El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-18
Texas League To Be Raised To
Class B.--Texos League Gossip

Il i possible that within the next 80
DAYS the Texas league VIII be raised from
els=s c 10 class B. II all depends on
what rhe census figures soon 70 be maze
r-.s.r7~ sbo.E- Secretary J. H. Farrell, OF
- Nar7o-sI association. will act as soon
- rlIs figures reach him, as the appllca-
ZION has been pending since last NoFein-
beT-
IN order 10 get this rating the elght
r7r7e- IN the league. san Antonio, Calves
rou. Houston. Dallas, Fort Worth, waco
SlI-eveuo-t and Oklahoma City must d5
snow a cu1fined population OF 4OoOUV-
Tha4 rhe eeusus viii snow this, there
L. longer seems 10 be any doubt
Il : quite important tha9 the ad-
,.r..a.I -tukInO be obtained before uct-
- on that date the drafting season
e-en~ and All class i or major league
Tan nav begin 20 look oYeT class % %
taI-ur- The draft price OF class
PLAYER = $500, 50 II the Texas iedgu0
er-ers that elass IN time the club owners
- =. - =, receive that amount Tor
&c. man selected The present draiC
r.-fre the league being IN class I, Is on!
~. I,-g,er Classification also means
te-re- hsU Tor Texas. Inc owners III
- ieagIe VIII be able 10 20 scouting
th-o-,~,b he Two lower leagues IoT pay
A. uresenr class d IS the only one
from which the Texas league can u1"i
PLAYERS
II The Texas Ieagne gets in class II
IL - Tor COMPANY and rank Win
- - fta NeV York state league, Ohe
f..-ner+7r,,t Ieag1Ie tie Central leilgl
-. Ne-r England league, the 1hree-I
Tes-4e- me Northwestern league
Srafe league and the Western asSo-
r. : admitted b. experts that inc
Tevse league / today as last as any %
- mentioned IN fact, many me-
49, nIavers. drafted by the Dig 80 -
I'm the Texas league, suck tH@n W
-. F-sfref from the class b league =
- advantage OF the hlglleI
.1---;=7-.r7on i the faet that the ol.ISo
- - s,u no longer draft ITciil Ilto
- Inc and a. a result the players
- sz-r-,8 records here but ~ifo az
- sTood enough Tor Dig ied2 t uo
- - ,riU not be snapped up Dy Ihe
S-usIE-- Ieag1ies mentioned
S,ue o. the fans have been oliSs Pic al
f-g ON a team Eileh ml2hl 80 vote
..rer- n the Texas ecu lily So
- taken the fans would pTODa'i!
- y -, = Pv-r,I-s Gordon and Lee Car
HlH, sbles. Reeves, Mckay
sr,ourz ard Billiard
- Iss-qrnan HornhOESt
- hs=e-Sus Dunfon->
mid base-Jay An1IfNs-
S-o-,-HunteT Bill
- fseId-Jimmy N1iaalIls-
Ceute- fieIdzs -jilnfny Maioney-
Right fIeid-tseorge StlnsoH-
T-r7TTfv-AIexandeT- n
:. III T.. uOtieed that the men would
- F.@en Ffrisied almost evenly among
- az rhe teams Of the leagues Nea9i u
- - +f,su1 are what Is termed the Old
- - ~ league and It i probable that
sI,ev World beat the youngsters 10 d
r.. @F.gre lineup wOuh have Tor
.l.--fer- HoTHlBOTst, San Antonio; OeoIg-
S-furBu. San Antonio: Alexa1deI' ''al i
sr-rr55- jimmy Williams, fa@o; ana
.Ieeu.- NaIoney, Dallas
sU ri them have brains. especially
c. T;unlIou- a member OF the world 5
rfauli8n " hIte COX
A. fieIFerz they are all stars Horn
Hor-t = a. good a fIrst baSenan as Ohe-e
: IN TexsS DEfndOu can't % improved
- - , second fsaSeman and Andrews
an EE7II certainly cover the ground Oh
ssr-rr-lIUg that comes their way
Then think OF THAI outIleld, jimmy
Willis. Jimmy AalOney ana Georg4
cf-urou- Couldn't they wallOp the horse
bi.fe II for YOU And remember tla'
n NJ got LAID up there world be
H.. Eer ready 10 I'll hole He L
r,-I,sl.lv better catcher than either Of
III tu6 men selected but he Is still bet
ter a. a utility player
Tlp batteries would also make some
Il the national league teams trenable
II would be harder 10 get five men wh'