Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-01
BRIEF BASE BALL GOSSIP
Notes of Interest Concerning Players
and Events-Crawford, n Ne
braskn Boy, Goes to the Front.

Samuel Crawford, the clever centerfelder
for Cincinnati, now playing such phenomenal
ball and batting with the top -notchers in the
National league, is a Nebraska boy, his
home being at Wahoo. He is only 20 years
of age and played his first base ball with the
Norfolk team in 1897. Last year he played
with Wymore and had much to do with the
team from that city, gaining the reputation
of being the best team in the state. While
with Wymore he played leftfeld and was
always put in the box when hard game
was on hand. 1t was he who pitched the
game against the Nebraska Indians last year,
winning his game and holding them down
to two hits Young Crawford is a barber
by trade and held position in that capacity
while playing at Wymore last year. He
always had a desire to get in faster COM
pany and took the very best care of him
self. He never tasted liquor and did not
use tobacco in any form. He was one of
the heaviest batters on Wymores hard
hitting team and won several games by his
batting alone. His first professional ball was
played this year, when he was signed by
Hamilton. one of the clubs in the Canadian
league He played there a short time and
then went to Grand Rapids, where he played
such phenomenal ball that he attracted the
attention of several clubs in the National
league Chicago and Cincinnati both tried
TO secure him. but Cicinnati was successful
and since he Joined that team two weeks ago
he has been the talk of the eastern press
and is lionized by the Cincinnati fans
| Nearly every day he makes a home run and
| is already recognized as the best batter on
| the team. His Nebraska admirers are par
| ticularly proud of the record he is making
| since getting into fast company. CRAWFORD
also played for a short time with the
| !, frian6a all over
| Nebraska.
| New York tried out Fleming and Wood
ruff two new outeflders, in game with st.
Louis. Both of them are from the New
England league Fleming showed up all
| right in the field, but Woodruff did not get
a chance to show what he could do. Neither
one made hit.
! Thomas Cloney, manager OF the princeton
| University Base Ball Association, announced
that Arthur s. Hildebrand had been elected
captain Of the base ball team for the ensu-
ing year to succeed Frederick Kafer, re-
signed.
| lack Cronin, Detroits star pitcher, has
been sold to Cincinnati. He won twenty
six of the thirty-nine games pitched by MN
during the season. He reported at Balti-
more.
According to st. Louis report, the new
| infield of the new league team in st. Louis
will consist OF Joyce, Gleason, Davis and
Collins This is a case where seeing will
be required for believing.
! The Detroit Tigers made twenty eight
home runs during the season, Slater lead
ing with seven, Ryan and Stallings five each,
DUNCAN four, Barrett and Frisk two each,
billiard, Buelow and Lewee one each.
The drafting season begins October l and
lasts to January 1. During this period Ma
tional League clubs have the privilege OF
securing any minor league player by paying
$500 for a Western or Eastern league man
$500 for an Interstate league man and 5000
for New York State league, New England
or Connecticut league man.
There is always a great demand for noted
foot ball players for coaches Princeton Is
furnishing Cochrane OF last years eleven, at
instructor OF football science at the Univer-
sity of California and Barnard goes to Cor
nell. The University OF Pennsylvania fur
nishes coaches for Annapolis, Swathmore
Knipe Iowa, Beloit, Denver, Pennsylvania
State college and University OF Nevada.
All that the proposed anti-National league
baseball organization needs, says the Chi
cago dispatches, is capital. The base bal
Filpinos are shy of funds, and as it would
take million dollars or SO to start the new
league, its prospects for opening for busi-
ness next spring are not over bright. Il
will take better fnancers than Chris Vol
der Ahe Harry Quinn and Ted Sullivan
to find angels enough to float the new
league.