Show VETERANS USE YOUNGSTERS YOUN Cobb and Speaker Seek Pennant In American League Rag Race By D t 1923 1922 by The t NEW YORK May 12 Jf 12 It Cobb and keep DL D l t nit oit IId CieL r mi nJ up near th the toO loo of tine he heAm Am 11 n league race m br br thel success will be luo imie erge Ie Re Rely ly Iy to thu th fact tact that they tiry lis c c not born b in afraid ld to try oung oun a aga 1 l b-l t eld Id 11 batters hatters aji RJ as well ell im i'm s bc- bc bl because I cause case the Tigers are arc i a gang of or sluggers and the Indians a II fine fino I e team In Tn the last two ten years thero th ro hiss 1110 been i 1 i change of ot opinion n regard regard- 1 ling I log Ing the th opportune time to put a aI aoun I loung oun pitcher into the n league sers sef service Ice Ty Cobb and Tri both managers of o advanced ad thought are arc chiefly lIl fr the change T 1 particularly In ha h been outspoken in ad lii 11 Inus use of pitchers is le st the tho old Idea of holding m hns h back and in many cases returning I I them to the minors Cobb ln tain miln-tain that more good pitching has I been lost by s sending young play play- players players ers back than has been heen gained by waiting a ear car or t two tao 0 before using th thom I 1 dont don't claim any originality for Cor the idea said Cobb No doubt the tho old opinion was ens as the tho re- re re result suit quit of necessity yet yot a when hen I saw I the good effects of using the th youn young pitchers as against them II for an extra season or t two tao 0 I felt I thad had struck upon something that was Vao s worth while hill to baseball It used usell to bo be said that this successful manager and that on showed showed excellent Judgment by sending oung pitchers back to tho minors to net get more mor seasoning I Id I'd look up the figures and fact facia to see sea if Ir the th statement as borne out I found out that these managers usually were so burdened with aith high class pitchers that they had no room for or any other twirlers rs The facts as de developed eloped tre TV that many young pitchers of class elas and promise were ere being bE bu buried In some some second-class second organization Where th they y soon goon lost lest ambition to pitch Ana nd all 1111 because there t room on the major league leagur team that possessed their services That Th t right Cobb Ills his not hesitated to give his young ounG pitchers real tryouts tho moment they came to him Ile He didn't send out for a bear ear earnor nor did he Jle send Johnson Y awny It ItIs Itis ItIs Is quite true that they camo came from the Pacific Coast league to him yet yot there thore were other pitchers from I th Pacific coast coat who were not given an immediate trial came through for tor Cobb and per per- perhaps per perhaps haps Johnson would have hase done as ell had he not met with Injury Speaker Is doing the same thing True he h is I pitching CO kle and Morton but hut no manager andI I turn down either ither until It had been skill proved pro ell that they had lost their I At least three teams leims In th the ma- ma major major ma major jor leagues have base been afflIcted with dry rot in the pitchers boy bot for four tour y years ars or so Unwilling Unwilling- Unwillingness n ness sa to try the kids kills because tine the managers lacked patience with them them has disrupted some sonic pitching pitching- departments but the tine teams have been kept going because of I strength In other positions I If hr Cobb and Speaker succeed there will be others to follow the example I |