The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-14

In the two major leagues this season
there Will probably be but few changes.
according to the makeup, as can be
learned at the present time. The roster
Of the two leagues numbers l6 teams with
an aggregation OF about 200 players.
IL is stated upon good authority that
the two champion teams will make but
very few changes while several of the
other clubs have number OF young as
plrants 20 be tried out
Less than one IN six of the young play
srs picked up remain In the big league
the first time out but a large percentage
Of this number return 10 fast company,
after a year or two Win the MINORS 10
get their nerve
The clubs are ell strengthened with the
exception OF the two leaders and the
BROOKLYN club This should make the
race I'm both league more interesting than
II was last season.
The teams picked I'm the American
league 10 battle with Boston for brst
honors are Cleveland. New York and the
Athletics.
In the National league New York, Gin
cinnati and Chicago arc picked TO crowd
the present champions 10 break, ana
one OF the three to carry on the honor'
Boston, New York. Philadelphia, Pits
burg. Chicago. llnclnndu allu 'ieN N'h'tN
have good chances OF taking pennant
in one or the other leagues this season.
with New York particularly well h\ed
in both leagues
The season will open In just ono month,
and Il yhould he a record-breaks-
The composition of both leagues follow:
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
2 Rrston-catchers. Moran. Needhsm;
pitchers. Willis. Pttenger stewart.
Fisher. Wilhelm inheld, Tenney. Rsymer
and Delehanty on the bases: Bean at
short: outneld Cooley. Stanley and Seler;
AbhatIcchio and Carney extra men.
New York-Catchers. Warner Bower
man. nitchors Ames Mathewson. Nc
C;innity. witze. Taylor, Mlligan: inheld.
Mccain. Gilbert and Bresnahan on tne
bass. Dahlen AZ short: outt1eld, Mertes'
Mccormick and Brown; Devlln ana Laua-
extra men o.>-,.
ritchers. Ewing. Hahn. Ryan, Walker
sutthoff. Elliott. Harper; infeld. Kelley
I,urg,ns and steinfeldt on the bases cor
coran at short; outheld. Doulin. seymour
Dolan; De Armond. kerwin and other eA'
ira man. o.~-.,,.
sgo--Catchers. King. NJ. J. O'Nein'
nitcher> Brown, Wicker. Weimer. Cara
Az corridon. Lundgrep; inheld. chance
Fver@ and Casey on the bases, Tinker at
short: outield. Mccarthy, u. Jones, sla
ple and possibly Clancey; Williams, how
ard and Morisrty extra men.
at Iouis-Catchers, Mclean. Iealoss'
1raav. nitchers. Corbett. Nichols, Taylor
Dou,,inp O'NeIIl. Mcfarland. inheld'
packIev Farrell and Burke on the bases.
Rra,p at short. with Murch extra thlIu
haseman: outfield. BarclNey, Smoot, Ion
cven; Stsrnagle Donshue and Shay extra
men. ,,...
",
ps,Sv Poole: inheld. Doyle. Jordan ana
strang ON the bases with Babb at short
outfeid Sheokard. Dodds, Gessler' WI"
several Youngsters In line for a trSou'.
pniladelphia--catchers Doom, Marshali'
Roth: pitchers, Fraser. DuGglesoy, M.
che,l. sparks. McKenna, Lush' Mcr ~
ridge. inf~ad. Douglass. w Gleason.
u,pf,sr,nn on the bases: Hulswitt at
short: outfield Barry, Thomas, TITUS anu
Pittsburs-Catchers, Phelps, Garrison
Smith: pitchers. Leever PhillipPi' .eI'
THOMPSON Moren, Scanlon. Pfeister. Met
ritt: indeld. Bransfeld. Ritchie ana Led,n 49,,
clarke. Beaumont Sebring; kruger anu
Standard extra mon.
AMERlCAN LEAGUE.
Po,ton--catchers. Criger. Farrell and
Doran: pitchers, Young. Dneen. Tame
hin Gibson. Winter: inheld la Chance,
Ferris and Collins. on the bases, ana
Parent at shortstop; outheld' DougherN'
stahl. Freeman and o Nell.
Nav york-Catchers. Bevelle, kleinow,
Mcclure; pitchers. Chesboro, GriinVh'
Powell Putnam. Wolf, Bliss, Hughes; IN
neld. Cancel. Williams. Conr9y. on INC
bases 'FgbeTfeld at short; outheld. Ander-
SON. FIlItz. Keeler; subs, rngisub and
Bliss
Athletics-Catchers schreck. Powers
pitchsrs wnddell. Bender, Plank. Coax
lev. McGleegen, Henley, Bruce; inheld.
Davis. Murphy. Lave Cross. on the bases
NJ Cross at short; outfeld. Hartsell'
Pickering aud Soybold; Hoffman and Mul-
len. subs
vast teners Kittridge, Drill.
Clarke: pitchers, Orth, Townsend, Wilson,
Lee Patton. Dunklee. Hllebrand; nheld,
u Hilebrsnd Mccormick. Moran, Cough
lin and Cassidy. outfield. Selbach, JAKE
Stahl Asteen. Jackson.
Cieveland-Cat tchers. Abbott, Bemis;
pitchers. Hickey. Joss. Bernhard. Hess,
Moore. Donahue, Rhoades; inield Hck-
man Iaioie and Bradley on the bases,
Pastor or Turner at short; outfield Lush,
Bay and Flick: extra men, Russman,
Schwartz and. OHara
Detroit--Catchers McManus. Buelow.
pitchers. Donovan, Mullin. kitson, Ferry.
Street. stovalf. Kilian; infed, Carr,
Burns and Gremnser. on the bases, Rob-
insou at snort; outfeld Mcintyre, Bar
rett and Crawford. OLeary. extra.
Chicago--Catchers, Sullivan. Mcfarland
slattery: pitchers. Patterson, White,
Dousherty. FTaherty owen. Walsh. Ait
rock: infield. Isbell. Callahan and Hill on
the bases. q. Davis shortstop. with
Tannehill and J. Donahue ub-infields; /;
outfield Holmes. Jones, Green.
st. Louis--Catchers. Kahoe. Sugden
O'Connor: pitchers. sudhoff. Sewer, Petty
Glade. Wright. Morgan inneld. Jones
Padden. i'm. on the bases. Wallace at
short. outfeld, Burkett. Heidrick. Hem
phil and Swander. with Gleason. Shannon
and Iulseman for extra men.