Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1914 — ONLY 18 STARS DEVELOPED [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ONLY 18 STARS DEVELOPED

Of the 150 Recruits Tried Out by the Sixteen Big League Clubs, but Few Are Kept in Line-Ups. More than 150 ball players were either bought or drafted from the minor leagues last season by major league clubs. Looking over the lineups of the 16 big league teams, only 18 ne”- names have appeared regularly this season. In other words, of the 150 recruits tried out this season only 18 made good. Think of the expense Involved! Think of the scouts’ salaries, the money spent in railroad fares and expenses sending men around the coun-, try looking for material, to say nothing of the fortunes paid into the coffers of the minor league 'clubs to secure these new men. And only 18 out of more than 150. ' The Tigers have three new ones and are lucky. Bobby Veach, Ray McKee and George Dauss are the Tiger re-

cruits who made good. The Naps have Chapman. St. Louis presents Leverenz, a pitcher, and Agnew, a catcher. The White Sox have a crack catcher, Ray Schalk, and Comiskey can also boast ok “Reb” Russell, one of the pitching “ffhds" of the season. The New York Yanks found nobody and the Red Sox are in the same boat, but they did not waste much time looking for new material, Boston preferring to stand pat on the championship team oflSl2. Philadelphia

has Schang, Shawkey and E. Murphy and Washington boasts of Joe Boehling. In the National league, New York got Demaree, a pitcher, Boston found a crack infielder in Maranyille, and the Pirates got a star in Viox. Hap Meyers, also of Boston, was .the only recruit first Backer. Stengel of the Dodgers and Conelly of Boston

were the outfield “finds” in the National. Here is a club composed of recruits who made good last year: Catchers —Schalk, Schang and McKee. Pitchers —Russell, Dauss, Demaree, Boehling and Shawkey. Infielders —Myers, Maranville, Chapman and Viox.

Outfielders —E. Murphy, Stengel, Veach and Conelly. Collected on one club this line-up could furnish several of the major league teams with plenty of argument, not to mention a large number of defeats. As a whole these newcomers are fast, brainy and good hitters.

Ray Schalk, New White Sox Catcher.