The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-11-09
Five of the Sixty Leagues
That Started the Season
Blew Up.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Interesting Statistics About.
Themins Ohm H. Far
reRs! Annual Report.

leA'S <Alll1udl sIsepoit.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. o..
M.iny Interesting details in connec.
ton with the professional baseball
season Of 1915 which. for many rea.
scss, was non.productiye OF financial
BENEFIT to those most closely idcnti.
ned with the national game, were in.
cluded In the annual report of Secre-
,tary John IL Farrell which he present:
ed at the annual meeting Of the Ma.
donal Association OF Professional
Baseball Leagues here today.
A resume Of the business transact
ed by the National Association during
the year showed that forty minor
league Organizations embracing 1852
cities and towns I'm the United States
and Canada qualified for membership
in 1915 as compared with sforty,four
leagues representing 300 towns and
cities In 1914. Ten Of these leagues
did not begin the season of 1915 and
five Of the thirty which started failed
TO complete their seasons schedules
One OF these was disqualified and the
other four dropped out. their failure
TO continue being attributed mainly to
the unusually adverse weather condi.
tons which prevailed. In one league
los games were postponed on account
of rain In four months playing sea-
son.
Five thousand four houndred aud
Bevefity.two players, contracts were
received, recorded and promulgated
by the association during the year.
One thousand and three players were
released by purchase out Of two thou.
sand eight hundred and forty reported
to the Office OF the Association for re.
lease. Ninety:one optional agree.
ments were proved between Nations
al Association clubs and thirty-nine
optional agreements were exercised
by National Association clubs. Six
hundred and seventy players were
reported for suspension and 2S6 we're
reported for reinstatement Seven
drafted players we're claimed under
the waiver rule and 7SS disputed
cases were adjusted by the associar
tion during the year: Seventeen play
ers were drafted by the National
League and a similar number by the
American League.
out Of s72,s00 received by the as
ISOLATION for drafted players the
American League contributed s23,4O6
and the National League $21,950. In
all S129,557 passed through the office
OF the National Association during
the current year for drafted players.
optional agreement players and 9TH
crs released by purchase.
The following Is a list OF the play
ers drafted by the major and minor
leagues:
National League.
BY Brooklyn: Reilly from New Or
leans $1,000; Barth from Seattle, ST.
200; Trieste from Syracuse $1,000;
colwell from Vancouver $1,000.
BY Boston: Blackburn from In
dianapolis $500.
BY pittsburgh: Madden from Gal
weston $1,000; Blackwell from Licking
BY ST., Louis: Hitler from Durham
N. 81, $500.
BY Chicago: Mulligan from Dayen,
port, ID. $1,000; wallace from Biz
fningham. Ala, $500; Allison from
Memphis. Tenn, 81 500; Hogg from
Mobile, Ala, s 800; Wright from Vir-
Einia, Mimi, $3.50.
BY New York: Farrell from Port.
land. Me-. $1,000; Sharman from
Portsmouth. o. $500; Baker from Lit
tie Rock, Ark $500; Koscher from
Toronto, Ont, $4,000.
American League.
BY Washington: Rondeau from
( Minneapolis, MINI, $500.
BY Philadelphia: Stellbauer from
Peoria, $1,000; Damrau from Ports
mouth. va, $3.50; Ray from Greens.
boro. N. C., $500; Richardson from
MarshaIltown, Ia, $500; Seibold from
Cedar Rapids, Ia, $500.
BY Detroit: Harper. from Fort
Worth, Tex, 81 200; Pagan from Okla
lioma City, $500:
By New York: Piercey from Ven.
Ice. cal. $500; Blodgett from Oma-
Ia. $1,000; Ross from Chattanooga,
Tenn. $1,000; shockera from Ottawa,
ont $780, Cable from Bradford,
pa $500: Love from Los Angeles,
Cal. $4,000; Brown from Topeka,
Kan. $500.
~ BY G0lCaBu, lynn hShi oes.s -, -
city $4,000; Danforth from Louisville,
s2;5oe. .r
BY Milwaukee: Crichlow from Wa
co. Tex, $3.50; Madden from Calves
ton. disallowed; Harper from Fort
worth, -disallowed; Faeth from VIZ
ginia, MINI, $500.
BY Los Angeles: Galloway from
Denver $1,000; jackson from Bloom
iurton, iii, $3.50; Thompson from
Lawrence, Ken, $3.50.
BY Salt Lake City: Mullen from
I San Antonio $3.50. e.
BY Indianapolis: Aldridge from
Erie. Pa, $3.50; Kirby from Sioux
City. 10. $1,000; Kerr from Fort
worth, Tex, $50.
Nv Providence: Mcdonald from
Houston. TEX, $3.50; oNeill from
Utica $3.50; THOMPSON from Law.
renee, Kan, disaIlowed.
BY Louisyiiie: Farmer from Nash,
BY Richmond, va: Ritter from
Lewiston. Me. $3.50 z;
BY Portland, Ore: Quinn from
i. Syracuse s750; Haliiker from Keo.
lux, Ia, $500.