The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-21
THE LEAGUE TEAMS.
Strong Players Signed for the
Pacific Northwest.
PUGET SOUND AMATEUR LEAGUE
Circuit Increased to Six Clubs at Yes
terday's Tacoma Meeting-Y. NJ.
c. A. League Organised.

Interest in professional baseball in the
Pacific Northwest is centered just now on
the composition of the teams of the league
and in speculation as to their comparative
l strength. Outside ofthe Seattle club none
Aef the make-ups are definitely known to
The public, although most of Spokane's
men have been announced. The reports
asto the personnel of the Portland and
Tacoma clubs are very conflicting and but
J little satisfactory news is to be had.
q Manager Powell has made no change in
the Seattle team during the past week ex-
cept the dropping of Pitcher Petty and
the probable signing OF new catcher,
whose identity is unknown. The men
who will start for Seattle within week or
ten days are: Catcher, LANCE; pitchers,
Gilliland, Cunning and McGinnis; first
base, Ryn; second base, Laroque; third
base Irwin; shortstop, Hatfield; left field,
Powell; center field, Minnehan; right
field Hernon.
Dispatches from Spokane say that
Manager Beard is now en- route for that
city with his men and will reach there
about Wednesday. He has filled out the
team by the addition of Pitcher Sowders
and 0utfielders Cline and Wolf, although
| there seems to be some doubt about the
| last named man, and there is some talk of
/ keeping Mannassau in the outfield. There
are two pitchers in the profession
named Sowders, and which one is to
90 to Spokane does not appear.
They are brothers, the elder, Johnny, be-
ing right-handed, and kid" south paw.
Ii Beard has secured the younger one he
has a jewel The "kid" was sold to
with Pickett. In 1890 he pitched for
Johnny Wards wonders at Brooklyn, in
& the Players League, and last season was
|, back at Kansas City. Johnny has pitched
! for the Boston and Pittsburg League clubs,
and last season was with Fort Wayne, in
|, the Northwestern League. He is good
pitcher, but not the equal of his brother.
N "Monk" Cline belongs to the sawed off"
tribe, but has put up some splendid ball in
his wide experience. He is very hard
: left-handed hitter, a fine base runner and
clever outfielder. He made his reputa-
ton in the Southern league in 1885 and
1 1886 and has since filed engagements with
Rochester, Louisville, Kansas City, Sioux
City and st. Paul, and last season with
Lincoln and Louisville. Chicken"
Wolf is the veteran of the Amer
lean Association, having played with it
continuously since its organization in
1882, a record which no other player in the
country has. During these ten years he
was with the Louisville club all of the
time. He is heavy batter, a good base
runner and a strong outfielder. In 1890 he
led the American Association in batting,
with an average of 1866.
Taken as whole, the Spokane team
promises to be the hardest-hitting COM
bination in the league, with such
ttickers as Wolf, Cline, Beard,
MARI, Klopf, Strauss and Brennan. The
\ club may have some trouble over Pitcher
Kennedy, who is reported to have signed
with Brooklyn. Beard claims, however,
that he has an iron-clad contract with
Kennedy. The probacle makeup of the
team is: Catcher, Brennan; pitchers,
Kennedy, Sowders and Klopf; first base,
Strauss; second base, Reeder; third base,
Mari; shortstop, Beard; left field, Klopf;
center field, Cline; right field, Wolf.
John s. Barnes is back in Portland from
the East and announces that he has
signed twelve men, but as he is as evasive
and unsatisfactory as usual in his talk for
the use of the public there is great deal
He admits that he has signed Baldwin,
Stencil and Polhemus, who were with him
al Spokane last season, and Tom Turner
will likely be added to these. Wadsworth,
MOTT and "Jiggs" Parrot have almost
certainly gone TO the Western League.
If Stencil plays in the outheld
new first baseman will be needed.
also a pitcher, a shorrstop and third
baseman. The men who are pretty sure
to be on the team are: Catcher. Baldwin;
pitchers, McNabb and Mains; first base or
left field, Stencil; second base, Hengle;
center field, Turner; right field, Polhemus.
The makeup of the Tacoma team seems
TO be more in doubt than any of the others,
especially in the pitching department.
Numerous twirlers are ION the string"
but none are definitely announced as
signed. On the list are George Borchers,
Cross. with Manchester. \. H.. last sea-
son, and Rourke. with Hastings, Neb. An
effort was made to get Darby. but he had
already signed with the Western League.
Third base seems equally as hard TO fill.
Lines are out for Billy McGuirk, Newell and
others, and Patsy Flaherty is the latest
possibility. Ned Cartwright is probably
secured for first base, and Goodenough to
fill IN the outfeld. As near rs can be de-
termined the team will be: Catchers. Cody
/ and Speer; first base, Cartwright; second
base, Sippi; shortstop, Patton; left field,
Boutciiife: center field, Work; right field,
Goodenough.