The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-27

| question OF his acceptance is scarcely debat-
able and the offer amounts practically to an
engagement.
President Hart said OF him: BURNS made
| himself lopular with the Chicago public long
! as9 us I, player. lie was a member of the
| club at the time Of lis greatest suec,ss Later
| ne mas shown his qualities as manager by
| MS sklliful conduct of the Springfield club.
| lie is y man of exemplary habits does not
drink at all, has excsilent Judgment aud has
good control over his Players
Much curiosity is fet to the policy OF the
new manager in arranging the makeup OF the
team. y captain is To be appointed and at
least two positions, one IN the infeld. the
othtr in the outfield. feiualn open. The in
field position Is that on which Arson has had
twenty-five year lease For this place 1t
Is Known that Bur MS wants Doyle. the crack
frsthasemAn whom Hanlon has recently dis
posed Of to Washington. The Senatorial man
ayers are not expected to be averse to part
ing with him for a good pre-, or fair OK
change. At the same time Chicago IL not In
a portion to be held up as Burns will have
a gooc second chnice man ready in 5veritt,
whose batting makes him valuable In spite
OF his fielding falings.
Another accession on whom Burns has MS
eye is Kilroy, almost unheard OF since the
days of the American association. when he
one Of the star pitchers of the Baltimore
club. His possibilities as a fielder and batter
have been unaccountably overlooked, and In
fact, for the last TWO years he has been play
ing OH his own team in New Brunswick. N.
j.. entirely outside OF any league II kilroy
is secured. II Is u good bet that he viii be
played in right field. There Is n feeling that
Ryan has cntlvsd his usefulness with the
Chicago club. and will be traded. as he easily
can he, us he is still considered good man
AMI would be better II spurred to exert him
self C little,
Alcng with these changes Is the problem
Of filling left field It Ia believed that Gala
han viii be given the first chance at this
difficult game although he VIII have likely
undcrstudies in Woods. whom Burns brings
with him from Springfield. and lsbel, the 81
Paul recruit, not TO mention Thornton ana
lxuNsn t-1
seasons with ?oor results. Chicago is re-
mnrkably favored IN having rltchers, who are
available for general work, Besides these veg.
possibilities for the deadly sun iielo, dusty
Miller of the Cineinnatis is still mentioned.
The other outfleld position VIII pc tilied OF
course. by Bill Lange. In the lnfield VIII he
Mccormick third, and Dahien at short
Woods and lsbel will probably start out ms
utility men, with an occasional chance 70
show their ability in the box griffith,
Friend and Thornton are expected 10 DO most
Of the pitching work. although there are many
who think Callahan would be worth more
there than In the field Briggs is n good man
Ia fall back on, but there Is chance that
he vii, be farmed out Behind the bht there
is III certainty. The team has not been strong
the,n for years, and the new men this year
Chance. from California. and Zoigler from
Canton Ohio. who may amount to something
as an infielder--are merely experiments
AS TO tho captaincy there Is much spccu-
latiou Bill LANCE has been most often men
Toned, but among the controllers OF me clno
thera is a feeling that he Is too nneh OF
good fellow" and would be likely to be over
easy With the men. On account Of his OK
peIience Jimmy Ryan has been put iorwafa,
but his retention on the team ~ douhttui'
Connor is looked on ne tho most likely man,
although DOYLE, n secured. might be tried. !
Doyle, however has the Baltimore rennta-
ton for scrappiness. aud Chicago Ideals o.
gonilemanly play might not ne consohhht
with his occupancy Of the captancy
Tom Burns is five years younger thnn IN
son bavIns been born IL Homesdaie. pn.
H. III H. 4
FIJI amateur and later at New Britain Conn.
10 which place his father removed. HIS iirHt |
professional engagement was NJ frovlnence
in IgTf. who're he played NJ either enc OF the
,a,,erv until hn was shfted to third base. |
Af,s rr,ard he Mayed at Auburn, \. y bor-
nellssille. \. v. and Albany. u was WINE
"a la the attention nf Arson. and In 1850 nc
cn1ne 10 Chicaro nud took hia place III the |
s,oIcwall infieid, n'aying ~ shorts,on nn
Ia ha changed Places with Ed Williamson, |
sns made an even greater reputation Pc |
tbird baseman than he had ALREADY esisn-
~. chicago club continued until isa'
,n,oueh ,ba lime 81 the bro.herhoad revolt
,yhen ho refuaed IN deeert The club
M, NOT LAST LONG AT PITTsnVRn
- 200 ,llness enfeebled him and ne went
to Pittsburg as manager plssg ',,e ,ar,r
,,i,s. irs4 sure,icrg 'bcre apcTtenen NJ ,'.,m
Of service and he r'nishen sa me no started IN
Ne a,.c.essfu, career IS marerer ~ re
sprinfficld fMsss1 olun ~ tne ~ ~
sr,s,ies, in the circuit. and although re
s,sr.c oui With NJ term ens VIZ ~ s ns,,
a,,e grounds. he has kent sprin'sis ,sa. W. ~
~ 40 sront wlnnlng the pernant In is'' Hno
s,niyh,ns slsth and fourth respectively IN the
last two years 80 - .h-a,.a
=, sia,s.rs thst eyer rlaved the pio'i di,'.
cnlt and trvirv position ir the 'nr.in re
49, m II III the tricks ~ the ran'e snH WIS
~ relied nnon ct times when GOODNESS
VA neefed rris Last crplriete season %iih
cb,cc-n 1871 he ranked second IN fie,nins.
!, III, 10 thu official figures with ~
sverige Or soT Tic ssme year he sa' afn .,
Ut, ,o,-notchera. he was reliable hitter
usnsily having an aysssEs s, ,sss sor ne
tween go and 2on- In 1883 ana ~. s.,saso
, .rsna vaars he ranhed twenty-fsth ana
tventy.fourth respectively
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