The San Francisco call., 1907-02-10
Stars Of the Diamond Are Coming
to Perform for the Fans
BY r. A. Sr11ytf1

The baseball team which viii renre-
Sent this city in the Pacific Coast
League during the season which viii
open ne1t month viii be a hustling or
sa7ization If the plans of Manager
Danny Long do not miscarrv. The lar
Ter thinks he has a winning team +,
elshl from the quality OF the material
rom which he has % draw. Twenty
'-ee men taken from such widely sepa-
a1eo points as New Hampshire and
ilollotoiu VIII go into training at Ba-
AetsUelo early next month and then the
process Of elimination viii commence
aen the team appears in this city
lot the opening game OF the season il
- expected that some ten players will
nSNe been eliminated. Manager Long
rs noted Judge OF bail player and it
WY not~fal0e him long 10 separate the
wheat from the chaff. Hc viii start
with ten pitchers. but viii not carry
tnat number far into the season. The
only oiotimers on his list are. Nohler
tIochnauer, Hndebrand. Wheeler and
Henley. After the fire last April the
latter pitched for Pueblo The Ma
tlonal Association ruled that all play
ers under contract in this lea que at the
tine Of the fire revert to this league.
hence the return OF Henley.
PITCHER Goodwin was secured from
Manager Joe Cantillon Of the Wash
lngton club. Last year he was farmed
cut 10 the Milwaukee club OF the Amer
ican Association. He won about 60 per
cent Of his games. proving a steady.
consistent player.
HARDY A SOUTHPAw PITCHER
Hardy, a southpaw. was also secured
rom Washington He played with
Providence of the Eastern League last
season Although with a losing club,
ne won nearly so per cent Of his games
a several Of these he shut out the op-
posing team.
George Wheeler played shortstop last
YEAR. but VIII try his hand in the box
gain He is a fine fielding pitcher and
n.ts we'll
Arellanes. whose home is in Santa
cruz. was tried here two selHons ago
Last year he started as a third base
man for Fresno and then pitched in
the state League. He struck Frank
Chance. the Chicago captain, out four
times in one game.
Barney Joy is from the Honolulu
Athletic Club He lacks halI inch of
being six feet tall and weighs PIG
pounds. He pitched his island club into
championship. and has been the
haHug star of the islands for some
wears. He has a percentage OF -45 in
safe hits. In seventeen games he made
= nome run. SlA lLlplts anu lANt QOuDACS-
He has ranked as the best player Of
the islands 1or four seasons and is eX-
pected 10 prove a star here. He viii
arrive about March /.
Turnbuu is another athlete of giant
stature. lie stands six feet two inches
in height and weighs 100 pounds. He
pitched Independent ball last season
about Manchester. Bill Murray. man
aeer Of the Philadelphia Nationals. and
Jack Dunn of Providence were after
him for the coming season, but Long
landed the prize.
HICKEY HAS GOOD RECORD
J. Hickey comes from the same in
depeudent lea que he lost only three
games last season. and two Of these
were TO the Cuban Giants. which de-
feated Connie Mack's Athletics three
games out OF four last spring.
PADDY WeIch pitched for San Fran
cisco last fall and showed good form
at the end of the season. He viii be
given q thorough trial and is expected
70 make good in fast company. This
completes what looks like a formidable
pitching staff
Kid Mohler. the star second baseman.
VIII be the field captain OF the team.
de ranks with the best Of the men who
play the middle station and is expect
cd to retain his hold on the affections
Of the followers of the game. Nick
Williams VIII play either first base
or else viii be seen in the pitcher
box. He held down first base in good
st,sle during the major portion Of last
seaN
Tfe veteran Charley Irwin will be
seen again at third base. While he has
seen long service in the field, he takes
such good care OF himself that he is
exDected 10 hold his own with the
youngsters Of the team
Manager Long has number of good
candidates for the position of short
stop. These include Moriarity, McGhee,
Mcclellan and Gochnauer- Moriarity
played short for the Freeport club Of
The Wisconsin League. Long consid-
ers him the best man in the league.
tTe hit 300 last year and accepted more
chances per game than any short fielder
in any league. He played in 12o games,