New Britain herald., 1916-09-16
PLAYERS DRAFTED
 BY MAJOR LEAGUES
Connie Mack Draws Largest Num- ber-YankS and Giants Claim Few

OluClnnaIl, sept. IO.-SGNGnty-fOIlr
 minor league players were drafted by
 the major leagues at the meeting of the national baseball commission and l representatives of every major league club here yesterday. Of this number the American league obtained forty seven and the National tWenty-seven. These latter figures do not signify that the American league was proportion ! ately more lucky in the draw than | the National, bu that President John 1 sons organization had in a large ma i jority of the drafts, the Philadelphia Americans alone making an effort to obtain twenty-six youngsters through this method of procedure.
 or the twenty-six that Connie Mack attempted to get twelve were forth coming to him when the drawing of
 lots had been completed. He was sur passed, however, by the Chicago Am orleans, who obtained fourteen play CTS. Next in point of number came the Cleveland Americans and the Chi cago Nationals with seven each, while the New York Americans corralled five. Cincinnati, Brooklyn, and the
 St. Louis Americans each obtained four, while Detroit, Boston Nationals, and Pittsburgh came away with three each. The New York Nationals, St. Louis Nationals, Philadelphia Nation als and Washington each received two while the Boston Americans retired from the meeting room at the end
 of the draw without single player That the minor league field has been picked over rather thoroughly for good material through the process ot 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 a single club. The Cleve- | land club originally drafted Haas Of l Wilkesbarre but waived thelr draft 1 on him. and he was obtained by the l Chicago Americans. The same thlng l happened to McTigue of Toronto, who was originally drafted by the New , York Nationals, but went to the Chi cagO Nationals when New \ Ork can 1 celled it's draft. 1 When the official list was compiled 1 late yesterday it was discovered that ] the Philadelphia Americans had ob- ] tained Schauer from Louisville; that the Cleveland club obtained Dickerson from Gotham, and that Flanagan had gone to the Chicago Nationals from Muscatine, Iowa.
 The commission decided to leave the world series tickets prOpOSltlon lo Chairman Horriman. If, on Sept. 21 Chairman Herriman believes it would
 be wise to have the tickets printed
 in order to save time, he 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. A partial list of the drafts follows: Petty, San Antonio, Cleveland first, Detroit second, New York Americans third Pitt, Portland, Me-, St. Louis Americans; Ray, Newport News, Chi cago Americans; Reuther Spokane, Chicago Nationals first, Cincinnati, second, (cnly two drafts;) Ring, Utica, Cincinnati; Roberts, OWensboro, Chi | cago Americans; Shaw, Macon, Ga., New York Americans; Smith, Okla homa City, Philadelphia Americans; 1 Snyder, Macon, Brooklyn; Teague of I the Rocky Mountains Chicago Amerl- l cans.
 Wolf, Duluth, Chicago Nationals; l the St. Louis Nationals selected De Fate from Topeka; Bigler of Gettys- 1 burg to St. Louis Americans; Bratcii, Muskegon, Philadelphia Americans; l Breen, Rockford, H., Chicago Ameri- 1 cans; Carlson, Rockford, Chicago Am i ericans; Carmichael, Paris, Texas l Philadelphia Nationals; Causey, Waco 1 Texas, New York Nationals; Daugh- | erty, Wilkes Barre, Penn, Detroit; Cunning, Portland, Me, Brooklyn ! first Detroit second, Cincinnati third. Eller, Moline, H., Cincinnati; Ellis Fargo Pittsburgh first, Brooklyn sec- ond, (only two drafts) Gardiner.
 Newport News, St. Louis Nationals; l Gleason, Lynn, Mass, Pittsburgh; Fitzsimmons Butte, Mont., Brooklyn; Gerner, Reading, Penn., Cicinnati; 1 Haas, Wilkes-Barre, Cleveland first, l Chicago Americans second, Boston 1 Nationals third; Hammond, Spring. | field, Mass, Boston Nationals; Heat | ley, Tulsa, Okla, Detroit; Henry, Pc tersburg, Va, Chicago Americans. Hill Waco, Texas, Philadelphia Am orleans first Chicago Americans sec ond, Pittsburgh third; Horne, Wells vile, N. Y, Philadelphia Americans;
 Licking, Wheeling, w. Va, Pittsburgh first, New York Nationals, second, Chi cago Americans third; Knaupp, ,Shreve- port, La, New York Nationals; Lake, Newport News, Chicago Americans; McCanvess, Dallas, Texas, Boston Nationals; Maylor, McAllister, Okla, Philadelphia Americans; O'Farrell, Peoria, H., Chicago Nationals first, Chicago Americans second, (only two drafts;) O'Rourl1e, Utica, N. Y, Gin cinnati; Pennington, Lawrence, Mass, St. Louis Americans first, Philadel- phia Americans second (only two drafts.)