The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-11-23

THE BASEBALL GIANTS.
The AII-America Team-Brief Sketches
of Its Members.

York team, is one of the best known and
popular professional players OF the pre-
sent day, and, in gaining his consent to
act as field captain of the All-America
team, Mr.. Spalding secured the services
of one of the most capable ball players IN
America. He was born March 8, 1860,
at Bellefonte, Pa, and began his base
ball career while student at the Penn
sylvania State College, alternating as
pitcher and third baseman. His first
professional engagement was with the
Athletic Club of Philadelphia as pitcher
in 1877. He was with the Providence
Club from July, 1873, until the close OF
the season of 1882, as captain and
pitcher, and occasionally playing third
base. His curve pitching aided the
Providence team not only in winning the
championship of the National League in
1879, but in maintaining prominent po-
sition in succeeding seasons. Ward has
been member of the New York Club
since 1898; he is organizer and president
of the Ball Players Brotherhood, and
author
Ball" He is a graduate with high
honors of Columbia College, from which
he received the degree of Ii. B. and the
second prize in Political Science. He
was married October u, 1887, to Miss
Helen Dauvray, the well-known actress,
and purposes practising the legal profess
sion in New York city after he retires
from the ball field. s,@;sSsskz
Michael J. Kelly, of the Boston team,
is one of the best known and most pOpu-
lar ball players in America. He is de-
scribed as &C great general in a contest;
clever strategist, we'll versed in every
point of play, and competent to
play any position himself; tricky, bold,
and thoroughly experienced in his work
Troy, n. Y, in 1857, and at twenty years
of age was catcher in the Buckeye Club
of Columbus, Ohio, afterWard being in
the Cincinnati Reds and in the Cincin-
| nati-BuffalO aggregation, until in 1880 he
was signed by the Chicago League club,
with which he gained fame from ocean
to ocean. In 1887 the Boston club paid
the unprecedented price of $4,000 to get
Kelly from the ChicagOs.
Edward Hanlon, of the Detroit team,
is both highly capable and popular. He
is native of New England, and joined
the Rhode Islands as far back as 1877,
leaving it for the crack Albany club in
! 1879. Thence he moved into the Cleve-
land League club, getting his release
| therefrom to join the champion Detroits.
The Detroit captain is fair bItsman, a
| great base runner, and one of the finest
| outfelders in the business. He is we'll
| educated and the proprietor of lucrative
business in New York city.
James @. Fogarty, of the Philadelphia
| team, is one of the best outfielders of the
| National League, his position in that
team being right field He played with
the Haverly club of San FranciscO-a
crack team of the Pacific coast-befOre
joining the Philadelphias. He is dar-
ing base runner, a good batsman, and
can play an infeld or Outfield position
equally well.
Fred H Carroll, of the Pittsburg team,
is native of Sacramento and twenty
four years old. Beginning as an amateur
in 1881, he signed with the Actives of
Reading, Pa, in 1888, going with the
Columbus team the following year, and
from the next year being catcher with
the Pittsburgs. He is feet II inches
tall, and weighs 1915 pounds. As back
stop Carroll has few if any superiors, and
has caught some of the sWiftest pitchers
of the League.
Harry II. Simpson is the first member
of the expedition to meet Honolulu peo-
pie, having come in advance of the rest
as local organizer. He is an all round
baseball, football, and cricket player
In 1885 he organized and managed the
Newark New Jersey Cricket and Base
ball Association, in which he made
good record for himself during two years.
He was found in 1887 as captain and
manager of the well-knOwn Asbury Park
Club, playing first base and change
pitcher. By excellent character and
business talent, Mr.. Simpson has Won
for himself the general esteem of large
circle of acquaintances in America, and
during his short stay in Honolulu has
made a very favorable impression. He
expects to stay in Australia for a few
years in the interest of one or two Amer
lean firms.
NJ. j. Herman has made great repu-
tation as ball-player since he became
member of the New York team at the
outset of the season of 1888. As a bats
man he has especially distinguished
himself, and as an oatfielder the man
ager of the New York team claims that
he has no superior. When playing with
the Trenton and Jersey City teams as
pitcher in 1885, he was conceded to be
one of the best left-handed ''twirlers" in
the country.
George A. Wood is one of the greatest
outfielders of the League, his work for
the Philadelphia team during the past
two seasons having won him high
reputation. He is thirty years old, a
Bostonian, who began professional ball
playing at Lynn in 1878. Wood was in
the Worcester, Manchester and Detroit
clubs in turn, prior to signing with Phila-
and is feet 1917 inches tall.
John Healy, Indianapolis, is looked
upon in America as one of the puzzlirg
pitchers of the League, and many lot