The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-06-24
NEW ORLEANS TEAM
SIX NEW BALL PLAYERS AND
INCIDENTALS
Aggregate Ten Thousand Dollars
Great Expectations-Brief Sketch
Of Men and Averages.

N. O. Picayune June 22: The man.
agement of the New Orleans Base Ball
Club for weeks has been doing all in its
power to secure players who can pull
the Pelicans out of the hole and put
them up at the top of the list, where
the city and the following make the only
position for Pelican team to occupy.
Ball players are hard to get at any
price, but the question of money was
never taken into consideration. Man
ager Campau was told to get what he
could and get them of the best.
Weeks passed and no ball players ar
rived. The following became disguised,
and the attendance began to fall Off.
During all this time all kinds of wires
were being worked to fill up the weak
spots.
The results of this work have shown
themselves, for ins the next few days
there will be six new men in the ranks
of the Pelicans. Three of these men
come from the Worcester team of the
Eastern League Joe DeIehanty, broth
er of all the other De1ehantys, and Rick
ert, who plays the outhe1d, and Wrig-
ley, second basenlan and shortstop,
were purchased from the Worcester
team, while the other men come highly
recommended. "
Last season tDelehanty covered third
base for the club, and had a fielding
average of I'll. In I35 games he went to
the bat 545 times, made Sc runs and
ISL hits In fielding he had 244 put-outs,
23o assists and 72 errors. As an inhe1der
he is not considered as fast as his
brother, with Little Rock, but he is a
better hitter and hitter who drives out
more long ones.
!. Wrigley covered second base on the
same team, and in I27 games he went to
bat 482 times, 1nade 70 runs and I28
hits, which gave him batting average
Of 286. La the same number of games
Ee. recorded $50 put-outs, made 4oI as
sists and A errors, giving him an aver
age of $40.
Rickert played the outheld in I27
games, was at bat 437 times, made Is
runs and 1873 hits, batting average Of
272. In fielding he had 2o5 put-outs, II
assists and IA errors, which gave him
an average of $50.
All these men have been playing ex-
cellent ball and hitting. Rickert has been
leading the team in hitting this year.
It cost the management just $4,000 for
these three men, and an equal amount
for the other three.
Wrigley, Delefanty and Rickert have
started from Worcester and will reach
Memphis in the morning and will join
the team today. Rickert will go out in
center field, his old position, while
Wrigley will cover short. It is not ex-
pected that Delehanty will be in the
game today, but possibly he will be
given right field to look after and Nc
Frland will be given a rest up for the
day.
Another of the new players is Bass,
from Virginia, who is rated as a COM
ing youngster, and who is big and
strong. He IS a pitcher that has attracted
no end Of attention.
John Burns, signed by Pittsburg to
cover first and catch, and farmed out to
a team near Pittsburg, is another of the
players purchased. Burns is said to be a
very strong player and a good hitter,
but lacked experience sufficient to put
him in the fast company Of the National
League. There were men on the team
more experienced, but Burns gives
promise Of being back in fast company
after a little more minor league work.
Connor, of Toledo, rated as Al, both
as a catcher and first baseman, is the
sixth man purchased These three men
have been ordered to join the club at
once, and they have all started
Including the expense of Transports
ton, advance and the purchase price, il
has cost the local management $Ioooc
to strengthen the club They believe the
Peliicans will now be as fast as any
thing in this company down South, and
some big doings are looked for in the
near future.
Jack Law is still retained BY the club
for when right Law can hold his owr
with any Of. them. Law fell into conviv:
ial company and made false start, but
that is his own affair. Others on ths
team did the same, and disorganizatiof
followed. OF course, no manager coult
know in advance that grown men woult
make such fools Of themselves, but thu
public should not have been puniishet