The Indianapolis journal., 1890-02-16
NATIONAL GAME COMMENT
How wtheWar Between Leagueand Broth
erhood Players Progresses.
BENEFITS Accession Strong Point for the
League-New Players CrOwding Out Old
Ones-Make-Up of the Clubs.

The event Of the past week IN the base
ball world was the signing of Charley Ben
nett with the Boston League club. The
Brotherhood has been parading Benefits
constancy before the public for weeks past,
and now that he has cast his lot with the
organization which guarantees salaries and
does ell IL promises to do. the great catcher
Is stigmatized by Kelly and the other ex-
slaves az traitor, and sworn at with the
same profane vehemence as Clarkson. Di-
rector Hart, of the Boston Brotherhood
team, wrote to Bennett in the following
mildly reproachful manner "Your tele-
gram at hand. While an not surprised at
your action. am very much disappointed,
rs We would like to have secured your serv-
ices. and believed you when you wrote that
you would be with us sure. With the ex-
ception OF one or two. the balance OF the
Boston brotherhood team were offered rs
big inducements as you, but resisted
the temptation to break their written
agreement with us.n This looks well in
print. but in private Hart probably ex-
pressed himself with more vigor, joining
heartily in the Kelly chorus. The Boston
League officials say their club is now CON-
Yictcs Will TIC exception OF d0OIDcf
and no haste will be shown in getting him.
They think that the team of next season
VIII be as strong as any that has ever rep
resented Boston on the ball field, and are
inclined to favor playing Camel regularly
on third base and have him captain the
nine. leaving the catching to Bennett,
Hardy and Shellhasse. With Tucker at
drst, Smith at second, Long at short, Lowe
IN left. BrUdie in center and Donavan IN
right the elnb certainly ought to make
afrOnQ bid for the neuuant
Il is scarcely probable that the reports
are true that President Byrne, of Brook
lyn, and Stern, of Cincinnati, advocate the
dropping of indianapolis aud Washington
from the League, for the reason that those
gentlemen personally pledged themselves.
at the ball meeting, to oppose any such
move If Indianapolis and Washington with.
drew their objection to the admission OF
tie two Association clubs. Aside from this,
1t would certainly be in poor taste for clubs.
whose League existence numbers but few
weeks. TO talk abont dropping cities which
have been represented In the great organ
lzati0n for years.
With no opposition this season and the
advantages of an unusually brisk winters
advertising of the sport. Indianapolis will
be lively baseball city. and profitable
one for visiting clubs Never before were
prospects 80 bri ght for taking prominent
place in the race and drawing out big
crowds. With the great drawback of
losing team, the city has, in the past. done
pretentlous rivals. This season 1t VIII
walk right away with them both In the
race for the pennant and In point OF at
tendance. The rapid transit afforded by
the electric road out Illinois street is going
20 help the latter
The makeup of the League clubs to date
is as follows:
MISUNDERSTANDING, somers, weckbecker
and Ivory, catchers: RusIe, Boyle, Bert Inks,
Meakin, Burkett and Eitelorg. pitchers; Scanlan,
: -'s-s~ ..;asse0ck, short-stop; Miller, Mannassan
az Seerse. 6esders.
s.s-ti3sc 4, t'.ushlin. euiiivan. Blair and INKS.
: .oftczS- sEzs<@- - ,sses o bvfen. second base;
-sss6nsss slerts - - - e third base; Carroll,
lafr held. Wiisnos M fieid, s-larews, Lauer
C Earle, -igat asitsSacsien and Gs.FSsi...s sssb-
s,.vs.spd-ztn,ussr. catcher. Beatin. Lincoln.
-. - T~S5vcrrl and Davis. pitchers; Veaeh,
nrpt base, ~.rlner, second base. 3.naley, third
base; McKean, short-stop; Gilks, left field. Daily,
Piffsburg-Miiler and Berger, catchers; Sow
dcrs, Conway and Daniels. pitchers; Beckley.
nrst base; La Rogue, second base; Sunday, Heck
er and Routclfffe, felders, and a lot of young
Philadelphia-Clemen shriver and Decker
eafehers: Gleason. vickery, Day. Anderson and
second base; Mulvey, third base; Delehanfy or
Allen, shortst0p; Burke or Mayer, left field;
Hamilton, center field: Thompson, right field.
Boston-Bennett Camel, echeilhasse and
Hardic, catchers; Clarkson and Nichols pitch
ers: Tucker. first base, Smith, second base; Nc
Carr, third base; Long, sh0rtstop; Lowe, left
Held; Brodie, center field; Donovan. right field.
cineinnati-Harrington.K Keenan,, Baldwin and
pitch,.rs Reilly first base; MePnee @ second e base
Marr or Carpenter, third base; Beard, short-stOp
Tebean. left field; Halliday, center field; Nicol
New York-Murphy, catcher; WEIGH, pitcher;
Dooley, first base; Crane. second base; Farrell,
short-stop; Murphy, Hornung and TssrHan, faa<ar
Brooklyn-Ciark, DAILY, Bushong and Newman,
catehers, Caruthers. Terry, Hughes and Cunning.
base: base: I PnskSs dii third % base smith, s5ortstop;
O'Brien, ~ held; Corkhin, center field; Burns,
A New>York baseball enthusiast calls at
te6fion to the comparatively few men now
playing who occupied prominent places on
the field in 1SS4-S5. Let us run over the
list said he, '.and see how many of the
old favorites have retired from baseball
entirely. or have. since those years, been
relegated to minor leagues. NJ. Dorgan,
Furgerson. Gillespie, Lewis, j. Dorgan,
Start, Deasley. Lady" Baldwin, Crowley,
Force, Mccormick, Gilligan, Phillips.
Brody. Quest, McConley, Caskins, Cusick,
Knight and Harpin have Deen among those
who. in the last year or two, have not been
on the diamond, and not o few of them had
very good records when they stopped play
ing, but were not fast enough for their
company. Now, on the other hand how
many men have been forced into lcinor
leagues by their inability to keep up in the
race? There are Poorman and Purcell of
the Athletics; Whitney, Cliff Carroll, who
has signed with tho Chicago club
after being retired for q season or two,
Donnelly, Dealey. James Manning. Quinn,
Farrell, of Providence; Dsiley, Boyle. Sut-
ton, Dalrymple. McCuery, Scott. Ester
brook, Lilly. Stearlls, ShafteT, 5. Crane, Me-
CURE. NJ. Hines. tiunning. the Hackets
brothers. Morton, Wcidl9an. Gerhardt. Sc
rad. Burdock, Shaw and Baker Now how
many playeesof that sessof are leftf Out
of abQDesifty, fifteen we, comparatively
newflayers in 'S4 ar s. IS list includes
Dan Richardson, ,Jnds Ger Conway,
Nash. johnson, J. = gaal5r', Sutcliff'
Clarkson. Gerzeiv icg. boy.g Clemens
Gan Eel and g lsS ia .es about
tbirty-fve OF ssvfsS {. - counted for
and of y IVA Gis .scock, burns
IeaEett ~ "a faompsot Welch
MySrs .slT s.nts and Bassett h ave
fesir sstt ague. The Brother.
u - IS number are Ward
- rtsC2, Brouthers, Hanlon. Ir.
Eab. wFGs Eeefe. Andrews. Buffinton
- s.fe. Fogarty. Morrill,. Rowe
p 80 Aelly. Paul Hines is undecided
- - play, while other old favorites
y "a ned and will play with the Brother