[Nick Soulis]

BASEBALL MONTHLY

June 1874

White's Draft Another Arm, Fight To Stay In Race

The Chicago White Stockings stayed as close as they could to the Boston Red Stockings who are off to the best start in baseball history at 23-6. The Whites were only 4 games back when they traveleled to Boston and unfortunately dropped two in a row to the Red Stcokings and ended the month back 6 games with a 17-12 record.

In the meantime the anticipated June draft came and Chicago had the 3rd pick overall. The White Stockings chose J ONeil the 21 year old pitcher who all the scouts say has the potential to be a real star. ONeil along with Hugh Campbell may provide the groundwork for a dominant pitching core in the years to come. ONeil made his major league debut with a baptism by fire against Boston, Oneil took the loss and learned the hard way that big league hitting is a whole new level.

There were some eyebrows as the Whites passed on highly popular center fielder Charley "Baby" Jones who has been putting on hitting displays in his home town.

The oft injured Steve King went down again after injuring his knee and will be out for 5 weeks.

"We still have a long season ahead of us" added Fergy Malone who leading the team with 19 RBI.
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American Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Baltimore Canaries	17	12	.586	-
St. Louis Brown Stockings	17	12	.586	-
Cleveland Blues	13	16	.448	4.0
Philadelphia Athletics	11	18	.379	6.0

National Standings
	W	L	PCT	GB
Boston Red Stockings	23	6	.793	-
Chicago White Stockings	17	12	.586	6.0
Brooklyn Atlantics	13	16	.448	10.0
Cincinnati Reds	5	24	.172	18.0

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Amatuer Draft results

Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - Cleveland Blues: SP G. Bradley

Round 1, Pick 2 - Cincinnati Reds: SP T. Nichols

Round 1, Pick 3 - Chicago White Stockings: MR J. O'Neill

Round 1, Pick 4 - Baltimore Canaries: SP M. Golden

Round 1, Pick 5 - Philadelphia Athletics: CF C. Jones

Round 1, Pick 6 - Brooklyn Atlantics: MR P. Galvin

Round 1, Pick 7 - St. Louis Brown Stockings: C J. Keenan

Round 1, Pick 8 - Boston Red Stockings: MR P. Morgan

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - Cleveland Blues: C B. Harbidge

Round 2, Pick 2 - Cincinnati Reds: MR S. Weaver

Round 2, Pick 3 - Chicago White Stockings: C D. Bushong

Round 2, Pick 4 - Baltimore Canaries: SP J. Borden

Round 2, Pick 5 - Philadelphia Athletics: 3B B. Crowley

Round 2, Pick 6 - Brooklyn Atlantics: MR J. Blong

Round 2, Pick 7 - St. Louis Brown Stockings: MR J. Edwards

Round 2, Pick 8 - Boston Red Stockings: MR H. Arundel

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - Cleveland Blues: MR C. Witherow

Round 3, Pick 2 - Cincinnati Reds: MR G. Knight

Round 3, Pick 3 - Chicago White Stockings: MR J. Cassidy

Round 3, Pick 4 - Baltimore Canaries: MR L. Knight

Round 3, Pick 5 - Philadelphia Athletics: 2B J. Richmond

Round 3, Pick 6 - Brooklyn Atlantics: C S. Flint

Round 3, Pick 7 - St. Louis Brown Stockings: 1B O. Walker

Round 3, Pick 8 - Boston Red Stockings: 3B H. Luff

Geore Bradley has everyone is Cleveland excited as the number one overall pick. Grin Bradley made his major league debut already later in the month and pitched 2 scoreless innings for his first major league win; the future is bright.

League Tidbits

• League scouts and fans are asking themselves what happened to last season's outstanding player Cal McVey? The catcher who hit .414 last seaon is batting .237, a drop of 177 points! McVey is contributing to the horrible 5-24 record that they sport.
• Chick Fulmer fractured his foot and adds to the Reds misery while missing 3 weeks.
• The Philadelphia Athletics are suffering through their most disapointing season sitting at 11-18 and 6 games back. Age may be catching up to this team.