The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-07
Base Ball Briefs.

THE ATLANTIC LEAGUE this year
will be a pretty fast aggregation
of players and will contain Il com
bination of seasoned veterans and GIN
gerry youngsters which will make the
league one of the swftest minor or
ganizations in the country.
The Allentown team will be practic-
ally the same as last years nine ana
will consist of Gutenberg, the old East
ern Lacquer. on first, Tom Delehanty
on second Jim Delehanty at short and
Klhns on third McManus, last years
hard-hitting catcher, will be behind
the bat, and Stimmell will probably be
again in the box. Joe Delehanty, the
terrific hitting outfielder, will again
cover right field and it is likely that
besides these three brothers of the
famous Ed Delehanty. of Philadelphia,
there will be another member OF the
family on the team.
Secretary Zimmerman, when in this
city, said "Yes, there's young Frank
Delehanty, who's the latest one to crop
out as a candidate for league honors.
Every member of the family is born
ball player, and we will probably give
the youngster trial"
The Philadelphia Athletics will prob
ably be strengthened by several of the
younger Philadelphia players, and in
case Ziegler, Jacklitzch, Mahaffey,
Chiles and others do not show the nee
essary National speed they may wear
Athletic uniforms. President Belmont
has also signed several other men, and
is after Becker and Duggleby, the lat
ter of whom formerly pitched for
Wilkes Barre and the former for
Rochester, to do the twirling honors
for his pets.
Manager Fleischman has secured for
his Reading team Third Baseman Law
renee. First Baseman Beaumont, Out
fielder Moran, Catcher Logan and
Pitchers Voorhees, and Mclaughlin.
kid" Cross, a brother of Monte"
Cross, of the Philadelphia team, is
wanted at Reading to play shortstop,
and President Belmont is also after
him for the Athletics.
Manager Smith, of Elmira, has al
ready signed Dean for second base.
Haggerty for third, Johnson for right
field, and Frazee for pitcher. Home
Run" Bottemus, the eXBuffalo out
fielder, will play first base. Manager
Clymer has not yet signed many men
for his Wilkes Barre team, but has
communicated with large number.
He is after George Schoch, the ex-
Brooklyn player, to play third. but
Schoch prefers to play nearer his homo
in Philadelphia. Burns, the Avoca boy,
who last year played on the Wilkes
Barre team in the Atlantic league and
later in the season with Kansas City
will not be on the latter team this sea
son and would like to play in Wilkes
Barre again.
A game was played Monday at St
Louis between the National league
team of that city and the Rochester
Eastern leaguers. in which there wer2
four ex-Scranton players. Keistel
played second base for ST. Louis and
Burkett played left field. The little
second baseman hit out a single and
two home runs, and also fielded capi.
tally. on the Rochester side the eX.
Scrantonians were Shortstop Franl
Bonner and Pitcher Morse. The latter
made the sensational play of the game
by taking a red-hot liner from Dono.
vans bat and sending it to first base
IN time for a double play
In the game at New Haven. Wednes
day, betwean Yale and Tufts univcr'
sity. Sharpe. the Yale first Easeman
VINO last year acquired such fame &.
a foot ball back, made the longes
home run made on the grounds in fv,
years.
Cooley, of last years Philadelphias
is looking around 70: a position this
year. This splendid batsman and eX
celent outfielder still has the ability
to shine in the National League, bu
the outer gardens of the big teams arr
singularly well taken care of, and i