Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-06-29 | Page 7 | Change of Scene Often Benefits Ball Player

CHANGE OF SCENE OFTEN BENEFITS BENE-FITS BALL PLAYER. ADHERE aro Innumerable Instances where good ball plovers have been let out b one major league club onlv to becomo stars for anothor after a little experience In a minor league. Eddlo Tostcr of tho Washlngtons Is ono of these Tho question Is often asked how Foster came to got away from New York That club sent him to Rochester with tho agreement that It would have the pick of the team In tho tall. It Is said that John Ganzol the man-agor man-agor of that club gave It as his opinion opin-ion lo the owner of tho New York club that Foster would not be of an help to bis team, and hu then consented to the sale of Foster to Washington Maurice Rath furnishes another Instance In-stance of where n good ball plavcr was allowed to slip through the hands of two major leaguo clubs and Is now making good for tho Chlcngo Whlto Sox with a vengeance Philadelphia and Cleveland both had Rath but ho made good for neither because ho was not played at tho position whero ho belonged They tried him at third and ho failed, while ho appeals to be a wonderfully clever plajcr at second Until Foster went to Washington ho was considered only a shortstop, yet ho seems to have developed Into one of tho best third baseman In the league