The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-24
Manager SeIee Has Made a
Trade With the PittSburg Man
agement For New Players
GOSSIP OF EASTERN
LEAGUE CITIES
A New League on Paper Does MOI
Include Worcester, Spring
field, Hartford or Montreal

the new management of the Pittsburgs
the promise of first choice of players
that club will not require.
Manager Selee had several irons in
the fire at the meeting of the National
the Worcester club and he didn't allow
1t to get burned. He had his eyes open
for new players for the Worcesters,
and he has got a line on them.
He says he has them. He has made
the following statement: II was for
tunate in securing the promise of sew
eral of the Louisville club players for
my Worcester Eastern league club"
The promise of those players is good
enough Pittsburg will not need all the
Louisville men. The club has a full
quota of players under it's own fran
chise. 1t has more than enough, as the
farming of Joe Rickert to Worcester
last season shows. Now it has the
pick of the Louisville team. The en-
tire outfit is owned by Pittsburg SO
that. it has two full teams on its
hands, with the exception of three men
who have gone to the Chicagos. Wor-
cester will have a whack at the others
whom Pittsburg don't want. Manager
Selee has secured the promise of the
men.
He has a glorious opportunity to
build up a championship team for
Worcester the coming season. With
THE FOUNDATION FOR A TEAM
already laid, he has now secured a
chance at promising players of the
Louisvilles
The Worcesters will make a stronger
start than they did last year. The
handicap under which they labored last
season in starting out, a new organic
alton, has been removed. On account
of the late start the handicap of last
season was greater than a club usually
confrontG.
Prospects are much brighter than
they were year ago. Instead of be-
ing late in the field and being obliged
to pick UP team after everybody else
had chance at the players, the Wor-
cester team is now scoring with the
others and won't be a step behind the
pole horse when the word for the start
is given.
Although nothing has been done on
the grounds matter, the management
is not idle in regard to organization.
It's a tough proposition to make a
guess on the grounds matter. The one
who guesses successfully could make
"A LIVING AT MIND READING
and not pretend to know anything of
the science. The management evil
IDENTIFY wants Worcester people con-
nected with the club as stockholders,
and are offering every inducement to
dispose of a portion of the stock The
present management would not dispose
of the entire club unless at high fig
ure, and not without reason for the
club made good money last year.
Mr.. Selee will probably come to this
city after the meeting of the Eastern
league, which will be held in New York
after the holiday season, and can easily
dispose of the question of grounds il
he chooses to. Whether the present
management will decide to undertake
the construction of a new grounds in
case it can't dispose of half the stock
in exchange for the equipping of q
grounds, is a matter of speculation
with the chances decidedly against.
1t is among the possibilities that
Worcester will not have base ball in
the Eastern league another season
Manager Leonard's letter printed in
The Spy yesterday opened up that
possibility. He spoke of the opportu-
nifty offered Worcester men to become
interested in the club and insure the
retention of the franchise in this city.
The mere mention of retaining the
franchise shows that the manager has
considered the possibility of selling it
or transferring it to some other city.
1t is significant, in view of this state
ment, that from other cities in the
present circuit of the Eastern league
come reports of a new league in which
WORCESTER IS NOT INCLUDED.
The reports come from several of the
western cities of the Eastern league.
The new league they speak of leaves
out Worcester, Springfield, Hartford
and Montreal.
OF course with them it is entirely a
matter of speculation, but combined
with the mention Of retaining the Wor-
cester franchise by Manager Leonard,
tho possibility of Worcester being side
tracked is increased.
In the meantime favorable reports
come from several cities of the league
regarding their work and prospects for
another season. The following cores
pondence from several cities in the
league will be of special interest to
Worcester fans
Montreal,-The annual meeting of the
Montreal Base Ball association was
held on Tuesday evening last, in the
Windsor hotel, and the following Off
GERS were elected fer the year:
President, George A. O'Neil; vice
president, j. F. Shearer; treasurer, w
c. Hager; secretary, j. A. Clarke The
executive committee will be composed
Messrs. w. c. Strathan, j. A. Hasley
and George A. Nicholson.
The association will have the same
officers and executive committee as last
season, with one exception, w. C. Stra-
than.
The association had very success
full season last year and made a good
showing in the run for the pennant
Next season it is expected a greater in
terest will be taken in the game than
has ever been taken in it in this CITY
and as the game is young here yet, the
gate receipts are bound to increase for
several years to come.
Capt. Dooley has not been idle since
the season closed and has signed a num-
Der of very promising youngsters whom
he will try out in toe spring, and if he
is as successful as he has been in the
past in making new finds" such as
Felix was last season and Jacklitz the
previous one h will 90 WELL
Montreal will have a change no
doubt, in it's staff of pitchers in 1900. 1t
is hardly likely that Duggleby will be
with the team, and Murphy is also in
doubt, as some of the big league teams
arc after him.
Felix ana Souder will be with Dooley
again. Souder was in hard luck last
year. He started well and for the first
couple of months pitched gilt-edged
ball. winning 10 straight victories be-
fore he lost a game He hurt himself
about the middle of the season, and as