Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-18
COAST PLAYERS MAKING GOOD
California Product is Pleasing to Big
League Managers.
YANKEES HAVE FIVE OF THEM
They Seem 60 Develop Rapidly Into
the Kind Of stars that the Fans
Want GO See Every Time
They Appear.


NEW YORK. June 17.--Callfornia Is noted
for It's big trees. fine climate and gold, also
hardly year goes by that the Pacific
coast does not turn loose a crop Of ball
players to the big leagues who make good
In fact very few OF them are turned back
What Is more. the Californians who are
shipped to the big leagues get in the lime
light right off the bat They seem to
develop into the kind Of stars that the
fans want to see every time they appear
in any city. Scouts skip about to all
kinds of leagues and get ball players who
are tried out only to be sent back, but
the golden west sends them on. and they
stay. rwenty-six players from the coast
are now pastiming In the American
leag uecircuit alone. and all are making
good.
The New Ymk Yankees have five. Chase
started out there where they have the
fine oranges and ali kinds of other fruit
Harry wolter. who covers right field for
the Yanks. is another. Otis johnson comes
from out that way. Then the Yankees
have Wilkinson and Fitzgerald also from
thu Golden Gate city. Lynch was another
who came from that country. although he
has been turned over to the Bridgeport
club
The Boston Americans have some on
their list too, who are good enough to keep
ON the big league circuit. There is Harry
Hooper, Lewis. Madden, Pape. Moser and
Hall. The Red Sox always were strong
for the California players. owner Taylor
niakes trip out that way every year
with the Intention OF landing some good
material for big league shipment.
Connie Mack is not very strong with
California players. but has just secured
rumored that the player will surely make
good.
johnson q Star.
Washington has Johnson, who il one Of
the star pitchers In big league base ball.
In addition TO Walter johnson the Wash
ington club has Street. Groom and Gray.
and they are all making good In the Ameri-
can league.
The Cleveland club is well supplied with
players from the coast II has Gregg. who
has been touted as one OF the best pitchers
ever turned over to the big league from
the minors They also have Knapp, Olson,
Easteriy, Fisher Graney and Hardness.
The Maps think all OF these players will
be the goods
Ping Bodie. who is getting a great, big
send-off In the American league as some
svatter and fielder, is another from the
coast. He is with the Chicago club, as are
zeider and Dougherty. who were also IN
California and come from that base ball
Country
The Tigers can only boast OF one player
hut Jennings thinks he has fine young
pitcher in Liveley from the coast who Is
making good for the Detroit nine.
Bobby Wallace has Meyers, W. Hogan
and Mailman with the Browns and seems
Al w,lo and
what is more, stanage is we'll known in
that part OF the country. So California
takes the cake when 1t comes TO landing
players who make good in the big leagues.
Ball players who are given trials from all
kinds OF minor leagues come and CO. but
whom the players from the Golden Gate
country strike the big league towns they
stay around and keep their uniforms In
the big league lockers.