Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-28
BLUES FOR NEXT SEASON,
MANAGER MANNING Is RAPIDLY GIT.
TING ms PLAYERS IN LtNE.


Though the present weather docs not
conduce TO thoughts OF baseball the army
OF fans who live In Kansas city are all
ready beginning to make anxious Inquiries
IN regard to the makeup OF the team
which will do battle for Kansas city ncN,
season While Manager Manning has mo-,
been doing as much talking and penuan:
claiming rs have some Of tho other West
oru League managers he has not been Ijig
and he has his team nearly made up.
In the box. whore weakness lost the
Blues the pcnnant last yenr. Manning aN-
poets them to be very stronU this year.
~ d starter be has signed old reliable Pete
Daniels. who won five ont OF every slN
games he pitched last season and who jig
good enough for any team. Daniels IS
easily the best pitcher of the Western
League and the fans VIII gladly welcome
him again. George Darby. whose work was
"a disappointment last year on account VI
the injury to- his hand. will again be- u
member Of the team and barruE accident
VIII prove "a valuable man. There rs no
question about Darby's pitching ability
and II he had not hurt his hand last year
he would have shono as star of the first
magnitude. lie VIII start In this year
without any such handicap and viii be a
winner.
HASTINGS will also he with the team and
4t MS arm mas lftONtE'N II'NiH lllt SUI 90 Al4
which incapacitatnd Rim during the latter
part Of last season n Will he assured a
permanent place ON the team, as he has
the righ; stun In him. Mcfarland, the
youuEstCr who was given trial at the
close of last season, VIII be tried again and
Manager Manning expects much of him.
lie has not had much experience. hut he
possesses all the requisites OF successful
tvirlar Besides these four men Manning
has signed Stultz, who pitched one game
for Boston last year, shutting Louisville
uut with three hits. Charley Nichols the
Boston pitcher. says he thinks Stul'z VIII
prove a valuable man for Kansas city with
a little seasoning. as he has good speed
and curves aud plenty Of nerve, Mannins
expects TO add two more pitchers To- TINS
list before the season opens and ihrn the
four who show up the best VIII be- re-
taiuei.
10 take the place of Tim Douahue behind
the bat Manning has signed Martin Bergen,
New England League catcher, who mlde
a great record last year IN all department.
Of the game and who was sought after by
several league managers. Without dispar-
aging the splendid work Donahue did for
tn. Blues last season Manning thinks mat
In Bergen he has an even better man, When
the strong hitting of the latter Us taken
into consideration. Manning wants an
other good catcher to assist Bergen and he
is figuring on getting Counaughton, now OF
the Boston team, If Selee concludes to let
him 60 Connaughtou would bee a great
man for the Blues, for not only is ne
splendid catcher. but he can Jump in and
play short as well as anybody and Is
fine outnelder and reliable batter II Man
ming does not succeed In Corralinr Con-
nauehton he has a line for another catch
er Of well known ability who has already
signfled his willingness to sign here
There Will be come changes in the in
field Big BIZ KIusman will again guard
a. IL N,s,f