Evening journal., 1910-08-15
DRAFTING SEASON
NEAR AT HAND
Big League Scouts HuStling to
Look Over Promising
Youngsters
DRAFTS COME SEPT. /
AND CONTINUE Is DAYS

The near approach of the drafting
season for the big leagues. the Ma
tional and American Leagues has
caused the scouts OF the various
major clubs to get busy for the pur-
chase Of the cream of all clubs rep
resented and under the protection Of
the National Association of Baseball
Leagues. They have already pur-
chased number of players, thought
to be the cream Of the bushes, and
before another week has passed by
many more purchases will be consum-
mated.
The drafting season of the major
league clubs opens on September 1
and runs to the 18th of the month,
and during that time they will be
allowed to draft one man from each
of the clubs in the Glass A leagues
and an unlimited number from the
clubs of lesser classification. The
majors must pay for any player draft
ed from any Class A club the sum
OF 1000. From a Glass B club the
drafting price is $3.50; Glass, c club,
$500. and for players of a lesser
classification the sum of $500.
Tri-State Fans Interested.
The fans around the Tri-State cir
cult will be mostly interested in the
drafting season of the leagues repre-
sented in the National Association of
Minor Leagues. The Glass A clubs
will have from September Is to ou-
tober ! to draft players from the
leagues of a lesser classification and
must pay for the player drafted the
following schedule prices From
II. T. GEnns Clngu
c, S400, and from Glass d. $500. There
is but little doubt but what a number
of the Class A clubs, those of the
Eastern, Pacific Coast, Western and
Southern Leagues, and the American
Association, will draft numerous
players from the clubs of the lesser
leagues to strengthen up for the sea-
son of 1911 and TO fill in the gaps
caused by the purchase and drafting
of players by the major league clubs.
The Class A clubs rarely suffer as
much az the Class B. clubs in the
drafting of players for the reason that
the scouts generally find more prom
Using material in these clubs than
those of the Class A organizations,
which they use as a grounds for the
disposal of the players that fail TO
show the proper ability TO stick with
the big leaguers on the southern
training trips. In this manner they
make money by purchasing and
drafting players from the Class B
clubs and disposing of them TO the
Class A clubs before the start of the
regular playing season.
Detriment to Baseball.
This feature of the drafting season
is the one detriment 10 baseball and
oA h1 National AEE0rfn ffnn
has been trying for years TO elimi-
nate. The officers of the National AS
ISOLATION would rather that the pro-
motion of the ladder-that is from a
Class d 70 Glass c.; to Class B 10
Glass A and then TO the majors. The
real contention is that the majors
= take advantage of the drafting rules
to make money out of players by
drafting them from sums ranking
from $500 to $3.50 and then selling
them to Class A clubs for double and
treble the amount. using them to ad-
vantage in trades
The Tri-State fans are mostly in
terested in the time Of the year when
the eight clubs represented in the
league may draft players from the
Glass c and d leagues. The drafting
season Is from October l to 18th and
thew must pay for the players drafted
the following suTfs: From Class
G clubs the sum of S400 and from
Glass D clubs the sum of $500. They
have but little chance 10 pick the
most promising players for the rea-
son that the scouts of the big league
clubs generally on finding a promis.
ing player in either of the Class {
or d leagues that is not just ripe fol
the big league and in the need OF
more experience, tip off the player tC
some Glass A club and he is gobblee
up before the Class p club owners
have a chance to draft him 1t de
velopes upon the class B, c and I
clubs to school, educate and train bal
players for the bigger leagues, and
from these bushes the National anC
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