The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-28
Demaree, Not Fast Enough For
 Montgomery, Goes to Big League

About the best space filler that the newspaper boys had last spring was the alleged shafts of wit that they soaked Jimmy Ryan with on account of the Chicago City leaguefs that he was making up the Montgomery team with. On the whole these criticisms were just, but there was one case in which the veteran had the laugh on his critics.
 When Ryan came to Montgomery last winter the first of his ball play CTS was Al Demaree, who came down with him. Demaree was a Chicago boy, had been making cartoons for some of the Chicago newspapers and drawings for some of the business been the star pitcher on one of the Chicago City League teams.
 Big Almquist, who came to Mont gomery with Ryan and Demaree, was had world of speed, but big and l awkward, he did not know how to use it and jumped his contract with Mont gomery to return to Chicago. One of | paid his fare from Montgomery back to Chicago, but Rallies" Jumped that team. too. after he reached Chicago.
 Demaree showed that he was some pitcher. but did not look quite fast enough for this league, though Ryan always contended that he was one. of the coming pitchers. He was sold to | Columbus in the Cotton states League. pitching forty-two games for Colum- bus. winning twenty-three, losing sev- enteen and tieing two; hitting .2S5 at the same time.
 This record attracted the atteation Of the big leaguers and Demaree was drafted by the New York Americans. StalIings will send him to one of his farms and Demaree will probably play this season in the Eastern League. In | just a few days now the big fellows l will begin to ask for waivers. Next Monday is the day. and then the scramble will commence. The clubs down here will get some of these youngsters and by one week from to- day the expiration of the waiver placed. The extent of this trafic in minor leagues is shown by the follow ing from The New York Press:
 From now on managers of the big | league clubs will be busy placing their surplus players with minor league | teams. President Ebbets and Manager Lumley, Of the Superbas, already have found twelve men who need further experience in the minors before they are qualified to trot in fast company, and Manager McGraw, of the Giants. has decided that the Polo Grounds combination will not be shot to pieces to the small organizations. Big Chief Stallings, who is now at his planta- tion in Haddick, Ga. wiz return to name the Hilltoppsrs who are to be placed in the minor leagues on op- tional agreements and the players who are to be released outright
 more players on their rosters than they can possibly use. The Highland CTS have about fifty-four athletes. and will release or farm thirty-four oi these players before the championship season opens. The Brooklyns will moi have to turn so many players loose Their roster now includes only thirty three names, and as waivers have been asked by Ebbets on twelve men the Washington Park lineup can short
 In ,dispoging of the Highlanders' ex- will do a lot of business with tho Eastern League clubs. Newark. oi course, will get the pick of the Hill toppers who are let out and then Bal at them. Players like Wagnon anC Demaree. drafted from the Cottor
 States League. and Marcan, Wagner and Parkins' captured in the New Yorl over to Harry Wolverton for future
 seasoning. The Newark chieftain alsC can have Billy Hogg, but no club 1T the American League would make ar the same time that waivers are asked on Hogg they will be requested on JoS
 Doyle. whose arm is not likely to bt strong enough to permit him to worh
 next season.
 The major league teams already have shipped about forty players bacl
 to the minors and they'll place ont
 hundred more athletes in the smallel } organizations before the season starts Some of the players who already hav' been disposed of are Coles, Essick Hohnhorse and Cariss, of the Bostoi
 Doves: Hoch, Holmes, Kruger. Whit ing and Murch of the Superbas; Aut , rey, Bayless, Daley. Ellis. Lower O'Toole and Rice of the Cincinnati Reds: Van Dyke, of the Phillies; Bran ] don. Esmond, Gill. Anderson. Sullivan
 Richardson and Siton, of the Pirates } Wolter and McLaurin. of the Cardi nals Brady, Frank Donohute. French Chadbourne. Guyn, Hoey, James, Mo Mahon. Ostdiek and Whiteman. of tn } Boston Red Sox; Cockhill, Perry an, Sterzer. of the Detroit Tigers; Wei . day, of the Chicago White Stockings
 Barger. Breen. Lively. Pruitt. schwart ? and miller. of the Maps; Barr, Egal and Salve. of the Athletics; Eddicl and Peters of the St. Louis Browni