Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-16

ISOLATION. which means that only eight
PA s al, tod can be taken by draft at
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
association-that is, where they have been
up in fast company before-what they want
is the young and promising players. A
careful study of the various teams in the
| association will show the following play
ers who may be considered desirable tim
Der for major league company next season.
Catchers-Grover Land of Toledo, who
gives great promise of developing into
star: Blue of Columbus. who should find
no trouble getting into the big leagues. and
Frank Roth of Milwaukee and Paddy I.iv-
ngston of Indianapolis who have both
been up in fast company and may get
back there again: Hughes of Louisville may
develop all right.
First base-Jerry Freeman of Minneap-
oils is without doubt the best young first
| baseman and will doubtless go to Wash
fngton. He should improve considerably
with more experience. Nordyke of ST. Paul
has been with st. Louis. but he has made
good showing this season; Charley Carr
Is as good as any in the association. and
better than most Of them but 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 Louisville
| IS about the best young second sacker. He
Is only Il cieVer nelOer. out a fafrly
good hitter and knows the game: Kruger
of Kansas City is a good man and a fairly
good hitter: Porkorney of Toledo gives
probably the greatest promise, because he
Is a new man. You might say. at the posi-
ton. 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 to
, keep him there at any cost: Perring of To-
iedo gives promise of developing into fine
third sacker
Short stop-Gaorge 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 hitting
fairly we'll this season. and it will not be
surprising to hear of Boston Nationals buy
ing or drafting him. Barbeau, who was
sold to Cleveland by Columbus a year ago,
is next to Mcbride. and may find his way
back to major league company. His play
ing for Toledo has been first-class.
Fielders-JoSh Clark of Toledo Is about
the best. and should be up in the major
leagues He is brother of Fred Clark of
Pittsburg. and a fine young player. He is
not only fine fielder. but a splendid batter,
and he will be among the few 800 hitters:
Joe Stanley of Louisville is another good
one Armbruster of Toledo is another 800
hitter. and will surely return to the big
was waived on at all. Gesser of Columbus
is another good one. but Chicago no doubt
has a call on him: Tip ONeil Of Minneap-
oils is good as most Of them, but will no
doubt be subject to Comiskey's call: Seigle
of indianapolis has been lame most of the
season and never had chance to show his
real worth. although he is spoken of highly.
Pitehers-Southpaw Upp of the Columbus
team seems to be the pitching sensation Of
the season in the association. He is a left
handler. has fine control for youngster.
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 sew
eral years of service with Pittsburg CO.
lumbus will no doubt get a handsome price
for Upp. as 1t will hardly wait for some
one to nail him by draft: Jimmy Swami of
Kansas City Is another left-hander who will
doubtless find his way into faster company
The wonder is that Jimmy was not drafted
last year He is not over 40 pounds. but
he seems to be able to go through the ga me
without any trouble whatever. and he has
speed when it is needed. He has great
control and has a splendid head his
shoulders: West of Toledo Is promising
youngster: Farris of ST. Paul is young and
has shown good form at times; Summers
of indianapolis will develop. but needs more
experience: Wilson Of Milwaukee. who
came from Washington. is only young
ster. but promises very we'll: SO does
Schneberg of Milwaukee. who was secured
from Detroit. The latter has wonderful
speed and fine control, and should be able
to go higher: Tom Doherty of Milwaukee
besides pitching good ball has played a
strong game in the outfield: Curtis of Mil
waukee has been i'll with malaria part of
the time. otherwise he might have caught
the eyes Of the scouts; Charlie Chch Is
another of the old ones who is pitching
great ball for Toledo.