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Show mi Acs.n : l sports j SENDING PLAYERS TO HUOtS IS HIS SPECIALTY- SEATTLE'S NEW BOSS KNOWN AS CONNIE MACK OF MINORS r !Bl r.i i.i.y EVANS Who I tin. greatest developer of major league talent In ihc minors? Out on the Pacific coast they will tell i he world that it is Walter Mc-Credie Mc-Credie I r- I ! " s .l i "roiiir h.i.s directed tho deetlnltee "f the Portland club of tho I'aciflc Const league. ' It was while In that city that he developed most of the players who have innde the grade In the big show. Thl peaeon KeCrodle will manago the Seattle club of the Coast league Me says he will bo db appointed unless he sends at least ilm-c man to tho majors for a trial. About three do.cn players have been discovered, devolopod and sent to the majors hy efcCrodla, It would be m possible to offer more convincing proof that he Is the Connie Mack of ih- nilnors. "Get theirt young. Plan" 'em right. You can malce a rougli diamond shine by proper polishing. You ran t make plioi J pl- ol -1 . i s look BOO I. nn v matter how much von rusa v.--r. it 1 McCredl " Ball players are like diamonds, j If they have the ability and the jM nerve jon an develop them. If th. ' tf j lack the goods there Is no way of 'getting results. ' PH K i H i M RIGHT "You must pick 'em right and got 'cm young If you hope to sell them to the majors In the fall." That II tli" theory Of Waller Mc Credle. He has proved the wisdom of It over a period of 18 years. Ba k in 1904 when McCredle wen-to wen-to Portland the work of turning out stars for the majors started Jake : Ats was his first offering to the majors. Air. was with the Chicago' White Sox for several years Now, a manager of the Fort Worth team of the Texa.s league, he Is setting a record for winning bush league i pennants. From that time on McCredle has , been tho head of tho very best big feacue player factory In the country. nly two of the players ho sent up! have failed to stick a t-eason at least. Chronologically the record reads: sim.s TO MAJORS 1907 Catcher Lnrrv McLean and I Outfielder Mike Mitchell to Clncln-I natl: Catcher Pat Donohue to the Athletics. inos Pitcher nm Easlck to Cin- clnnatl; BUI Sweeney. In fielder, to, Chicago; Pete Lister, first baseman, to Detroit 1909 Outfielders "Ruddy" Ryan and Jack Graney to Cleveland; Tom Madden, catcher, to Boston Americans; Ameri-cans; Pitcher Bobby Groom to Washington. Wash-ington. Otis Johnson to Yankees. 1910 Vean Gregg. Krapp and Bill Bteen, pitchers, to Cleveland; Tom1 Beaton, pitcher, to Philadelphia. 1911 Ivan olson lnflelder to Cleveland. Cleve-land. 1911' Roger Pccklnpaugh shortstop, short-stop, to Cleveland. Chet Chadbourne outfielder, sought by majors, jumped to Federals 1918 Pitcher Bill James to St IiuIm Brown, i "archer Red Kuhn to Chicago White Sox. i:14 Harry Ht-Uman. outfielder, to Detroit. V14 Dave Bancroft, shortstop, to Philadelphia Nationals Art Kores. third base, to New York Giants 1916 Bill Rogers, shortstop, to Cleveland, 1917 Pitcher Stanley Coveleekfo, Pitcher Allen Bothoron and First Baseman Louis Oulsto to Cleveland. 1918 "Dutch" Renther. pitcher, to' "hlcago Cubs. Lew Blu-. lnflelder, to Detroit 1919 Charles Hollocher. shortstop, to Chicago Cubs 1920 Suds Sutherland, pitcher, to Detroit; Walter Malls, pitcher, to Cleveland |