Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-03-08
PLAY BALL.
Increasing Interest in
the Great Game
CHIEF INTEREST uEuE ~ IiiE
MAi>E-ur on rnE FORT
WORTH TEAM.
IT WILL BE STRONG
AND THE PLAYERS WILL M MADE
KNOWN THIS wEEiS.
Been Con,pictcd--rhc Denison
Bose Hall Team.
IT WILL Be STRONG
AND THE PLAYERS WILL M MADE
KNOWN THIS wEEiS.

Interest In base ball in Fort Worth
continues 10 grow with the approach
of the opening or the season The
chief interest, OF course, Is Centerod
IN the makeup OF the Fort Worth
team for the coming season.
Manager Ward Is as yet non commlt-
tai on the subject Tor the very good
reason that he rs not Yet quite In u po-
sition TO state who all the pluyerA viii
be He says however that hV Will
know definitely this week some time
who win play FOR Fort Worth and there
Is no doubt that Fort worth win enter
the diamond contest with AN unusually
strong team and make the other teams
III the league rustic some for tile hon
urs.
Mr. Ward has a large stack of let
tors from players all over the country
who are anxious to get positions 10 he
VIII have no difficulty IN making Sc
lectiuna. and he wants to get the best
there Is IN the field
The contemplated games with the 81.
Louis Browns ana the Chicago team
ut course win be the big features Of
the early part OF the season.
The sherman team which X tu be
one Of the league teams this yvnr, has
been made up, The name OF the team,
"ihc students" la aprupus of the fact
that they vii represent the college
city OF Texas and the uniform that
has been adopted FOR the season win
have In It's makeup color fot each
college Ia the city Of sherman,
Here IL the personnel OF The STU
dcuts'.
Harry Sage. captain and catcher
has been playing professional ball
since 1856, when he was with 81 Paul.
MINI, IN the Northwestern league
1SS7-SS with Dcs Molnes In the same
league catching Hutchinson. the phc-
nnlnHl Chicago pitcher his first pro.
fessiounl engagement. winning the
championship ia 1883, In lSs9-g0 with
Toledo ohio. in international league
aud American association.
Elmer CnuntrNman pitcher ia y
years old. I feet 9 inches hiBh, ana
weighs $50 pounds. Played with liur-
lington. Iowa, and Rushyille, m, last
season aud ranked high both as hlttor
aud pitcher
Henry oswald. a brother To Bnly
Is pitcher with n great locnl rcpu-
tntlon In Kansas CITY. whore he IS re-
gardcd as u phenomenal amateur
William snyder of Cincinnati, Ohio.
IS another pitcher He IL % years old,
3 feet, . inches high. lie played IN
Richmond, Va. league In 1884.
A. -, JantZen. the ak foot six inch
first bascmau who hnahed last season
with the Tom cats, has been secured
10 cover the initial bag for tile stu
dents.
". NJ. Myers, lcft-hand pitcher and
outneldor, Ia from Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
and h regarded ms u great acquisition,
Billy oswald. the popular shnrtstop
~ last ycars orphans, has HlRned "A
student contract, and his many friends
VIII be- glad 10 see ms smiling face
again.
W 9. BuRcr, center fielder for the
champion Cedar Rapids team last sea-
son VIII occupy position IN the SUI
dents outer garden,
". T.. Van Dresser IN we'll known In
tho Texas League, having played last
season, finishing the season with Sher-
man.
Tom 10 NAHUM, WHO covered second
base FOR sherman IN 1872, has been
signed, and Is expected 20 turn ont to
D" a valuable utility man.
T. #. Lynch Of Aspen, Colo. " nm In
fielder. ana during HIS playing expe-
rCnce has been with four pcunant vim
ming clubs, playing second base FOR
Nashville, champions OF the southern
Lcugue last year
II, A, dIruwniol Chamberlain IL one
~ this years tNirlcrr.
G. g. Bnkloy NJ DEBORAH, Ia. II the
big fellow Of the team, and is fast
onttlclder and heavy hitter
Clarence IlumcHion. the last man
signed ns n pitcher who IN regarded
by Captain Harry Sage as ono OF the
coming youngsters Of the country,
and hc predicts for him brilliant
future.