The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
A. A. YOUNGSTERS
PROMISING MATERIAL IN
WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Major League Scouts Are Looking over
Timber of Big Glass A
Organization.


Association season is more than half over
now, and the major league scouts and
L~managers are casting toward the a~ssocia-
tlon clubs for 1908 material. The ~associa-
ton Is without doubt the strongest of all
1.-THE minor leagues. and it is only natural
that the big league men should look to
the association for available talent. Dur
ing the past three seasons the association
has sent a great many players into the
major league ranks, and while many of
them have been returned, still there have
been many more who are there now and
who nave become stars. The crop will
not be as large for the big leagues this
year as heretofore, for the reason that
there are many ex-major leaguers in the
association, and as a rule the big fellows
do not want the same men back again
\ unless they happen to have a string at
tachment. Already the major league
scouts have been following the associa-
ton teams about In order to get a correct
line on the best men for various positions.
The association owners say they want to
keep their teams intact, but Just the same
they are more than willing to sell when
they get good fat prices for their men.
Under the new drafting rules the major
leagues can draft only one man from each
club in the association, which means that
only eight players all told can be taken
by draft at the end of the present season.
However, there will be many sales just
the same. but the number of players to
go UP will be greatly reduced, according
to the showing thus far this season. The
major leaguers are not looking for the best
men In the ass-ociation-that is, where they
have been up in fast company before
what they want is the young and promis-
ing players. A careful study of the vari-
Gus teams in the association Will show the
following players who may be considered
desirable tlmber'for major league company
next season:
Catchers-Grover Land, of Toledo, who
gives great promise of developing into a
star; Blue, Of Columbus, who should find
no trouble getting into the big leagues
and Frank Roth, of Milwaukee, and Paddy
| of Indianapolis, who have both
been up In fast company and may get
back there again; Hughes, of Louisville,
nay develop all right.
First Base--Jerry Freeman. Of Minneap-
oils, is without doubt the best young FIRST
baseman and will doubtless go to Wash
ington. He should improve considerably
with more experience; Nordyke, or st.
Paul. has been with st. Louis, but he has
made a good showing this season; Charley
Carr Is as good as any In the assocla-
ton. and better than most OF them, put
he has been up before and will hardly go
back, although there are major league
| clubs which could use him to advantage.
Second Base-Roy Brashear. of Louis
vile. is about the best young second sack
err. He is not only/a clever fielder, but q
| fairly good hitter and knows the game
| Krueger. of Kansas City. is a good man,
| and n fairly good hitter; Porkorney. OF
Toledo, gives probably the greatest prom
Use, because he is q new nan. you might
say. at the position, and his work has been
fine and his batting strong.
Third Base-Jimmy Burke, the FORMER
pittsburg and ST. Louis star, is, no doubt,
the king bee of them all at third base, but
Jimmy is strong at Kansas City with the
fans. and George Tebeau is wise enough 10
keep him there at any cost; Perring, OF
Toledo, gives promise of developing into
a fine third sacker.
ShortstopeGeorge Mcbride, Of Kansas
| City. is the cleverest fielder, but his hitting
has kept him out of the major leagues this
season. although Boston tried to buy him
from Tebeau after the latter had succeeded
in landing him.. George has been nlttlnB
fairly well this season, and 1t will not be
surprising to hear of Boston Nationals
buying or drafting him. Barbeau, who
was sold to Cleveland by Columbus a year
ago. is next to Mcbride. and may find
HID way back to major league company.
His playing for Toledo has been first class.
Fielders-Josh Clarke, of Toledo. is about
the best. and should be up in the major
lea9ues. He Is a brother of Fred Clarke, or
Pittsburg, and a fine young player, He is
not only a fine fielder, but a splendid bat
ter, and he will be among the few .SoO
hitters; Joe Stanley, of Louisville, IS an
other good one. Armbruster, of Toledo, Is
another 300 hitter and will surely return
to the big leagues next year. The wonder
Is that he was waived on Mt all. Gessler,
of Columbus, is another good one, but Chi
n no doubt has a call on him; Tip
O'Neill, of Minneapolis, is as good as most
Of them, but will no doubt be subject to
Comishey's call; Slcigle. of Indianapolis.
has been lame most OF the season and
never had a chance to show his real worth,
although he Is spoken of highly.
Pitchers-Southpaw Upp, of the Column
bus team, seems to be the pitching seasa-
ton Of the season In the association. He Is
a left-hander, has fine control for n young
ster. has great speed and all kinds Of
curves that go to make a successful slab
artist. He seems to be even more valuable
than Patsy Flaherty, whom Boston drafted
from Columbus last year, after he had seen
several years of service with Pittsburg.
Columbus will no doubt get a handsome
price for Upp, as it will hardly wait for
some one to nail him by draft; Jimmy
Swami, of Kansas City, is another left
handler who will doubtless find his way
into faster company.
The wonder Is that Jimmy was not
drafted last year. He is not over 140
pounds, but he seems to be able to go
through the game without any trouble
whatever, andehe has speed when 1t is
needed. He has great control and has
a splendid head on his shoulders; West,
Of Toledo, is a promising y%oungster; Far
ris, of st. Paul. is young and has shown
good form at times; Summers, of In
dianapolis, will develop, but needs more
experience; Wilson, OF Milwaukee, who
came from Washington, Is only a young
ster, but promises very well; so does
Schneiberg, of Milwaukee, who was Sc
cured from Detroit. The latter has won
derful speed and fine control, and should
be able to go higher; Tom DohertY, Of
Milwaukee, has shown wonderful improve
ment, and besides pitching good ball has
played al strong game In the outield; Cur
tbs. OF Milwaukee, has been Ill with ma
laria part Of the time, otherwise he might
have caught the eyes of the scouts;
Charlie Chech Is another of the old ones
who is pitching great ball for Toledo.
Rival Baseball Teams.
A game Of baseball has been arranged
between teams representing the Maher &
FIOckhart Foundry and tho IidgerWOnd