Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-04-05
THE ASSOCIATION.
w. I. Harris Tells About Its
Three New Clubs.
BROOKLYN, RocmEsrER,sYRACusE


New York stats has three team. IN tho
American As,oriatt.,p-<,ne ~ rrr,,t,vr on.
at Rocheater and o,e a. Svr.c,,.a Whsv a.
wss first announced that the Associ.tioc
would be represented IN the. cities there
was q good deal Of fun made Of their chsrces
OF getting teams that would mako anv shov.
ing. MANY Of the joksrs seemed to imno,ns
that not one OF the three cities would have
any license to aspire to the pcnnant or even
to q place in the first division. Tho iokers
have since then taken TO the woods, They
underestimated the hustling qualities and the
financial resources of Messrs. Kennedy, Pow
ers and Frazer. the respective managers for
Brooklvn. Rochester and Syracuse
Manager Kennedy's Brooklyn team will be
made un of Reioclager. Herman pitz. Frank
Bowes and Jimmy Toy for catchers; Jack
LYNCH. steve Toole. ] y. Powers and several
unframed "kitisn for pitchers. The inaeh
consists Of Billy O'Brien. first base: Joe Ger.
hardt. second base: pitz or Ocbs. third base:
Frank Fennelly. short stop and cantan. The
outf,elders are DALEY. P.ltz and Simon. With
the exception of Powers ond Ocbs NIL NJ these
,pen are known nationally. and thew nro
pretty ant to give A GOOD account of them
calves IN the field. Their journalistic man.
ager. Jim Kennedy. has had experience. not
as manager OF ball players. but In similar
lines. and IL fullv eauipned with the qualities
thnt po To make nm tho successful ha.,ball
manager The new Brooklyn club will have
a pretty hard time. because IL will he placed
between two fires. and vet I expect TO see
Kennedy and his mariners make money In
spite Of the handicaps.
I'm the first place he has a very good team
and one that will make a fairly good fight.
II ought not to do worse tbnn sixth. and NAV
do better II its pitchers turn ont well. Sec
ondlv II will have twcntv.ave cent tariff.
and thirdly. Il will have the advantage of
Sunday games AZ present the Brooklyn
Americans conflict twenty-seyen times with
the Leapue and Brotherhood. but Manager
Kennedy is arranging certain changes that
will cut down the number to fifteen. It will
he seen TINT Manager Kenpedy's position
with a low tarifY IL not n bad one There are
N preat many people I'm BROOKLYN who will
not give mn tiftv cents for n hall game. soma
Of them because they cannot afford. and some
OF them because they have been In the IN4bi.
OF seeing first class ball for a quarter and
cannot or will not understand why thew
shou,d give any more Kennedy Ia very ant
to be a winner in his team plays GOOD ayernue
hall. and doesn't drop down to the tail end at
the very start
And what has Manager Powers got in the
wav OF N team at Rochesterl We'll. one big
argument il the man who doesn't play, p. p.
himself or as every one calls him. Pat Pow
ers He il a manager whose sbrewdpess and
ability have raised him up from the ranks,
He handles players with skill that produces
great results He has. 1 think. got better
team than Kennedy. and ia nrettv sure In
finish as good as third. His three catchers
are Jimmy McGuire. the ex-leaguer: ID. j,
McKeough and d. L, Burke. All these are
good men. Mcclure being Al. Robert Barr.
i ] Fitzgerald and ]. Wells will do the
nitcbinp. The latter IL An experiment. but
hicb,v recommended Powers tells me that
hs will prove n wonder which means that
Pat has seen him Mt work and that he has
more than ordinary promise,
Rob Barr was with Rochester last wear md
was formerly a League pitcher with the
Washington team Rob and were hoys to-
Cether in Washington, where we both saw
the light of day. l can recollect that at
school he was n terror on speed pitching, and
he has retained the trait He will do good
work for Rochester. Fitzcerald,is compare
lively unknown nationally, but he made
good showing at Wilkesbarre, and Powers
thinks him slayer.
The infield consists of Tom O'Brien, Billy
Greenwood, Jim Knowles and Marr Phillips.
1t is a good one, and so is the outfleld, where
Harry Lyons, ''Sandy" Griffin and Tommy
Shelter will look after flies and chase long
hits All OF these men are batters of more
ability than the average.
Rochester this year furnishes magnate
who will be heard from later II all accounts
Ia ie Hapru Rrip bar,
ident Of the club and the new vice president
OF the American Association. Gen. Brinker
has grit, as his career shows. A native Of
Mecklenburg, Germany, he emigrated to
America when mere boy. He did errands
about the docks and finally became an attache
Of butcher shop. Then he went into the
produce business and saved his earnings.
Soon he bought stall at the Washington
market and began business for himself He
made money, too He still owns that stall
and draws All income from it. During the
war he made fortune as contractor for
army supplies.
He served in the state militia as colonel OF
the Fifty fourth regiment and took part in
active service At the close of the war he
commanded an artillery company. He went
to Rochester and has become one Of its most
substantial citizens. He is "A director in the
Rome, Watertown and Osdensburg railroad
Is interested in several breweries and owns a
distillery for making spirits from fruit. His
wealth is estimated at "a quarter of a million.
Self made men are tenacious, and Gen.
Brinker may be relied on to stick to baseball
long time and lose good deal of money
before he cries quits.
Syracuse will have team that Is in some
respects an improvement on any it has had
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