The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-08
SURE SIGN OF SPRING
Advance Guard of Ball Players
Beginning to Come to Town.
Manager Sharsig Arrives and UnfOlds
Some of His PlanS-DateS for
Exhibition Games.

Manager William Sharsig arrived from
Philadelphia yesterday to direct the desti-
mics of the Indianapolis Western League
club during the approaching season. He
brought with him three members of the
team-first baseman Plock, third baseman
Graham and catcher Snyder. These players
are likely-looking trio, and Sharsg has
every confidence in them. He thinks he
has gotten together a good club. and very
reasonably suggests that 1t is certainly
greatly to his advantage to be careful in
the selection of players. as he has more at
stake than almost anybody else connected
with the team, except, of course. the men
who are backing it, and who have conf
dence in his Judgment. McTammany who
will play center field and captain the team,
will be here in ten days or two weeks.
Sharsig regards it as a very fortunate thing
that he able to get the latter, as there
was a demand for his services on the part
of a number of the clubs of the Western
and other associations.
Indianapolis now has eleven men under
contract, and the team will be complete
after two more pitchers have been secured.
Gayle and Phillips are the pitchers already
signed. The former has improved very
much, so Sharsig says, since he left here
two years ago. He pitched great ball for
the Charleston club of the Southern League
and subsequently made a fine record in
the Pennsylvania League. Phillips pitched
for Chattanooga two years ago, and was
with the JohnStown team Of the Pennsyl-
vania League last season. His work was
so good that Arthur Irwin, manager of the
Philadelphia League club, was after him
this year, but he had already signed with
Indianapolis. 1t is hoped that Frank Fore
man will ultimately be secured. He still
persists in his refusal 10 play with Toledo,
saying that If he is forced to do so he will
go into some other league SharSig feels
that as Indianapolis lost catcher Hess, Sec
ond baseman Shields and left fielder Ulrick
he should be allowed to sign Foreman with
out fight. The three men above named
were on the list which he originally sent in
TO President Johnson, but Minneapolis man.
aged to get Hess, Milwaukee took Shields
and Kansas City secured Ulrick, the claims
of Indianapolis not being seriously con-
sidered. The eleven men already signed are
a good-sized lot, their average weight being
about 175 pounds. They are all sober we'll
behaved players. and Sharsig claims that
on and off the ball field. They will all be
here by April !, If not before that time, for
the exhibition season will probably open
The management is in correspondence
now with several clubs in reference to
games here on April q 8, and 5. On April
three games there with the League team.
Returning home from there they play Gin
cinnalt here April and TO- The Minneap-
oils team will be here April IL and u. and
the indianapolis club will go to Cincinnati
for games on April - Il and Is. Pittsburg
the 18th and Chicago on April 20 and %.
These last two dates are after the opening
M men r TO bsWe Rn dates su9 onen anS
will Al them in here 1t has not yet been
decided whether the Western League will
day originally set, or few, days earlier;
This matter will, of course, be determined
at at the schedule meeting at Milwaukee . next
Boyle, the old-time pitcher of the Indianap-
oils League club, shall umpire all of the eX-
hibition games played on the home grounds
Manager sharsig will go to Milwaukee
next Monday night to get good start on
apolis club which, with the Milwaukee and
Kansas City club representatives, will for
mTlae the schedule FIVE Of n the eig , clubs
Sunday games In Detroit Toledo and Indi-
annapolis. 1t is probable that indianapolis
abroad on July 4, that arrangement being
deemed advisable in view OF the strong
counter attraction of the indianapolis Driv-
ing Clubs races. Having a representative
on the committee. this city is likely to fare
all right so far as schedule matters are
one thing about which Manager Sharsig
is very particular is the park, and he will
have ii in good shape by the opening of the
season and keep it in nice condition through
out the summer. He will spend all Of to-
day at the grounds seeing what is neces-
sary to be done, and the work will be COM
menced just as soon as the weather is IA
vorable. He Is anxious this season to ar
range a ladies' day each week, believing
there can be no more popular feature than
that. The Western League, he thinks, is in
very good condition Detroit has secured
grounds and is going ahead with all the
arrangements for the season. President
Vanderbeck of that club wrote to Sharsig
a few days ago that everything all
right up there, and that there was no fur
Their disposition to transfer the club else
where. The threatened inability to secure
grounds at Detroit was the only reason for
the contemplated transfer, and now the cir
cult would stand originally planned.