The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-13

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ais nrst ball playing Vas with amateur
c,ups g me Crescent city. "a 1857 -
PIAZZA MS nrst professional ball with Fort
SInlts, ARK. OF the Southwestern League.
- - iooo &c VA with San Antonio and Las
sehss. ne began the season OF l6d8 with
4. Ausnta, IA, and after the disbandment q
the oouthern League finished tee season
{. davenport, IL. This season he was
witn the daiveston team OF the Texas
League until thAt association went under
- Suiy, since which time he has been 40
.ue e0od work i0r Seattle. In ADDITION 20
ICING skliiful pitcher Fender can NIL IN
.nu ou.nelo posauons acceptaDiy, and y
sstOng oatsman.
inneio 2. camp. pitcher, u the young
g. man IN the team, not yet having a.
tanned ms majority. He was born IN the
Caty OF columbus, o., IN December 1853.
Al 1858 ne played center-feld for the Crane
rfos. tcam. the crack amateurs OF Omaha.
- 10Y ne patcned LOT the seward. Nen'
.eam. Aitnougn this year IL MS flrst pro-
lssslonai SEASON, ne mas met with naftering
SUCCESS. 1oung camp has great speed,
ana Is the master Of I'll the curves and
sn9o1. An evidence Of his great pitching
.Dllsy = me iact tnat ne mas won every
game ne mas pitched against the heavy
ln.ung SPOKANE Fails team.
Fitzgerald, pitcher ana neloer,
nalis rom Leadvliie, Colo, although ne
was ooln IN pennsylvania IN 1862 his
PROFESSIONAL debut IS ball player was last
season with the Leadvilles, of the Colorado
League, where he did excellent work in the
Dox. This seasons work with the Seattle
Team stamps him as pitcher with great
future before him. Strike EN- out. Fits, /"
Wil % remembered long time BY Seattle
cranks. including the fair sex.
:. Y. hatz. left fielder, was born in lonia.
Mlcn., IN 1883 His first professional ball
was played last year in Greenville, Mich,
with the Michigan State League, which as
sociatlon ne led IN batting. This season he
played with the crack Burlington team, of
tne Interstate League, until It collapsed.
ne mas since guarded LETT held to perfec-
ion ior Seattle. while his strong batting
mas helped TO win several close games.
p. = Snyder. the stone-wail catcher Of
me Seatties, - native OF Rockford, Ill.
Wnere ne was born in 1855. His hrst APP
pearance g professional ball player was
witn Eau Claire, WIS.,, IN 1885, In 1887 he
caught for the Birmingham. Ala. team and
ia 1883 played IN his native city. Last sea-
son III health prevented his appearing on
the diamond, but this season he made his
re-appeaeance with Seattle. Snyder has
done the catching in every one of the
ninety-hve games played by Seattle. and
mas done It well. The "Old Reliable" has
made wonderful record this season, ex-
celled by that OF no other catcher in Amer
lea. and he may safely be called the prime
favorlte on the circuit.
Pete 60mers, the crack left-handed
pitcher, Is native OF Massachusetts,, in
which state he was born in 1867. His
home Is now in Mansfield, O. He first
played ball for living with New Orleans
in 1887. In 1888 he was with Columbus. o.,
where he accomplished the wonderful feat
OF retiring the Akron team without q
single run or safe hit The season of 1859
found him with Springfield, III. He ma
terially aided in helping this team win the
pennant IN the Interstate League. winning
twenty out OF twenty-eight games in which
be pitched. This season he was with Des
Moines, L.. Of the Western Association,
until that team was transferred to Lincoln.
Neb. he then played few games with
Evansville. Ind. and was signed to pitch
for Seattle.
Patrick Flaherty, shortStop and fielder,
IL q st. Louis boy, being born in that city
in 1865. His training for . ballplayer was
received in the strong amateur clubs of
that city. His first professional work Was
with Denver In 1887. In 1883 he went TO
Houston, Tex, where he remained till the
wind-up Of the Texas League in the middle
of the present season. He was then signed
by Manager Rockwell for the Seattles, and
has kept up the good record he has
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