Evening star., 1901-12-05
Twenty-Eight National Leaguers
Have Signed Johnson's Contracts.
SELBACH AND DONAHBE LAST TO GO
Saengerbund's BowIers Too Strong
for Y. M. C. A. Team.
-SP RTs IN GENERAL

The friends Of the American League have
reason to feel gratiffed over the advance
ment of the young organization, and all the
indications point to the fact that President
johnson has outgeneraled the National
League magnates at every point.
1t was thought that the American League.
in it's crusade to wipe out all major league
opposition. had obtained about all the star
players wanted, but last evening the an
nouncement was given out that two more
good men had deserted the old ship for the
new. These late recruits are Kip" Sell
bach. the old Washington player and lately
with New York, who goes to Baltimore,
and Frank Donahue. the fine pitcher with
the Phillies last year, who will be with the
ST. Louis aggregation the coming season.
This pair makes twenty y-eight players who
have been captured from the National by
the American League since the season
closed, two months ago. The complete list
of National League stars now signed with
the Americans and the clubs to which they
will go, are as follows:
Philadelphia-Monte Cross to Athletics.
William Duggleby to Athletics. Elmer
Flick to Athletics, Harry Wolverton to
Washington. Ed. Delehanty to Washington.
John Townsend to Washington, Albert Orth
to Washington, Eddie Mcfarland to Chica-
go; Frank Donahue to St. Louis william
Douglass to ST. Louis.
New York-"Kip." SeIbach to Baltimore,
George Davis to Chicago, Roger Denzer to
Chicago
Brooklyn-Joseph Kelly to Baltimore,
Willie keeler to Baltimore, Tom Daily to
Chicago
st. Louis-Rhody Wallace to St. Louis.
Emmett Heidrick to ST. Louis. Jesse Bar
kett to st. Louis, Jack Harper to st. Louis,
Willie Sudhoff to ST. Louis, John Powell to
st. Louis. Dick Padden to St. Louis, Joe
McGann to Baltimore.
Chicago-Toby Hartsel to Athletics. Dan
ny Green to Chicago, William Hughes to
Baltimore.
Boston-William DIneen to Boston.
A year ago the American League hit the
Phillies harder in it's raid upon the Ma
tional League than any of the other clubs,
with the possible exception of Chicago and
Brooklyn, and 1t now seems bent upon wip-
ing out the Quakers. Brooklyn and st.
Louis are also sufferers, the former losing
four and the latter nine Of its best men.
AS Pittsburg has not lost a man. but on
the contrary has strengthened its team by
capturing two Of the American League
players, the only ones to desert the Johnt
sonites the National League race next
year promises in advance to be a farce. All
the other National League teams, and es-
pecially Philadelphia, st. Louis and Brook
lyn, which were the ones that gave the
Pirates hard fight for the leadership this
year. have been reduced to minor league
strength.
The Smoky City aggregation should make
a runaway race Of 1t next season. and 1t is
not impossible for 1t to place a new record
to it's credit Of not losing game. as none
Of the other clubs has a license to win a
single contest from the present champions.
With the single exception of Pittsburg the
other teams have been SO weakened by the
raid of the American League upon them
that the National League in point of play
ing strength will not be able to claim to
be more than Class A minor league next
season.