Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-26
OWEN GOES TO NEW YORK
Two Ball Players Leave Omaha for
Other Teams,
AMERICAN LEAGUE DECIDES ON PLAYERS
Many Towns Lose stars to Build Up
Champion Aggregation in Empire
City and Encouragement
is Ordered.
AMERICAN LEAGUE DECIDES ON PLAYER

CHICAGO, Oct. 25.-Nineteen of the Ma
tional leagues most brilliant stars have
gone over to the Johnson forces for next
year and the champion PittsbuTg team has
been riddled to form the club which will
represent New York in the American league
circuit.
Pitchers Chesbro and Tannehill. Catchers
o'Connor and Harry Smith, Inhelders
Leach and Conroy and Outielder Davis
have all left Pittsburg for the American
booked for the New York nine. Keller of
Brooklyn, together with Fultz, the out
Davis, complete the outield for the New
Workers.
owen Of Omaha, Newton Of Brooklyn,
Wiltse of Baltimore, Howell Of Baltimore
and Adkins Of Milwaukee will help Chesbro
For the infeld John CANCEL, formerly of
the Chicago and National league teams,
and who last season headed the batters in
the American association in the louisville
team, will be at first base; Williams OF
Pittsburg and Baltimore Will be on second;
Herman Long, captain of last years Boston
team In the National league, is scheduled
man of the Pittsburgs, will be at third base.
| First Baseman Jones of Baltimore, Short
stop Conroy of Pittsburg and Dundon, from
infield positions. while Mcfarland, a Balti-
more outhelder, will be the extra man for
The players announced as signed TO play
with the American league next year, ac-
cording to President Johnson, are as fol-
New York-Pitehers, owen. Omaha; Ches-
bro, Pittsburg; Tannehill, Pittsburgi New
ton Brooklyn; Wiltss,t Baltimore; aSwsli'
o'Connor. Pittsburg; Smith, Pittsburg. In
hNders, Cancel, Louisville; Williams. Balti-
Extra infeiders. Jones, Baltimore; Conroy,
Pittsburg; Dundon, Denver.
o,GSieSgNWWPbttteh9p5ssi , Patterson ps 6nn GEa1llah han
herty, Louisville. Inflelders, Isbell, DAILY,
Davis, Lee, Tannehill, Louisville. Outheld-
ers, Green, Jones, Z. Jones, Denver: Odwell,
Detroit-Pitchers, Donovan. Brooklyn;
Kitson, Brooklyn; Willis, Boston; Mnllin,
Gleason, Elberfeld, Hulswitt, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia-Pttchers, Plank. Waddell,
Wilson, Atwood, Hustings; cateheTs' Pow
ply, NJ, Cross, L. Cross. Outielders, Hart
. Eel, Pickering, seybold.
Hughes. Aitrock' Gibson Of Kansas City.
Catchers, Criger, Warner. Infelders. Fer
ris, LaChanee, Parent, Collins. o'Brien,
outfelders, Stone of Omaha, Dougherty'
81; Louis,Pitchers, Powell, Donovan,
sugden, Inhelders. Anderson. Padden, Wal.
lace, Mccormick; outhelders, Hemphill
Cleveland-Pitchers, Bernhard, Wright
Joss, Moore. Catchers, Bemis, Abbott OF
New Orleans. Inhelders, Hickman, Lajoie
Bey, Flick.
Neutrality-suspicious.. Ortiz, Townsend
Lee, Patten, Smith Of Birmingham. Catch,
efs, Clark, Drill. Infelders, Carey. De-
montreyille OF Boston, Robinson OF Kansas
City, Coughlin. Outfielders, Delehanty
Stanley of New Orleans and another.
With regard 10 the Memphis club th'
board passed a resolution expelling thu
Memphis club from the association.
BY a resolution, recommended by the
National board and adopted by the mag.
mates, the National association will de
cline to confer with the two older leagues
until they have patched up their dider
ences, and then only upon a basis OF
equal representation in base ball councils
The application OF Fred Clarke for re
instatement from the ineligible list wal
referred TO Secretary Farrell.
The Kansas City club was ordered e
pay the Lowell club 500 for the player
Hickey. The Little Rock club was or
dered TO pay the Corsicana club Of tn,
Texas league $50 for the release OF ]. ]
Clarke.