Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-24
THREE PLAYERS IN
TIGERS DRAFT NET
Two Pitchers and an 0utfielder
Captured by Newark
Club.
BRITTON INCLUDED IN TRIO

The Newark International League
Club was successful in capturing
three of the four players for whom
drafts were put In yesterday. The
new men who will come to Newark by
the draft route are Leo Wittentaelter.
an outfielder; Sherrod M. Smith, a
left-handed pitcher, and Ollie Britton,
who has already Joined the Tigers.
1t was necessary for the Tigers to
put in a draft for the Lynn finger,
as he was purchased after the draft
ing season opened. He Is now the
sole property of the Tigers.
An effort was made to get fourth
man, Catcher Flach, of Peoria, but
he was captured by the Milwaukee
Club. The new outfielder the Tigers
obtained from Charleston travelled I'M
der the name of "Witter," for short.
He played against the Tigers in
Charleston and Manager Harry Smith
and Scout Larry Sutton were i'm
pressed by his work. Keep your eye
on that baby" said Smith to Scout
Sutton last spring, when he saw the
youngster perform, and Larry did.
He ran across him in the Federal
League out in st. Louis. "Witter"
: had had some difficulty with the
Charleston management and he
jumped the team. Sutton happened
along one day and recognized wit
ter playing under the name of Jones'
There's Smiths baby" said Larry
20 himself, and he straightway de-
cided to grab the youngster. He bats
and throws left-handed and hit for
1863 in ninety games.
Sherrod M. Smith is a southpaw.
He is youngster and well put up.
He may take Raleigh Aitchison's
place.
Smith was drafted from the Cotton
States League by Pittsburgh in 1912
and then farmed to Springfield. Louis
vile bought him and he won five
games and lost two while with the
Colonies.
From Louisville he went to Grand
Rapids, capturing nine out of eleven
games this season, and he was drafted
by Newark from Grand Rapids. He Is
twenty-five years old and stands six
feet two inches in his spiked shoes.
The Providence and Toronto clubs
also put in drafts and were successful
in obtaining youngsters.
The following drafts by class AA
league teams of players in the lower
leagues were announced by Secretary
John H. Farrell. of the National As
ISOLATION:
By Milwaukee-Miller. from Muske-
gon; Sheehan, from Fon du Lac;
Long, from Atlanta; Pfeffer, from
Huntington, w. Va; Flack, from, Pc
oria: Flick. from Chattanooga; Nc
Graw. from Grand Rapids; Bartels.
from Manistee; Whalen, from Iron
ton; Nagel and Gresel, from Wausau;
Welchonce. from Atlanta (disal-
lowed; Schrieber, from Duluth (dis-
allowed; Spellman. from Oshkosh
(disallowed); White, from Owensbo-
70 (disallowed).
By Toledo-McDonald, from Bir-
mingham; Perry. from Wichita; Mol
lowitz. from Green Bay; Neale, from
London. Ont; Hillard, from Peter
boro; Spellman, from Oshkosh; Car
ter. from Gaysville; Crosby, from
Sherman: Brennage. from Peters,
burg, Va; Hall. from Johnson City,
Tenn; Morton. from Columbus, Miss;
Clothfer. from Winnipeg (disallowed).
BY Kansas City-Carter. from
Maysville (disallowed).
BY st. Paul--Johnson. from Bing-
hamton.
nipeg: Leverett. from Fargo; Nc
Larry, from Topeka.
BY Indianapolis-Ka from Hart
ford: Kniseley, from Birmingham;
KeIleher. from Springfield, o.
Nv Observation-Disclosures, from
Springfield, o. (disallowedD;. Styles,
from brownsville, Ca; Stanley, from
Portsmouth. o.
By Oakland-Schang. from st. Jo-
seph: jenkins. from Memphis; Rock,
from Nashville: Barrenkamp, from
PittsfeId: Middleton, from Wichita;
Messenger, from Birmingham edisai-
lowed).
BY Providence-oldha from
Trenton; Young. from Fort Wayne;
Mays, from Portland, Ore; Wright,
from st. Thomas. Ont; Lynn, from
San Jose: Butler. from Stockton;
BY Buffalo-Bader. from Dallas;
McVey, from Berlin, Ont.
By Toronto-Bradshay. from Ber-
lin. Ont; Bader. from Dallas Sdis-
allowed.
By Newark-Shered Smith, from
Grand Rapids; Arlington Britton,
from Lynn; Witterstaetter. from
Charleston. s. c.; Flack. from Peo-
ria (disallowed.