The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-03
|ST. LOUIS CARDS
BASEBALL CAMP
TO OPEN SOON
Willinlantic Layout to Re-
ceive Prospective Play
ers July III

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The second annual st. Louis
Cardinal baseball camp Will be
held again this year in Whitman
tic, Connecticut, starting at a. M.
DIST, Thursday, July 18th and
continuing through to Saturday,
July goth.
Last September the Cardinals
promoted the first baseball camp
of this kind ever held in New Eng
land and over 800 young men from
every state in New England re-
ported hoping that they would be
oneof the fortunate players to re-
ceive baseball contract aff1liat-
ing them with organized baseball.
OF this large number reporting.
nearly 40 players were Offered
couraged to report back again this
year.
If you have players on your
club who are II years of age or
over whom you believe have the
ability to eventually become major
league players and are willing to
pay bus or railroad fare both ways.
room rent and board and all ex-s
penses connected with a trial at
our Willimantic, C &c i lieut.,
training camp, we will be glad to.
have them report Thursday, July
18th.
Their trial may not last more
than two or three days for it does
not take experienced baseball men
long to decide whether or not
players have the ability to make
good in baseball. Therefore, you
must clearly understand that our
scouts and coaches have the right
to dismiss them from camp at any
time they conclude that players
are not ready for one of our minor
league clubs during the season of
1895 or 1895.
Fair Deal
If they do show enough ability
and promise to be sent to one of
our, minor league clubs for fur
Their trial after having signed al
1895 contract with US at the end
Of the weeks trial, we will refund
them the amount they spent on
transportation from their home to
Willimantic, and for room rent
and board while there. They must
bring enough money to pay all ex-
penses of weeks trial and their
transportation back home, for the
training camp positively will not
furnish funds to players on trial
except in special cases where we
have agreed to do so. Their room
and beard will cost from $1.00 to
$500 per day, depending on the
sort of accommodation they desire.
. Please instruct them to bring
receipt of the bus or railroad COM
pany for the amount of their fare
to Willimantic, to deposit with the
club house keeper, so that if a
refund is made we will have those
figures on hand for settlement with
them. They should also take re-
ceipt for their room rent and
board for the same purpose.
Upon arrival in Willimantfc they
should go at once to the baseball
club house at Recreation park. 1t
will beadvisable. for them to ar
kANC IA pSlh CGh lUC
hours of a. m. and s p. M, as
the club house will be open during
those hours.
One very important point that
all managers and players must re-
alize, namely, that these camps are
not to be attended with an idea
that they offer an outing. Man
ayers should only send their best |
players to this camp. These camps
are not conducted as a vacation
or outing proposition. Players will
realize that after they are in at
tendance but one or two days. |
They must hustle every minute
they are on the field.
Procedure
All players wishing try-outs may
secure places on the camp roster
by making application to Charles
Pop" Kelchner, ST. Louis Cardinal
Baseball Camp. Willimantic Conn.
Just put your name and address
on postal card, stating the posi-
tion You playa All players will
register again at the Recreation
ball park Thursday morning, July
18th.
Every player reporting to this
camp must be in shape and ready
to go at top speed theft rst day.
They will probably be 400 or 500
players reporting for try-outs and
all hustling to beat the other
fellow.
The coaching and scouting per-
sonnet is topped by that great
popular veteran of the game, |
Charles Pop" Kelchner, the num-
Der one baseball scout of the coun-
try. Pop will be in full charge at |
the camp and will be ably assisted |
by famous baseball characters as
Joe" Schultz. Joe" Sugdens,
Charlie Barrett and Leroy A.
Dissinger.
The st. Louis Cardinals are
widely known for their great |
camps for young ball players. 1t
is roughly estimated that IS per
cent of all the players in the Ma
tional league today got their start |
through the st. Louis Cardinal or
ganiZation.