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Show GREAT SCARCITY OF BASEBALL MATERIAL Untried Minor Leaguer Brings Big Amount of Money. Sam Crawford Comments on Present Playing of Major Leagues Thinks War Had Something to Do With Situation. Sam Crawford was discussing the present playing standard of the major leagues a few days ago. "You would think," said Sain, "that among 130,000,000 people you would be able to find 500 good ball players, wouldn't you? That would be one in every 200,000 Inhabitants. "But, they evidently don't find them. And it is funny when you consider how much money a boy can make by playing ball well. It isn't that they are unable physically because a man does not have to be a perfect specimen speci-men to become a great ball player. "Maybe the war had something to do with it. Not alone the fact that during the war the boys who were developing de-veloping could not continue doing so, but because of the different aspect on things the war gave them. Many boys who went into training camps, just about ready to break into organized organ-ized base ball, came back with no further fur-ther desire to follow the game. "The tip-off on the scarcity of base ball material can be found In the prices that are being pnid today for players. Why, they pay more for an untried . .y.v.-.-.-.-.v:. . Jlllllllllllll bli'ilisIlJliiliiSiii tlllfiBllll Sam Crawford. minor leaguer today than they used to pay for an entire club. That would not happen if they could get plenty of good players. "And they are hiring a lot of veterans. veter-ans. There was a time when they did not care so much for veterans because there were good men coming up constantly, con-stantly, hut apparently there are not many In sight now." |
