Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1920 — SANDLOTS FURNISH STARS [ARTICLE]

SANDLOTS FURNISH STARS

Mordecai Brown, Former Cub Pitcher, Says College Boy It .at Big Disadvantage. The boy from the sandlots mikes a better ball player than the college youth, according to Mordecai Brown, the one-time three-fingered pitching marvel of the Chicago Cubs. “If I were to select one of two players of equal ability—one of them a boy off the sandlots and the other a college star —I would take the sandlot youth every time,” says Mordecai. “I do not mean to deprecate the ability of college players. Some of the really big men of the game have been developed by the colleges. But It has been my observation, both while In the major league and since leaving It* that the college player Is at a disadvantage. “This, I believe, Is due to the fact mswy of then have net been up against the world. They cannot jfam and take as the player who has had bla start In semlpro baseball."