Show PUEBLO MANAGER PASSED UP BABE ADAMS IN 1906 Pueblo Colo cole Nov 6 Few baseball fans know that Charles Babe Adams the Pittsburg twirler who won the world championship and andis is now BOW considered one of the greatest pitchers the country ever had was rec mc recommended recommended to the Pueblo ball club but finally turned down Such however is the case It was In Inthe Inthe Inthe the summer of 1906 1900 while Adams was VaS pitching for Parsons Kan Han In the Kan Kansas Kansas Kansan sas san State league that the big fellow was recommended to Pueblo by a friend of the club The late Frank Selee was manager of the club at the time and although the Indian pitching staff was weak Colonel Selee thought that it would be best to send one of his men down to Parsons to look the stranger over before he was with ti a contract Arch the long boy with the cross fire was the man picked to look Adams over made the trip and arrived in Parsons ParOOs the day Adams pitched Although the latter won his game for some reason came back and reported that Adams was not yet ripe for the Western Vestern league A few tew days later Adams was picked up by the Denver Denyer club and made good goodright goodrIght goodright right from the jump On the other hand the man who sized him up is now among the h |