Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-09-14 | Page 8 | Big Leagues Can Now Take Pick of Coast

BIG LEAGUES CAN CANNO I INOW NOW NO TAKE PICK OF COAST Drafting Season on Class ClassA I A AA A Is On Clubs in Good Shape SAN FRANCISCO Sept 14 The H.-The The San Fr Francisco baseball team and nd most of the others in the Pacific Coast league faced the opening of the drafting season today with an equanimity born of the knowledge that nothing much worse could befall be fall them than already has happened San Francisco thus far has sold laid four men and three others are being dickered dick ered over So If any of the major I leagues want to pay 2500 the draft price for anyone In the regular lineup haste ii I. Imperative The list of deals deal already accomplished accomplished accomplished showed what can happen to tu toa toa tua a minor league which develops any sort of talent Of or tile the San an Franciscans Francis Francis' Franciscans cans Bobbie Dobbie Jones and Harry Heilman Heilman Hellman Heil- Heil man third and first basemen have been sold Bold to the Detroit Americans Walter Valler Schmidt catcher sold himsel himself him him- self sel to the Pittsburg Nationals and amid andRoy andRoy Roy Corhan shortstop goes back to big company by way of the St St. Louis Americans The Chicago Americans have bought Second Baseman McMullen and Shortstop Terry the main factors factors fac fac- tors ors in the Los Lo Angeles t teams team's progress Jack Ness first baseman who holds the worlds world's record for tor hitting hitting hit hit- ting in consecutive games will go gorom from rom Oakland to the Chicago Americans Ameri Amen cans ans and the same team loses Jimm Jimmy Johnston center fielder and the I leagues league's champion base stealer to the Lime Cleveland Ame Americans cans who also get et Portland's star third b baseman seman Bates and Pitcher Coveleskie of that I I team Learn Salt Lake just concluding Its debut in the Pacific Coast league will lose loso its bes best hurler Lefty Williams to the Chicago Americans and Second Baseman Joe Gedeon to Washington Americans In addition to these actual sales negotiations are under tinder way for sev se several several eral other players