The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23
Young One of
Few Brushers
To Land High
Minor League SIuggOg Talent
Not Much in Demand by
Major League Clubs This
Season,

Ross Young " Norman champion
ba,tcr of the western Association Tor
1916 is one Of the small number pi minor
lespuc huftiur champions VINO are 10 h'
given n trial I'm fest company 'hle Sp''nk
Young hns been ordered 10 20 south WIN
the New York Giants VINO h"'Eh' "'"
last wear for 5000
give Others Chosen
nr the nyc other minor lrnru" SWAT
rhpmpiang put,hpscd Cor the hlr snow,
the 81 Louis Nmerlcpus g"nhhcd ~"
Kcnworthv the Pacific coast 'hiN'
leader. aud Jacobson. 'hamplou NnEg''
Of the Southern league Both vi these
rastimcrs have been "up' before, Ken.
worthy having been tried ont by ih"
Pittsburgh Pirates and Jacobson hv TN"
Detroit Tigers Their failure TO show
consistent stick work sent both back 10
the minors.
Last season jacobson played center.
field for the Little Rock team and hit
for 3ts in l99 games kcnworthy per.
formed ut seCondhase for the Oakland
team and stung the pellet for .3lI IN 2un
games n they can continue their bril-
liant work of 1916, Jake" and Ken
ere certain to become fixtures with the
Browns
The other batting wizards from the
short ship circuits who ARE to show their
wares to big time managers ARE Ellison,
champion Of the Central association, who
goes 10 the Detroit Tigers Mathcs the
. Central league leader. who tns been cop
ped by the Boston Braves. and lIoclkc.
king Of the international league bats
men. who IS already n member of the
New York Giants. having performed bril-
llantly Tor McGraw the latter part of
last season
Mostly InNelders
Central association averages show that
Ellison. tive MuSCnt"IH iufIcld"' took
part I'm l25 games and ht FOR 76l Mn
thes who played sccondhase for Terre
Hautc. hHd u batting mark Of t3N In
seventy -four games. and IIoclke's Inter
national league batting figures show that
he hit Tor .9ii IN l2a games while hold
ing down frsthase for Rochester
Rather out of the ordinary ls the fact
that five Of these siy champion batsmcn
arc infieldcrs Jacobson being the only
outNeder Heretofore big majority
Of the star clouters gathered annually
by the major leagues from the smaller
circuits have been ou,felders Now II
would seem that the infieders Rrr fast
dcveloping the art Of hitting and nre to
give the gardeners n good run for the
b'nglc honors The same Improvement
IN hitting hv the infelders is noticeable
In the major leagues. especially In the
National, In which Organization eight ~
the dozen leading hntsmcn played iuticll
positions
The fc, that 40 many of tho minor
I"hRhe bhltlng champions arc veteran
pastimers and former big lcaguors may
account for the small number of minor
league ltadcrs coming up'' this yonr.
Nowadays major league managers pre-
fer taking II change In developing n
youngs'cr
Veteran Leader In A A
81, Among the veteran PLAYERS who led
their respective leagues In batting last
season were Bcals Becker Of the kansns
CITY American pssociHtIon team. Hank
hitcher Of the Denver Western league
team. Rill kny of the BinghamtOn New
Yofk state league team. and Howard
wakefield of the Rock Island Thrcc-I
league team
Butcher hepds tho list NJ veteran slug
gers with batting nvcrng" ~ .777 for
40 games Kay took mart IN l2i games
nnd hit for $50 Wakefield hit for 3i9 In
l3i games nnd Rookrr had nm average ~
.Jt2 for lb1 games
oher minor league batting leaders in
cludc klrpcrt of Butte tho Northwest
ern league champions NlOncy Of Wor-
cestcr. champion ~ the Eastern league:
Bittlr of Waco who led the Texas league.
and FLYNN NJ Newman the Georgia \m-
hnma league leader Bii'lp is to h" t.ird
out 10y the Mobile southern league club
next season aud Flvnu ~ TO ro to the
San Antonio team uf the Texas league