The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14
CALIFORNIA LEADS
IN BASEBALL MEN
State Develops More Major
Leaguers Than Rest of
the Union.
OVER HALF THE MEN
SELECTED MAKE GOOD
Many Players Will Be Drafted
by Eastern Teams the
Coming Season.
Tribune Special sporting Service,

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NEW YORK, Nov. l3.-Caltornia is
a 300 hitter when 1T comes 10 turn
ing out good ball players. In addition
TO that, they have trotted out many "A
good fighter Every year the Pacltc
Coast league springs DO less than
dozen players on the major leagues,
and IT is surprising that half of that
number deliver the goods. The ma
jorlty of baseball managers consider
themselves very fortunate II they eel
twenty-five men that have been touted
rs big league calibcr and find TWO
that develop INTO big league material.
That The Pacific Coast league should
have a medal pinned on every club
house door for turning out speedy men
for the big tent, cen be easily hgured
out, when such boys as Easterly,
Oakes, Ellis, IIeltmuller. Groom, Sutor.
Madden and GRAY advanced to the big
league in one year. The California
country has done this year after. year
and they are sending lot OF thirteen
men oui for trial IN the National and
American leagues that the baseball fans
out in the Golden City don't expect to
come back
Pie scouts have cleaned up the Cali
fornia league of all the good material
and the fans out there hoped that some
of their favoritcs would be passed up.
All the clubs in that league Will lose
popular players. The White SoX, un'
der the leadership of Hughey Duffy,
will get Ieidcr, whom the majority OF
fans convicted of winning the pcnnant
for the Seals last season. Icider, they
sav on the coast, was about the best
thing they ever saw in the lnhcld Tor
all-around work.
Some Good Ones.
highly recommended. will go TO tho
Detroit club and has been we'll boosted
by Danny Long. who, by the way. SAID
Chase was the goods Browning will
have IIughcy Jennings 90 teach him {
few things Duffy Lewis of the Oak
land club, An outfelder, and Boice, .
pitcher, have been landed by the Boston
club Out in California they say that
Lewis is n good outtielder and gooo
hitter Boicc. they say, will make goo,
in the pitcher s box. Then there i:
Beall, the 1ychaser Of the Los Angeles
club. who will be given another tria
with the White SoX,
Henry Berry has sold some good mate
rial so it is said koestucr and HosI
were two of his best pitchers, koestnc,
goes TO the Cincinnati club and llosl
goes 30 Cleveland. The Los Angeles
club has also catcher who will go &c
the Chicago National League club. H'
is Orendorf. who has done some grca
work behind the platter. The Yankee:
will get Ole Johnson, Il Young fellow
who is we'll touted and comes from tn,
Portland club. He is an inficlder nnc
said TO be crack hitter.
Sacramento will graduate two play
ers-GundiI who will wear White
Sox uniform, and Hap Myers, who ha.
been placed with the Boston Americans
Both are going with strong teams. My
ers was pulled out of the state leagu,
late in the season and is Il player o1
unquestioncd ability, He got his star
All the University Of California. My
crs aud Gandil arc the sluggers of tn,
Sacramento club. Both are first base
mon The latter is u great fielder, hay
ing wonderful arm. Vernon has al
ready given Raleigh to tho St Loui:
National club. Next season il will scnt
Vance To the Detroit club. This young
pitcher was drafted and he has shown
lots Of ability.
Before the season opens other players
may go up from this league. Henley
for one, may be sold. He is entitled tx
chance TO try his hand in faster com
pany,