The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-07
SPORTING NEWS.
Makeup of the National and
American Teams.
Hardest Local Fight Will Be in
Chicago.
PITTSBURG THE BEST.
st. Louis Has q Good Show For
Last Position.
klnofor,o hrr,orsoan Nine a Fast
PITTSBURG THE BEST.
BOstOn's American Nine a Fast
Aggregation.

Chicago. March while official HISS
Of the players now divided UP between
the National league and American as
ISOLATION have not yet been given out
and cannot be until few matters of
contracts have been adjusted, yet 50
much information has been divulged oy
The naRnates of both. leagues dur
ing the past few days the rosters Of
the 1s warning clubs can now be approx
mated almost to exactitude. Few play
ers have not been announced as going
with one team or another, and even
these few can be parceled out on the
basis of natural affinities. personal
friendships or certain selection by dit
ferent managers. Queries directed at
Ban johnson, correspondents aoNlces
from all over the country, and players
information have all been consulted u
make up the subjoined. array OF cIups'
and the layout Is now so near complete
that most of the teams could take tne
field tomorrow il the weather was suffi-
GENTLY endurable.
The Pittsburg team, remaining intact,
and used to united play, is by 1ar me
strongest now in the league, and 1t Il
hard to see how it could be STOPPED
from taking down the flag Dreyfuss
men are now incOmparably the beSI
team as a trained club. equal to any at
the bat, fastest in the field. and posses-
sing corps of pitchers such as no 9th
er team can show The championship
is a cinch for Pittsburg, If the American
league raid goes through
The two leagues, thus shaken up,seeh
pretty well even up in playing strength
with the Pittsburg club incoKnparaDty
the best in the two organizations AT
least five clubs in the American max ?
an even chance on the present returns,
end the others may fill their ranks TO
as high a standard by April l.
The list Of players follows:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Observation-Disclosures E1ttenger, Lewis
Kerwin. and Bailey, pitchers; Brown
and Steelman, catcherss Tennyr first;
Lowe utility; third baseman not cho-
sen; Hamilton. Barry, and Sheckard.
outfielders.
Bro0klyn-Kennedy. Kitson. Donovan,
Hughes and ChesbI'os pitchers; Farrell
and Mcclure. catchers; Jennings. first
If possible, otherwise some new player;
DAILY. second; Dahlen. short, and a new
third baSeman. Kelley, Jones and Eee-
Ter IN the field.
r ChicagO-Hughes, Eason, Callahan.
Taylor and Harvey, pitchers Chance
Killing, and Dexter, catchers: Doyle.
first: Childs, second; Bradley. third:
Mccormick short; Hartzel. Mccarthy,
and Green. outhelds Delehantys utility.
Cincinnati-Hahn. Phillips, Newton.
Breitenstein. and Rusie, pitchers; Peitz,
KahOe. and Smith, catcherss Beckleys
first: Magoon, second; Irwin, third; Cor
cOran. short; Harley. Barrett, Eeier, or
Crawford. felders; Steinfeldt, utility.
New York-Hawley, Doheny, Mat
the~son, and Piatt, pitcher Warner,
Connor, and Donahue. catchers; Gan
eel. first; Murphy, second: Strang, third;
Davis, short Van Haltren, Selbach,
Hickman, felders; Buelow and Bernard,
utility
Phiiadelphia-Orth, Fraser Donahue.
Bernhard, Townsend pitchersi Doug
las and Jacklitx, catGhers. Delehanty.
first; Gleason, second; WolV crton. third;
Cross. short; Thomas, Flick and Mertes,
outheld-
Pittsburg-Leever. Philippi, Tarne-
hill. Wiltse and Waddell. pitchers; Tim
mer, O'Connor and J. Donahue. catch
ers; Bransheld, first; Ritcfey. second;
Williams. third: Ely. snort; Clarke,
Beaumont and Wagner, heIders; Leach,
utility
St. Louis-Powell. Sudhoff. Harper.
Knepper and Hugheys pitcherss Buelow
and Nichols, catcherS; Mccain, first;
Childs COT the New York league). second
Kruger, third; Keister. shcrtstOp; Bur
kett, Donovan and Donlin, field
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston-Wfliis, Dineen, Parker and
ongost, catchers; Freeman first; Parent
second: Collins, third: Ferris, short;
Stahl. Dolan and Davis. outfielders-
Chicago Patterson, Griffith. Denzer,
catchers: Isbell, first: Padden, second:
Hartman, third; Wallace, short; Hoy,
Heidrick and Mcfarland. outfielders;
Detroit-Shaw and Ryan. catchers:
F'risk. CrOnin, Sievers and Yeager, pitch
ers- Dillon, first; Bierbau@r. second;
Casey, third. Elberfeld. short; Holmes,
Jones ana Nicol. felderss McAllisters
utility.
Cleveland-White Moore. Baker. Hart
and Hoffer. pitchers; Cross and Crisham
catchers; Lachance. first; Beck, second;
third and short to be selected; Genins.
Pickering and Jones, outfelderss Flood,
utility.
Baltimore-Nops. Conn. Husting, Nc
Ginnity and Howell. pitchers; Robinson
and Heydon, catchers; Foutz, first;
ReitZ. second; A9cGraW, third: Harris.
short; BrOdie, Mcbride, and one other
Outfielders-
Neutrality-suspicious., Becker. Poole
Gibson. Mercer pitchers; Mcfarland
and Sugden. catchers; Chisholm. first;
LajOie. second; Lave Cross. third; Con-
roy. short; Fultz, HOgriever and Sey-
bold. outfielders.
rick and Phyle. pitchers: Clarke and Nc
Manus. carchers: Everitt. FIRST; Schae- /
fer. second. Coughlin. third Clingman, !
short. Csettman. Slagle and DUNCAN, out |
helders: Farrell. utility.
MilwaulSee-Reidy. Rettger, Bowling.
Sparks and Garvin. pitchers; Smith and \
Grady catchers: AndersoIt. first; Gil |
bert. second. Burke. third: Raymer. /
short; Waldron, Haiiman and Duffy. /
outhelders-
Choynski Still in Jail.
Galveston, Tex. March 7-Choynsld /
ana Johnson, the pugilists who were ar
rested one week ago by a SQUAD CT
state rangers in command Of Captain /
Brooks, are stil in Jail. ard their case