The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-03

under cover before the opening of the
championship season, so there is moth
ing unusual in the present case.
The salary list of the club will look
about as follows on first pay day;
Tommy Leahy and Lemare, catchers;
Jack Egan, Leroy, Evans and William
Silver" Braun, pitchers, with one
other, probably youngster, to be add
ed; Tommy StOuch, second base; Char
ley Nyce, third base; Jimmy Cooney,
shortstop; Henry Lynch, left field; Jack
Walters, centre field; ana probably
Manager Murray right field, although
he may not play regularly till warm
weather.
Of the above, Tommy Leahy was with
the team during the second half OF last
season as change catcher and general
utility man. He was secured from the
Pittsburg club Of the big league, and Is
pretty well known in base ball circles
He played in so games, and had bat
ting average of $50, and stood ninth II
the list of catchers. with a percentage
of .946 Lemare was with the New
London club of the Connecticut league
and later with the New YorkS last sea-
son.
Tommy Stouch will be on second
again; he led the Eastern league as
second baseman last season. He played
several 6Gdobi4o W I'LL CIV LuN4h-ts ~
is young player, and has promising
future before him. Charley Nyce will
play third. He was with Detroit OF
the Western league a portion Of last
season, and led by far the third base
men of that league, with an average of
.944. Jimmy Cooney will once more
hold down shortstop, this being his
eighth season with the team. He will
probably be made captain of the team.
fr, a.
vious seasons.
Henry Lynch viii probably play at
left field again. He was the champion
base stealer Of the Eastern league last
year and with one exception, the best
run-getter making 105 runs in 106
games. Jack Walters Joined the team
in the middle of last season, and so well
did he play the middle garden and the
other points of the game, that he was
one of the first men signed for the
team His batting average for 1l9
games was 1856. Manager Billy Muir
ray has been with the team for five
seasons. and begins his sixth season.
For first base. no one has been secured.
Manager Murray has lines out for Cas-
sidy, last years third baseman, and
has high hopes Of landing him. Cas-
sidy was drafted by Brooklyn last fall,
but the deal with Baltimore may re
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dence Cassidy is a first baseman and
a good one, and, if secured, will add
great strength to the team. He is the
champion batter Of the Eastern league.
his average being 1855. He is now in
the south with the Brooklyn team.
Manager Murray has high hopes Of
buying back his release.
The games will be played at Adelaide
Park, as heretofore, and the old ground
is in splendid condition. The seating ca
pacity will probably be increased by the
addition of bleachers on the third base
side to accommodate about 400 addi-
tional patrons.
The outlook for the coming season
here is unusually bright, and one of the
best in the history of the club is looked
for. The team as outlined above is
by far the strongest the city has ever
had, and high position in the race is
expected. We have had two Eastern
league championships here, so we are
not over anxious for another; second or
third will be well enough, but first will
not be thrown down.
Two exhibition games have been ar
ranged with Brown University. and
these may possibly be the only prelimi-
nary games of the season, as Manager
Murray thinks two weeks of team prac-
tice on the home grounds, with scrub
games against local men, the most val
liable in the end. The team will re-
port about April Is. w. D. PERRIN.