Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-07
MANY BIG BALL PLAYERS
 coMFSKEY HAS PICKED UP.
His the Most Fortunate Baseball. Masnate in the World in the Matter of Bargains.

Sheer luck and baseball intuition have made Charles A. Comiskey the most fortunate magnate in the world in picking up great catchers and pitchers, says a Chicago writer. Just think of it. Comiskey corraled six or the greatest siabmen in captivity. worth in cold cash more than $500, 900. if they could be bought at all, and Commy bagGed them for a mere song. Schalk cost the most of all of these celebrities whose names will adorn the hall of fame in the great pastime Comlsksy paid s15,e00 in cash and players for the release of this young catching phenomenon from the Mil waukee club. Schalk couldn't be puE- chased now, for Comiskey is in the the esteem and good will of the fans above all things else. and knows he couldn't part with Schalk and retain that respeot-so that settles it.
 ''SchaIk is the greatest young catch CT ever saw" was the spontaneous exclamation of John J. MoGraw after seeing the little catcher in action last fall. Laudatory remarks about the Sox pitchers are common in the big baseball centers- The earned lun proves their superiority. It's a joke to ask Coniskey to sell one of his sex tette of star pitchers. The Sox owner dreams of the day when the worlds pennant will float from his baseball stadium on the south side. He has the pitchers and the catchers to reach If Fournier keeps on. Comiskey will have his first 800 hitter in many a day.
 "T sell Ed Walsh-not on your life" said Comiskey recently. Nor would I have released him if he hadn't come back-not so long as I own this ball club. Eds with me to stay while remain in the game" This is the way Comiskey feels about his great oollec- ton of slab stars. The Old Roman has a warm place in his directions for all the boys, and now that they have signed long contracts despite Federal league offers the chances are they couldn't be bought at any price. Lucky well, that word hardly describes it. Go 0d fortune has followed him iD all his moves in his eventful baseball
 career.
 Walsh, Scott, Benz, Russell Cicotte.
 Kuhn and Faber-seven of the bright est battery stars in the major league
 firmament-came to Comiskey at
 combined figure probably little in ex- cess of Sl6,OOo. Walsh was obtained from the Newark club for g. mere trifie Scott was tipped off to Coniskey by l one of the Cantillons, lifelong friend, and signed by the Sox owner at small figure. Benz was purchased from
 the Batesville club for almost nothing d1Au ld1IAcu OQl lO O0S NdOln0S, where he ripened into star. Cicotte, a cast off of the Boston Red Sox, was pur- | chased from the Hub organization for a few thousand dollars. Comiskey wouldn't take $50. GOO for Eddie now, and that sale is looked upon as one of the luckest strokes of fortune re- corded in many Q year in the big leagues.
 Russell came to the Sox at the palcrv draft price for players drawn from the Texas league. Today he Is one of the greatest southpaw twirlers and he's i not for sale at any price. Faber came l to the White Sox for few hundred | dollars. This young recruit Is looked upon as the most highly prized slab | -fnd of the season. in the big leagues Baseball players say no young pitcher I m the world has more stufr than the 1 former college star of Dubuque. Kuhn.
 close second of SchaIk when in con l dftton. cost President ComisiIey little I coin. If Schalk should break a finger
 on his costly right hand Kuhn might
 have all the critics harping about him
 In short order. Billy Sullivan, one of
 the greatest catchers of all time. ia | practically in retirement, but he's a
 valuable asset of the SoK yet, and is 1 only another example of Comiskey s
 remarkable luck in getting stars for a mere drop in the bafe1set