Show MAJOR LEAGUES GRAB PLAYERS Boston Red Sox Led in 1908 Employing Thirty Nine Men That a small army of ball players is re required requIred required to see the major leagues through their th lr campaigns is evidenced by the fig figures ures uros showing the number of men who participated in championship games gaInes in the Byron Bancroft Johnson and Harry Harr Clay Pulliam organizations in lOOS writes Er Ernest Ernest Ernest nest LanIgan in the New York Press Omitting the revolvers those tho e players who wh held Jobs with two or more clubs the American leaguers tried out m 22 athletes and the National leaguers One player Outfielder Herbert Moran who Is a great defensive man and a n poor sUcker sticker worked In both leagues cutting down the number of athletes who tried to stand the major league pace to an oven even Naturally the tho second division teams were the most Industrious employers of talent The Boston Red Sox Lox tried out players in championship tilts and seventeen of f them failed to measure up to big league caliber Canned a Live One Included among the men cannot canned can neb by the Canned Cods Coda was Deacon Jim McGuire who broke his Why Iy into a championship game as a Connie Mack Maek of the Philadelphia Americans did a lot of experimenting particularly in the last six weeks of the season Connie by Sept 1 knew he had no chance to land his team in ina Ina ina a first division berth and so 50 laid his plans for lor the future All told the tall tan chieftain of the tIm Quaker Americans shoved Into ac ae action action tion Uon men Eight were re released released released leased outright and two since then have been fired tIred The Naps always try many men They used thirtyfour In 1903 1908 and told ten of them to Ever since Cleveland has been In the American league Somers and have haie been try trying trying tryIng ing to land a reliable southpaw and three of the players fired In 1903 were lefthand ed cd Highlanders Not Extravagant Considering their plights the Highland Highlanders ers em were not extravagant in the use of talent The Farrell combination gave gae op opportunities opportunities opportunities to players and had to use the iron ball bail on only four The Washington Chicago Detroit and St StLouis StLouis StLouis Louis teams te ms passed through the season without having to worry much about play players players players ers The Senators tried out men the White Sox and Tigers each and the Browns twentythree only shift during the year ear was wa to trade Bert Ber Blue Bue for tor Sid Smith Smitha a deal dealin dealIn dealin in which he goldbricked David Harum Moreover out of the twentythree players player used use by McAleer in championship games got gt their names in the official records complied compiled and Issued by Secretary Robert R B R McRoy and Joe JO Yeager the one missing Brownie un undoubtedly would have forced his way Into the average had he not been ben laid up the greater part of the season with wih rheumatism rheumatism |