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Show ' atanf In the bushes, notably Eddy Kc-1 uoyl' Bobby Byrne, J5u8 Raymond Ar-j ttrur )Trommo'j. Eddie Kargor and Roil Mtrrrfcy. -.'.J t-' Murray Scouts for Dreyfusa. Billy ;'Murjfay ' discovered promising young players for , the Philadelphia Nationals while ho was managing the team, EddjeOrjint, the thlrd-sacker Iw Moren, Earl Moore and George, cQullle'nvMik Doolln, the shortstop, and Otto Knabe, the second Racker, were aU picked up by Murray. - Like lieCkwh-ey, Murray could go out and pick up a good young ball player about any time he felt like It, bat ( he never .could make hin team play winning ball. Murray, by the way. Is now scouting for Dreyfuss, owner of the Pittsburg team. Breshnahan and Billy Gilbert did most of the scouting for the Cardinals last season. Gilbert found Howard Murphy for Roblson. Murphy cost the Cardinal management $3,500. Hp proved a big "bloomer, and Gilbert lost his position. Breshnahan discovered dis-covered Lester Backman over in Portsmuth, Ohio; Leon Kahn, owner of the Shreveport team, found Harmon Har-mon for Breshnahan. Dick Klnaella of .Springfield advised Roger to draft Hauser. Roblson picked np Batcher himself. Breshnahan bought Rube Geyer from Columbus, arter seeln-g the big pitcher In action. Charlie Comlskey bad the most expensive ex-pensive staff of scouts in the business busi-ness last season, and Is said to bare spent at least $100,000 for new players. play-ers. Ted Sullivan, the late Tom Yof-tu. Yof-tu. Dannie Long of San Francisco, Mike Cantlllon of Minneapolis, and other well known baseball men combed comb-ed the minor leagues for White Sox recruits. Long landed Rolla Zelder and Gandll for the Sox. Hugh Duffy made Scott, a pitcher, for Comlskey. The old Roman dkln't get many prizes, but he's not discouraged. GOOD SCOUTS WILL SAVE MUCH MONEY -Chicago, July 9 In the course of a recent conversation . with Oeorge Huff, the latter told Bob Hedges, president pres-ident of the Browns, that ho never paid more than $1,200- for a young ball player. While ncouting for the Boa-ton Boa-ton Americana and Chicago Nationals Huff picked up such brilliant players as Trls Speaker. Eddie Reulbach. Carl Lundgren. Artie Hofman, and other Btars of the national game. Hedges says that Huff Is still under un-der coutract-to scout for the Chicago Cubs. Huff is a physical director of Illinois university, aod spends the summer months searching the minor leagues for promising talent. Huff' and Sam Kennedy of Cleveland ; and J Tommy McCarthy of Cincinnati are considered the cleverest scouts In baseball. Kennedy worked for Connie Con-nie Mack up to this year. Ho is credited cred-ited with having secured Harry Kruuse, Eddie Collin. Frank Baker and Jack BArry, the shortetop. .These four players' blossomed Into stArs last year and boomed Kennedy's stock as a scout to such an, extent that Cbar-lio Cbar-lio Somers cf ;Cleveland tcok him away from Connie Mack. Somers Is one of the most liberal club owners In the business, and when It comes to spending money for young players, and. with the Cleveland owner's own-er's support." Kennedy will undoubtedly undoubt-edly land a.Dunch of desirable talent for the Naooleona. McCarthy a Good One. Tommy McCarthy Is credited with having discovered nearly , all the sneedy youngsters: now with the Cincinnati Cin-cinnati team. McCarthy has been scouting for Hermann for several years. Tommy played with Charlie j Comlskey's St. Louis Browns 25 years nco. and will be remembered as one of the smartest players of his day. McCarthy, Bid McPheo and Tommy Corrigan arp credited with having discovered Bescher, Paskert. Mike Mitchell, Egan, Downer and Hoblltzel. The Cincinnati team Is composed prin-clDally prin-clDally of young ball players, none of whom has been In the major leagues more than three-years, with the ex-eeptlon ex-eeptlon of McLean, Lobert, Beebe and Fromme. ,. . ' Taking this year's -work' as a criterion cri-terion the moBt successful scouts In baseball are the men who picked up the youngsters who have landed the Highlanders at the top. of, the heap In the American league , Frank Farrell has three clever baseball' base-ball' men tBFR.shngvthrojgli the tall grass for young ball players. Arthur Irwin Is thp chief New York scout, with Duke Farrell and Eugene Mc-Cann Mc-Cann as his assistants.; Irwin, ;was the star shortstop .of, the Providence and Philadelphia National " League teams of twenty-five years ago. Duke Farrell was the star catcher of the Washington,- Boston .and New York teams of twentv years ago. McCann managed the- Jersey City Eastern Leatrue team before -he went to work for Farrell. .--.'.. Yankees' Strinq, -Irwin, Farrell and "TfcCaun picked up Jim Vausrhan, Rnsell Ford. Foster, Fos-ter, Roach,, Frill. lirchell .and other new men with the Highlanders. Frill. Vaugban and Ford are 'pitching sensational sen-sational ball for the Highlanders, and are responsible for the present high position of the team In the championship champion-ship race. Johnny McGraw of the Giants "has a biz string of scouts. Wllhert Rabin-son Rabin-son and Dan Brouthers, veteran ball players; Joo Gardner of Ihe Dallas club, and Dick Klcsella of the Soring-field Soring-field (111.1 1eara, scout for McGraw. Gardner landed Drucke and Fletcher for New York. Drucke Is one of the most brilliant young twlrlers In the National league. Klnsella recommended recommend-ed Larry Doyle' to McGraw. New York paid $3,500 for Doyle. Ten times that money would hardly buy his re-leape re-leape today. Hedges has seven scouts working for Mm this year. Charlie Barrett and Harry Howell are two members of the Brown'B scouting staff. The other five are known only tn their employer. em-ployer. Hedge6 doesn't care to have their Identity known, figuring that the nien can do better work under coier. Talking about scouts, dm't- overlook over-look John K. McCIoskey, who landed some good men for the Cardinals. McCIoskey likes to look them over from the bleachers. He picked up |
