Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20
PAY BIG MONEY FOR
THE YOUNG PLAYERS
American League Spent More Than
National for Pick Of
Minor Stars.
MOST CLUBS ARE
ALWAYS BIG BUYERS
Competition Among Club Owners
Steadily on the Increase-All
Take a Chance on Draft.

Several fortunes have been expended
by the club owners Of the two major
leagues for young players for next year.
The sixteen clubs in the two leagues have
paid out 1887 900 for youngsters that are
to be given chance to show whether
they are fast enough for the big leagues
next year.
The American League owners have
spent $J3,1OO more than the National
League. the American leaguers paying
out S225, O5O while the National leaguers
paid S161 $50 for the new men they will
uncover.
The club in the American League which
paid out the most money for new men is
Cleveland. That club heads the list OF
expenditures for purchased and drafted
players with a grand total Of $44saO and
next on the list comes the Chicago ciub'
with a sum total of $4,000.
In the National League the most money
was spent by the Cincinnati club. $3S,JU
being paid out of the Reds exchequer fol
men to help Manager Grimth and Ms
team in next years race. The P1ttsours
club was second on the list of the Ma
tional leaguers. for Barney DreyIuss
help Fred Clarke capture the 1911 pen
nant.
In the National League the club thai
paid out the least money for new players
was Boston. Only $500 was spent by
that club for new men and the next low
est club on the list was the Philadelphia
club, which expended q sum total OF
$3.50 for likely recruits
In the American League the Detroi
club spent the least amount for new men
only $3.50 being paid out for new
Tigers. The next lowest of the American
League clubs was the Boston Red SoX
who paid out $1,000 for promising ma
terial.
Comiskey Has Likely Lot.
President Comiskey paid out $500 more
money than the Cincinnati club. which
paid the most of any of the National
League clubs.
The Chicago National League club spent
$21 $50 for new men. Both of the Chi
cago clubs together have paid out $50. O50
for new players for next year. OF this
sum s49,3OO was paid out for players
bought outright and s1O.75O for drafted
players.
These figures have been given out by
the national commission and are correct
The. fact the American League paid out
$50, 100 more than did the National League
would indicate the younger league got the
choice men frorSpthe minors, for a higher
price was paid for some OF the men
picked I'D by the cluO owners VI thc
Young league than for those picked UP
by the National League. The cream OF
the minors are picked UP each season by
purchase from league clubs before the
drafting season is opened.
The American League paid out Wis.,
$50 for purchased players last summer,
against $12i, $50 by the National League.
For drafted players the National League
paid out SAC, 1O and the American League
$751;
One hundred and seventy players were
purchased by the two big leagues during
the summer. OF which number the Amer
lean League secured ninety-four and the
National League got seyenty-six.
One hundred and forty-seven players
were secured by draft from the minors
by the two big leagues and the American
League got seventy-eight of that num-
ber.- while the National League secured
sixty-nine.
The American League partisans claim
now that the American League teams
will show much greater strength than
those of the National League, because
the cream of the youngster crop has been
secured by the younger league. 1t is
claimed as the reason for the great inn
proyement of the American League this
year that the magnates have been get
ting the best of the youngsters from the
minors each year for the last three or
four seasons and that they have been
paying out more money each year for
the playerS