Wichita eagle., 1889-10-20

5. Walsh. G. Crooks Z. Messit.
OMAHA BASEBALL CLUB.
| 'S5, when he left college and went into rail-
road Office He did not enjoy the confine-
ment Of Office life, however, and shortly re-
| signed his position In 1886 he signed to play
with Manager Whitcomb, of Minneapolis,
and remained with that team until 'S7, when
| he joined the st. Paurs. He played with the
| Saints but short time, until he signed with
! Won der Ahe's reserves, with which team he
remained until 1888, when he was sold to
/ Omaha. His career with this team has
brought him out as one of the best all around
players in the country. As catcher he has
received considerable notoriety His record
for 's9 is as follows: He played 81 out of 1G3
games; leads the ibatters of the Western as
sociation with an average of $40, which is
but few points below the heaviest hitters
of the National league. He made 16 home
runs, 10 three baggers and Is two base hits
Charles A. Nichols, the prince of the West
ern association pitchers, who is known
throughout the baseball kingdom as the
'Kid," was born in Madison, Wis, Sept IA,
1869, and is therefore only 20 years Of age.
He was initiated into the mysteries of base
ball by the Blue avenue team, of Kansas
City, in 1886, which was at the time the best
amateur club in the city. He pitched his first
game Of professional ball for the Kansas City
Western league team in 1887. In the follow
ing year he signed with the Memphis club,
but returned to Kansas City in July Of the
same year, after the Memphis team had dis
banded, and finished the season there. The
Omaha team is the third professional club he
has ever been signed with and the first pen
nant winner. Young Nichols pitched A
games and won 36. He struck out 295 men,
allowed 70 to take base on balls and made but
6 wild pitches. In fielding he has a record of
1852, only IS points short of perfection. ''Kid"
Nichols is conceded by all the managers in
the Western association to be the best and
speediest pitcher III the Association.
William II. Clarke, surnamed Dad" hailed
from Oswego, New York state, in about the
year 1866, and at present registers himself as
being 23 years of age He first distinguished
himself as baseball pitcher by twirling for
the Oneida, N. Y, team during the early
part Of 1856, finishing the season with the
Oswego international league team. In 1887 he
signed with Sandusky, O., and only played a
part Of the season with that club, being sold
to Des Moines about the middle of the season
At the end Of the season of 1887 he enlisted
with Ansons Chicago league club and played
there during the remainder of the season. He
has been with the Omahas through the sea-
sons of 1855 and 1889, but there is every proba-
bility that the American association will
capture him for 1890 He pitched in AZ games
this season and won 80 of them.
Thomas Nagle, who stands head and shoul-
ders above any catcher in the west, and who
has made most brilliant record during the
season of 1889, was born in Milwaukee just
twenty-four years ago. He was first recog
nized as a baseball player in 1856, when he
joined the Eau Claire, Wis, club. During
the following year he played with Oshkosh,
and has since that time been one of the shin
ing lights in the Omaha club There is no
player in the Western association that has
attracted more attention from the eastern
ball managers than Nagle; and at any time
the Omaha management feels so disposed it
can sell his release for a good round figure.
Nagle played in seventy games and in field
ing has an average of .95l. He is a sure
thrower and good batter.