Sixfine Youngsters Being Developedon Coasf Prize Rookie Kids Featuring G S |: Here’S Pacific Coast League’S Crop
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SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1924 4 THE SEATTLE STAR SixFine Youngsters Being Developedon Coasf Prize Rookie Kids Featuring g S |: Here’s Pacific Coast League’s Crop . | it elr Llassy I'lay b 5 ; Welsh, Waner, La Zere, McNeely, Warner Frederick Are Dazzling Fans With Their Workand‘in First Year as Regulars in This Company * O BECOME a regular in the Pacific Coast league with one year's experience is the ex- ception rather than the rule. Most young players who sign in the big Western circuit are not only farmed out for at least one vear, but usually sit on the bench for an- other season after they are recalled. ! Yet there are six youngsters playing their second season in the league this year whe are going so good as regulars, and who| have so much natural ability, that major league scouts are watching them closely. 1 As could be expected, all are either infielders or out-| fielders. Pitchers and catchers seldom develop qulckly.i They seem to need more schooling, l JOHNNY FREDERICK The six major league prospects are Paul Waner, outfislder, with San PAUL WANER TONY LiZERE EARL McNEELY JIMMYWELSH JACK WARNER Francisco; Johnny Fredericks, outfielder, with Salt Lake; Early Mc.\'eelyn! outfielder, with Sacramento; Jimmy Welsh, outfielder and first h-ummm.'l with Seattle; Tony lLaZere, shortstop, with Salt Lake, and Jack Warner,| shortstop and third baseman, with Vernon Opening and Game Chatter | Take Two The modified draft prevents big league clubs from drafting players de. | Redskins Holiday veloped In the Pacific Coast league. Otherwise, all of the six players would Thrillersl Sutherland hit safely on both of be going up at the close of the season. Any of them would be cheap at the Final Shots L i, his first two trips to the plate and I draft price, $7,500. | that may have cost him his control In | But since Billy Kamm sold for $125.000 in cash and players, and Jimmy the later lunings of the game. O'Connell for $75,000, Coast league magnates refuse to part with thelr| I [ight t simply went haywire and went outMc‘l| g stars for less than five figures. And since O'Connell failed and Kamm . in the seventh, aliead one run, Altho DE4 hasn't made a splash like a $126,000 beauty, major league magnates com. score was later tied and the In. plain of writer's cramps when deals Involving or more are discussed. Walter Says First 2;}55&4“ 850.0}00 diany KANBAS Hagen won out with Btueland piteh. SPEEDWAY, CITY, ‘ ';BETWE}:NOBSL‘R:?'TII&N:gg; mumca‘s'E t‘lho Sutherland credit the 6~The 2io.mile auto and Last Shots Are Mostt| ing, gets for Mo, July . here off at The Value of Outfield Tfl;dwing - | victory because he was in there long race was called the T ONSUNELEY, TSR about organizing a P LI to Him Difficult ost and was ahead when taken out. half way mark Friday on account Mu-l the real value of good vance if he fails, and they're In bet. HowRooters' club for the big series of o defective track, WHAT'B ter position to score than they would next week with Ban Francisco? throwing in the outfield? ALTER HAGEN Officials declared the ruce ended a have been If the defense had been to two: When Jimmy Welsh was hit by the world says the when ilt was observed that a There's nothing in like Crane Breaks Up Firsts Keeping the runners from taking pitched ball in the last of the 10th in sag head them off instead of the man shots for. of the home fans for a ball extra bases is the answer given by hardest in the bourd track st one of the rooting going to the that same game, the Angels ralsed an ~ Tenth and Boys Come plate. him In a Dbig. club. 1t keeps the players going at Tris Speaker, perhaps the most ac- avful curves made further driving dan- Runners won't try to from first squawk, claiming that he had go ¢ hamplonship high speed and with the Indians From Behind in curate outfield thrower the game has made effort ’ gerous ~ Second to third on such outflelders as Lewis, no to get out of the way. known, golf tournament "' playing such grand ball they deserve ever Golvin kicked hard that () | Jimmy Murphy, in a Miller Lane, Twombly and other good 5o Umpire the fan in are the first and ' was when the support of every baseball | PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE How many times during the season s~y | Bchaller kicked him out of game. Bpecinl leading