Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-14
N EXIYeAR'S TEAM /.
A Number Of Minor League Players
Signed
Me- EsEsEed by Manager schmess-
Contracts Promulgated by Prest.
dent Young-who They Are.

Accordingefo Secretary Young's officisi
bulletin manager Schmelz of the Washing
tpp club In 9lready begun to sign players
and u6fn ~ list published has secured
quite a7Au44r. To those who have fol-
lowed the euane for years the players se-
cured TO far outweigh quality I'm
quantity The fist includes Albert Sell
back. Charles Esper. Charles Campau. John
Egan, = Mercer. Frank Ward and ID. z.
Dgdsle Setback, Campau and Dugdale
are w1af tis known as standard minor
league players. IL Manager Schmelz's hob
by is young players he is badly mistaken
in the above draft OF players. as all of them
have been m The business for the past seven
or eight years
Charley Esper is one OF last seasons nine
and did fairly well As the nine should
have one left-handed pitcher he is about
as good as can be secured. Campau made
MS fefutatien as a left fielder with the
great Detroit team. the one that included
Brouthers, Hardie Richardson. Thomp-
son, Rowe. White. Dunlap and Lady
Baldwin, Accumulation that would make
third-rate player first class. Since that
time ne has drfted in and out of the East.
ern, western and Southern leagues. Last
season he was with the New Orleans team
and while he did fairly good fielding his
batting was erratic.
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player. who was secured by the ST Louis
management TO play second base after the
let down Of "Yank" Robinson. He played
a splendid game at the second bag and
batted exceptionally well. but his frequent
dissipations drove him out of the American
Association. For the past two years he
has played with all sorts Of teams. but re-
started with. the Albany, Eastern League
team. and finished with the Chicago. lie
took good care Of himself and played the
fcfsaken the bowl forever and II he has he
will prove a good man for the local team
Albert Setback and Fatty" Dugdale are
players Of average ability and have been
have confidence therein and play very good
ball. but when once inside the major league
lines they 20 to pieces and prove bad ex-
perimehts.
Mercer is hard to place. unless the name
is wrong. There is a Massey. first base
man. in the Pennsylvania State League
who has done good work. and we need q
or it may 7Ss Mers d.' OF the wiikesbaIre
teams Massey If a good fielder and a heavy
hitter est not-the equal of Larkin with the
stiesS.u = the latter would only take care
oflhihls8 what a player he would be.
From IA unbiased point of view Frank
Ward ePpeAf0a 10 be the best find in the
lot. He made his first reputation with the
later in that season was tried by the Phils-
delphia club. but proved too inexperienced
Since then he has played with the York,
Pa, club. Milwaukee. the Baltimore. New
Orleans. Cincinnati and finished this sea-
son with the Altoona. Pa. club. Ward 10
an exceptional base runner; a good batter,
and in the infield a more than average field
er. He is what is known as a heady player.
| and knows every point OF the game. besides
being a good coacher. something Washing
ton needs. Comiskey thought a great deal
of Ward. but had no room for him In the
Cincinnati infield and Ward is too stout 10
/ a ri
Will, no doubt be given trials st third base.
and the man that plays the best will be lo-
| Gated there permanently. Joyce is ss COED
| an outfielder as the best in the business. snd
Will fit in nicely at center should Hoy he
sold. which is almost certain.
| of the present team Farrell. Wiz.
O'Rourke. Meakin, and Maui are pretty Ger
tain TO be retained. Radford viii probably
retire. and Mcguire may be traded. He 10
dissatisfied and wants 10 go elsewhere
of this last batch OF players secured tire
Sporting Life has the following TO say:
Gus Schmelz's latest acquisitions fer
/ Washington are anything but young bloods.
Most Of them have been out long enough 20
demonstrate their inability 70 travel In the
The Omaha Bee remarks: what do you
think of IL? Fatty Dugdale has already
been signed by Washington for next sea-
son. The capital is making an early blt
| for the last hole again"
| .L washington Averages.
L Tue OI1Clal neiolnG averages OF tne league
players have been promulgated by Press
| Sent 1foan & From them IL is learned that
| Farrell ranked q out Of 9 catches. and Me-
CURE q. Clarke OF Baltimore and Mike
Kelly standing below him. Cross OF Phils-
delphia led the catchers. Clements OF Phils-
| delphia played in the most games-so-
Grim Of Louisville came next with IS. ana
Farrell third with 50. Farrell however.
played 36 games at third base, with az
average Of .S7e standing 16 out Of - third
basemen- Wise stood ~. Mulvey IN
games was IL. Lave Cross Of Philadelphia
| also leads the third basemen with an aver
age of SO This is an unprecedented feat
for one player to be first in two positions.
Danny Richardson accomplished the feet
| last year, according to unofficial figures.
being first Of second basemen and short
stops but not In the Official figures.
| Larkin stood lowest among 10 FIRST base
men, with an average Of -ssl. yet. when II -
seen that he made only 30 errors In S<i
| chances in 81 games, even his low rank doe
not indicate very bad playing.
| Wise ranked ninth among Is second base
men. Stricken was thirteenth wise's aver
age was SIS and Stricker's .sl2 Wise led
such good players as Childs. John Ward,
Tom DAILY. not to speak Of Lange and
Decker.
sullivan holds up the rear among The
short stops with an average OF -66. Smith
and Glasscock are the leaders.
| Washington outfelders. He played, how
| ever, in only q games. His average was
| 1885, Jim O'Rourke In 81 games was .sS1
| Radford In 123 games was .sM. while
| Hoy in 100 games. $50. Hoy. however. OUT
ranked such FEEDERS as Stovey, Stanford.
Browning, Twitcheil. Wilmot ana b&nnos-
| ai.l a." "a