The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-21

Eddie Householder, player who de-
serted, joining a California League
club. Toronto reserves its regular play
ers and claims Charles Doom. who
caught for st. Joseph after having &C
cepted Toronto terms. Roy Evans, q
deserter to the California League, AL.
Wagner, another deserter, Fred Par
ent and Harry Davis, American League
men, are on the Providence reserve
list as matter Of form. 4
Montreal reserves Joe Delahanty
who Is reported to have signed with
the Cleveland American League club
for next season. Edward Heimerl, the
young Western pitcher given a brief
trial In the spring, is on the Worcester
reserve list with all the regular play
ers who finished the season, including
Carney and Rickert, one or both of
whom may be with Boston National
League club next spring. Daniel Ker-
win, deserter, and Charlie Atherton,
who jumped to the California League
after being heavily fined by the Buff
falo management, are on the Bisons'
reserve list. With the exception of
major league men, the National Asso-
citation should cause deserters to re-
turn to the clubs that lost by their
leaps.
Tommy Sheehan, the young Califor-
mia infielder, who played at third dur
ing the early part of 1900 for Worces-
ter, is playing sensational ball for
Sacramento of the California League.
Tommy never fully recovered from the
effects of his Eastern trip until this
season, He is leading off In batting for
Sacramento and his fielding, base
running and batting have been fea-
fJrae ~ mn oaf "a
coast.
Among the players In the California
League who are we'll known to Eastern
League patrons are Householder. for
merly of Rochester, with Los Angeles,
Charlie Atherton of Buffalo, with the
same club, and Nick Altrock of Tor
onto, the left hand twirler. Nick is the
only sidewheel pitcher In the league
and he has been widely advertised by
the Los Angeles management on this
account. Oakland has Pitcher George
Aodson, formerly Of Hartford. San
Francisco has Parke Wilson, who
caught for Montreal the greater part
of the past season, and until he de-
serted, Roy Evans, the 1900 Providence
pitching star, was a member of the
same club.
After referring to the fact that Jesse
Burkett would be found in the ranks of
the American League club in that city
next season, the st. Louis Sporting
News says:
Evidently the fouIstrike rule did
not bother Jesse Burkett any, for the
new King of Swattdom hit % points
above his last years mark, while his
average of 1882 is just two points be-
low that achieved by Hans Wagner,
last years leader, writes Rem Mulford,
Jr. Burkett Is a natural sticker.
Away back in 's9, when he was a
pitcher for Worcester, in the Atlantic
Association, Burkett knew how to sting
the horsehide. In the 40 games he
played that year. preceding the great
est diamond revolutions, he smashed
out $50 average The desertion Of
John B. Days old Giants gave Burkett
a chance to break into New York in
80 as a pitcher He was not much Of
a twirler and only took IA SHES at the
opposition winning but three and
losing 11-one of which, by the way, was
a Red victory. He was played in the
outfeld the rest of the time.
Next season found him at Cleve-
land. When the Cleveland-St. Louis
deal was made three years ago Burkett
went to the Mound City and this year
was his twelfth In the big league. Dur
ing three Of the dozen he has won the
title of leading batsman. Only twice
has the southpaw sticker fallen below
the 300 mark, and q study of his work
shows what a valuable aid he has been
to the teams under whose nag he has
fought. Not only a grand hitter, he
has shone just as brilliantly as a run
getter. His composite batting average
for the ~ years is 1862. In one year
1S90-the records give no entry of the
runs he scofed, but in five of the IL he
averaged over tally to game.
This record shows what manner Of
slugger the restored monarch Of the bal
really is