El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-27

between Metz of san Antonio and New
man, Of Houston, but Metz is younger
and has been batting far ahead OF
Newman He is not quite as fast on
nrst as the Houston man, but his
qualities in other respects more than
make up for that
As a batting club this team would
easily average .27O and the pitchers,
who would go against it. would find
mighty hard shedding. The five pitch
ers selected are easily the best in the
league
Second Choice For AII-Stars.
While this seems to be the best
selection for the AIl-Texas team the
following would be picked by most OF
the fans as a second choice and one
which would give the first team
selected hard fight II a game were
staged
Pitchers: Edmundson, OF Houston;
Brandt, of Beaumont; Rogers, OF san
Antonio; Taylor, of Austin, and Evans,
of Dallas. Catchers: Allen, of Hous-
ton, and Smith, of San Antonio. First
baSeman, Newman, of Houston; second
base, Seitz. of San Antonio; third base,
lille, of Austin; shOrtstOp. Kellerman,
Of Dallas; utility infield. knapp, OF
Houston; left field, ]. Williams. OF
Galveston; center field, Mayes, Beau
mont; right field, Forsythe. of Ballast
utility Outfield. Clark, of San Antonio.
Leidy's knowledge of Men.
Old George Letdy, who was cast into
the discards as a manager by the san
Antonio franchise owners, Is the man
who has sold more men TO the big
leagues than any manager Texas has
ever known Some of the men out OF
whom he made big league material had
been kicked out by other managers as
worthless.
An example Of Leidy's knowledge
was his estimate of AbIes. Gardner,
Of Dallas, released him on account OF
his habits. Leidy took him up and
made d star of him He sold him to
Cleveland for $500 and some players.
He got Ables back for one fourth that
amount and sold him to New York
for $4,000.
In five years during the time he was
at the head OF the San Antonio base
ball club, Leidy sold 50 players to
faster company The stories in regard
to some of the men he bought and
sold read like fairy tales The great
1nfield he got together for San Antonio
this year has already netted the man
agement $500 and before the season
IS over owner Block will be in $40 900
for the five men Block has also been
oIIered $4,000 for a battery which
cost him only $3.50. paying 5000 for
one player and $3.50 for the other.
A Few years ago Southern league
player gaveLeidy Dolly stark to get rid
of him Leidy sold him to the big
leagues for $500 and he stuck there
Blanding, Griggs, HOrhnhorst. all in
the big leagues, came to Leidy as
castoffs- The same is true Of Mitchell,
McIver and StinsOn, all Of whom went
TO higher company at good prices. al
though they were not able to make
EJHd-
Leidy picked up WesterziI. of the
San Antonio high school team, for the
asking Before he had played a month
he WIS drafted into the bigger leagues
at good price and is making good in
the American Association. Harry BIZ
Hard, who came as part of the pur-
chase OF Ables. was sold before he
ever reached San Antonio for $1,000
Altogether for Abies Leidy realized
on his two sales more than $4,000 for
the San Antonio management and got
two years good work out of Ables
Fred Cook and Adams. now with
Detroit are two other men that Leidy
picked up for nothing Taken all in
all his record OF sales made and men
developed will not be equalIed in this
league in many a day.
Yet LeIdE was discarded as manager
for San Antonio and is now umpirins
for a living.