Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-02
EVENING NEWS SPORTING PAGE
LEAGUE CLUBS
Get PLAYERS
FROM MINORS

Cincinnati, Sept. 2.-Mlnor baseball
league clubs will pocket about SIPS
900 as the result of the action of the
major league magnates at their meet
ing here In securing by draft 115 mi
nor league players for the big teams.
Last year the little fellows got $780,
900 for the players they lost by draft.
The national commission had an all
day session, and at 10 o'clock last night
issued a statement that 115 players had
been drafted, of which National league
teams procure sixty-seven and Amer
lean league clubs forty-eight. Last sea-
son the. J~ohnsonites were luckier in
the tdra VS. than their rivals.
Charley Ebbets. president of the Su-
perbas, had a lot Of luck In drafting
men. He wanted about twenty-five and
got fifteen. The Giants nailed thirteen
men who had been ~fayorably reported
on by McGraw's scouts, the Phillies
twelve and the Cubs eleven. The Chi
cage Americans grabbed ten men. De-
troit landed only II pastimer. and
may lose him, as it is not a certainty
that Skeels, an Indian pitcher from Re-
gina, Is subject to draft. He has played
ball under several aliases, and the ma
tlonal commission is tracing his pedi-
gree.
The commiss1oners-Herrmann, John
son and Lyueh-did a lot of work be-
fore they tackled the draft proposition.
The first important matter decided by
basebalTs tribunal was to call off the
proposed tour of all star tenms meant
to represent the National and Ameri-
can leagues. Some twenty-odd players.
among them Mathewson and Bridwell
of the Giants and Chase of the High.
Ianders, will have to send back checks
for $500 which they had received from
the Cincinnati promoters. The commits
sioners gave nc reason for frowning
on the proposed tour other than the
public has enough baseball between
April ID and Oct. 10, and that a trip OF
this sort might take some of the edge
off the worlds series.
There will be a set Of games this fall
tOT luG CudalllOhobip VI thC uhteStcSt
and Thomas j. Lynch, president Of the
National league, was instructed to see
what he could do about rearranging
the schedule of his league so that the
tussles could start on or about Oct. IL.
There was q great attendance OF
magnates at the session Of the commits,
sion. Presidents Farrell of the High
landers, Ebbets of the Superbas and
Secretary Knowles of the Giants being
the representatives Of the clubs OF
Greater New York. Ebbets was pleased
with the men he got via the draft, de
cIaring that be had picked up a second
Mathewson in Manser of Jersey City.
He did not say much about Lumley,
whom he drafted from Binghamton,
and who probably will be turned right
back to that club.
Among McGraw's captures was Dick
Rudolph, a BronXonian, who has been
with Toronto. for three years. A man
awarded to the New York club for
whom there were many applicants was
Manush. third baseman Of the New Or
leans team. Manush formerly played
In the Cotton States league with Josh
Devore and once got a trial from Con
ME Mack.
Lots Of old timers were caught in the
draft dragnet, men at present likely to
get further trials in fast company be-
ing Josh Clarke, Wilbur Goode, Dare
devil Dave" Altizer, Tom Raftery, Lee
CULLEN, Harry Lumley, "Moose' Bax'
ter, Sheldon Lejeune, Writ Camel,
Bill Kay and Lee Fohi.