The Washington times., 1913-08-21
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Player
TURNED
TO MINOR LEAGUES
Denver Looks Best in Western Circuit With Several Brilliant
Players Slated For the Majors Next Year-Des Mones
Also Figuring in the Final Clash

NEW YORK, Aug. M.-Taking IL for
granted that some millions Of people
throughout this August ridden land have
picked the pennant winners in the
American and National Leagues, and
are beginning to figure on the batteries
in the first Of the worlds series games,
1t Is safe to turn attention away from
this struggle to the struggling minors.
Therefore jumping blithely from Broad
way to the snow-capped mountains OF
Colorado We find Denver the pick and
choice in the scramble for the Western
League pennant- Some say 1t isn't a
scramble. Denver was the winner last
year and so far as can be seen from this
distance, there isn't anything In the
league that will stop a repetition this
year. Under the leadership OF Jack
Hendricks, a former big Lacquer, West
ern fans believe the Denver aggregation
Is one Of the fastest in minor league
land. Except for a couple OF men. Hend-
ricks has a team of youngsters. willing
and apt scholars for all the tricks he
shakes from his sleeve.
In the last three years. Denver has
turned out Buck O'Brien, one OF the Red
Sox pitchers in the last worlds series;
ton, and Johnny Beal, who figured in the
deal between the White Sox and Mil
waukee which sent Larry Chappelle into
fast company. Hendricks has two prom
ising youngsters this year in Johnny
King, a pitcher, and Lester Channell,
an outfielder. Channen Is a slugger and
has fairly knocked the hide of the bali
during the season King played with
the Sacred Heart College team in Dem
yer last year. Charley Doom, Of the
Philadelphia Nationals. signed him, but
he never played for the Phillies and
Denver got him
1t may be taken from Hendricks him
self that King is one of the best pitchers
the Western League has had in years.
Channel has been in fast company once.
He was with the Cubs, but was sent to
Louisville, in the American Association,
and then drifted Westward. With
Fisher. first baseman, Denver fans be-
lieve the majors would be overlooking
world beaters IL King and Channell are
not grabbed of before another year
rolls around.
But Denver isn't the entire league.
The season started with a rush, Denver
winning twelve out Of the first thirteen
games, and Omaha going great guns
Then Omaha blew up and fizzled very
much la Brooklyn in the National
s@gue. As these things were going on
there was considerable activity other
where and otherwise.
They have the single umpire system In
the Western League and the fans went
after President Tip O'Neill with much
gusto on the question, after umpire.
players, owners, managers and specta-
tors had mixed several times. Jimmy
McGill. brother of Pittsburgh Phil, the
famous racetrack plunger, owns the
Denver club and along IN the season,
Unp.- Sigler wailoped McGil on the
nose as a result of some argument.
There were recent reports that McGilI
wanted to sell his club to get rid of the
worry. But to follow the peregrinations
of Umpire Sigler. Along in June Sigler
forfeited a game to Denver because he
said the Omaha players stalled. Bill
Rourke, known as Pa" Is owner Of the
Omaha club. After the game he and