The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-19
ABNER PowELL.s MEN.
The Team That Kept Within the Limit
and Played Good Ball.

The baseball club which represented Seattle
In the Pacific Northwest League during the sea-
son of 1891, was probably as strong team as was
ever gathered together under a strict observance
OF 81 200 salary limit With four exceptions
the players were youngsters, and among them is
certainly some Of the most promising material
in the country. OF the older men Phelan has
seen seventeen years of service professional,
schoeneek eleven years and Powell nine years.
Shea, although but Is years OF age, has played
ball for living for seven years. OF the colts
Petty has been in harness tour years, thinner
and Newman three years, Hernon aud Camp
two years, while Irwin and LANCE have just
closed their first season.
Following are sketches OF the different men,
bers of the team:
Abner Powell. manager and left fielder, was
Born In Shenandoah, Pa, In 1862 He first
PLAYED professionally as a pitcher with the
Providence League team in 1888. After months
service he went to the Chicago Unions, and later
his release sold to Peoria, ILL.,, of the North
western League. The next year he continued
with Peoria until the league disbanded in July,
when he went to the Unions, of Washington,
D. c., and finished the season there. In 1885 he
was again with Washington City, whose club that
year was member of the Eastern League. In
1886 Powell was with the Baltimore and Cincin-
natl clubs In 1887 he went to New Orleans,
where he stayed until the middle of the season
OF 1889, when the Southern League went under.
He finished the season as manager of the Hamil-
ton, Ont, club of the International League.
Last season he again managed the Hamilton
club until the League threw up the sponge in
July. He then came out to Spokane and finished
the season there. This season he has managed
the Seattle team.
]. D. Phelan, second baseman, is the veteran
OF the Pacific Northwest League, and one of the
oldest PLAYERS in the profession. "Dick' was
born at Towanda, Pa, on December 10, 1854 He
began playing ball in early boy hood, aud for
fxp1n IaFo ha
sional was forced to refuse several offers be-
cause his father would not consent His first
year In the profession was with Elmira, n. Y,
In 1875. The next season he was with Altoona,
Pa. In 1877 he was with the famous Bingham
ION crickets, and in 1878 with oswego, N. Y. Tho
next year he went to Topeka, Kan, and stayed
there until the close of the season of 1850.
In 1881 he was with the Denver & Rio Grande
team at Colorado Springs, Colo, where Presi-
dent Rockwell made his debut as ball player.
The season of 1882 found Phelan at Leadville,
Colo. The next year he went TO Peoria, Ill.,,
where Powell was in his first season In 1854
Dick was with the Baltimore Unions. In 1885
he played with the Cleyelands, of the Western
Association, and the Buffalo League team. In
1856 and 1887 he was with Memphis, in the
Southern League. In 1883 he started in again
with Memphis, but shifted to Sioux City, Ia,
and then closed the season with the champion
Des Moines team, OF the Western Association.
He continued with the Des Moines during the
season OF 1859 and in 1880 until the team was
transferred to Lincoln, Neb., where he followed
its fortunes, He did not play during the first
part of this season, but wound up with Seattle.
Louis Schoenoek, first baseman, was born in
Chicago in 1862, and learned to play ball with
with the amateur clubs of that city, His first
engagement was with Kansas City in 1881, and
he continued there during the following season
In 1888 he was with the Springfield, H., and in
1854 with the Chicago Unions Milwaukee
claimed his services in 1855. and the following
two seasons he played with Portland, Me-, OF the
New England League. In 1883 he began the sea-
son with the Chicago Maroons and finished the
season with the indianapolis League team. Dur
ing 1889 and 1890 he played first base for New
Haven in the Atlantic Association.
Joseph NJ. Shea, shortstop, was born in San
Francisco in 1866 He began playing profess
sonal ball in 1885 with the Greenwood &
horans, of Oakland, and continued with them
during SO, 50 and IS In SO and 30 he played
shortstop and second base for the San Fran
ciscos.
Charles Petty, pitcher, was born in Nashville.
Tenn, in 1866. He pitched few games for the
birmingham, Ala, team of the Southern League
IN lsSs but his first regular professional engage
ment was IN 1889 Ahner Powell, who was man.
Aging the New Orleans team. found Petty pitch
ing for an amateur club In Nashville and signed
him. At the close of the season he PLAYED a few
games with Cincinnati. In 1890 he played with
Hamilton, Ont, under PowelVs management,
until tnc ASaSuS ulShalCei, when
he went 10 Minneapolis and finished the season
there. During the first part OF this season he
was with the Dayton, O., team in the North
western League. After that league went TO the
wall he came TO Seattle
Charles Newman. center fielder, was born in
Janesville, Wis, in 1860. but learned to play ball
In the amateur clubs of Milwaukee. His trst
trial as g professional was in 1889 with kalama-
soo and later the same year with Jackson, in
the Michigan State League. Last year he was
with the Grand Rapids club, which was first in
the Michigan state League, and then replaced
Buffalo in the International League.
Matt thinner catcher. was born in Chicago in
lse7, aud was raised there. His first profess
nonal work was i'll 1884, when he caught and
played second for Wheeling, w. Va, in the Tri-
ea'e League. Last season he covered second
ssse Tor seattle
eharles T. Irwin, third haseman. was born in
snemelo, Bureau county, III, in 1868 He
'sasneo 10 play bali among the crack local teams
=, Shseago, covering third bsse for the Rivals,
a. sue sity league, for five seasons. The season
sass ended was his first a professional.
inonass Hernon, right fielder, was born in
NV Bedford, Mass, in 1865 He made his