The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-24
ROANOKE BASEBALL PLAYERS
Who They Are and Where They
Are From.
Manager Boyer of the Opinion That Roa-
snohes Has n Strong Team-McCann 10
the Only Member of Last Seasons Club
who Has Been Retained by the New
management for This Yoar.


team, has at last signed fifteen men for
the coming season. He is of the opia-
ION that Roanoke has very strong
tenn, one that will put this city in the
trout ranks OF the race for The Virginia
pehnant. The entire fifteen men will
hsrdly be carried, hut two or three of
them Will, after being tested, be drop.
PED.
As soon as the weather opens up 20
admit of regular practice the members
obthe team will come here and prepare
tor their summers work. Below Isl
glyen ehort sketch OF each player: |
Harry L. Tate, Confer fielder,
was born juno 81, 1871, ct Everett, Pa.
HIS htss professional engagement wss
with tho Monongahels league in 1s9b,
daring which time his position vas
c4eher. Ia 1891 no was signed bv
Msnager q. t. Bentley, OF the Altoona,
~, State League as fielder and change
cstoher, but was released in May on &C :
count Of his health. do signed for 1895
w1th Manager Boyer for the Hagers-
town, Nd, club. after which ne had to
refuse an offer from Manager Bently
to join the Lancaster club. He played
the entire season of '95 with tho
Hagerstown club, who won the pen,
nant in the Cumberland Valley league,
IN tho outfield. and led the league in
h1tting and fielding. He is very fact
FIELDER, covers lots of ground, is q fast
base runner, and his sliding had no
equal In the Cumberland Valley league.
HIS hitting is very hard and timely. He
ls gentlemarly player, has no, bad
habits and very popular both with his
Fellow players and the public wherever
he goes.
y Fred. MCCALL, Pitcher,
Will do good work for Roanoke this
season. He Is righthanded, is % wears
ofage, feet 10 inches in height and
weighs 1855 pounds. He began playing
In 1892 In Bolivar, N. Y, where he won
tWenty-seven out OF thirty three games.
In '94 he WAS with the Oakdale club of
Buffalo, which won the city champion
snip In tournament given by "Billy"
Madden, losing only one game TOR Butt
falo. In the spring of '95 McFall was
signed by President Franklin, of the
Buffalo club, but after the season had
Started Manager Morten concluded to
carry but three pitchers, and released
McFall to Albany. Albany club lasted
about thfee weeks, and McFall and sew
oral others finished the seeaofi with Tho
New 1ork State league clubs He Is a
pleasant fellow, n good hard hitter, has
wonderful command of the ball and
uses plenty of head worA in his pi.ch-
Ing.
Jerry EddinGer, Pitcher,
halls from the West, coming from
Louisiana, Mo. he is right-handed
pitcher, 25 years of age, stands feet
inch in height, weighs 17s pounds,
and is hard worker and 8 good hitter.
His professional career began in 1890.
when he was with the Cedar Rapids in
tho L, and 1. leaguo until July 4, when
Ottumwa bought HIS release, paying
$500 for it, Ostumwa winning the PEN
nant that season. In 1891 he was with
Appleton, in the Wisconsin State league,
which club also won the pennant. In
92 he was with st. Joe; in '93 with
Topeka, Kan; "a with St. Joe again;
in 's5 was with Milwaukee first part
OF season, YVES taken sick and was re-
leased. After he regained his health
he played no ball, except with some
independent clubs around his home.
Eddinger is strspping big fellow, g
hne pitcher, and Ia very popular both
on and off the bsll field.
John w. Kimble, Pitcher,
Is 25 years of age, stands feet 10 inches,
and weighs los pounds, and Is from
Millville, N. j. Kimble has been play
Ing ball since 1887, when he pitched
his club into the championship Of the dis
trict. In 1883 he played third base for
his homo club. After 1888 he went to
learn q trade and only played a few
games each summer until 1893, when he
took up pitching again and went to
Salem. N. j., and pitched for that city
two months; out OF IS games he pitched,
he won 81. In 1894 and '95 he pitched
for his homo club, Millville. During
two seasons he pitched As games, lost
but seven of the As, and in 1895 was con-
sidered the best pitcher in the South
jersey League. Some of the games
to o; 0 to 0. etc. He struck out II in
one game, 10 in another and 81 in
another. Kimble Is o very gentlemanly
player, uses liquor in no form, and is
very highly recommended. 1t Is safe
to say he will hold his own in our
league. BE Is good batter for
pitcher, fields his position exceptionally
we'll and is righthanded.
Chas. G. Pittenger, PitcEer,
is "a years Of age, weighs IT'S pounds,
end Ia feet 10]s inches tall, and halls
from Greencastle, Pa. Pittenger has
been playing ball several years with
teams around his home, but was never
prominent until last season. when he
earned the title of king" Pittinger for
his rnagni6oent work for the Carlisle,
Pa, club. He lost only two games in
the Cum berland Valley league, and
after this close of their season joined the
Shomokin, Pa, club, pitching fourteen
games and winning twelve out OF the
fourteen. He unites speed with good
command of the ball and Is moss
promising young pitcher. He is right