The Washington herald., 1911-01-09
BY WILLIAM PEET.

| Looking over SpaldiDg's record book for
! 1910 discloses the fact that the Washing
| ton boys who entered the professional
| baseball ranks during the past season
| more than held their own.
Aside from DOC" White. Charley Hick-
man and kid" Elberfeid. who make
their homes in this city and whose rec
| ords are well known. the list includes
Johnny Beall. with Denver. in the West
ern League; Ewald Snyder and Tom
Crooks. with New Haven and Bridgeport.
| in the Connecticut League; Buck Ven
able, at Scranton, in the New York State
League; Bill Rapp. with East Liverpool.
in the o. & p. League: Gould Meme
fee, with Augusta, in the South Atlantic
League: Cy Mcdonald and Al Handiboe.
with ;;oldsboro, in the Eastern Caro-
lima League; Johnny Priest, with Dan
vile. in the Virginia League. and Dutch
Sterzer. with Evansville. in the Central
League.
OF the btnch<>Beall and Snyder seem
| to have enjoyed the best season. The
former Technical star batted at a .3H
clip and ranked fifth among the swat ar
fists, while Snyder finished out the sea-
son with an average of .31O. being well
up among the leaders in the Nutmeg or
ganization.
Crooks with Bridgeport.
Tom Crooks. whom McAleer carried to
Norfolk on the spring training trip. and
then turned over to Bridgeport, in the
Connecticut League. tore of an average
of .2S in eighty-seven games, besides
fielding at a .9s9 clip.
Bill Rapp. another local boy who won
his spurs on the sand lots and who
started the season with the Nationals.
drifted back to his old love, East Liver
pool. in the Ohio and Pennsylvania
League, where he ranked high among the
receivers. with a swatting average Of
SO. Rapp more than held his own in
the fielding line, as his mark Of .9SS
proved the best of all others.
The Virginia State claimed one WASH
ington boy in the person of Johnnie
Priest, the former well-known amateur.
Last season was Priests first in organ
ized baseball and that he more than
made good can be testified to by the fact
that Manager Chase. Of the Highlanders.
purchased his release from Danville.
Feeling that he was in need of more sea-
soning, the Yankees manager has placed
him with indianapolis, in the American
Association. where. under the watchful
guidance Of Williams w atkins. he should
develop very rapidly. While Priests bat
ting average was very low, being only
.199, he. nevertheless. must have shown
sufficient class to warrant the New York
er in buying him.
Buck Venable, whom many remember
as being one Of the fastest amakeurs the
city ever boasted. cast his lot last spring
with Scranton. in the New York State
League. under the management Of Monte
Cross. the former Athletic shortstop. Ven
able had a very good season, as his rec
ord will show. He not only hit we'll
.2S3-but was up among the leaders in
stolen bases and fielding.
Menefee At Augusta.
Augusta landed one Of the most promis-
ing receivers the local ranks has ever
turned out when it signed Gould Meme
fee. the former Centradl High and George
town star. Menefee Joined the Southern
team Immediately after the close of the
college season. and his playing made q
decided hit around the South Atlantic
circuit. Although he hit only .1s3. he was
regarded as one Of the most dangerous
hitters on the team.
Goldsboro, in the Eastern Carolina, had
on its roster not only two local players,
but one Of whom was the manager. They
were Cy Mcdonald, Of home-run fame.
and Al. Handiboe. the former Aloysius
crack In view Of the fact that this was
McDonald's first season at the head of
q club. his showing was more than salts.
factory, as the team finished fourth.
Cy's batting average shows a mark of
.2s6. while Handiboe polled them out at
a "a clip.
Dutch Sterzer. former Technical High
School star. had a grand season with
Evansville. Ind. Sterzer's pitching land
ed twenty-eight victories against thirteen
defeats, a percentage Of .5s1.