The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-22
MORE NEW PLAYERS
INDIANAPOLIS GETS MOTIF AND MUIR
PLY FROM CINCINNATI.
They VIII Join the Team at Sioux
; City for To-Morrow's Game-west-
ern and National League Results.

The baseball enthusiasts will begin TO take
heart again with the announcement that
indianapolis has secured Frank Motz, and
Connie Murphy from Cincinnati and
pitcher Cross is almost certain to soon
follow his fellow bench-warmers. There
are good stout strings to these men, for
Comiskey considers them too valuable TO re-
lease, and is simply loaning them to Indi-
annapolis. However, unless Cincinnati
should have bad luck they are not likely TO
be needed there this season, and IL they
bring the necessary relief to the Hoosier
team it is to be hoped that there will be
no occasion for Comiskey to pull the string
Motz and Murphy have been with the Reds
on their trip, but returned to Cincinnati
last night TO get their belongings together,
and will leave to-day for Sioux City to join
Sharsigs men, with whom they play their
first game tomorrow. Motz will take
Plock's place at first and Murphy goes be-
hind the bat, Snyder dropping out. 1t is
not known just how Sharsig is going to ar
range his outfield. Flock formerly played
there, hut since Dalrymple has been signed
there Is no room for him. Henry may be
put on the bench while Flock is tried in the
field.
Motz. Cross. Murphy and Mccarthy are
Southern League. The Cincinnati captain
spent considerable time and money sizing
up the players down there and concluded
these four were the best of the lot. so he
bought their releases and is not yet ready
to give up any one of them ex-
cept temporarily. According to Gin
cinnau baseball writer's Motz
Is one Of the greatest fielding first basemen
in the National League, Tucker and Boyle
being the only ones who have better rec
ords there. He was laid off at Cincinnati
because his batting was not quite up to the
mark, though he started off at great pace,
In the Western League he should rank
with the heavy hitters. and If he does he
can come near owning Indianapolis. for the
ball patrons here want to see men in In
dianapolis uniforms who can slug the ball
when IL counts With Atlanta last season
his batting average was .317, and In the
League this season 1t is .214, which does
not indicate weakness enough to justify
his release. Catcher Murphy who was also
with Atlanta, had batting average OF 500
last year. Motz is big fellow, very much
cutie so heavy. He is a quiet player, and
has never developed any coaching qualities.
Murphy Is small man. but Is said to be
hitter. The records of these players In
the Sioux City and Kansas City games
this week Will be eagerly watched.
President Colt said yesterday that in the
desire to strengthen the team there had
been no disposition to let the high-pricsd
players get away from thems The Indian
apolis club, he said. was willing to pay as
big salaries as any other of the Western
League teams, and that Manager Sharsig
had been instructed to get good men when
ever and wherever he could find them. 1t
was a source of regret to him that Werden
and Crooks were not secured for lndianapo-
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track Of the strong players in the market,
and these two were snapped up before he
made move in the matter. Mr.. Colt as
serted that 1t was the intention TO get a
winning team here IL money would accom-
plish that result, and that they were not
thinking SO much about the dollars as
where to secure the needed talent to put
indianapolis up among the leaders.
There was no game scheduled for the In
dianapolis team yesterday, the long jump
from Minneapolis to Sioux City preventing.
Beginning this afternoon, Sharsigs men
will do battle with the leaders for three
games and then go to Kansas city for
three more, commencing Friday.