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Show I Grand Rapick Club Playera May Be Sold to Big Leagues. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept 1 If the Central league comes back for another trial in 1918, Which Is very doubtful at present, it's almost' a elnch that Bill Esslck will find that liis Grand Rapids club, which is fast pulling away from tho field In the championship race, will be pretty well shot to pieces. No less than five players on his payroll havo been getting the onceover once-over from tho big league scouts during tho past month, and If his starB are not either sold or drafted Central league sport writers will miss their guess. Carpenter and Faoth, the club's leading lead-ing pitchers; Mathes, first baseman; Mitchell, third baseman, and Eding-ton, Eding-ton, outfielder, are tho men regarded as almost certain to go to leagues of higher clasB next soason. Carpenter has won more games than ! any other pitcher in their league. He Is only 23 yoars old, and seems to have curves and speed enough to hold his own In tho big show If- given tho chance. Faoth, who was purchased outright from Milwaukee, is ,26 years old, but the post has been his best season. sea-son. He has won seventeen games and loBt flvo to date. |