El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-11
RASEBAII DRAFT DEPLETES Many
NINORLEAGUE CLUBS THIS SEASON
Conley and Jacobs First String Twirlers Of the Dallas
Texas, League Club, Are Called by the Cincinnati
Reds, While Des Moines Of the Western Cir
cult Will Lose Reliable Man in Musser.

RNOR league clubs Of organ
Nj lied baseball viii be stripped
IL Of many Of their electives
before the end OF next spring by the
two different kinds Of draft-base-
ball and military Recently at It's
annual meeting in Cincinnati the Ne
tionaI Baseball commission decided
on the status Of many drafted play
ers and awarded their services to
big league clubs. That is OF course
the baseball draft as practically all
Of the players OF both the major ana
minor leagues who were called oy
the military draft have reported and
are now in the various training
Two OF the most well known
minors included in the draft are
Snipe Conley and Jacobs. OF Dallas,
both twirlers- Conley during the
earlier part Of the Texas league sea
son compiled a record Of 10 straight
victories. failing in his goth attempt
when the team made number OF
errors behind him The record tied
the mark made by Rube Marquard
in 1912. and would have undoubtedly
gone for some time longer but for a
slump Of the Dallas club resulting
from the untimely sickness and IN
jury Of several Of the best players
Jacobs was known as a reliable
fwfrler who could be depended
upon TO do his bit in the box at
critical times, and was considered
one of the most consistent men
OF the Ham Patterson champions
Among other celebrated minors
who will be included in the draft are
Paul Nusser, Of the Des Moines West
ern league champions and Rath OF
salt Lake, who is running stiff
race for the batting honOrs Of the
/ Pacific Coast league Either Of the
two above mentioned men can be
regarded as valuable additions to a
team and there is slight chance, IN
view OF the scarcity OF good players
resulting from the war. that they
VIII be sent back 10 the minors
Bentley, Of Baltimore, first
baseman and n teammate OF Cliff
Hill. well known in Fl PasO. viii
20 10 the Boston Americans from
Jack Dunn's club which has furn-
fShed more material for the blk
league teams than any other
minor league organization
Walter Slagle and Bill Leard. two
veterans OF the Coast league. nave
again signed for the season the IlrsI
with the Vernon Tigers and the
second with the Oakland club Leard
IS the man who was signed BY the
Brooklyn Dodgers at the premature
end OF the Northwestern league sea
son and ordered TO report BY Wlberl
Robinson who thought that the gray
beaded veteran was youn gsler-
As soon as the mistake was dis
covered Bill was shipped back TO the
coast. but being a first baseman OF
: no mean ability he was signed up By
the Oaks
Josh DevOre, one time New
York Giant and participant I'm the
worlds Series. has been released
by the Joplin club OF the Western
league. Joe Mathess formerly OF
the FL PasO Rio Grande assOcia-
tion. has been purchased by the
Indianapolis American aEsOcia-
1ion club from the Grand Rapids
team.
Recent decisions handed down by
the national commission are as fol-
lows;
Claim Of Marty Berkhammer vs. St
Paul. allowed Claim Of milwaukee,