The Portland daily press., 1896-04-06
PORTLAND BALL TossERs.
Manager Leonard Writes of Men Who Will
Represent the City This Year.


Manager Frank J. Leonard of the Port
land Baseball club has written the
PRESS description of the team for
1885, with which he hopes to capture the
pennant in the New England League. A
good deal has been printed about the play
ers who will wear Portland uniforms,
but this statement coming from the man.
ager OF the club will have an authorita-
tive value not possessed by tn unofficial
comment heretofore made. 1t shows that
the Portland management has not been
asleep but has collected material from
which to make up stIong team, one
which will do credit to the city Whose
name it will BEAR The team will report
at Jersey City April 18th for a few games
with the new Atlantic league. April 15
and IL the Portlands will play the Jersey
City team of which John Irwin, who had
charge of the crack Hayerhill team of
'94 is manager. April IL, they play the
New Havens and April 10 and 20 are
with the champion Springfelds of the
Eastern league.
This completes the series of games
abroad and the boys ought to be in pretty
good shape when they land in Portland
for couple of games with the Cuban
Giants, April 20 and "a. Fast Day the
Bowdoin College team will be the attrac-
tion at the Deering grounds, and on Sat
urday, the 25th Leonard's men will go to
Brunswick for return game with the
cullsgians.
This is what Manager Leonard says of
his mon:
PITCHER HENRY KILLEEN was
with Cincinnati and Sioux City in 1894
ST. Paul and Portland in 1895. His
batting average last season was 257; field
ing average, 925.
| PITCHER WALTER WOODS was
with the Portsmouth, N. H., Independ-
ent club in 1894; Haverhilll- and Port
land, 1896. His batting average for
last season is not given, as he did not
play games enough to get place in
the records.
PITCHER JOHN A. McDOUGAL,
of Buffalo, N. Y, played in the Frank
lin, Pa, club of the Iron and Oil League
in 1895. That was his first professional
engagement. have not been able to
get his batting and fielding average, but
from what can hear from him, he is
not only good pitcher. but good hit
ter as well.
PITCHER GEO. @. PAGE, of Calves
ton, played in that city in 1896. He
. pitched 40 games; won %, and lost 1S.
, He played second base 90 games with a
fielding average of 92O, and played 4s
games in the outheld, with a fielding
average of $50. His fielding average in
40 ganesi the pitchers box was 966;
batting average, 321; stolen bases, &c.
PITCHER JOHN McCAY, of Louis
vile, KY. was with Shreveport and
Galveston last season; with Roanoke,
, Va, in 1894. Lasu season he pitched 81
games; won 81 and lost 13. His batting
average was 21s; fielding average. $50.
PITCHER j. BUCKLEY, of Marlboro,
Mass. is a young man, who comes on
trial.
: CATCHER JAS. DUNCAN. of Oil
City. Pa, is we'll spoken OF as an every
day catcher and good hard hitter. He
played with McDougal in the franklin,
Pa. club last season.
CATCHER HUGH HEARNE, Of
Troy, N. Y, is a young amateur whom
Pitcher X illeen recommended for trial.
A friend of mine saw him catch a game
: at Troy IN 1898 against the Providence
club and spoke highly of his work.
CATCHER F. M. DONOVAN, of
Epping, N. H was with the Fitchbure
club in 1896. He is good hitter, catch.
er and thrower, and is destined for high
] er company in the near future.
FIRST BASEMAN AND CAPTAIN
II. E.SLATER, of Shelbourne Falls, Mass
needs no introduction to the Portland
people. His batting average is 322; field
ing average, OH.
SECOND BASEMAN VIM. HANNA
HAN, of Troy, N. Y, was with Syra
cuse N. Y, in 1894, and Binghamtou
and Harrisburg in 1895. have not his
averages, but he always hits above sU0
and is good fielder.
THIRD BASEMAN GEO. MAGOON
of East Rochester. N. H., played his
first professional engagement with Port
land in 1895. His batting average was
270; fielding average 867.
SHORT STOP JOHN CAVANAUGH,
of Louisville, KY, was with Roanoke,
Va, in 1895. His batting average is s73
! fielding average, 1863. He is also good
> base runner. Hugh Duffy, of the Bos
ton club, played against him two games
in the spring of 1896, and spoke highly
of him.
OUTFIEI.DER J. F. MUSSER, o1
Williamsport, Pa, was with the Amster.
dam, N. Y, club in 1895. He is also
an inflalder, and hits above 300.
J. A. LEIGHTON of Peabody, Mass
batting average, So6; fielding average
917 was with Lewiston in 1893 and 1894
a @. A. TEBEAU, of Pittsfeld, Mass.
I both out and infielder, was with Lowell
. and Cleveland in 1895. He is good hit
ter and general player.
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