Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Two Big Leagues Have Taken
l64 Players From Minors.
STARS DEVELOPED
DRAFT RULE IN NEED OF AN
OTHER AMENDMENT.
College Chess Tourney-Cross Country
Running in England-Racing
at New Orleans.
STARS DEVELOPED

That there is great demand for new ma
jor league base ball talent is shown by the
fact that i64 players have been taken out
of the minor leagues by the National and
American this year. says the Philadelphia
Record. OF these the National secured Vi,
and the American, I3 The National, ever
since the raid made on it's players four
years ago, has been forced to go out and
try TO develop new stars. and the relative
numbers of men secured from the minors
this year shows which league needs the
new men most. But the number of men Sc
cured by the American this year is greater
than ever before, and in number of cases
American League club owners have grown
tired of the stars they captured in the raid
of 1900 and 1901 Some of these stars no
doubt have deteriorated. and now that the
American owners cannot go out and get
men already developed they are forced to
do the same as the Northumberland or
purchase many youngsters each year In the
hope of picking up some new star.
The National League has developed near
ly all the greatest stars in base ball today,
and since losing most of them, the old
league has gone ahead and developed more
new men. until there are almost enough
good ball players to down the cry that
there will never be enough to fill out two
good major league circuits The many new
club to finish among the first three last sea-
son. The Reds developed such men as
higgins, Odwell. Tom Walker, Schlei and
kellum. For next year the Cincinnati club
has picked up ten new men, and no doubt
several more good ones will be developed.
Pittsburg developed Catcher Phelps, Out
fielder Stirring. two great players, and some
of the new men played last fall look pretty
good Carrish should develop into a star;
and Case gave evidence of being good
pitcher. The club has secured twelve new
ones to be tried out next spring
Brooklyn's Big Draft.
Brooklyn has gone out after more talent
than any two clubs in either league COM
bined. Hanlon, in the last few years, de-
veloped such good ones as Lumley. Jones
and Schmidt, and out of the thirty-two
new ones secured for next season Brook
lyn should get fast team. Some of the
thirtytwo, however, may be under cover
for minor league clubs. If they are Han
Ion may find 1t hard to get them back to
the minors, as some of them are too good
for other managers to allow them to es
cape.
The Phillies developed Lush, MCGEE,
Hulswitt. Doom. Roth and Caldwell. be-
sides Corridor. who was secured from Chi
cago last season. The latter should be
one Of the star pitchers of the country
next season. The Phiilies and Athletics
secured fewer new men from the minor
leagues this year than any other clubs IN
either league. Howard. one of the Phil
lies new men. who was traded to Pitts
burg, Is expected to do great things next
season.
New York developed Devlin. one of the
best third basemen In the country, besides
bringing out Mccormick. who will be found
with the Phillies next season. Ames also
is good pitcher who will rank among the
best next season. For next season the
club has only picked up four new men.
hn 70 iv, "a H.
cago club are Evers at second: Jones in
the outfield. pitchers Weimar and Lungren.
King is also comparatively new man.
Selee has secured twelve new ones to try
out and may develop one or two more like
the above. Boston secured less good young
sters than any other club Some of the
eight who will be tried next season, how
ever. are touted as coming stars.
American Stars.
The best men the American developed
since it has become a major league are
Fred Parent of Boston and Murphy Of tbs
Athletics. Mack also developed Plank.
Bender and Henley and picked up a likely
battery in Coakley and Noonon. The lat
ter cannot be ranked as stars. st. Louis
got a first-class man in Pitcher Glade. and
Cleveland brought out young Turner, as
we'll as Pitcher Joss. Washington mad
Cassidy and Jake. Stahl as newly devel-
oped good ones. and New York had Catcher
Kleinow. Boston also picked up good men
in Gibson and Winter. Detroit developed
Mullin. But the real stars of the Ameri
can are men who were taken from the
National.
Detroit and st. Louis have gone to the
minors to strengthen their teams for next
season, each club having picked up thirteen
men. Cleveland has fifteen new ones on its
list, but tho club has already started to ship
some of them back to where they came
.I1,o rol oil h
New York and Boston seven each. Wash
ington and Athletics five each.
Connie" Mack is different from most
other managers in selecting new men. When
he decides to take a man from the minor
leagues he must have pretty good evidence
that he will make good, and 1t is safe to say
that Connie will keep more men out
which he has selected than many other
their lists. Mack does not draft players for
the sake Of helping along some minor
league club, and IL all managers did the
same the evil Of the drafting system would
not be as great as at present
The following Is complete list Of men
secured from the minors by the eight clubs
OF the American League:
American League.
d. Kerwin, purchased from Louisville.
Hayden. purch ased from indianapolis.
Robe, purchased from New Orleans.
Atx, purchased from New Orleans.
Stanley, purchased from New Orleans.
II. Clark, purchased from Milwaukee.
Dougherty, purchased from Milwaukee.
l.. Feline, drafted from Cedar Rapids.
DETROIT
ID. J. Sullivan, purchased from Minneapolis.
f.. w Ford, purchased FROM Minneapolis.
+. Thomas purchased from Mime polls
+. Crowley, purchased from indianapolis.
g. T.. Jaeger, purchased from Rockford.
II. Schafer. purchased from Milwaukee.
Graham. drafted from Tacoma
Anderson, drafted from Little Rock.
Graham, drafted from Colorado Springs.
Schwarmwebsr r, drafted from Waterloo.
Corus, drafted from Boone.
Raymond, drafted from Waterloo.
NEW YORK
Holy Cross, purchased from Cairo.
Yealer purchased from Montreal.
+. McManus, purchased from Montreal.
Newton ane Chase. drafted from Los Angeles.
Hogg, drafted from Spokane.
Starkeiess. drafted from Boise.
BOSTON.
II. Olmstcad purchased from Columbus
p Sessions. purchased from st. Paul.
G. Stone. purchased from Milwaukee.
G. JUssyn. purchased from New Bedford.
A. McGovern, purchased from lowell.
A. GriInshaw, purchased from Buffalo.
Morton, drafted from Toledo.
ST. LOUIS.
James Smith. purchased from Shreveport.
o. X. Swan, purchased from Shreveport.
Fl. T.. Morgan, purchased from Minneapolis.
Rochenteld, drafted from Spokane.
Van SAINT drafted from Nassau
Koehier, drafted from Atlanta.
Frisk, drafted from Seattle