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The 1905 Amateur Draft

Before breaking up the Winter Meetings (and going for last call at the local saloons in Prescott), owners and team personnel from all 16 franchises held the annual player draft. For the first time in awhile, Tucson did NOT have the No. 1 pick.

That honor went to the Cottonwood Monsoon, who picked pitcher Harry McIntyre. The Monsoon went with experience over youth. McIntyre, a right-hander, is 26 ... Here's the entire list of draftees (every team except one selected a pitcher in round one):

Round 1:
Cottonwood pick: P Harry Mcintire
Yuma pick: P Orval Overall
Tombstone pick: P Bill Hogg
Lake Havasu pick: P Jake Thielman
Payson pick: P Ed Reulbach
Jerome pick: P Joe Harris
Tucson pick: P Irv Young
Sedona pick: P Big jeff Pfeffer
Phoenix pick: P Doc Scanlan
Nogales pick: P Elmer Stricklett
Tempe pick: P Hi West
Kayenta pick: P Buster Brown
Flagstaff pick: P Charlie Chech
Prescott pick: P Jim Buchanan
Bisbee pick: P George Disch
Grand Canyon pick: CF Solly Hofman

Round 2 :
Cottonwood pick: P Rip Vowinkel
Yuma pick: SS Al Bridwell
Tombstone pick: P Moxie Manuel
Lake Havasu pick: LF George Stone
Payson pick: RF Wilbur Good
Jerome pick: CF Jack Himes
Tucson pick: C Frank Owens
Sedona pick: C Howard Wakefield
Phoenix pick: P Rick Adams
Nogales pick: RF Frank Schulte
Tempe pick: P Ed Kinsella
Kayenta pick: SS Phil Lewis
Flagstaff pick: 2B Charlie Malay
Prescott pick: 3B Jap Barbeau
Bisbee pick: P Billy Campbell
Grand Canyon pick: 2B Charlie Starr

Round 3 :
Cottonwood pick: LF Bris Lord
Yuma pick: 2B Ike Rockenfield
Tombstone pick: P Gene Ford
Lake Havasu pick: LF Frank Delahanty
Payson pick: P Dick Harley
Jerome pick: 1B George Stovall
Tucson pick: C Tubby Spencer
Sedona pick: 3B Ernie Courtney
Phoenix pick: C George Gibson
Nogales pick: 1B Hal Chase
Tempe pick: SS John Knight
Kayenta pick: RF Punch Knoll
Flagstaff pick: RF Otis Clymer
Prescott pick: C Charlie Armbruster
Bisbee pick: SS Mickey Doolan
Grand Canyon pick: 1B Myron Grimshaw

Round 4 :
Cottonwood pick: 1B Chris Lindsay
Yuma pick: CF Ben Koehler
Tombstone pick: P Ed Barry
Lake Havasu pick: P Harry Ables
Payson pick: P King Brady
Jerome pick: C Branch Rickey
Tucson pick: CF Charlie Jones
Sedona pick: C Cliff Blankenship
Phoenix pick: 2B Nick Kahl
Nogales pick: RF Ed Hahn
Tempe pick: 2B Allie Strobel
Kayenta pick: 3B John Godwin
Flagstaff pick: P John Eubank
Prescott pick: C Hub Hart
Bisbee pick: 1B Del Howard
Grand Canyon pick: RF Johnny Siegle

Round 5 :
Cottonwood pick: 1B Homer Hillebrand
Yuma pick: 1B Bill Clancy
Tombstone pick: CF Denny Sullivan
Lake Havasu pick: P Louis Leroy
Payson pick: 2B Art Hoelskoetter
Jerome pick: 1B Bud Sharpe
Tucson pick: P Hank Olmsted
Sedona pick: P Harry Hardy

During pre-draft workouts, team scouts are buzzing about a player who will be eligible in next year's draft. "I'd trade all of my picks from this year to get that Tyrus kid from Georgia on my team," one team owner said.