Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-16
DRAFTS AFFECT
FEW STATESTARS
Majors Pick Four From Farrell
Circuit; Fittery Returns to
Philadelphia

Players in the New York State
League were not popular with the
major league scouts According to
drafts made yesterday at Cincinnati,
most of the drafts were pitchers. 1t
is the belief that class AA and class A
teams will go after New York Staters
Detroit landed Daugherty Wilkes
Barre twirler. Haas, the Barons' left
helder will go to the Chicago Ameri-
cans. Gerner, the star pitcher of
Reading, was drafted by Cincinnati
O'Rouke, shortstop for Utica, was
landed by Cincinnati. Bigler, a Get
tysburg star, was grabbed by ST. Louis
Americans.
Paul Fittery, a former Harrisburg
twirler, was picked by the Phillies.
He has been a star southpaw with
Salt Lake City.
Under the rules of drafting the win
ming major league club having first
choice has five days in which to make
a selection. In case the winning club
| does not choose to exercise the draft
the club getting second choice can
make the selection and so on to the
club having third choice.
| american Leads in Drafts
Seventy-four minor league players
were drafted by the major leagues at
the meeting of the National Baseball
Commission and representatives of
every major league club in Cincin-
natl yesterday.
OF this number, the American
League obtained forty-seven and the
National twenty-seven. These latter
figures do not signify that the Ameri-
can League was proportionately more
lucky in the draw than the Nationals,
but that President Johnson's organi-
zation had in large majority of the
draft.
That the minor league field has been
picked over rather thoroughly for
good material through the process of
purchase was indicated by the fact
that in no individual case was there
an exceptionally keen competition, the
majority of the players being drafted
by single club. The Cleveland club
originally drafted Haas, of Wilkes
Barre, but waived their draft on him,
and he was obtained by the Chicago
Americans. The same thing hap
penedsto McTisue, of Toronto, who
was originally drafted by the New
YORK Nationals, but went to the Chi
eago Nationals.
The commission finally decided to
leave the world series tickets PROPOSE
ton to Chairman Hermann. If on
September 21 Chairman Hermann
believes it would be wise to have the
tickets printed in order to save time.
ne was given the power to notify the
management of the three teams who
are then leading in the two races, the
National and American Leagues that
they were privileged to have the
tickets printed. The draft awards
follow:
Players Drafted
Athletics-Johns, Columbus; Bass
ler. Los Angeles: Schauer, Louisville:
Jennings, Minneapolis; McGaffigan,
vernon; Noyes, Portland; Hill, Waco;
Smith, Oklahoma City; Naylor, Meal
lister Okla; Batchi, Muskegon; Horn,
Wellsville, N. Y; Anderson, South
Bend
Cleveland-Choice of INDIANAPOLIS
players; Harris, Chattanooga; Miller,
Omaha; Petty, San Antonio; Yerkes,
Atlanta; choice Baltimore team; Dick
erson. Dothan, Ala.
New York Americans - Rawlings,
Toledo; Munro, Memphis Knaupp,
Shreveport, La: Manda, Fort Worth:
Schaw, Macon.
Chicago Observation-Disclosures, Kan
sas City; Kopf. Buffalo; choice of
Richmond team; Henry, Petersburg,
Va; Ray and Lake. Newport News;
oiaS, NlSHitd, league, ROCKY Mount.
kirkham, st. Joseph; choice of Mont
real team; Breen and Carlson, Rock
ford
Detroit Americans-Dyer, of Dem
yer; Daugherty, of Wilkes-Barre;
Heatley, Tulsa.
st. Louis Americans-Kenwor
Oakland; Bigler, Gettysburg, Pa:
bennington, Lawrence, Mass; Pitt,
Portland, Me.
Washington Americans-Choice of
st: Paul and Rochester clubs.
Philadelphia Nationals - Fittery.
Salt Lake City; Carmichael, Paris,
Texas.
Pittsburgh Nationals-Ellis, Fargo:
Gleason, Lynn; King. Wheeling.
Ctncinnati-Eller, Moline, ILL.,; Ger
ner' Reading, Pa; o'Rourke and
New York Nationals -Witterstaut-
ter, Newark; Cansey, Waco.
Chicago Nationals-McTigue, To-
ronto; Dilhoefer, Milwaukee; Wuehel.
Birmingham: Flanagan, Muscatine:
O'Farrell, Peoria; Reuther, Spokane:
Wolf, Duluth.
Boston Nationals-Massey, New Or
leans; Harmon, Springfield. Mass:
McCandless, Dallas.
st. Louis Nationals-Deace. To-
peka; Gardiner, Newport News.
Brooklyn Nationals Fabrioue.
Providence; Guerning, Portland, Me:
Fitzsimmons, Butte: Snyder, Macon
(subJect to investigation).