The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-17

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Manager w. T. Rockwell yesterday
s3gnsd H. eleventh md Iast player Of the
s<sffie sesm- The man uho sf1xed his
signature 20 q seattle contract Yesterday -
Dean. . Galveston. Tex. catcher He vns
signed On the recommendatS0n Of Curry.
vko h TO he The star swfrBer al the team
Dean has been catching curv for . season
past, . the latter pgcnounces him IN ex-
ceilent player. Manager Rockwell r.
csived . telegram from Curry last night
stating that be and Dean would Ieave Gal
weston for s~asxie tomorrow.
The team o complete il - foilGws-
Csschers. Snyder and Dean; pitchers.
scost. Curry and Camp, frst baseman.
smith. second baseman, Camp; third
baseman- Floyd; shorfstOp. Bright: u
feiders. Hernon and Whitley, the third 20
be selected from the change pitchers and
caiehers- The players ore from The follow
Ing cities: Snyder. Rockford. H.; Scott
and Floyd, Pine Bluff. Ark, Dean N
Curry. Galveston. Tex. Camp. OmshSs
Smith and Bright. 81 Louis; H~rnon.
New Bedford. Mass. end whstssy. Omsha
Manager Rockwell stated .ast evening
that al Of the players signed would prob
ably report here within . week or ten DAYS.
He announced his intention 10 begin prsc-
tscing the team immediately. He ex-
pressed himself ~ satisfied with the men.
but said. ut IL their turn now TO show
themselves, and II am dissatisfied With
any OF them | shaii begin signing new
PLAYERS 10 al vacanciss.n
hsrnon, who IL 70 play in the field, left
New Bedford for Seattle Tuesday last. and
10 expected here Wednesday or Thursday
next q. Whitley Is the only player who
has reached here. He came on from
Omaha with Manager Rockwell, and Is
now registered At the Snoquaimie. He is
- years old. weighs 80 pounds, and
stand over six feet tail. He has PLAYED
ball all his life. and ct various times has
been connected with the crack teams OF
Chicago. Louisville. Des Moines. Sioux
City and Omaha He expresses himself Is
perfectly satisfied with Seattle, and is
anxious for the ball to open. He is . mar
ried man. and viii bring his wife here from
Omaha about May 1.
Tickets nave been forwarded to ell Of the
players by Manager Rockwell The uni
forms for the team, which were manu-
featured by Spaulding. of Chicago, are ex-
pected here within . few days. They are
similar in design To the uniform Of the
Chicagos. except that Seattle" instead OF
Chicago adorns the breasts Of the shirts.
Drains to insure good. dry grounds are
being put in at the Madison street baseball
park. All Of the lumber for the fences,
grand stand and bleachers has been
ordered and the work Of hauling il to the
grounds viii begin in q few days. The
grand stand Is 70 have q seating capacity oil
300 and the bleachers 1000.
From indications Seattle viii have two
good mines this season. Jim Mullee, Mat
Matthias. Devine and Cancel, who played
with the Seattle nine last year, are practic-
ing daily. and will shortly organize.
Muilee's arm is in good shape, and Cancel
II catching wen. This gives . good battery
TO start with Matthias Is . good first base
man. and Devine has few equals in amateur
ranks around third base. Local talent will
fill up the rest Of the Mrs. II is under
stood that the aforementioned players
have on o . scheme to give the regular
nine . good drubhing on the first favorable
opportunity. Whether they have the
ability TO or not remains 70 Be seen.