Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-20 | Page 9 | Billy Evans Says

& I i th --on lees than half over " major league clubs ilroady ure lay- M lng their plans for 1923. With iMil?gi lu-e'o 11 practically E- over for.thi cr the big league r'-- seouta ire getting ready to scour the I, minors for promising talent. M i During the next few weeks the j cream ol the college talent, east and gj wt i v .11 be reporting to the various maj leagui clubs. It is said that s; the college material of this year is very ordinary. The so-called lively hall, plus the -!dm-banp tactics th.L-. are now in f. vogue, has placed a decided premium j on pit hlng. A club that !acke pith- S; lng In the majors these days can't hope to get very far. It is a well known fact that all rtajoi ag is club owners have made T it Known very emphatically to their scouts that pitchers are much de- I lired Of coursa .-tars of any other I po Itlon will ru.t be overlooked, but 1 stress Is laid on the necessity of dig- gln up likely pitching material Johnny Lverf, now scouting for the Chicago White Sox. is one individual Who should know a ball player when h e sees one Bvers has Just returned frt m a thre weeks' invasion of the During that time he looked oyer S number of minor league stars who are being much touted. k Knowing that he had been doing L somo scouting and being interested I In th baseball market. I asked him ,m hi return If he had seen much . promising material. "I may be pessimistic, but In all my travels I didn't see a single player L who looked to be ready for a big t leaRue trial at the present moment I "l saw peiiiaps a dozen fellows In action Who Looked to have promise. I and who might be ready for a chance in a couple of yeara However, 1 t was searching for players who would add Immediate strength to our club. 1 didn't see one player of that type. ' Who were the best players I saw ' W. you will be surprised when f tell you. When I eay the best. I mean players who had, or sesmed to have. i tho ability to help a major league f club right off the reel. "The best pitcher I saw was George McQulllen, who was a star Ls tho Na- ji tlonal league a dpajsQ years ago. Mc- tjullleti opposed one of the pitchers I w jh BCOUtlng All he did was score a shutout. "Tne best outfielder I saw WS Chl 1 Mattux who did good work for the Yhlte Sox many years back. J Take If from me. picking up players ready to go the route In the majors j! from the very start Is some Job."