The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-01-20
BASEBALL In 1892.
How the Twelve League Clubs Will
Take the Field In April.

League duu kaIueTlCdu SSSCClbbtOu. Ill
nounces the baseball teams as they will prac-
tically take the field in the twelve cities
when tho championship contests begin next
April. To begin with New York, says the
Herald, Manager Powers has been careful
in his selection Of players, and feels confident
that the Giants win push to the front, es-
pecialiy If Richardson is allowed to come
back from Washington. The pitchers are
Amos Rusie. ttSilver' King, John Ewing
and "Mickey" WEIGH. The others, with the
possible exception Of Sharrott, whose arm is
an uncertainty just now, will be released
outright when the time comes. Jack"
Boyle, 'Buck" Ewing and a ~youngster from
Joliet, ILL.,, named Moran, are the catchers,
and Boyle and Ewing will alternate at first
base in order to ave the latter in every
game.
In the event Of Richardson's return he will,
Of course, play second base, while Shorty
Fuller and denny Lyons, of last years
st. Louis Browns, will cover short and third
respectively. f-.
John Ward will have a team in Brooklyn
that should land somewhere near first placs
in the League struggle. he will play sec
about him this galaxy OF fue fielding and
base; Joyce, third base; Corcoran, short
'Tomn Brown, outfelders; "romn Daley,
"Con" Daley and .sTom" Kiuslow, catch
ers; Buflnton, Haddock, Hart and Lovett,
pitchers.
In the estimation of the proverbiaI crank
the Boston team Is the strongest OF them all.
! Manager Selee, not content with his cham
, pions Of a year ago, has succeeding In
strengthing his Boston crowd so that It APP
pears ION paper to be well nigh invincible.
Back Of the home plate there are Bennett,
Camel, and mike" Kelly who will IRE.
eeive" for pitchers Garrison, Nichols, Sta
ley and Stivetts. Then the inield taken
care of by Tucker, Quinn, Long and Nash,
is the same as last year, and with Stovey,
Duffy and McCarty in the out1eld the field
ing work Of the team will bs hard to excel.
Harry Wright at Last as d formidable
team to represent Philadelphia. There are
| Clements, Brown and Cross to wear the
Thornton for the box work. Conner. Hall
man, Allen and Mulyey are the infielders,
while the outfelders will be the same as last
year-Hamilton, Delhanty and Thompson.
George Van Haltren, the e1-Chicago
player, will manage and captain the Balti-
more team. He has already secured these
men, and says he is satisfied with them all:
Robinson, Gunson and Hess, catchers;
Mcmahon, Healy and Cobb, Of San Fran.
cisco, pitchers; Whistler, first base; Pickett,
second base; Gilbert, third base; Shindle,
short stop; outfelders, Van Haltren, WEIGH
and johnson; extra man, McGraw.
Manager s.BiIlyn Barnie has a strong
team slSted for Washington. His claim to
"Dandy" Richardson's services has not been
| settled as yet, but tits quite probable that
he will accept Bassett In exchange, Barnis
has this team to pit against the others:
Milligan and McGuire, catchers; Foreman
| KnelI, Dolan. and Daley, formerly OF Boston.
pitchers; Larkin, first base; Bassett, second
base; Schochor Dowd, third base; Radford,
short stop; Wood, Hoy and Dufee, out
6elders. g
The Western teams, with the possible ex-
| ception of Louisville, are very strongly con.
stituted. Arson has the same team as last
year in Kittridge and Schriver, catchsrs;
Hutchinson, Gumbert, Luby and vickery,
pitchers; Arson, Pfefer, Cooneyand Burns,
fnieldars; Wilmot, Ryan and Dableu, out
felders.
Cleveland, too, with one or two additions
has practically the team that represented
her last summer. Pat" Tebeau Is the man.
ager and will captain these players: Zim-
Viau, Gruber, Davies, Of Milwaukee, and
Rettger, pitchers; Virtue, first base; Childs,
second base; Tebeau, third. base; Mexican,
short stop; McAleer, Davis and Burkett,
outfelders.
Captain Comiskey has a team in Cinciu-
natl that is looked upon asa winner. His
catchers are Harrington and Morgan Muir
ply; the pitchers are Rhines, Mullane and
Chamberlain Comiskey will cover first; Nc
Phee, second; Latham, third, Smith, short,
with Tip O'Neill, Holiday, Haligan and
stEddie' Burke inthe outfield.
They are feeling confident in Pittsburg.
Manager ~Buckenberser is still on the look
out for more players, although the Smoky
Miller. s.Connie' Mack and "Chariey" Far.
rell are the back stops; Baldwin, Calvin and
Gastright, pitchers; Beckley, first base,
Bierbauer, second base; Whitney, third
base; Shugart, short stop; Hanlon, Corkhil
and 'iDarby'' O'Brien, out1elders.
Chris Won der Abe and Gus" Schmolz viii
take charge of the st. Louis Browns. They
have already secured Buckley and Donohue.
catchers; Gleason, Burrell, Breitenstein and
ODay, pitchers; Werden, first base; Crooks,
second base; Pickney, third base; Glasscock,
short stop: Van Dyke, Brodie and Carroll,
outfielders.
jack Cnapman's Louisville band viii be
made up this way: Cahill, Ryan and Grim.
catchers; Fitzgerald, Stratton, Meekin and
Ehret, pitchers; Taylor, first base; Jennings,
short stop; Browning, Weaver n Fay
mon, out6elders.
It will be seen from this list that Boston,
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, New York, Chicago
Cleveland and Cincinnati are remarkably
strong, while Pittsburg, Washington, Baltl-
more, st. Louis and Louisville have many
fine PLAYERS who, with competent handling,
can play winning ball. New York and
Brooklyn are very evenly matched.