Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-27
GREAT iNROADS
Upon National Baseball PLAYERS
by American League.
Nineteen Of Nationals Most Brilliant
Stars Have Been Captured.
National Associations Arbitration
Board Adjourns.

Chicago. Oct. 26.-The players signed
by American League teams for next
season were announced. Saturday,
from Pres. Johnson's office. :
Nineteen OF the National Leagues
most brilliant stars have gone over to
the Johnson forces for next year, ard
the champion Pittsburg team has been
absolutely riddled to form the club
which will represent New York in the
American League circuit.
Pitchers Chesbro and Tunnehill,
Catchers O'Connor and Harry Smith,
Infielders Leach and Conroy, and Out
fielder Lefty" Davis have all left
Pittsturg for the American League
ranks, and the entire seven are booked
for berths in the Gotham nine
The great Willie" Keller of Brook
lyn, together with Dave FultZ, the star
outfielier of the Philadelphia Athletics,
and Davis completes the outfield for
the New Workers.
Doe" Newton of Brooklyn, WiltZe
of Baltimore, Howell of Baltimore, Ad-
kins Of Milwaukee, and Owen of Oma-
ia, will help Cheshire and Tannehill in
the slab work.
From the list it is at once plain that
Johnson and his American League ad-
visers have not only given New York
one of the greatest teams ever seen in
modern baseball, but that they have
done so without weakening any of the
other American League teams.
Aside from the wholesale raid on
Pittsburg several of the other National
clubs have suffered.
Brooklyn has lost Pitchers Newton,
Donovan and KitsOn, besides Keller.
OF the Boston club Herman Long,
Delnontreville and Pitcher Willis have
signed with the opposition.
Philadelphia losses Pitcher White
and Infelder Hulswitt, and New York
loses Mathewson and BOwerman, and
Cincinnati Sam Crawford.
The American League teams ar
nounced bv Pres. Johnson as signed to
date and as they will start the season
next summer follow:
New York-Pitchers, Chesbro, Pitts
burg; Tannehill, Pittsburg; Newton,
BROOKLYN; owen, Omaha; WiltZe, Bal
timore; Howell Baltimore; Adkins,
Milwaukee; catchers. O'Connor, Pitts
burg; H. Smith. Pittsburg; first base,
Camel. Louisville; second base, Will
liams, Baltimore: short stop, Long
Boston; third base, Leach. Pittsburg;
extra infieIders, Jones, Baltimore; CON
roy, Pittsburg; DundOn. Denver: out
fielders, Davis, Pittsburg: FultZ, Phila-
delphia Athletics. Keller, Brooklyn; H.
Mcfarland, Baltimore.
Chicago-Pltchers. Patterson, Gala
nan, Griffith, White. Philadelphia
Dunkle. Louisville; Flaherty, Louis
Vile; catchers, Sullivan, Mcfarland;
first base, Isbell; second base, DAILY;
shor. stop, Lee. Tannehill. Louisville
third base. Davis; outfield, Green
Fielder Jones, z. Jones, Denver; od'
well. Louisville: Mailman, milwaukee,.
Observation-Disclosures. Donovan. Brook
lyn. Kitsor. Brooklyn; Willis. Boston;
NulIin. Mercer Yeager: first base, Tur-
ner. Toledo: second base, Gleason;
short stop, Elberfleld: third base, Huls-
witt. Philadelphia: outfieiders, Craw'
ford Cincinnati: Barrett and another
catchers. Buelow, MCGUIRE.
adelphia-Pitchers, Plank. Wad'
dell. Wilson, Atwood, Hastings; eaten
ers, Powers, Schreckengost; first base
II. Davis: second base. Murphy; thiro
base. l.. Cross; shOrtstop, M. cross
outtielders, Hartsel, Pickering. Seypoio
Boston-Pitchers, Powell, Donovan
Hughes Altrock, Gibson, Kansas city
catchers, Warner. Criger; hrst pase
| I.achance: second base, Ferris; short
stop. Parent: third base, Collins; out
| field. Dougherty. Stahl, Freeman, stone
| of Omaha. -
St. Louis-Pitchers. Powell, Donovan
| Sudhof. Reidy. Matthewson Oh New
| York. catchers. Kahoe, Sugden,. BOW
erman of New York; first base. Ander
son. second base, Padden; snortstop
| Wallace: third base, Mccormack; out
| delders, Hemphill. Heidrick, F'riei Bur
| kett.
observation-disclosures. Bernhard. JOSS
| Wright Moore; catchers, Bemis, Az
| bott of New Orleans: first base hich
| man: second base. Lajoie; shortstop
| Gochrauer; third base, Bradley; out
| felders. Mccarthy, Bey. Flick.
| Observation-Disclosures. Ortiz, Iowns
end. Lee, Patten, Smith oil birhihs
ham: catchers. Clarke, Drill; hrst pase
| Carey: second base, DemontreViile
Boston: third base. Coughlin; outheia
ers. Delehanty, Stanley of New orleans
| a,l apofher