Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-03
SOL ~L|CHTENHE|N
WON'T SELL MEN
TO THE MAJORS
Montreal Owner Cannot Get His
Price for Men He Considers
His Mainstays and Will Take
Chance in Draft--His Views on
Present Conditions.

President Lichtenhein, of the Mon
treal Club, is one of the magnates who
are looking forward to the day when
all the minor leagues will combine
against the majors and refuse to sell
them players unless they get their
price for them. He rgues that the
draft price paid by the majors Is not big
enough, and that if it were raised the
big leaguers would show less tendency
to grab up all the minor league stars
before the class A leagues had a
chance to get them straight from the
bushes. "We must wait until the sea-
son has begun for the major league
clubs to discard their surplus material.
They pay, perhaps, $500 for a class 3
or C Lacquer they cannot use because
he is not quite ripe enough for fast
\ company. He would be just right for
the Eastern, but we must beg them to
let US have him at their own price or
be farmed out to us, and we must give
up, if we enter into an agreement, the
best player on our club In exchange at
the end of the season.
1T is unfair all the way through. The
lower minor leaguers in the first place
do not get the price they deserve, while
we must take our goods second-handed,
paying also the middle mans profits.
I have named my prices on Miller,
Hartford, Dubuc and French. To sell
them will mean the undermining of my
strength for next years team, and If
they go l must get a good price or
none. | will take the chance on one
mar being plucked by draft"
b.
Billy Maloney, the former Brooklyn
and Rochester outielder, has been un-
conditionally released by Toledo.
@
A big trade between Rochester and
Providence is hanging fire, and all
kinds of talk about it is buzz'lS around
in the two towns. Manager Jake Az
wants Joe Ward and Catcher Fred
Jacklitsch. Camel is after either
Lavender or Slime. With a winning
Club both would be great pitchers.
Providence would doubtless gain in the
trade and heneht perhaps mure hal
Rochester if The two men Atz vans
can be nailed fer the GraSs.
Umpire Hayas, now in the American
Association, may be a Barrow Lacquer
next year, providing Ed is at the helm
9
The Baltimore fans never realized
how valuable Charley Schmi4t was to
their team until the captain of the
Flock was injured. Baltimore struck
a slump that dropped the Orioles from
first to third place. Now Schrniat is
back again, and the Orioles have
shown vast Improvement. Joe Mc'iin-
nifty thinks that Schmidt IS one of the
best first sackers in the league.
If the Orioles were weak In any ono
department it w s in speed on h paths.
Noah H~enline's presence mas helped to
add lash to their attack, and ne has
already shown thai he is more than
capable of replacing the d~isgruntled
Heitmuller. Heinie has been sent out TO
the coast, where he can play near hfk
home town, a California village.
g
While Joe McGinnity denies that he
ever had an offer for Shortstop Bill
Louden from the Jersey City Club In
exchange for "Roxey' Roach, the deal
was common gossip for several lays In
Eastern League papers. Joe admits
that Manager Harry Wolverton, of the
Oakland team, has been after Louden.
It is known that he had offers
in Buffalo for Louden from Eastern
League clubs.
A man who is on the inside of affairs
at Buffalo admitted recently that
George StaIlings stands ready at any
time to trade three or four players
for Bill Louden and Benny Meyer.
j.
Infelder Groh and Outfelder Murray,
of the Bisons. two of the best men In
the lineup Of the Buffalo Club, are out
with Injuries. Murray, in the opinion
of many Of the players, is the hardest
hitting right-handed batsman in the
Eastern League.
Joe Kelley, of the Leafs, is loud in
his praises of Pitcher Charley Smith.
I'VE found him one of the hardest
propositions in the league to hit with
men on bases" said Kelley yesterday.
3
Hanford, Holly, Gandil and French
are ont of the Montreal lineup due to
accidents and resultant injuries. Still
the Royals batted the Grays yester-
day 81.
gOn the home lot the Leafs are cham-
pions, but when they hit the road they
are only a first division team. See
how quickly they stopped hitting when
they struck the local grounds. New
ark might have won the series, too,
but for a break in the luck favorable
to the Visitors. l
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