Show WC ULD NT RISK LOST LUST STAR PLAYER im MIKE FINN REFUSED TO BUY SPEAKER WHO IS TY N COBBS COBB S RIVAL i 17 OVERLOOK overl E 0 al OIE declined to put up 1 forthe for the great cleveland player comiskey would get a managerial job for george day dav s with the scout system in vogue by the big leagues at work it Is pretty hard for a good player to escape the clutches of the major baseball bation magnates but here are a couple of jana yarns that show how two of the present day stars were overlooked for a short time larry cajole was in che the A new ew eng frig land territory right lindert under the eyes of the deceased great manager frank selee and although everybody touted lajoie off to selee the latter failed to get his man selea selee could haye hate had load him easily enough he bad had an option on his man he knew perfectly well that the philadelphia club wasi was after lajoie and he knew exactly wham wha price was out on lajoie it was 1500 1 with phil geler thrown in to boot I 1 when it was put up to sielee to boost this price he refused to do so and said let them have him and so the greatest second bl baseman isemin of his day and one of the greatest ball players of all time went to td philadelphia ta to oad the coffees of reach and ito hog ers like other national league ma mag nates these magnates failed to meet the offers that cajole received when the american league started japera pera eions ons and thereby lost their man whereas where ae had lajoie been kept by the philadelphia club the athletics could no not t have secured the prestige that be came theirs abston B ston picked up tris trig speaker speake from the cleburne club of the texas league but he did not look good to jim ain ma ala guire who offered him to mike finn the little rock manager maner E oston wanted for speaker but finn could not see this at all and said he would borrow the man for a year qa 0 o speaker was sent down to little rock finn fixin put pu him to work and forget ail about having him sign a contract thinking at the time that boston had him tad tied up the boston club thought all the time that little rock had signed him up immediately ewt ari d the consequence was speaker played tor for nearly a month wits witt little rock and under contract to no one finn finally woke up to this fact and shoved a contract at speaker which the youngster signed without any trouble H he e ely A free agent at the time and could have signed where he pleased but ne tie did not know it had be he known this and been as well known then as he Is now he probably would mould have had every ma jor league club in the country hot on his trail tris proved to be the sensation of the southern league that season and every major league leagie club in the coun coup try was after ater bim him but little rock had to turn him back to boston without a cent in return this one deal was the worst blow that mike finn ever re calved in his long career in baseball and he never got over it because be he would not risk athe lost a player whom hom w he could easily hai haie e sold for 5 00 finn nevar told the story on himself but it made the little rock club owners so sore that they let it leak out it Is a peculiar thing the way people call charley charier dolln the old vet eran i doom dooin has been in the league a long 1 time but bui h he e is not 30 years old even now he lie Is the lightest catcher la in the big league ed walsh although considered one of the greatest pitchers in the game to day was guilty of making three balks balk last season bill burns also of the white sox tied his team mate hoy thomas has started active work as ba baseball coach at the university of pennsylvania I 1 Bel believing levIng that many young first basemen fall fail to make good in major leagues league through fear of the runners spikes manage fred lake take of the boston doves Is working on a patent glove as a protection tor for the ankles and feet of th the men who have to cover the bag blaine durbin who has helped warm the rational national league benches for or the C bibs ibs reds and pirates will try to really am arn his salary tor for omaha this season durbin is one of those players who would rather actually play with a minor league team than dra draw a big league leagie salary and warm tl trie elench bench t bert ceeley who pitched tor for wish wash ington in 1908 and who finished last season with omaha Is another who has decided to eliminate the spit ball from his repertory walter devoy the st louis ama beur who went around the last circuit al a a member of the browns fast last fall has notified president hedges and manager 0 connor that he wants to try for first base manager jack mccarthy of the dan ville cabb of the three eye league has signed walter C 3 jantzen a chicago boy to play second base Jant zens friends considered him one of the finds of the season and think he Is a second johnnie evers george davis da vis another of the white sox old guard is slated to go he will make the second of the veterans of Co milkey s staff to kitaye this yeal year isbell being the other comiskey is looking tr lor a good managerial berth in one of the minor leagues league for davis if he falls in his purpose he will retain george but it is believed certain that he will succeed he has his eye on the american association or the eastern league as the most suitable place for or iaela harry lord third baseman who was the first of the boston american players t ti sign for this season has been appointed captain of the speed boys by manager pat donovan |