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went back to the minors, but all but Lat
timore and Downey are still on Cleve-
lands reserve list. but are not expected to
appear in Nap uniforms next season.
McAleer got six men through the draft
for ST. Louis. Blue and Schweitzer were
retained. Schweitzer really made good.
but Blue was unloaded by McAleer on
Connie Mack In exchange for Catcher
Sid Smith Ten players constituted tire
bunch drafted by Washington. Cantillon
Jared better than his rivals. for Burns
made good from the start, and Edmond
son and Witherup did good work after
they were recalled in the fall from the
clubs to which they had been farmed.
Easterly, catcher. recently drafted from
Los Angeles by Cleveland. was one of the
men that was not retained
National Had Same Experience.
About the same ratio of drafted players
made good in the National League. Out
of eight men Boston kept Manager Joe
Kelley and Catcher Graham. Boston kept
Shortstop Mcmillan from a total of seven
drafted The Chicago Cubs kept none OF
their drafted material. Cincinnati grabbed
eleven men by draft and retained spade
Pitcher Mccarthy. however. made good
with Boston. New York with eight can
didates. picked up live ones In Sranuall
and Herzog. Pitcher Mallarkey also
lasted for few months. Pittsburg draft
cd nine men and kept First Baseman
Kane and Outfeder Wilson. st. Louis
got two men this way and kept them both
-Infielder O'Rourke and Outfielder Shaw.
lacks class Whom did the Phillies get by
draft last year that made good? McQull-
len, Foxen and Grant were all purchased,
as was Osborne.
Now look what results were secured
from investing a few extra dollars in the
purchase of minor leaguers before the
drafting season began. Boston bought
seventeen men and picked up such good
ones as Pitchers Cicotte, Burchell, steele,
Arellanes. Infielders Lord and Mcconnell
Catcher Donohue and Outfielders Gessler,
Thoney, Speaker and Cravath. chicago
bought ten players and kept Atz, Manuel,
PurtelI and Olmstead.
Cleveland purchased four-Chech, josh
Clarke, Daubert and Lister-and retained
the first two. Seven men were all that
were purchased by Detroit. Summers was
the only one who really made good. put
warhop was handed to New York, while
Cleveland bought Pitcher Cough this year
from Saginaw.
The Athletics also bought and recalled
seven that looked ready Vickers, re-
called, surely did make good. as did
Schitzer. Sid Smith did well enough. At
any rate, McAleer, who got him In ex-
change for Bert Blue, intends to keep him
for next year. From nine men secured by
purchase New York picked up promising
recruits in Pitchers Manning and Lake
and Catchers Blair and Sweeney. Pitcher
Zeller was taken sick and did not pitch all
year.
Washington Fared Well.
With seven men bought. McAleer man.
aged to keep Outfielder Criss and Pitchers
Bailey and Graham, while Joe Cantillon
certainly used good judgment in the men
he purchased. He invested Washington
cash in seven players, among whom were
First Baseman Freeman, ShortstOp Nc
Bride, Outfielder Milan, Catcher Street
and Pitcher Gates.
The National League was not SO for
tunate in its expensive investments. In
fact, the only ones who kept on the pay
roll of clubs in the old league all season
We're Foxen of the Phillies: Paskert,
Campbell. Pierce and Hulswitt of Gin
cinnati. Merkle of New York, Becker of
Pittsburg. Raymond, Gilbert. Sallee,
Charles and Delehanty of the st. Louis.
But in spite of the fact that the Car
dinals managed to pick up so many prom
Using men they finished last, while Wash
ington. with all its star recruits. finished
in seventh place in the American League.
AS usual. each of the big league clubs
has purchased and drafted a large num-
Der of players for delivery next season.
In fact, GOode. Bush. Warhop, Wilson,
Baker. Lapp and host ofAothers joined
their clubs before the season ended. There
is no doubt of many of these men making
good, but 1t Is almost cinch that most
of those that are drafted will be back In
the minors next summer. Summed up
in a few words, one purchased player is
q better asset than six drafted men, One
Marquard or Bush is better than a dozen
Downeys or Blues.