The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 15, 1927, Page 5

THE DAILY ALAS NO UDE TALKIN'. VENICE 1S AN IDEAL CITY COULD STAND HERE ALL DAY! SPORTS RATS! HERE COMES, MAGGIE - 25 PLAYERS AREDRAFTED BG LEAGUES Washington Heads List with Four — Spirited Bidding Develops FITTSBURGH, Oct. 15—Twenty five minor league players have been drafted /by club owners of the American and National league at the annual draft meeting con- ducted by Baseball Commissionct Landis.« All of the clubs except the Yankees and Athletics shared in the player salection. Washington, with four players, headed the list, which developed sspecially spirited bidding for the £ory s of Howard Freigau, third bag man of the Kansas City club of the American association. He was obtained by Brooklyn after being sought by twelve clubs. “Lefty" 0'Doul, former Yu ked pitcher who compiled a nota- ble record as an outfielder and clubber with San Francisco of the Pagific Coast league this year, wag drafted by the New York Giants. The list of drafted players ob- “tained by the various Major clubs follow : AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland—Bill Bayne, pitcher, from Toronto, (played this season with. Greenville, S. F. B. Wi son, outfielder, Milwaukce. Boston—John Heving, catcher, Toiedo. St. - Louis—Clyde char, Newark, N. J. Chicago-—John Mann, shortstop, Wichita Falls, Tex.: G. H. Red- fern, infielder, Ft. Worth, Tex. Retroit=—Guilford Paulson, pit- chér, Syracuse. ‘aghington—F. Griffin, pitcher, Memphis; Hugh |McMullen, cat- char, Louisville; Albert Cooper, catcher, Birmingham, Ala.; Thos. Taylor, infielder, Houston, Tex. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh—James Lindsay, pit- cher, San Antonio; Charles Walsh pitgher, Lawrence, Mass. t. Louis—Virgil Davis, catcher, Buffalo, N y Cincinnati—J. C. Edwards, pit- g Seattle. ston—Arthur Delaney, pitcher Oakland, Cal.; PBaxter Willlams, catcher, Asheville N. C. Chicago—{. T. Prothro, third bagseman, Portland, Ore.; N. A. McMillan, - second baseman St. Paul. ew York—F. O'Doul, outfielder Sad Francisco; Chester Nichols, pitgher, Jersey City, Manion, thitd baseman, New Orleans; Ray Benge, pitcher, Waeo, Texas. rooklyn Howard Freigan, ! thitd, baseman Kansas City, Mo Louis Koupal, pitcher, . InManap. olis, T by 3 Red Ink Means Death on One Scrap of Paper — LONDON, Oct. 15.—One of the most gruesome objects in Eng- land is merely a sheet of paper. It is affixed to the mantelpiece In onme of the escretaries’ rooms in the Home Office. R | 1t 15 the list of names of men! and women awaiting" execution aftér sentence of death. - After || their names is the date fixed for | other names are added at the bottom, mames at the top are crossed out with red ink. Théy then- become thé names Of ‘per- p e » ‘the & d for the GARCIA SCORES Bobby Garcia, of El Paso, Texas, scored a technical knockout over Billy White, the sixth round here. unable to answer the bell for the sixth because of an injury to his|, "o lealized for 1927 by the arm. 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At Brooklyn, however, it is indicated a cash consideration figured in the deal. Observers attributed the poor showing of the Braves, !hy finishing seventh, as a factor {in Bancroft's release. H ! BPRATES ‘World Scrit;;fiavers Share Is Divided Among Men Equally CHICAGO, Oct. 15.—The Pitts- burgh Baseball club’s share for |playors of the World Series, $111,800, has been divided by Base ba!ll Commissioner Landis into 26 full shares. his is in accordance with the vote of the players. The 26 players, including Cutler, re- “I do not find it possible to |ceived $3,085 each. Feiding AT Yot in anosse: | YOUNG NATIONALIST STOPS PANAMA MAN ing his retirement from Michi- SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 15.— gan. “Hurry-up” Yost is the best known coach in the game and has seen years of service. Young Nationalist, the 120 pound Manila boxer, last night stopped Pedro Torres, of Panama, in the (internatichal Newsreel) second of what was to have been| BY A KNOCKOUT a ten round bout. 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