Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-20
BALL STARS from s
TEXAS FOR BROWNS
Some of the Play srs From
That State Who Have
Made Good.

Is Col. Hedges picking up be right sort
OF Players asks the st. J 1,uis Times.
He's certainly drawing on Texas, but
very few lads from that stf ae have reg
istered impressive hits in Il = big arena.
iris Speaker is generally kerred to as
Texan. He's one by Dirt h. and while
ne started out on his profe. eaonal career
in the Lone tStar state, it ms in Little
Rock that he batted his wa. h into promi-
l,nence. Then base ball write RS frequently
,,refer to Zach Wheat as a Te<xan. The
splendid young Superba con- es. from Mo-
Sbile Occasionally live or e is piucked
tfor a song. The only Tyrr B Cobb is
Noticeable example. He psf Bill Ar
t,mour, Hugh Jennings pr edecessor in
s;Tigerland but $500. Otht ~ important
|echeap captures are but few tand far be-
tween.
St Louis, Camp Hedges particularly.
has. never been lucky with t.neap young
aa,ent. Since l9us, the year the firm OF
Wedges and McAleer went nto business.
norx sman's Park has hot bed but two
" hnas. The first one hs inaugural
year. The team was form, ii by Powell
F1anke Donahue, Sudhon II hrper. Ander-
sou, Ehrry Mccormick. Pad den. Wallace
RlEkatt, Heidrick, Bill haloney and
those kind. The other " inner. was In
1905. nd that team landed lbut, fourth in
the race. It's backbone ' tasf composed
| of Wallace, Ferris, William ). Stone. Tom
Jones'; Howell, Powell, w. hddell, Criger
| and other veterans.
Since then, particularly right now, Col.
| Hedges has had his scout bdO q lot of
| travelling. The chaps thelj have landed
/ thus iar form job lot. OF the big
buncl. Of young; pitchers I lined up for
| Jack OConnor last W inter Kinsella
alone stuck. and that Claes Q workman
1 now drifts back to, the minors. killifer
Ns the only young ca tcher remaining. He
us a wonderful tlrowef., handles the
lttchers hot shot well enough, but stands
a ssolutely last in the American Leagues
sW vat colony-.1.4-aiid NOT even a Killing
wo pld be rated a satisfactory man
Ne wman is making good. Truesdale Is
also coming. But by the same token
Schwe ttzer and onet or two others are
going. \Ray has not hing. not even the
build soung He'll fra N Joplin was shown
in Tues days practice. His physique is
anything but impress sive. Link, secured
when Gle SeIand sd,ond division team.
| threw hin down. twt.led $3.50 game
at best, h e was a loser and only came
game behinGN him.
The sure ,vnouah firds of the season
| look to be he aided for other cities. This
| Outffelder Brt Hie of the San Francisco
team is repoi ued to be another Duffy
Lewis. that piet ibid youngster Patsy
Donovan has or era ing In his lett mead
| ow. Clark Gri ut h has bid $4,000. for
RrOdie and will iva DdDly get n1m- logger
Bresnahan allowe,ts Charley ComiSkey to
| beat him to young Il Mclean Of Springfield
| (Three- Eve League club. Magnate kin
sella tried hard to induce Bresnahan to
| buy. bur failed Oh b riley Comiskey hand
! ed over the 81. 900 eauested and Mclean.
according 10 the CT Gcago critics, iss the
| best young meadow pan ever sprung in
! the Windy City. CT Rrley Murphy also
| gets a live one in Tn lrd Baseman Tiger
ton Of the Altoona STri-State Lessgue)
| club. lie leads that bt dy in binging- and
| is reported to be a S Ore slayer in the
| big arena. y
!, The Times st. Paul { correspondent has
II thatNFred Lake is go ing to beat Jack
OConnor to Murray, thtl best bet jim the
| American Association. Murray is a. hit
ting rastel. 4 month az he was slated
| to becomA Brownie. Now II isa said he
\ will join the Boston Doves.t Pitcher Ryan
and First Baseman Aubrey are twp other
| st. Paul players who are basking in the
| bright effu,Eent rays Of the spotlight.
Ryan, too. is down to JOIN the Doves.
while Aubrey Us slated to become Cub.
SO all the live kids are landing else
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