El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-11

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| some new men OF big league catber
are being developed and it looks as II
as many would be called to higher com
pany this year as Lass, when ali pre-
! viOus records in the Texas league were
broken. In the fall of 1909 Shreveport
/ sold $4,000 worth of players ana eV-
cry other team sold from three TO five
1t is true that not many of them made
! good. but they made a good enough
| showing to warrant the scouts OF the
| big league having a high idea of Texas
as a training ground.
! If the big leagues can get one star
| out of a dozen men picked UP from the
1 minor leagues in enc season for each
team drafting or purchasing that num-
! Der the managers are more than sat
| isfied. The change IN the lineup OF
| the big team is not great from year to
| wear. but nevertheless the demand for
| new men is constant.
| The competition for new men promises
to be greater this year than ever be
! fore for the season in the big leagues
so far has proved that a number of the
J stars have already passed their use
| fulness and that new men must be
| found to take their places. Chicago,
| New York, Chicago, St Louis, BROOK
! Ign and Washington are badly In need
| of new material and some OF this n'1ll
come from Texas
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Two young players have already been
called. the New Highlanders having
purchaser. They are first baseman
Harry Gokdy and pitcher Walter
Shontz of ME Dallas team, They Will
report at the end of the Texas season
and will get a chance to play in some or
the games at the end of the big league
! season. Both have made fine records
and there is everything to suggest that
the league scout has shown good judg-
ment.
Another man that looks likely is John
Brewster of the Fort Worth Panthers
He is touted as second Triss Speaker
The yOungster has every earmark or
wonder. He is batting around the three
hundred mark and is playing his posi-
ton in excellent shape and showing
headwork at every turn. He plays
outfield and goes after everything that
comes his way. Coyle, first baseman
of the Fort Worth team, also looks like
big league timber
Drucke, right fielder of Oklahoma
City: Hornhurst, McIver, Billiard. Ables
and Stinton of San Antonio; Loudell and
Thackara of Waco; Mowry and Bureh
of Houston; Dundon and Spencer OF
Galveston: Hinninger and Hubert of
Shreveport all look likely.
OF the bunch named none of them
look more likely than StintOn, outfielder
for San Antonio. He has been fielding
his position perfectly, getting hits when
hits meant runs and generally conduct
ing himself in a way that wins games
McIver, outfielder for San Antonio. is
also showing promise again The fact
that ne has been to big league company
and failed TO make good viii work
against him but as he is still young he
NAV be given another chance.
Drucke, the right fielder for Okla
homa who is a Texas Christian univer
sity student. is showing mettle- He is
certain to be given trial unless there
is a big fall down between now and
the close of the league
OF thu pitchers. Ables is by far the
best Owing to the fact that he has
gone TO the big leagues twice and has
made good neither time, will work
against him also. Like McIFer, he is
young, and if his work holds up some
of the big league teams will probably
try him out in few Of the closing
games
Banding and Billiard OF San Antonio
are making good. The first is another
man that the big league scouts are
watching closely. He is yOunSster
with record to make and is making
it. Billiard has had his chance in big
LEAGUE company but may get another,
as he was tried for only part Of sea-
son and was found not quite ripe /
LoudelI of Waco is another young /
pitcher that has all sorts of speed and /
curves and looks as likely a yOungster /
as Texas has had in many season
The long hot summer is yet to pass I
and there is plenty of time for some l
of the men who are not showing form i
just at present TO develop
That the Texas teams are practically J
as strong as those of the Southern |
leagues followers OF baseball are bound J
to admit The character of the teams
this year is better than the league has
ever known. Every department OF the
games is pitched on a high standard
That Texas is fast is shown by the 4
fact that more than half of the ex-big
leaguers, who We're able still to put
up a passable game in fast company,
have been unable to stand the pace in
Texas and have fallen out.
Texas is preparing to enter the Glass
3 baseball next season With the sal
airy limit up to that point baseball here
will be as good as anywhere IN the
United States except in the National
ard American leagues and the American
association.
The past week in the Texas league
has developed some surprises, none
more than Waco. the cellar champions,
W hich seems to have broken the hoo /
doc. Those who have watched the game
have long since formed the opinion !,
that the strength of this team warrant
ed that it should stand much higher
in the percentage column Lately. with
the beating of San Antonio, that team
has been steadily climbing and greater
things can be hoped for the Navigators
during the long hot summer.
Shreveport. which has been largely
is also making an excel
lent showing. MayeS, Flick and Nc
Donald, recently added TO the team, are
strong men and have helped most ma
teriaIIy. The two Smiths have also
struck their gait and are doing very
fine work. One of the features that
cannot but be impressive is the manner
the team has been hitting for several
W eelzs. If they keep up that gait they
viii soon be roosting high among the