Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-04-13

that not une of the three cities would have
any license b. aspire to the penuant or even
Ia a place in the first division. The iokers
have since then taken 10 III" woods. They
underestimate,l the husiling qualities and the
financial Resources OF Mrssrs. Kennedy. Pow
ers and Frazer, the respective managers for
Brooklyn, Rochester aud Syracuse.
Manager kenneiy's Brooklyn team will be
made up of R.ipsiager, Herman PITT, Frank
Bowes and Jimmy Toy for catchers: Jack
Lynch, Steve Toole, J. F. Powers and several
unframed lids for pitchers. The infieli
consists of Billy O'Brien, first base; Joe Ger.
hardt, second bas.; PITT or Ocbs, third base.
Frank Fenuelly, snort stop and captain. The
outfielders are DALEY, Peltz and Simon. With
the exception of Powers and Ochs all Of these
men are known nationally, and they are
pretty apt 10 Civ. "a good account of them
selves in the field. Their Journalistic man
ager, Jim Kennedy. has had experience, not
rs a manager Of ball players, but in similar
lines, AMI is fully equipped with the qualities
that 60 10 make up the successful baseball
manager. The new Brooklyn club will have
u pretty hard time, because il will he placed
between two fires, and Yet ! expect to see
'iAAA' N'' ~" l"i y AAhN Afi'R III
spite nf the handicaps.
In the first place he has a very good team
ani one thatesill make a fairly good fight.
Ii ought not 10 10 wors. than sixth, and may
do better IL it, pitchers turn out well. Sec
ondly, il will have a twenty-five cent tariff,
and thirdly. il will have the advantage Of
Sunday games. At present the Brooklyn
Americans conflict twentN->sven time. with
the League and Brotherhood. bgr Manager
Kennedy j. arranging certain changes that
will rut dow the number t. fifteen. Ii will
be seen that Manager krunpiy's position
with "a low tiriif Is not a bnl one. There are
a grent many people in Br,uklyn who will
not give up fifty cents FOR a hall zane; some
Of them because they cannoI afford. ami some
OF them becaus. they have been ia the habit
of seeing first class hail for a quarter and
cannot or will not understand why they
should give any more Kennedy is very apt
to be a winner if his team plays good average
ball. and doesn't drop down To the tail end at
the very start.
And what has Manager Powers got in the
WY NJ a team at Rochester, Well. one big
arglIlyrlr j. the man who lpe.n't play. 7. T..
himself, "a, H. every one calls him, Pat Pow
ers. lie lsa manag.r who's, ~shrewdness and
ability have RAISED him up from the ranks.
He handles players with "A skill that produces
great results. He has, ! think, got "A better
team than Kennedy, and j. pretty sure to
land them in the first division, and possibly
finish as gooi Us third. His three catchers
are Jimmy Isimre, the ex-leasuer: D.. J.
McKeough aud ID. l.. Burke. All these are
1901 .... AI.I.,nf..l ...H. 4 D., D.
J. J. Fitzgerald and J. Wells will do the
pitching, The latter Is AN experiment, hut
highly recommended. Powers tells me that
he will prove "A wonder, which means that
Pat has seen him at work, aud that he has
more than ordinary promise.
Bob Barr was with Rochester last year aud
was formerly a League pitcher with the
Washington team. Bob aud | were boys to-
gether in Washington. where we both saw
the light OF day, | can r~ecollect that at
school he was a terror ON sleel pitching, and
he has retained the trait. He will do good
work for Rochester. Fitzgerald is compare
lively unknown nationally, but lie made
good showing at Wilkesbarre, and Powers
thinks him a stayer.
The inlield consists Of Tom O'Brien. Billy
Greenwood, Jim Knowles ami Mari Phillips.
IL is a good one, and so is the outtield. where
Harry Lyons. SANDY" Griffin and Tommy
Shelter will look after flies and chase long
hits. All 81 these men ARE batters VI more
ability than the average.
Rochester this year furnishes a maguate
who will I've heard from later il all accounts
are correct. He is Zen. Henry Brinker, pres
ident Of the club and tue new vice president
Of the American Association. Gen. Brinker
has grit. as his career shows. A native Of
Mecklenburg, Germany, he emigrated 10
America when "A mere boy. He did errands
about the docks and finally became an attache
of a butcher shop. Then he went into the
produce business and saved his earnings.
Soon he bought a stall at the Washington
market and began business for himself. He
made money, too. He still owns that stall
and draws AN income from il. During the
war he made a fortune as contractor for
army supplies.
He served in the state militia rs colonel Of
the flfty -fourth regiment and took part In
active service. At the clos. II the war be
commanded an artillery company, lie went
to Rochester and has become one Ut its most
substantial ~citizeus. He is director in the
Rome, Watertown and 0giensburg railroad;
is interested in several brewcries and owns q
dlstillcry 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 tp stick 10 baseball
a long time and loss a good deal Of money
before he cries quits.
Syracuse will have a team that l. IN some
respects an Improvement on any IL has had
for several years. The new manager
there is George X. Frazer, a young man with
suflcien, financial backing ~ carry out his
plans aud AN abundance Of nervous energy
that makes such n slow man rs Won der Abe
simply shudder. Mr.. Frazer Is entirely new
10 baseball, but II hustle and energy viii win
he ought to do 80. He has this team 10 help
do it. Grant Briggs and lht Dealy, catchers:
both good men. Briggs made a good show
ing at Worcester and Dealy hH, Leen a Ma
tional league catcher vino one time was
clas-ed in A. Toby Lyons, J. T. Keefe. Dan
Casey, Bud Ramsey and Joe McCabe will
look after the pitching, aud they will render
q good account Of themselves. II Casey's arm
10 all right he will be one Of the stars Of the
Association. Lack Of courage only killed
him as a Lacquer. McQuery, H.. Childs, |
ID. Joe Battin, 3D., and Mclaughlin, 8. s.,
is the inheld, with Fred Ely, W. =. Wright
and Mike Dorgan in the outiield.
Taken altogether, New York state Ia well
rspressnted In the Association. This year no
one II them can be expected to finish bsttsr
than fourth or nfth. because il 10 thsir hrst ]
ysar, and because Columbua Louisville and