The sun., 1916-09-16
BIG LEAGUES
DRAFT "a MEN
FROM MINORS
Rawlings to Yanks, Witter
to Giants and Fabrique'
Goes TO Dodgers.
RED SOX FAIL TO GET
P~LAYER-llT TO CHICAGO

L A/.A lbIt-If ~ SIlIStAOO
CiSciNSAri. Sept. 15.-The sixteen biz
league fishermen from the variou. Ma
uonal and American preserves did their
fail casting here to-day. and Connie
Mack. Charley Comiskey and other less
famous nimrods made some big hauls in
the minor league pond.
II was the open season for star minor
ieaguers. as the parent organizations to-
day held the annual draft. skimming the
cream OF tho young baseball bowl. This
year the drafting was much lighter thai
usual. as only scventy-four players were
landed In the draRnct. Usually the Sep
TENDER catch runs well over n hundred.
and frequent. one league has drafted ~
many players as the two combined
dragged In this season.
OF the seventy -four minor ~caguers
pIuchcd by the big fellows forty-seven
go 10 the American League and only
twcn.y-sevcn to the National League.
These figures do not necessarily mean
that the Johnsonian fishermen wee more
fortunate than the TCncr crowd. The
American LTagucrs went into the sticks
further than the Nationals. and especially
paid more attention to the smaller fry.
Ris Minors Popular.
The National League cor aned most Of
ITS attention TO the Clas, IA teams. and
did not bother much with the fellows he
low Glass 4. Connie Mack. Cvrniskoy
n Foil Of the Philadelphia. Chicago
n Cleveland americans sought for new
talent. Nhi"h was the leading reason
Why the younger league way awarded
t"cnt, moro players than the veteran
major league.
The Greater Ncw York DELEGATIONS
were not particularly successful. but
both Manhattan cluns as we'll as Brook
lyn are pretty well satisfied with their
present clubs. and did not angle long.
Last year the Yankee sought a raft OF
players. but this year they obtained only
hvc. The Giants caught two and Brook
lyn four.
The Yankees succeeded in landing
Shortstop Rawlings OF Toledo. RIA awnings
WAS Utility in.elder on the Cincinnati
Heds n Few years ago and jumped to the
Kansas Cit! Feds. He Is a tire fielder.
but has the usual shortstop failing, bat
ting weakness. They also landed Pitcher
Munro OF Memphis and Pitcher Knaupp
OF shreveport. La. knapp was UP once
with the clevelands. The other players
are Manda Of For, Worth and shaw OF
macon. These las, two are newcomers
ahd their positions are not given.
witterstaetter Now q Giant.
The prize landed by the Giants va.
Leo Wiitcrstacttcr. the crack outfeIder
OF the Newark Indians. Witter ms on.
or the original Fedora! I.eaguers, play.
inS In st. Louis in 1873 before the
league sprouted Oil; unde. Gilmore. He
- a hard hitter and should prove handy
10 the Giants as a utility outhelder. The
riants landed only one other man. a
mysterious NJ. Cansey OF Waco. Tex.
the most promising Of the four men
picked up by the Rrooklyns is Tavern
rabr!Guc % Providence. oncs OF the
leading shortstops In the n,errationa
League The others are Pitcher r. X.
Durning OF Portland. Ne. Shortstop T,
W. Fitzsimmons Of Butte. Mon. and
catcher j. w. Snyder of Macon. Ga.
The latter was drafted subjec: 10 in.
vestigat!on. The Detroi; Americans once
they bougat Snyder. bu, Macon
Tried TO put up the price and the Tigers
refused 10 be held W The cas-. may GO
to the commission for settlement.
One interesting feature II the draft
IL that Connie Mack Will tty his luck
with Rube Schiier. with wnom Mc,;r,w
or the Giants cSper.m.nted for almost,
four years. The Athletics drs f,cd him
from Louisville. II is admitted Schauer
mas all kinds Of natural stur. bu, no
head. Perhaps Connie Nacn may do
veiop him into a right handed Rube
Naddc,l.
ferkes Coming Back.
Another surprise in The draf, IL that
she cleveland Americans brought back
Sieve Yerkes. the former Red Soy sec
ond baseman, who started last sea son
win the cubs. but w-s let out because
no vas too slow, The Indians drafted
him from Atlanta. kenworthy. anotber
star Fed second baseman, has been
drafted ny the Browns from Oakland.
The Philadelphia Americans made an
enort TO obtain twenty-s.x youngsters
or the list that Connie Mack went after
twelve were forthcoming to him when
the drawing OF lots had been completed.
lie was surpassed. however. by the Chi.
caso Americans. who obtained fourteen
players.
Next In point Of number came the
Cleveland Americans and the CHICAGO
Nationals with seven each. while the
New York Americans corralled Ave. Gin
cinnati. Brooklyn and the 81. Louis
Americans each obtained four, while De.
troit. Boston Nationals and P~lttsburr
came away with three each. The New
York Nationals, So, Louis Nationals.
Philadelphia Nationals and Washington
each received two. while the Boston
Americans retired from the meeting room
a. the end Of the draw without Il single
player.
Little Competition In Draft.
That the minor league field has been
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