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Show CHllFSmiH LtASS 111 If H Sfafo Develops More Major Leaguers Than Rest of the Union. OVER JIAhP THE MEN SELECTED MAKE GOOD Many Players Will Be Drafted 'by Eastern Teams the Coming Season. Tribune Special bportlng Service. iN'HW YORK, 5ov. 13. California is a ,.'100 hitter when it comes to turning turn-ing out good ball players. In addition 10 that, t.hcy have trotted out many a good fighter. Every year the Pacific Coasfr lcaguo springa no less than a dozon plavers on tho major leagues, and it is surprising that half of that numVinr rlolivor l.lif. aiinds. TllO ma jority of baseball managors consider ihoniRelves very fortunate if they get twenty-five men that have been touted as big league caliber and find two thai develop into big league material. That tho Pacific Coast lcaguo should have a modal pinned on every clubhouse club-house dodr for turning out speedy men for tho big lent, can be easily figured out, when such boys uB Easterly, Oakes, IOllis, Hoitmullor. Groom, butor. Madden and Gray advanced to the big league in one vear. Tho California country has done this year after year and they are sending a lot of thirteen men nut for trial in the National and American leagues that llio baseball fail? out in the Golden City don't cxpoct to como buck. , The scouts have cleaned up tho California Cali-fornia league of all th" good material and the fans out thorp hoped that some of their favorites would be passed up. All the clubs in that league will lose popular plavers. The White Sox, under un-der the leadership of Ifughey Duffy, will get Zoidor, whom the majority of fans convicted of winning tho pennant for the Seals last season. Zeider, thoy sav on tho coast, was about I he besl thing thoy over saw in the infield for all-around work. Somo Good Oncn. Browning, a pitcher who has been higlllv recommended, will go lo tho IMiiiil. club and has been well boosted hy Danny Long, who, by the way, said (fhase was the goods. Llrowning will have IJughoy Jennings to teach him a few things. Duffy Lewis of the Oakland Oak-land club, an outfielder, and Boice, a pitcher, have been landod by tho Boston dub. Out iu California thoy say that Lewis is a good outfielder and a good hitter. Boice, they any, will make good in I ho pitcher's "box. Then there is Bcall, I ho llychaser of the Los Angelos i-lnl), who will be given another trial with the White Ho.v Henry Berry has sold somo good material mate-rial so it is' said ICoestner and lTosp were two of his host pitchers. Kooslner goes lo I ho Cincinnati club and Nosp goes to Cleveland. The Los Angolcs 'club has also a catcher who will go to I he Chicago National League club. He is Orondorf, who has .done some groat work behind tho platter. Tho Yankees will get Olo Johnson, a young Tellow who is well touted and comes from the Portland club. Jle is an inlieldor and said lo bo a crack hitler. Sacramento will graduate two players play-ers Gandil, who will wear a Whito Sox uniform, and Hap Myers, who has been placed with the 13oslon Americans, Both arc going with strong loams, flyers fly-ers was pulled out of tho stato league lato in the season and is a player of unquestioned ability, lie got his start at the University of California. -Myers and Gandil arc llio sluggers of tho Sacramento club. Both aro first basemen, base-men, Tho latter is a groat fielder, having hav-ing a wondorful arm. Vernon has already al-ready given Kaloigh to tho St. Louis National club. Next season it will send Vance to tho Detroit club. This 3'oung pitcher was drafted and he has shown lots of ability. Before tho season opens other players may go up from this league. Hciiky. for one, may bo sold. lie is entitled to a chance to try his hand in faster com-!" |
