Evening star., 1932-06-28
BIC LEAGUE TIMBER
PROFUSE ON COAST
Five Teams Have Players
Who Seem Likely to
Land in Majors.
BY FRANCIS ]. POWERS.

- HICAGO. June 2S.-Another
fine and unusually large crop
of major league base ball
timber seems to be growing in
the Pacific Coast League. Five of the
coast teams have players showing po-
tential major league abilities and the
prospect of profitable sales to the Big
Time has cheered owners who have been
worried about the general decrease in
attendance.
Portland, whose club has made a
surprisingly strong showing under the
leadership of Spencer Abbott, has five
PLAYERS who likely will land in the
majors. Connie Mack is the man most
pleased with the performance of the
Portland team, for his Athletics have
strings on two of the brightest stars on
that club
In the future rebuilding of the Ath-
letics. Mack undoubtedly will figure on
Lou Finney. an outfielder who is bat
ting 1865, and Frank Higgins, third
baseman who has an average of 1927
and is playing a fine game in the field.
However. Portland will offer Outfielder
Fred Berger. Shortstop Myer Chozen
and Pitcher Bill Shores on the open
market and there will be bidders.
ERGER is a younger brother of
ID Walter, the Boston Brave slugger,
and is making tremendous progress
in his play The younger Berger, who
has turned %, has pushed his batting
average over the 800 mark, and his
fielding has been sensational. Coast
fans regard him as one Of the best
throwing outfielders seen in that sector
over several years. Shores Is a hulking
right-handed pitcher, who once had a
trial with the Athletics, but failed
through lack of control. Shores ap-
pears to have acquired that asset and
this season has won six games while
losing one ChoZen is a 19-year-old
Jewish boy who went into the game
for Portland when Bob Reeves was in
jured and is playing so well that the
former major Lacquer is decorating the
bench.
Sacramento. that almost annually
comes up with some youngSter worth a
major league trial. now has four at
tracing the attention Of scouts. In the
Sacramento outfield are Frenchy Bor-
dagary, Frank Demaree and McNeely,
all playing fine ball Demaree is lead
ing the league in batting with a mark
of .386, while the others are hitting
well. McNeely is not to be confused
with Earl McNeely formerly of Wash
ington and ST. Louis, who now is play
ing with Hollywood. The Sacs also
have fine, young infielder in Kam-
pouris, who is rated as one of the best
second basemen on the coast.
pUD HAFEY, nephew of the star Ma
- tional League batsman, is playing
the outfield and hitting in the
cleanup position for the Missions. Ha-
fey still is very young in the game, but
undoubtedly will follow his renowned
uncle into the big show. Sulik. San
Francisco outfielder, Is batting 1856 and
Iris Speaker rates him as the best
prospect he has seen in years. Dono-
van and Dana, the other Seal fly chasers,
also are showing improved form and
will come In for inspection.
Much of the success of the Holly
wood team has been due to the fine
play of Jack Sherlock at first base.
Sherlock was up with the Phillies two
years ago and while he batted we'll his
fielding was ragged On his return to
the coast he developed fine glove and
according to several base ball men is
ready for another trial in the big
leagues and with fine chance of
sticking