The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-29
MAY Be FIVE new PLAYERS
Prospects That the Club Will Be
Greatly Strengthened.
TWO ARE FROM LOUISVILLE
MsDcrnOtt Accepts LOuisvillc's Terms
for nassamer and uutchiusOn-Deit.
rick Reports To-day After Power
and Bonner.

Fridays or Saturdays opening games
at Springfield. They are Roaring
BilI' Hassamer and Shortstop Hutch
insOn, Of the Louisvilles; Tom Power.
whose fight to elude his reservation by
Syracuse, has interfered with Scran-
toms purchase of him; Frank Bonner.
of the Brooklyns. who played eleven
games at short for Wilkes Barre last
year. and Deitrick, who played last
season in the Toronto Outfield.
Deitrick will report here this morn
ing and will play third base in this af-
ternoons game with Carbondale. He
ranked sixteenth among thirty-siN
Eastern league outfielders last year.
and had hitting average of .2S9. None
of the others are positively secured as
yet. but the chances are almost GER
tain that Hassamer and Hutchinson
will be added to the Scranton payroll.
Manager McDermOtt is very sanguine
that he can come to terms with Power
as soon as that players learns of the
National boards decision that he Is
properly reserved by Syracuse. The
Bonner deal has progressed so far that
President Byrne, of the BrOoklyns, has
asked McDermOtt to name the salary
and bid for the player. and McDermott
has in turn agreed to pay Bonner the
salary he received i'm Brooklyn and has
release should more properly be stated
by the seller. This reply was sent to
Brooklyn yesterday afternoon.
1t was yesterday afternoon that Nc
Dermott received from Manager Nc
| ClOskey. Of the Louisvilles, the terms
! on which that club would part with
| Hassamer and Hutchinson. The terms
We're accepted by telegram and the re-
quest made that the two players name
| their salary figures at once by wire.
They will probably do so early this
morning, In which case advance money
will be sent them with instructions to
leave at once for Springfield SO as to
participate in Fridays opening game;
| Hassamer was with Washington and
Louisville last year and in fielding
ranked fifth with three other first base
men. His per cent. was 1884. His hit
| ting was 1858.
| a guess as to how the team will be
made up, assuming that four of the new
men are secured indicates that Scran-
ton would have possibly the heaviest
lot of hit:ers in the league and a gilt
edged aggregation Of infielders and out
fielders. The following is good guess
Of the makeup:
| Hassamer, rf
Chiles, cf.
Easan, H.
| Power, III.
| Ward, 2b
| Mcguire or Deitrick, 3b.
| Hutchinson or Bonner, ss.
This does not mean that Pat Meaney
| would be benched, either. 1t means
that an effort might be made to secure
his consent to pitch but one game a
| week. In the event of inability to
| make terms with Power. although it
now appears certain that he will play
here, Hassamer would be put on first.
the position he has been playing for
Louisville. and Meaney would be kept
In the outfield. Hutchinson. Mcguire,
Deitrick and Bonner would try fOT po-
sitions at short and third, and the bet
ter of the two unsuccessful candidates
would be carried as an extra player.
|
Considering that Scranton is SO
strong in its pitching department it Is
about time for weakened cranks to
cheer up With the material on hand
and in sight there Is enough to make
two teams. The best will be picked
and then there will be hopes of rich re-
ward and bright promise. Scranton
hasn't claimed the pennant. but there
Is good reason to believe that the othel
clubs will run against hard thing II
they have picked McDermott to occu.
by rear seat In the band wagon.
Speaking Of pitchers. what club ir
the league has a better trio of pitchers
than Johnson, Brown and Meaney? The
latter hasn't consented to 60 In the bo,
but he might be induced" Add t.
these the best two of Horner. Herr ant
Stemmell each a tried professional
and there is reason to look for hedging
in cities other than Scranton.
In this afternoons game with Car
bondale the makeup will be as follows
Hess, catcher; Chiles, first base; Ward
second base: Deitrick. third base
Brooks, stortstop: Eagan, left field
Meaney, center field; Flack, right field
Stemmell, Brown and Herr will pitch
The game will be called at $3.50 OclOcl
and will probably develop into a rat
tling contest, as the Scranton players
even with patchwork team, do no
. want to suffer defeat at the hands of
club representing a nearby city. and
State league city at that. Jack" Lub
concerning whom there are many an
varied opinions in Scranton, will twir
for the Antracites.