| Show PLAYERS FROM MINOR LEAGUES PLAY WELL S e 40 p w 4 A or t second bateman baseman morgan of washington that winning balf ball teams are made up op to a large extent from material secured direct from minor leagues league a and not from players who have had experience in fast company Is proved in numerous instances among which are the nationals griffiths entire outfield came here bore direct from the minors this is also true of the infield when morgan is playing second and Is a fact so far as a majority of the pitchers and catchers on the team are concerned all of which should go to show that the club which intends to strengthen its fences must draw from the small leagues success however Is n not ot assured in a short period it may take time and lots of it before the purpose Is accomplished but it Is the only system after all and should be practiced first successful grab from the minor league grab bag was clyde milan ahr ahr was waa secured from wichita in the aulmer sui flmer of 11 1007 07 that fall walter john johndon ort also came into the fold and it wa was soon generally conceded that washington had two good ball players playe pla rj the following spring came mcbride and street and this quartet formed the nucleus for several years to comein come in tact fact until this spring when a great haul from the minors was waa made under former regimes it was waa figured that this nucleus surrounded by some cast calit offs would bring brine about do sired results the failure of these plans need not be recalled but it was waa up to clark griffith to realize when he be took charge that if a ball team was to be built up it must be ba done along the same lines that the tha nucleus for a team had been secured cured ee ile iio started out along these lines and he mado made a success of oc it not that he was responsible tor for the cecur ing of the players who have made this a winner but he burned all bridges behind him when he lot let out the old players and made mada it possible for or the youngsters to get a chance to play had ho he retained the veterans the chances are that it if the youngsters had bad started poorly the old follows fellow would have been buck in harness a aca the result would have been losing team |
