in all the glory which mas stamped
hin, the leagues leading MAJOR league
candidate. He flashed all over the lot in
the closing innings and completed al least
certain Albany runs. In particular. he cut
of what looked like certain hit from Sam
Byrd in the seventeenth inning and threw
the fleet Albany gardener out at first on
perfect peg from deep shortfield. Ihal
made one, but the importance OF the play
shows when Red Farrell laced long single
TO left field right afterward."
From the days when Bobby used TO
choose up sides" those who have seen
him play have been almost unanimous IN
The opinion that he had future in base
ball. He is natural ability personifed on
the diamond-a boy, bit clumsy ordi-
narily. who fields with the grace OF toe
dancer, and a batter, relaxed II not awk-
ward, who steps into the ball with every.
thing he has.
n Bobby reaches his objective the
majots-he may be the second OF his fam
liz TO achieve that distinction, for Brother