The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-28
PACIFIC COAST
 BUMPER ROOKIE CROP
t Looks Like 6 Good Year for Major League Ivory
 Scouts
BY WENDELL F. BROYLES UniteA Press gtAR COTsspenAenl

GeattIe CUP)>-The Pacific Coast League IS grooming sn outstanding crop Of rockies for duty on major league diamonds In 1897.
 Virtually every team in the league boasts Of . catcher ready to bolster the ranks of major league back stops, Heading the list i Hal gpin- de1, Seattle yOungeteT whom coast critics have termed the fastest minor league receiver since Mickey COCIIFane, the coasts most dDtJn- gutg11ed ajumnGs, caught for Port 1and.
 President William KIeDper Of Seattle, approached by seven Ina- jOy league clubs, priced the former University Of California at Los Angeles StaF at 16OOOO,
 Vince MOfIZO, Q Gan FEancisc0 1ad who plugged along 1tlc0nSptc- tOsisjy for two years until he finally bIOgEOn1ed under the tutetage Of Frank Lefty" O,DOUJ, has sudden Jy awakened to find himself batting ,36O apd sought by big league clubs,
 Needs Seasoning
 EaFJ BTuckeF, Portland y0ungsteT, N leading the league Jn batting with ,367, but B1ay need another year Of EeaSOnJng, dSnc DesauteIs, former big JeagueY, now with San Diego; peDDeFy Willard TIeHEhbeTgeT Uf Oakland, property Of the New York Yaukeeg, agId Bill Spring Of the Mission, gre aji under big league observation,
 Tw0 Southern caIlfoYniG "kjdS" WtO quIt school to pjay bail, atId have been OutstADdiBg for the past two years, aFe assured Of tbejF hTgt tYIaI fn the big tine,
 Bobby D0eFY, 17~yeaT.0Id San Diego second baEemaD, has been sold to the BOgtOD Red BOx, badly tH need Of JtgHeId FeDIaCementS, aSld vii report tn the spring, Steve Mes9neF, 19-yeaF-Ojd Los Angeles third bageBlaB, vii report t0 the Chicago White GOx tn aD effort to solve theiF hot corner problem c0SII- DJICated since Manager Jimmy Dykes announced his retirement aS active player.
 Nabbe1 by BeStOD
 George Myatt, DOeYYS EbI0rtSt0D TDate 9t HA1 Diego, sTd the fast. est f1a1 tH tile Coast League, will aIG0 report 10 the Boston AnIerl- Can League team.
 AISOEtgt0p Joe Gordon Of oakland, property Of ttIe New York YankeeS, aDd tOuted as the coasts best by Lefty O'DOtb, ISay get A chance at the Yankee spring training camp, Gordon, who graduated from the University Of oregon lest year, was picked uD by Scout Btjl Essick Of tjIe Y@nks, while jn college, He was Neketed for Glass "C" exDeYD1 eDcIpg, InseYted IB several games, however, with oakland, Gordon started tO nit aIId tIaS been reg uIar ever since,
 Nddje JO0st Of the Missions, tII- tOYed by OHe Of ttle third base masters Of baseball history, WllJte KAmHI, has improved steadily this season aBd may % ID, Dick 0ys' ejB1aiI Of Seattle, purchased by B0S' ton At A fancy price several years aG0 aDd then gbIWHted back t0 tSs C0agt, appears aiB0gt certain M aiS' other NtRt
 Best OwtAsIdev
 JOe Marty Of EaH PYanClSCO, WtlOSe DFOWess was 0VeEShad0Wed by EBe presence Of Joe DtMaggi0 beside EIm for two years, tops [ weak CYOD cf Out6eIdeTg, Frank DOIjaek, with the Missions the tat- ter paFt Of the season, may get . NJaI AgaiH,
 Vince DJMaggIo, older brother Of Yankee JOe, although eFYatIc @ his hitting, k one 0f the best 1eIderS IB tbe circuit aBd H1sy get . bIg league tEIAL
 TJ5Yee "OId.tImeYS" who have been to tie top afId back agalD, gre once more bidding for major league jOl4G EeattIes second baSetIat, Freddie Muller, whom tSe Yankees cooled OH beGaLige ne could not hit, was leading tbe league IB home YutS with 2N end batting close t0| ,9l6 midway JH August when g bad leg slowed hin yp,
 Pitcher Comes Back
 Pitcher H0waFd cFagbead, uD EeV' eYaj times with Cleveland, WS' 0ubbed through afteT he had JN SeVeFai geHIeS end faIjed t0 6Dlsf EeVeFai others for Seattle early @ the season. Traded tO GAH Diego for the OId-tImeY I'd WejIg, CEag' head tIaS wen ten games IJ little more tiIaD a month end k pitching the best baIl bn the circuit,
 Dick Ward, AIUDted from teaf1 Q teah9 sitter 6 s0fe aEpl 10gt bit9 jobs with the Chicago CAbS and 6t T0sss Cardinals, k making q zeal comeback aHd ba6 won nine con- EeeHtlve victories with 6an Diego,
 JaEk GajVRg01, beeDeetAejeG young YtgBthaBdeT, sitter sliding back fot'I tIJe White S0x RHd Giants, bag proved Los AHgeIeE nest consistent buF1eF aFId k sure Of smother DE leAgWe tYtaL Henry Rtppef, q DL Lofts Cardinal farm beTld, pitching for Ege last pIaee Sacramento teabD, IlaE been . 6tAHdOut, aild k ElEe 70 get A spring tFtaL tgIS teaflB9ate, Johnny Chambers is improving steadily SBd may iand With the Cards,
 George Caster, with the PtlIa. delp1lG Athletics tiIe fast paFt Ot jaet eeaEOD snd JateY with Albany, now With Portland, haE won 70 gaHsA6, Critics eiaIBL however, le k most effective working under nle lights,