The Washington herald., 1908-03-19
SIGNS FIVE PLAYERS
Manager Irwin Lays Nucleus
for Outlaw Club.
ATHERTON WILL BE CAPTAIN
Player Made Good Record with Buff
faIO-win Play in Outfield on
Local Union Team-Harry Gleason,
Brother of the Kid Slated for
Second-Directors Have Banquet.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia, March 17.-Arthur Irwin,
manager OF the Washington Union League
bali club announced tonight that he
has signed Charley Atherton as captain
for the new outlaw club.
Artherton had his first major league
experience in Washington, and after go
ing into the minors played the outheId
for two years for the Buffalo club that
won two championships in the Eastern
League.
Atherton's work while at Buffalo was
so good that he received offers to return
10 the American League, but he was
sick for the greater part of last season
and was forced to quit baseball tempe
rarily to rest. Atherton is an outfelder
who has always had a good record as a
hitter.
Gleason for Second.
In addition to getting Atherton. Man
ager Irwin tonight practically signed
Harry Gleason and Houser for the Wash
ington club. Gleason is a brother of
Kid the famous Philadelphia infielder,
and is under reserve of the St. Paul club.
his brother, Gleason is a second baseman,
and is slated for that position in the new
outlaw club.
Houser who is a big fellow, played
first base for Altoona in the Tri-State
League last season. Wholesale reductions
OF salaries in the Tri-State made Houser
dissatisfied with his berth and he agreed
tonight 10 play with Irwin at Wash
ington.
In addition TO these three players Irwin
has obtained two college stars for Wash
ingtOn. but is unwilling TO announce their
names until after the college season.
viii Report April 3.
Irwin plans to have the Union League
club report here on April s. and practice
for ten days with the University of Penn
sylvania squad at Franklin Field. Irwin
is coach Of the Pennsylvania players, and
VIII be in a position to watch the work
Of the league players.
The Union League Of Professional Base
ball Clubs of America, an outlaw organ
ization, went into session at Bellevue
Stratford this morning TO arrange for the
seasons campaign.
The delegates present are; Reading, Ed
ward COyle; Brooklyn, Ambrose Hussy
and William Meyerose: Paterson, NJ. B.
Jones, E. c. Landgraf and H. Eugene
McCann; Elizabeth, Adam NewbecS, ia
cob Reuter-, William Rath, William
Kaufman. Nat Green: washington. VIII
liam F. Hart. Z. Z. Helm, Wilton Lam
bert, w. F. Hart, jr.. and Arthur Irwin
Baltimore. DR.. Francis +. King Samuel
]. Kennedy: Philadelphia. Harry D. Wes-
colt, J. II. Berry, Nagle Rawline. and II.
Walter Schlichter; Wilmington. Walter ].
NickersOn and William Waller.
This Will be the last meeting the league
will hold before the playing season opens.
League Directors Dine.
The banquet at the Bellevue-Stratford
tonight was attended by nearly one
hundred magnates and newspaper men
from every city on the circuit Washing
ton was represented by Manager Arthur
Irwin and Secretary Z. Z. Helm, who re-
sponded to toasts and promised that every
effort would be made to land the pennant
for the National Capitol
President Hart said last night that he
had several kilograms from the clubs
scouts in Flerida in regard TO signing Nc
Lean, formerly OF the Cincinnati Reds.
President Hart telegraphed instructions
20 sign the backstop II he has not already
affixed his signature TO a Cincinnati con-
tract but in no case TO approach him if
he was under reserve by any club in the
National agreement