The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-21
NEW PLAYERS ARE
DRAFTED FOR THE
MAJOR LEAGUES
While Formulating Worlds Series
Plans at Cincinnati National Com
mission Holds Annual Draft.

Cincinnati, Sept 2o.-Preceding the
meeting today of the baseball ma
tional commission to formulate
worlds series plans the annual draft
of baseball players was held. The
draft was the lightest In years, only
thfrty-sfx players being drawn for big
league trials. OF these the National
league was awarded twenty six and
the American league ten. The Phila-
delphia Nationals led all the clubs
in drawing players, taking seven
Cincinnati Nationals and Boston Ma
tionals second, with six each; Chicago
Nationals. Brooklyn and the Giants
drew two men each; the Cardinals
one, and Pittsburg none. In the
American league Washington drew
three men; New York. Cleveland and
Detroit, two each; st. Louis, one; Bos
ton. Philadelphia and Chicago, none.
The following are the players
drafted:
ton Braves: from Toledo, Wise TO
Brooklyn; from Milwaukee, Beck TO
New York Americans
From the International league
From Newark, Wilkinson to Philadel-
phia Nationals; from Providence.
Kane TO st. Louis Americans; from
Toronto, Thompson to Washington.
FROM tHe Western FDlD
Des Moines. Cass to Philadelphia Ma
tionals: from Joplin. Cochran to
Brooklyn; from Lincoln. Schmandt to
Brooklyn; from Omaha. Krug to
| Cleveland; from ST. Joseph, CROSBY TO
Philadelphia Nationals.
Scattering leagues: From Martins
burg, Bates to St. Louis Nationals.
from Muskegon, Brubaker to Cincin
natl; from Grand Rapids, Carpenter
3 4fa Tfrn Ma Salf
to Cincinnati. from Cumberland, Cobb
to Detroit; from Gettysburg, Dykes TO
Philadelphia Nationals; from Wor
cester, Conway to Boston Naationais.
from cambridge. Gibson to Wash
| ington; from Hagerstown, Howard to
ST. Louis Nationals.
| From Dallas, Jacobus to Cincinnati;
from .McAiister, Okla, Roy johnson
to the Giants, from Bridgeport, Lear
| to the Cubs; from Worcester, Murray
| to the Braves; from Peoria, O'Farrell
| to the Cubs; from Dennison, Tex.
| Colson to Detroit: from Grand RAPIDS.
Tanglefoot to the Giants; from New
Haven, woodward TO the Phillies.
St Louis Naationls cancelled on
Bates, OF Martinshurg.
Philadelphia Nationals cancelled On
Cass, OF Des Moines, and Crosby. OF
81, Joseph.
st. Lous Americans cancelled on
Cain. OF Providence. making that
player the property of the New York
Americans.
The Brooklyn Nationals cancelled on
Cochran, OF Joplin, giving Boston Ma
tionals Monroe from the same club.
From the Pacific Coast league
From los Angeles. Mussel TO Phila-
delphia Nationals; from Oakland.
Lane to Boston Nationals; from Port
land Hauck to St. Louis Americans
from Salt Lake, Rath to Cincinnati
from San Francisco, Fitzgerald To-
7 Philadelphia Nationals.
! From the Southern league-From
Atlanta. Bressler 70 Cincinnati; from
Birmingham, Ellis TO Washington;
from Mobile. Lunt TO Cleveland; from
New Orleans, Miller TO Boston Nation
ais.
( The most sought after players were
Muesel, of Los Angeles Davis, of
/ Louisville; Lunt. of Mobile, and O'Far-
rell, OF Peoria. for whom FIVE clubs
entered drafts The Cubs landed the
1 latter.
Three clubs sought Bressler. OF At
! lanta
Baseball men present at the meet
/ ing agreed that the Reds landed
/ real star In Rube Bressler. Snipe
Connolly and Larry Jacohus. drawn
I from Dallas by the Reds. also are
touted as fine pitchers.
( They pitched Dallas to the Texas
league pennant. At one time early
( in the season Connolley won nineteen
straight games. 1acohus is a Cincin-
/ natl boy, Bressler, of Atlanta is a
young southpaw. who formerly pitch
ed for Connie Mack. He pitched At
lanta to the Southern league pennant
Bressler won twenty-six games this
/ season.
Carpenter won over twenty games
I for Grand Rapids and is considered
I a promising youngster.
/ Baseball men present at the meet
4 ms besides those connected with the
+ Cincinnati club were:
Colonel Jacob Rupert. president;
Harry Sparrow, business manager. and
Bob Gilks and Joe Kelly, scouts of
the New York Americans
Ban johnson. president of the
American league: Jim Dunn, presi-
dent OF the Cleveland Americans; Ira
/ Thomas, scout for the Athletics; Mike
! kahoe, scout for the Boston Nation
ais; Bully Murray. scout for the Boston
Red Sex; Larry sutton. scout for the
Reds
Paddy Livingston, manager. and
Billy Doyle, scout of the Milwaukee
/ American association club, also were
on hand, as was Louie Heilhrunner.
I free lance scout. and Ed. Barrow,
president OF the International league.