Show FORCED TO BE SECRET DIG nig LEAGUE SCOUTS vulf pl abr DO THEIR WORK UNDER COVER bush managers Mana acre conceived all sorts of waye ways to boost aaseth batting averages to isike player players tempting awny good stories are told by big league scouts and about thoc then jim former scout for the chicago nationals tells ono one which shows the lue of keeping under over the marion marlon 0 club bad had a player it waa was trying to peddle off on the big leagues the tip finally reached the cuba that hero here was a IL splendid player tor for the top rung so jim murphy wont went down to look him over on tho the day ha lia arrived bo he took hie his beat seat in tho the grandstand unobserved and accor according dInt to bla his custom immell abely began asking questions about the youngster tho the fan on his right happened to bo be a keen rooter so murphy play opened up on him the talk finally led around to the man the cuba were after what kind of a player la Is so and so sot inquired murphy dill smith u faked for ob reason exclaimed I 1 the fan oh dills a wonderful fl elder when he leaves tho the booze alone was tho the tin lin expected answer it la is almost ad less to say murphy took the next train back homo home iio ile had learned all he wanted in that ono one abort short sentence on another occa occasion aon li murphy furphy waa was investigating a player up in wisconsin tho the manager of the team waa was doing his best to sell the star tor for a big price but he know his men man was a hard drinkut nad tried tu conceal tho the fact so he introduced murphy to tie the player and then started to take the party on a tour of tho the saloons in town every timo time a drink was ordered ho he tipped the binl to his player and he would order a cigar much to the amazement of the bartender lie ile would instinctively reach for the hot alo which the player generally ordered as mulphy noticed with an la in ward smile and every timo time said player asked tor for a cigar the manager would nudge murphy and exclaim see ise that hes iles as steady and temperate as they make them but any man with halt an eye would bavo have spotted tho the placer for a hadd haj d drinker iio ile oven even bad it on his breath murphy finally left town with out his roan man this just shows to what means man agers will go in their anxiety to sell a player for a food tood trice und make somo some profits for the tbs club there aro are eoln cases where batting averages are padded to give the impression players are sluggers tins making them tempt ing aalt for big league scouts A scout has to be a detective in ad to bis his other virties virt jes it la Is no easy job |