Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 134, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1917 — YOUNGSTERS IN FRONT [ARTICLE]

YOUNGSTERS IN FRONT

Five Clubs Playing Brand-New Shortstops Regularly. -—to Imposing Array of Pitcher* Scattered Among Different Teams in Major League*—Guisto Making Good at Cleveland. There are few clubs right now In the two major leagues that are not flashing some youngster, his first year out. In some position as a“regular. -Tua old-timers, seemingly, are taking the count collectively. There are no less than five clubs who have brand-new shortstops performing regularly, and there is a horde of new regulars in the Other positions. . . The Reds have three new ones, all regulars.; Cueto, an outfielder, and Shean and Kopf are debutantes in the charmed circle of major leaguedom, and they’re getting away with it Shean Is a veteran as a ball player, but he lias taken a veteran's place now in the majors. Kopf has seen major league duty, but never as a regular until he became shortstop for the Reds. Cueto is a youthful Cuban, who knows hew to bang the ball and play the outfield. Risberg Is the new White Sox shortstop, Fabriqne has taken over the same burden for tfie Dodgers, Chick Ward is in the same fix with the Pirates, and Wortman proved a sensation in the shortfleld for the Cutfs until he was injured. The Phillies and Braves have placed newcomers on the bench to wait developments. Both are shortstops. McGafligan is with the Phillies and Rawlings with the Braves. There is an imposing array of new pitchers. Nearly every club has its new sensation. Joe Oeschger is trying his new spurs on for the first time for the Phillies. Urgan Shocker is drawing all his pay from the Yankees this year, Cadore is a Dodger regular. Connie Mack has a whole fistful of them. Howard Ehmke is a Detroit regular. Christy Mathewson is showing a bevy of them how he used to fool the boys. Louis Guisto is hammering the ball and fielding like a demon at first base for the Indians. It’s his first season as an honest-to-goodness big leaguer. And even with this array of minor league talent making good Jimmy Callahan is using an outfielder at first base and is combing the bushes for a man to take his place.