Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-21
WESTERN LEAGUE ROSTER.
MAKEur on TuE TEAMS WHICH WILL
IiuII FOR TBE rENNANT.
All VIII he stronger Than Last Year ana
the Right viii He Hot From tho
start blues Win Another Game
sporting Ncws.


,rn League teams as they will take the
u,ll for the opening OF the championship
season one week from next wednesday
The hist shows that every team IN the
League rs stronger than last Star anu
makes IL plain that the ilFht Tor ihe pen
nant Is coing to be "A rodhoi ono from the
start and that picking the winner Is gong
TO be no easy task.
Here Is the complete lls' as tho teams
are made mp to-day though there may pt
q few changes yet before the season openS'
Observation-Disclosures, Gayle. Pears, Nhti'-
nnl, Beam johnson and Roheh' catthtfS,
Lohberk; first base, Strgulhers stgonu st',ttI
siop, sehoibelk. deligrs freem9h NV
man. DUNCAN aud Cdnpdut SUBSTITUTED
Girr9nd RaphisS Pitchers. Kilroy, pono-
hue, Jones, parkgr stafford any I3',.oe, ,,'e,
catthcrs. Fear aud Lohmani ir5t nas'', III ai-
i5by, shoTtse,p Wheeloek: lcft field George;
center Held Wright; right igiI, Garrqi,l'
mon Golya, William AMI James Hughey;
Catchcrs, Roach and GALLAGHER; nrst Dass'
carney; second base, tlrtneu' s"Vyt,4siob'
Tidafo, Wood ltawlcy. Snyder RUSSELL
iiI5nsSs iis} .' 'City|Pitohers, Hastings, Daniels,
Darby. Stuita. cutchers, Bergen ana hunett'
first base, ilusm!ni second ,i.o,, paso, -SS' S"n-
ming; third base Mattress snotls'op' NH
u9urhtor; ltft upll, Horuoni center heldi
Nie69l: right nsll, Rupert ,..,
polis-Pltghers. HealE, duke, IA,
ser RAINING faryin; aie,h,fs, ,eNanI ,lSI"b bas@ a
Werrlck: third base kuehnei shortst9I
Hnicn left deM, Billy Earle center he'd'
Iallv: right field. Strauss. ,.,,
81. flul-P.tchers Mullane, Johnson, kil-
lren. Pepper aud jones' [dtchets: hfliIus
second brse. Pickett. thiri base. o Rourke
shortstop, Camp, left field, QUE SmI,iJn. cen
tor deid' Van Dyke rlsht, ,,E' iisld' Msrr stIycns
neftrcr. Ettugrr and Armstrong; Chtcners,
Boan and Summers; urst pHse, Nfhp,vI striI,
sbortstop, sharpe; left nell, Long center
fieii. TWlte4el; right field Never r,,.,,er
llnS.anIIpo s6ujfr. saithers. McTariand
Wood: first base. Motl' second n"sS, Iii.
upyaii: third base Cray, shortstop, EeWsm.
rlabs iI6{b iii.IId iaeId. NfyI' NiSoi ''''
There is no question in the minds OF an
admirers of the home team that the BIuts
are much stronger than they We're at tn! tae
opening of last season. II ,i lne g3treIgtb
box there Is great aadii2lna ,S6 drlY anftsbSr abe
in win n game. as Darby was crippled and
MrCiinuity proved to be OF no account rms ms
Tsrh, ana Hastings have shown up IN
grand shape, aud besides these three sea
soned men Manning has stultz who Is
Behind the bat the Blues haye lost hGth-
Ing by ths draitiBE OF R3hanHS Wian, ~ Sas Sc sa
cured man who has, already demon-
stratcd that he can hold his own 9swHn in an, any
an 'aectGirate and strong thrower to bases
and a good batter. Bergen VIII DO the puik
Of thS GatGhn ca5 9vl Il lH2 10 the @ sasfac9n @
Of all and in nnaA, ,rl Son9iSnEh[S HiSet eoid "e be
Is eateheT an tMhere IN If Is not ifely to be any
trouble in the catching DEPARTMENT,
on first base OLD reliable Bill hIuIman .,.,
will continue TO n9X the base Mas as WTli gnd af af
the bat his wagon tongue VIII be terror
to pitchers At fef9nd Iti5 % and he wii
niaT The bag to perfection. Jimmy has hts
going TO be away up among the leaders OF
the league In batting. At third nase the
club has an experiment in young Mattress
cGnragIug manner. and the general ver-
d.tt is that he viii dc, both in the field and
~ AT short The team is wonderfully strength
ened COunaughtOu is not only q far bet
ter fielder AMI baserunn,er, than than Ollie sii,,
Beard. but he is not one whit oehlnd MN
In batting. II he keeps up his work the
way ne has started out, the man VINO leads
In the outiaid there Is but one change
from last year. Tom Herron IN iett ht!i
and sam NIchql. IN center field have no
they Are capable u. III right ,feld Man
for his hitting powers, and y be- keeps up
his batting he may, be k5rt mere per
stronger and better balanced one than that
put in the Held last year. and viii make
marc tHLl i,I .,,t',. .','si'tF ~ l'',,3' ~ Ia rr
=, $50 l'' I0 -l,ir. ,yI, ,II-,4.aa tba
SianS SSiianSp9G,,iiff G,ifv obamGi5ne has III. rrns In
i2.IIG RrIIsb-Sgy8 this Var au'I he has araatlT
st,..I,stbG,Is th tiIu bv tGr a5si,i5r II
,,Is,.STg from C,irrirngti In The hon h.. viii
kava Cross Irlshgr LV.ttr1.k ana S1rIer.
Cross was the teams most eiIectiye pitcher
last wear, aside from Phillips. Fisher ana
Wittrock are both men who nave Grmon-
cracE pitahcr Of tf-e western Association
last year. For c1tghers the team Will have
Mcfarland. last year with Toledo, and a
ggIr.aek,-a-jal,k who "ll be i2tiss!Sted by
team !a1Et year. and made q great reputa-
t.on, IT,. li15a.gr 'ntgII VIII he greatly
cHaEEel, M9lI' al Hfzl hi-'' being the only
IhaA If'a'.a'l, ID, 55..+ta. p, S,o9{ an
I.uLA l.tS st,, "!t' l.Er tIe on :. ono n4
Nsyy ythb Jyas ,t.tb fbe StSr,T ~ t'Itv
-f'%-I fr-ti,,,' i-s, y.tr %Yiii H.. n. bort ItSS
t-.5+. ~ 80 'r,.'' - .,t.E ~
C-tF. and yT5..r,. of l5s- s@9s71,s raa,r
,r ~ sr1 EIr.f3r ana N.r6I tbs TftrEsr'
yyr1 viii r;av tie Cfit'.sI.i. regGlairiy In
ir7,
'Publi- orIni0r ls inclined 10 rank the 81
Paul team under C1mIskay's manage
meut as one Of the strongest in the
SOM sharluIoug and i'm addition has some
new mon VINO win strcnatheu his team.
T'nr rItrL.r5 he has NIullurr who saws
his arm rs All right and who will ba a
wonder in this League IL IL is, ParUars,
win Iudiauau5lls last wear. johnson who
as a pherom; IEillesn ana Joucs Babind
the ftt Iis team H. strong win IEra,,s
Baraar and Rovla The iulelI win he mad,
m OF C'orn!sksy. first base; Jask pf'Eeft
second base; O'Rourke. thlrd base and for
tbe nrasert C'awn al short In ~" 80
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