Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
WHERE PLAYERS COME FROM
Tri-State League Seems to Lead All in
Sending Out New Material,
BIG LEAGUE SCOUTS ARE BUSY
intermediate Leagues Are skipped
ny Many YoanEsters This Year,
who Have Been slated for
Larger BerthA.


NEW YORK. March ia-The Pacific
Coast league has turned out many a great
bali player, but It begins to look as u
the old Trl-state leads the getting In the
good ball player league by big margin.
There was time when this organization
was the pest Of the big league. but since
II has been brought Into the fold Of or
ganized base ball the subject comes up as
to the number OF ball PLAYERS the league
has sent out to every club in the big show,
II seems that the scouts OF the big league
beat It TO the Tri-state first to look over
the good bail players. The winiamsport
club, the three time pennant winner, leads
in sending out good ball players Daniels
and Warhop OF the Yankees came from
that club.
The Eastern league and the American
association came in for their share OF con-
tributed players from the Tri-state league
Just take a peep over the list OF players
who have broken into the big league. and
It's safe betting that the majority Of the
fans will say; That's right" and here
they are:
From Williamsport team are Joe Dele
hanty, brother Of the great Edward Dele
henty, now deceased Johnny Lush, the
clever southpaw, who especially distin-
sulshed himself last season by pitching
no-run, no-ht game; Sallee. another
southpaw and Corridor. all with the St,
Louis Nationals; Riohs and shean, with
the Boston Nationals; Charles, with Gin
cinnatiI Street, the only players who ever
caught ball tossed from the washing
ton monument, and Unglaub and Clymer.
with the Senators; Tanning, Cree and
Warhop, with the New York Americans;
Hinchman, with Cleveland and vickers,
formerly with the Athletics.
Lancaster, the pennant winner last year,
has also done well by the big leagues.
Covaleski, the big Pole, who kept the
Giants from winning the pennant In 1908,
by defeating MeGraw's men three times
In one week during the latter part OF the
season, while with the Phillies, now with
the Reds, was secured from Lancaster.
Pat Dougherty and Altlzer Of the White
| Sox played one season there, as did also
Downey and Roth, with the Reds; Meyers
and Lennox. with Brooklyn.
Baker, with the Athletics; Herzog, with
the Giants and Lelivelt, with the wash
ington Americans, played in Reading The
following players have been secured from
the Harrisburg team: Bender and Krause
two Of Connie Mack's best pitchers; Camp
bell and Egan OF the Reds, Pattee OF
Brooklyn and Starr, recently with the
Phillles.
Wilmington, while in the league turned
out among others players Silent" John
Hummell, with Brooklyn, the star utility
player OF the National league
Lobert with Cincinnati; Mach, with the
Cubs; Goode. now with the Phlledelphias;
Miller and Johnson, with the Senator's
Hop, with Cleveland. and McAleese, with
the u. Louis Americans, all came from
the Johnstown team
Altoona has sent among other players
to the big league Bell and Burch of Brook
lyh, Needham. with the Cubs, and Den
ninger and Ward. with the PhilIies.
Mowrey with the Reds, Tom Jones with
Detroit and doc" Rexsllng with the wash
ington Americans were secured from York.
Stem and MatteTn OF the Boston Nationals
and Matthews with the Red sox came
| from Trenton. Among the former Tri-state
players who played in the American Asso-
citation last season were: Hoey Hayden.
IIinchman, suter Sullivan, Tate, Upp,
Stony McGlynn and Frambee
The former Trl-State players who played
in the Eastern league last season were
Bud" Sharpe, Wolverton, Zimmerman,
Flater and Brady with Newark; Mall Catlz,
Dessau, Lewis and Pearson with Baltimore;
Holly and Berger with Rochester,; Hoff-
man, Arndt, Moran and Peterson with
Providence; Applegate and Houser with
Toronto; Calhoun and Foster with Jersey
City; oNeii. Cockill, Jimmy Wigs and
Baum with Montreal The latter two were
purchased from Altoona at the close OF last
season.
With all these players leaving in the
course OF a few years there are still many
youngsters in the Tri-state league who are
nearly ripe for fast company; in fact, a
number were drafted by the major leagues
last fall for a trying out this spring who
were not included in the above list. There
are now many former, big league players
In the Tri-State league and among them
can be mentioned Pop" Foster. AL Sell
bach, LdtschI. Barton, Barthold. Clay,
Magoon. Brouthers, Joe Myers, Jack Town
send, "Bll'' Coughlln, o'Hara, Cannell,
Hoch, Owens, Gleason Weigand, Moser and
Deal. Since securing protection the Tri-
State lsague has had fair success in a
financial way and President Charles F.
Carpenter OF Altoona, to whom most OF the
credit is due. states that 1910 will be the
most successful year in the history of the
organization.