The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-28
TALKING BASE BALL
Manager Swift in philadelphia After Players
for The Coming Season.
SONE GOOD MEN ALREADY SIGNED
Two Pitchers, an lnfeId, two Out
fie!ders and a Catcher Who Have
Been Secured to Play with Scran-
toms State League Cuba Direc-
tor Announces That Grounds Will
Be on the South Side.

Manager Martin Swift. of the Scran-
ton Base Ball club. is in Philadelphia
on hunt after players for the team
that will represent this city in the
Pennsylvania State league this season.
He has already signed number of
players, who are all good and who will
form the nucleus Of Il remarkably
strong club.
The men who will wear Scranton
uniforms the coming season will prove
formidable antagonists for any other
crowd OF base ball tossers who are out
for the avowed purpose Of grabbing the
pennant. When it comes to laSsOing
the bit OF rag with the word Cham
pions" inscribed thereon, at the round
up this season, Martin Swift's cowboys
from Scranton propose to be in the
game for all they're worth.
PLAYERS ALREADY SIGNED.
The pitching department will be
looked after in good style by Jack Do
ran and Hodson. Doran is II youth
who formerly fired tho SpauldinS league
across the homs plato at Elmira and
Wilkes Barre. He 10 well known in
Scranton as twirler who, if he looks
after himself in proper style, can hold
his end up with any pltcner in the
league. HOdson, who will alternate in
tho box with Doran is T. familiar figure
to Scranton fans, who will remember
him as the crack pitcher of last years
Altoona CLUB. Manager Swift will to
day have an interview with Lowell, a
Southern leagas pitcher Of last serson.
The receiving end will be looked af.
ter quite acceptabY by Roberts, a
young man from State college, Pa,
who comes highly Recommended BY
Hogan. who has played with him and
knows him to be one OF the most prom.
ising young cRtchers that ever donned
II mask and protector and jolhsd an
official scorer i'll the grand stand. With
Roberts will be associated either
Patchen, or Armstrong Patchen was
IL star catcher up in the River lsagus
last season. and Armstrong was rated
among the best receivers in last years
Southern league.
A STROEG lNFIELD.
Scranton's nfald is certainly a strong
one on paper and the chances are that
it will show up in great style on the
turf diamond. On first will be located
Massey. on whoss account SO much of
a kick was made by Scranton and Read
ing at the recent meeting Of the State
league in this city. Reese, a young
PLAYER who comes with good reputa-
ton from st. Louis, will cover second
bag. while Wet21l, a clever State
league player Of last season, will tramp
about the United States in the vicinity
of short field,
The dandelions around the third bag
will have their 9jthetic blossoms
crushed and mixed with vulgar West
ern hemisphere mud by George West
lake, who made such n great record
last season by his magnificent work for
the Altoona club. Mr.. Westlake is
modest youugster, but when it comes
to the "gittin' thar" portion of the ma
tional gone, he can give high, low and
jack to any bug or tapeworm that ever
made u record in this home of the brave
and the land OF the free.
In the out gardens where the weeks
washing is hung out o.dry, Hogan.
who was so popular with Scranton
crowds last summer. will be ssen again
in center field, aud he will have as run
Mug mate old war horse, George
Stalt2s, who used to send Wilkes
Barre crank5 to the Kesley cure by his
brilliant work in the field He will
look after the left pasture.
SOUTH SIDE GROUNDS.
The directors of the local club have
Just experienced u setback in their
plans for the coming season. When
1t was first proposed to secure new
grounds the directors waited upon
General Manager Archer, of the Scran.
ton Traction company, who assured
the base ball men that he would assist
them in their efforts to secure grounds
more suitably located than the Driv
ing park Recent events evidently
have changed Mr. Archer's determine
ton, and when the menat the head of
Scranton's base ball club called upon
him yesterday they were informed that
the Traction company could not assist
them.
The announcement of Mr.. Archer
must have caused the base ball men to
change their plans regarding grounds,
for one OF the directors last evening
stated to q TRIBUNE reporter that the
club had given up the idea of securing
grounds from the Delaware, Lscka,
wanna and Western railroad near the
old Driving park aud would fix up the
South Side grounds.
While it is doubtful whether base
ball with grounds located on the South
Side will prove u paying investment, t,
the local association appears willing to
try the experiment and claim that they
will make money.