Show Cards Cards' Strategy Board Proud Of Mass Inspection Setup Rickey's Farm System Enables St. St Louis to Get Giant Portion of Yearly Rookie Hopefuls ST ST. LOUIS Feb Peb 2 CAP The AP The approaching 1934 baseball season finds the he St. St Louis Cardinal m management t watching watching- its farm hands handS rookies rookies to you you with with the same saml careful caret l attention that through the years spells winning teams and financial gain Branch Rickey vice president of the S St. St Louis National league club Friday explained the little known workings woi kings of the the famous famous farm system I Seven or eight managers several ever l scouts cout and club presidents form a a aboard board which carew lly sifts the m material mater mate teri te- te rl ri rial l Rickey said aid Pats Pass Rigid Inspection We have an elaborate card index system and each Is lJ on a list and each of our managers scouts and club officials at the camp has a list liL We inspect the players and after a session on the field we hold a Q meeting meet meet-i inc ing ng each man with his list in his hand We go over each player and do not release one until all scouts managers manager and officials agree that he wont won't make good And there must mast be good reasons for tor or releasing We consider wh whether ther thera a man maa man can throw whether er he can cm run un hit whether he likes likes' to play pIny whether his spirit 1 is right and also consider his habits If there is one thing hing at which he excels he is re- re tamed regardless of faults unless the thc faults aults preclude the possibility of his hi making good If It one scout scout manager or official vot voteS s against a release relt the player is kep for tor further inspection And thebe the be beat ct t proof proal of the thc efficiency ncy of our method of selecting is the fact f that while we have examined tho thousands of f f young pl ers in the last few years we know of only two who have hae 1 made good even in a small minor league after alter having stood inspection I in one of our ur campS camps and nd been beers released re reo released leased by us Mind you jou ou we have lost Jost players who have become stars but in such uch I instances s one manager or or one E oUt oUtdid did the releasing in Such players usually reported after alter we wc v- v had held our camp and ther therefore fore foree e we did not have n a chance to give him mass macs In in Look through h the rosters rosters' of the thc major lc league g clubs Rickey continued continued con con- and you will find this year car carthe the names of more than 70 10 players ers who broke Into baseball through the thc Cardinal organization The outstanding major league player to slip through the C Cardinal ch chain Jn store net in recent years ars is Lonnie Warncke Warneke the Cubs' Cubs brilliant rIght right Lonnie Lonne never passed the mass inspection however |