Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-22
J. J. KELLEY.

other questionable spot on his team has
 been second base. Tho nino has been want ing thCro since PfUfrCr left him in 1890
 This season hc has sCcurod Stewart to play
 tho base. Tho young man CamU from Sioux City. Anson discovered him in tho
 fall of 1898 while playing n post season series in Iowa. Last spring he offered Sl, 900 for Stewards release, but it was r'- fused. When tho season ended, tho Chi
 CaGOs drafted tho man, and under tho baseball laws of tho national agr, rmont
 paid only half tho amount. StCwart's of
 ficial record in tho Western league last year
 was not encouraging, but Ansun attaches no importance to averages. llo wants n
 runmakcr and a player who takes dcspcr- ato chances with no rcgarI for official rec
 Ords But in spite of Stcwart'S abilities Captain Ansnn was snrcly disappointed in his clubs failuro tO secure the services Uf PfCfTcr for this season. llH has never | ceased tu mourn tho loss of Pfrffrr. DutTr and Farrell.
 Tho CaSc uf stewart calls up the fact that clubs aro prone to engage players who happen in some ono or moro games to play extraordinarily well against their particu-
 lar team. Last year Hcmming pitched a wonderfully strong game for tho Louis villrS against thu BaltinOros. As cOnSc- | they secured Homming Meekin had done
 somo extra good work in 1898 against Wards Giants. Therefore Ward worked the wires until MCckin became Giant Tho Pittsburgs found Hart a most pug zling pitcher in somc of their exhibition games against him, and this year Hart
 will play on tho Pittsburg team. Hawley was another pitcher whom the PittShurgS | found to be troublesome, and they traded Ehrot for him.
 Several attempts have been mado this year by players to hold out" for moro
 salary than was offered. None succeeded. The most notable instance was that of | Rusie who surrendt rod very easily when
 Tho folly of his attempt was held up to | Him. Wilson of tho New Works also made
 bluff, but came to the clubs terms in
 the end. So far Westrrvelt of the New Works Is the only player who is holding | out, and as he does not depend on profcs-
 sional playing for livelihood he will probably retire permanently from the game.
 | The sBaltimore club had four hold outs''-namely, Kelley, McGraw, Jon nings and Keelcr. Their plans also fell | flat. Kelley was the last to surrender, and
 he does not hesitate to express his dissatis- | faction with tho situation. He demanded
 the limit of $2, 400, though ho gots $2, 900, | which Is an increase over his recOmpense l of last season. It Is queer fact that the
 two teams which prOfited most last season | and stood first and second in the League have given the most trouble to their clubs
 this year when it came to n question of | salaries
 Joseph J. Kelley Is what may be classed
 as an aggressive player, fighter Ho Is l 24 years old, but has been playing profcS-
 sionally only 1ive years. His first salaried
 season was with tho Lowells of tho New
 England league, where he played as a
 pitcher. Tho Bostons picked him up that
 year and used him in 2I games. Next
 year ho went to Omaha and thence to the | Plttsburgs. Tho latter club let him gu tO
 c iltinioro as part consideration in the l trade for Van Haltrcn. His advance to-
 ward tho front of tho ball players of the
 country has bccn rapid.
 There will be about 30 young players
 brought out on tho National league dia'
 mond this year. recruits drafted from the
 minor leagues, where they were stars last
 season. 1t will be interesting to watch