throwers under ordinary conditions. last tes the l Beattle, Won Lot M shots. race endedr and was declared win. : do you see men out down &t the plate Byler, a catcher, had to be sent Ban §1 in | ......... Asd keeping men from taking that “I've bDeasn . to| | ¥Francieeo ¥ ner, For the past few the fans Beattls cessoceresns outfield throws? Not very often. COVEF years | 8 AN by extra base often saves the game, o first, playing the game | : 45 Tommy Milton was second and {have been asking for a winning Verns enseseonnis ANEEEE the with the It the Throwing to plate to to re BRIt LAKS 46 | i 3 necessary go plate for ..ovdcivcnses SEIEEEE years,'' | Bennett Hill third, {team and now they have one and & run score or with. in a s The Bscramento BB “ winning trying to | tight game when the outcome umpliring this week has s bsossnee lates Hagen, “‘but 1 never fall to ex | b«n' ——————————————————————— delivering. xml o ure 48 out other man on bases is the immediately at stake, like Jimmy terrible, both Phyle and Schaller Oskland cessssvsns NN any an hav- isindity perience emotion somewhat akin y| | S do. But unless the outfield. did when he 'phyen1 The series with San Francisco Portiand seavonrssvsn #8 T = thing to Welsh yesterday flagged to stage when [ to hit Ing a lot of trouble, l-i fright step up ¢ | ! | . Los .. 49 | the of the far Angeles ° . LY d er has an easy throw, certain of stop- Whaley in that first But the biggest one season 5o game. the first shot in & champlonship Grid Work Husky on the home ping his it is baseball to try to true value of outfield throwing is to Walter Gotvin tarned. 1n ; fleld. Francisco would of Seattle Los man, I Imagine this is due to the faith 1 )| seme | ’'San mean reams : 7, Angeles; 10is flag men at the plate. The other stop wild baserunning more than beautiful catches around Starts 15 The players themselves would {advertising for our city. have In the first shot as a barometer. .| first base, Sept. nings. to runners are almost certain ad- anything else, robbing Rohwer of a one. rather beat that cocky San Seattle 4, Los 3. If it gets away In good style, 1 feel || a bingle by Football pructice starts at the| ancl-oo' ' Angeles handed stab the outfit than any other team in 1 read the in The Star FPortland 7, Francisco rather assured that 1 am in for a low¢| In msecond game, | University of Washington on Mnn-{ mn' story | San 6. ?WHEN «| He's the best fielding first sacker In |, 15, This Is the league. { the other night about Wade Portland 11, San Francises Tightening Seattle’sT LW e P Defense(TR score, day, September date { ! § BSTL, Coat oe R T ..«=T N o TEm the circult, § sot for to start in all Pacific Away from that Eeal park the and Bill Killefer playing ball to- tee shot is a terrific practice remind Seat. first o en-' “The last | not necessary to | to base. It was perfectly Frisco team s trouble and | Coast Conference schools, i having its |gether§ at Kalamazoo, Mich, it re. Fourth of July was a I’I"B cuted double ordeal, especially if you have o much the killing. Sutherland Seattlo | doubtful if tle's tandom how classy | The infipld made some daz- it will make the me of the time we played an THRday for the chance for the championship. Washington will play its fist games | I|l‘u ?nc||minded fighting Ingas wilked Twombly and then got Me- from home combination of Crane sling double plays the after. jrecord away that exhibition game there back in the 808, With nine or so play Sammy Even if are four during ' on 27, with two Seattle | | thousand fams Auley on the fly, If that play had you leading by Saturday, September did Its noon, Brady getting the second man on last trip. I A fellow by the name of Lincoln the and Cliff Brady has improved the de- or five strokes, the threat of ; Navy teams In the stadium, ; {hand, Bruves socked the falled it might have cost Seattle a pos. Ban Francisco by some beautiful throwing. has dominated written several letlers to A, G. lgels for a brace of wins while ! e e buol!hu of Indians. have been runs sible disaster is inescapuble. You —— fense the They flock of right there. ' ball a for Jong time in the West and | Spalding asking for a tryout with' have visions of a ‘ortland Bea told often enough and they can see When you stop to remember that badly trapped Wheezer Dell has had his | nothing in the world would do the the Chicago club, He claimed to have ball, unplayable lie, & com- | for themselves what wonderful re- Seattle didn't make a double play an .