The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-28
WESTERN LEAGUE MEN
PLAYERS WHO WILL CONTEST FOR
Tgss PExNANT THIS YEAR.
Indinnapoli. and Kansas City Lead
Lax the Conservative Estimates
of Playing Strength.

win begin q series of three games here
fbe western league championships season.
win the present judgement nlaced nm fbe
rs, h = str paessh' - u ,ha e,snt p' s,,,ps = .hs
league there ID little doubt that Indianapolis
viii secure a. ,aast two If tba thrse gamss
and perhaps all of them. There have been
many changes in all the Western League
teams ana &c - difficult to place an esti-
mate upon their playing strength 1t has
been impossible heretofore to secure any
nin iAe a correct nst ot the players
IN the various cities ana even this near TO
ent,reIv $500 pa,
80 aoiiect cahnoe - optaineu Deon
at the present a,rs.
Indiananoss. s.eha~. cs. r;shar
wittrocS; catchers, Mcfarland WOOD; frsf
base Roa1. ssco1a nase. Sanayax; i4niIa
McCarthv. 5tortSa9ps lever, "a c,t+s5g,
or. rirh4 6aid leFu, Iehry ~ uileih6-
Z. fnI ne q NicDi. ,e.. 4
leen. Pennar an6 muiiane, yonr,sonf nIlY
Rerper apd poaI gy.tr5s rnlaus
ond base, Pickett: third base. O1RonrkS.
shorystop. Camp; left field, Ollie Smith; CEN
MINI n sas I g rlgn1 meia' MAR.
ser, Tanning and Paryfn: cafchers. Wilson
and Clayton; first base, Werden; second
SION HuIen. a tni eud Dass; husnne' snort
field, Lally; right field, Strauss.
Milwaukee--Pitchers, Baker, Stevens,
Eoia5 and Si5nmarr. aarrn1 tauns' GatcneIs.
second base, Taylor: third base IeRett.
snoTtsrop, sharpe; left field. Long; center
Grand niidsIP;tch a ars Weaverr
Jones, Parker. STAFFORD and Dillon: catch,
eTs. Fear and lehman; right field, Cassidy;
shortston WbaaiocE ,a ant sa,d pass &C., 1ali1pyt
base, Massie; center field. Wright: right
HsId, Carroli;
Resm Jobnson uayie, feals, WnitSnls,
beck; first base, Strouthers; second base,
Giiien; third base, Raymond; shortstop,
fIsinron ! he.aTaS. rregman, NeMman;
and Easton.
Kansas City-Pitchers Hastings, Daniels.
DDarDy ana Stuitz' catcners. Bergen and
Mapn,ne. thir m1s hase Nattress. co obort oas'
4annaughton ieit neid, Hernon; center
rraiiS ~. Isl. Is ~ leuPsl. ~ IelIny.
cnvIa yUiIIia,n Iagy.s n H rail,Hon'
s[s, noacn anu. 1arIagner, nrst pase, Car-
10y ssscSotl aI pase a shVu.St9p NJ M
zero, Mo0u, I1aWiey' Snyuer, RUSSELL "a
2 - f>oen.
Improvement in III home team over last
IT, -nsh...a- - -
year. ine exniDltion games tnat nave been
strength Of tba team Tn ,nost oe tho -
49, - nN.s - uae W
the players were not placed as tney VIII
be after Wednesday. Mr.. Watkins had
more men on his LIST than he womb he
80 -. So. sN
aoie y Keep uurins the season ana ne
wanted to retain the best of them. For
this reason II was necessary ia oiva thorn
sfV
all a chance IN the practice games and
many times the team lost games that would
have haen x,on ovoan+ 60 ~ +r,a1 $50.
p ~ iai u Z
whose AFFINITY was unknown. The game last
Friday was practically the first in which
the championshin team was ,sad and IN
:, .h.-5
- tniru paSe was covered Dy a man VINO
has been released. White. who PLAYED the
nosjfiop ss , corn;nc nIarar ne - taka.
Pio9e, D"'
time TO learn all the ms ana outs OF pro-
fessional ball playing and he has not yet
had sufficient experience. That game showed
rAat 49, otha. sS
80. w,a - vsatsi piayels can 20 anu Demon
800 - aliaa Lds Dseh ulsputeu py
III. @ioSS cdn pitcn d me game.
~ rscoru q eignl nlts Dy sncn a teaIp as
~ einciinIat.s Is one deserving comInenda-
ZION; IN Mcfarland the Hoosiers have a
ia the VII .iaS ny superior, ~ an equal
shat aftar = wv ~ as s AIN - uulck
eeiva net ? u IAN usually Re-
81 hseoIu 10 near the top. Fisner can
= .ne DqA SO Wen tnaI II rs ABOUT a tie
uelMeen MN ana Gross, Wnlie Nicoi has
tMirisu une pan % littie mere mat MS abil-
ny = ~ nown "itlI9ck has not
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