The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-18
C0MISkEY LEADS WAY
IN PURCHASING HIGH
PRICED COAST STARS

Charley Comiskey, the White Sox
proprietor, is showing signs of hysteria
in throwing out his cash for minor
league ball players.
When it was announced that the Old
Roman had paid the San Francisco
Pacific Coast league club 100000 for
Third Baseman Willie Kamm. some
press agent inclinations were sus-
pected
However, when John Farrell. secre-
tary of the National association Of
fered the check as evidence, the sages
then turned their doubts to a question
of the old mans sanity.
No sooner had the smoke cleared
from this than the White Sox boss an
nounced that he had paid the Seattle
club $4,000 for Frank STUDY Mack a
young pitcher.
Because Mack was considered only a
fair pitcher, many of the western fans
gave the Sox the laugh and said thev
mad been stung, but the scouts on the
coast predict that he is a fine pros
! pect.
Mack's nickname of "Stubby" is a
m1snomer, as he is six feet tall and
weighs 185 pounds. He started base
ball as a bat boy with one of his home
town semi-pro teams in San Diego. He
was picked up around Los Angeles and
signed by the Calgary team in the
western Canada league. At the close
OF the 1920 season he was picked up
by Seattle for $1,000 and was turned
/ over to Tacoma in the Pacific Interna-
tional league for development.
4 He had q hard time oof4ino
this year and made a poor record. but
+! 1t is said that he was a victim of hard
luck. He pitches overland like all of
the old-timers.
Since the Detroit Tigers picked up
such a jewel in Pitcher Pillette, who
was regarded as excess baggage on the
! Portland bench, the big league owners
perhaps will pay for a dozen boomers
to get one good one.
Comiskey is having fine luck In build
ing up a new White Sox team from
minor league products. If Kamm and
Mack come through for him, he stands
a good chance for the 1923 American
+. league pennant
When the 1919 blast reduced his
team to fragrant, Comiskey heard all
the magnates whispering in his ear,
We'll help you, Charley
II They not only refused to trade play
: ers with him or sell him some help.
but they went out and outbid him for
: stars that were on the market.
Il He deserves all the success he can
D get in building up a team the way il
should be built
: Out iniEnid, Okla. they are getting
ready to crown the home run hero OF
the year. Up to Judy 26, Frank Reiger
2 ioutfielder on the Enid Western asso
2 citation team, had hit Twenty-Five four
0 base hits and he announced that he
0 was going to beat Babe Ruth's mark.
0 Reiger is twenty-six years old. He
/ started his career last year as catcher
. with the Enid team and hit twenty
. homers with a batting average of .312
y He is autfielding this season. PLENTY
. of scouts have looked him over. but al
Y of them have left with the remark
U Too much money!"
= Jim Coffroth, who has been coninins
. his attention to his Tijuana racing in
terests, is ready to get back into tn,
Z fight game and he has his ewes Oh
y Mexico. City as a good field for thu
l pugs.
I He wants to bring Jack Dempsey ant
Benny Leonard down to the southern
y capital to show their wares.