Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-10-30

American League Gets Many Of the
Old Association Stars.
TEAM FOR NEW YORK

ahaAhSA NaN A1hh A1a-
que will be stronger in playing
strength next year than ever. New
York has passed from a possibility to
a stern reality as a member of next
years circuit, and the team which
has been signed promises to give Goth
antics the best ball they have seen in
years.
Nineteen of the National leagues
most brilliant stars have gone over to
the Johnson forces for next year, and
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 Tannehill,
Catchers O'Connor and Harry Smith.
Infelders Leach and Conroy. Outfield-
er Lefty" Davis have all left Pitts
burg for the American league ranks,
and the entire seven are booked for
berths in the Gotham nine. The great
willie" Keller, of Brooklyn, together
with Dave Fultz, the star outfelder of
the Philadelphia Athletics. and Davis,
completes the outield for the New
Workers.
doc" Newton. of Brooklyn, wiltse.
of Baltimore; Howell. of Baltimore;
Adkins, of Milwaukee. and Owen. of
Omaha, will help Chesbro and Tame
hill in the slab work.
In the inield John CAMEL. formerly
Of the Chicago and New York National
league teams. and who last season
headed the batters in the American as
sociation on the Louisville club, will
be at first base; Jimmy" Williams.
formerly of Pittsburg. and last year of
Baltimore. will be on second; Herman
Long, captain Of last years Boston
team in the National league, is sched-
uled for short stop, and Tommy"
Leach, the star third baseman of the
champion Pirates, will be at third.
First Baseman Jones, of Baltimore;
Shortstop Conroy, of Pittsburg. and
Gus Dundon. a star from the Denver
team. will be extra men for the inield
positions, while Herman Mcfarland,
the ex-white Sox and Baltimore out
fielder, will be the extra man for the
cutter gardens.
Clark Grifith is still a probability
for the position of field manager of the
new Gotham team. He is signed with
Comiskey. and in the appended list
which is the first official announce
ment of the make up of the American
league clubs-he Is allotted to the
White Sox. Certain deals are now on,
however, by which the transfer OF
'sGrif" to New York may be accom-.
plished.
New York has been the objective
point Of the American league for two
years. Desirable grounds are already
secured, although the announcement
is still withheld.
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, Demontreviile and Pit
cher Willis have signed with the oppo'
sition; Philadelphia loses Pitcher
White and Infielder Hulswitt. and New
York loses Matthewson and Bower
a and Cincinnati loses Sam Craw.
ford.
The American league teams an
uounced by President Johnson as sign
ed to date and as they will start the
season next summer follows:
= New York.
Pitchers-Chesbro, Pittsburg; Tan
nehill. Pittsburg; Newton, Brooklyn;
owen. Omaha; Wiltse, Baltimore;
Howell. Baltimore; Adkins. Milwau-
kee.
Catchers-O'Connor, Pittsburg; H.
Smith, Pittsburg.
First base-Ganzel, Louisville.
Second base-Williams. Baltimore.
Short stop-Long, Boston.
Third base-Leach, Pittsburg.
Extra inielders-Jones, Baltimore;
Conroy, Pittsburg; Dundon, Denver.
Outfelders-Davis, Pittsburg; Fultz'
philadelphia Athletics; Keeler, Brook
lyn; II. Mcfarland, Baltimore.
~ Philadelphia.
pitchers-Plank, Wadden, wilson
Atwood, Hastings.
AditHCl - -
First base-H. Davis.
Second base-Murphy.
Short stop-M. Cross.
Third base-L. Cross.
Outfelders-Hartzel Pickering, Sey
bold.
Detroit.
Pitchers-Donoyan. BROOKLYN; MI
son. Brooklyn; Willis, Boston; Mui
len, Mercer. Ieager.
First base-Turner, Toledo.
Second base-Gleason.
Short stop-Elberfeld.
Third base-Hulswitt, Philadeiphia
Outhelders-Crawford Cincinnati
Barrett and another.
Chicago.
Pitchers-Patterson, Callahan, Grh
6th White Rhiladelphia; n