The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-12
power WILL COME HERE
Has Been Signed to Guard First Base
for Scranton.
SUN or MONEY PAID FOR HIN
Syracuse Received $500 for Ills Release.
Will BE Succeeded on That Team by
Carey. Of Baltimore Chnp pman
May Manage wiikcs.Barre.

May Manage NukcS'baIrc.
Scranton has secured first base
man. Tom Power. last years captain
of the Syracuse team, and who is sue
ceeded by Carey. of Baltimore, Is the
man. The deal was closed by wire yes
tertlay afternoon, and a load is lifted
from thc mind of Manager McDermott.
whose only trouble recently has been
his inability to sign the proper kind of
man TO tend the first station on the
base circuit.
1t was at the recent Eastern league
meeting in New York city that the
Power deal was opened. KuntZsch
then wanted $500. McDermott offered
u hundred and the matter ended. Up
to yesterday there was some corrcSpon-
dence by letter. Euntzsch lowered his
price to $3.50. Yesterday morning a tel
egram bidding $3.50 was sent over the
wires TO Syracuse and the reply came
Two hundred or nothing" That set
tied 1t. and another telegram was sent
buying Power at that figure.
Power is 4 hustiing, energetic play
er and has never given M hone OF
winning u game until the end OF the
ninth inning. For Syracuse he won
many a game last year by the courage
he held out to the other players. He
Is fast on the bases and for three years
his batting has averaged over the 800
mark II Power is such good man 1t
may be wondered why kuntzsch didn't
want him. Kuntzsch and Power
couldn't agree. and that's the secret,
though none Of the syracuse people will
admit II. The strained relations be-
tween Kuntzsch and his captain sug
gest no discredit to the latter, who Is II
gentlemanly and inoffensive player.
THE REILLYCAREY DEAL.
Herr KuntZsch has hypnotized all
Syracuse over the Reilly and Carey
matter. Here's what the Syracuse
Courier says
Scranton and Spring field are worrying
great deal about the release to Syracuse
by Philadelphia and Baltimore Of Reilly
and Carey. They could have had either Of
them had they wanted. they say. but they
OF the anxious public We can say. that
there Is no string on either Reilly or
Carey, that Star park will not be used for
agricultural purposes by any Natonal
Springfield and Scranton dates Is Via
chapeau.
This Is laundering perversion OF
fact. Until u few days ago Kuntzsch
refused to show the contracts made
with Philadelphia for Reilly, and his
prudence Is explained by the fact that
the contract provides that after Aug.
Philadelphia Is to have the pick of any
one player. Carey excepted. from the
Syracuse team. If that isn't string
there never was string fastened about
the neck Of any base ball player. 1t
gives Philadelphia the right to claim
Reilly or any other Syracuse player and
there's no ground for denying 1t.
Kuntzsch himself has admitted it, The
only way in which his boarding Reilly
can benefit his club is the free adver-
tising he has got out of it--advertising,
too, on the Barnum principle.
OFFERED TO SELL CAREY.
Another untruth Is that Scranton
could not have had Carey. About ten
days before KuntZSch intimated that
he was ready to deal with HanlOn. the
Baltimore manager wrote McDermott
Offering to sell the first baseman for a
certain sum. The letter was seen by
the sporting editor of this paper. Nc
Dermott wired much lower figure.
Hanlon refused the offer but intimated
a lower price than was originally asked.
McDermott didn't even want the
option, but wired Hanlon that all
negotiations were off. SO the matter
ended as far as Scranton was concerned
and then came the news that KuntZSch
had outgeneraled McDermott" Well
he did--as far as putting his foot In It
Is concerned.
Fact Is, Kuntzsch has made poor
deal; he knows it, and has film -nammed
the Syracuse writer's into trying to help
him out. The Springfield Union says:
Lovely. isn't It?
true inside facts in the case'-are known
outside OF Syracuse. Only one paper in
that city has dared publish them and that
was was mistake and only a partial expos
know that several Eastern league man.
ayers ''spurned the services of either
man'-on the dead cinch terms which
kuntzsch agreed to. Scranton was one
of these. whose manager knew as much
about 1.-The inside workings of the art of
being a manager" as kuntzsch evidently
doesn't know about the inside art of be-
Ing worked on the gold brick plan.
CHAPMAN FOR WILKES BARRE.
1t is claimed Syracuse paid $500 for
Carey. Scranton gives 5000 for Power,
and comparison of the figures might
indicate that the exOriole Is worth $500
more than the ex-Syracuse man, but
the real worth of the men doesn't indi-
cate any such thing. As captain and
all-around player we believe Power is
worth as much. il not more, to Scranton
than Carey could possibly be. Anyhow,
We take Power at 5000 and we wouldn't
give $500 for Carey; this shows Manager
McDermOtt's opinion anyhow.
Here's another piece of real live base
hall news: Jack Chapman will prob.
ably manage Wilkes Barre He was
the owner of last years Toronto club
and was incorrectly reported in papers
throughout the country as having been
engaged as assistant manager of the
Rail tipDnpaS Chanr1ay, hnc haan
tiating with Wilkes Barre for over "a
week The Wilkes Barre directors on
Tuesday wired President Powers to
come and see them. He was there that
night and before yesterday noon had
thoroughly discussed the proposed
Chapman dicker. The result Is that
Chapman will probably be engaged
President Powers was accompanied
by Mrs. rowers and came to Scranton
yesterday. He remained here only long
enough to pay Informal visit to severai
of the ScrAnt s.Dpi1 tiDn ofTiperc