The sun., 1909-02-14
Big LEAGUE CLUB ROSTERS
SIXTEEN TEAMS ROUND UP
FIVE HUNDRED PLAYERS.
Veterans and Youngsters From whom
Battle Arrays win ne Chosen foI
Pennant ts-Newcemers 10 ID,
Tried Out In the South In Spring

Pennant ights-Newcomers 70 ID,
Tried out I'm the South In Spring
For the next three weeks a stream Of
baseball players will be flowing South
from many different meeting points.
There are nearly $50 players under
reserve TO the sixteen clubs OF the
major leagues. and while waivers have
been and will be asked for on some
from every club, there still will be enough
left who will make the training trips to
keep railroads and hotels busy t'other
side of Mason and Dixon's line.
Every spring the combined clubs OF
the National and American leagues
present a front which has a great deal
Of newly recruited material, In which
many names appear which are entirely
new to the baseball patrons OF the big
league oities and which give the big league
rosters the aspect Of different organiza-
tions from the lineups as they appear
when the pennant season is we'll on. OF
course. every year finds some newcomers
who All the bill and stay in fast COM
pany. but the early spring directory,
with all its drafted and purchased play
ers to he tried out. and sometimes other
players obtained In trades from associate
clubs. presents a considerably different
aspect from that which represents the
lists as they go through the champion
ship season.
The number Of players at present under
reserve In the big leagues by each club
varies all the way from twenty-five TO
nearly forty-fve. Bulletin No. i79 OF
the National Commission contains the
names Of 5i2 players as belonging to the
sixteen teams. That number has been
cut down since the bulletin was issued,
but there still are over 500. Fully half
Of these are not known at all to a major
ity Of the followers Of the game In the
city in which the club they belong 10 il
situated. The keenest of baseball sharps
cannot take the list and tell the position
Of every one Of the newcomers and where
he came from.
Cutting out men recently disposed OF
the official bulletin contains the follow in z
names of players belonging to the New
York National League hall club: McGrnw.
manager; Ames, pitcher; Bridwell, short
stop; CocGsh, outfielder; Crandall, pitcher;
Devlin. third basemen; De Vore. out
fielder; Donlin. outfelder; Durham,
pitcher; Doyle. second baseman; Fletcher,
inNelder; Heller outfielder. Herzog, In
fielder; Holmes. pitcher; Kuepper, pitcher;
Mathewson. pitcher; Nar1uard, pitcher;
Mccormick. outGe!der; Murray. outhelder;
Merkle, infielder; Meyers. outfielder; Mey-
ers. catcher: O'Hara, outflelder Seymour,
outfelder; simmons. inhelder; Raymond,
pitcher; Snodgrass. catcher; s'chlei.
catcher; Tenney. first baseran: Waller.
pitcher; Meimer, pitcher; Wilson. catcher
and Wi;tSe, pitcher. or these Murray,
Raymond and Sch,ei rre newcomers. but
seasoned leeguers by trade end well
knoSn 10 the oranks. Jake Weimer Is
another veteran. Rapp, or Robb or
Capron-Capron is his right name-is the
University Of Minnesota catcher, who is
also claimed by the Mobile club. Other
new men are Cocash, Fletcher. who comes
from the Dallas team; Holmes. coming
from Altoona; Huepper coming from
Peoria; OHara. coming from Baltimore;
coming from New Haven;
Waller, from Bridgeport, and Wilson. q
from Springfield, who WAS with
the New Yorks the litter part Of lcst sea-
son. The two Meyerses come from st.
Paul. Heller comes from Lancaster.
Take a dozen new names out of the fol-
lowing roster and not one crank in twenty
would know that they we're part Of the
assets of the Boston National
League club: Ball. catcher: Bates. out
1elder; Beaumont outfelder; Beck,
Becker, Bowerman. ostchers Boultes,
pitcher; Browne, outflcldsr; Cariss. Chap
Delle, pitcher; Dahlen. shortstop Dona-
hue, pitcher; Dorner. pitcher; Ferguson,
pitcher; Flaherty. pitcher; George, pitcher;
Graham. cstche:T Henderson, JOY. pitcher;
pitcher; Mattern, pitcher;
Mccarthy. pitcher; Pierce, catcher;
Richie. second baseman. Simon. out
lelder; Smith. Stem. first baseman;
sweeney, infelder; Thomas, shortstop;
ruckey. pitcher. aud Young, pitcher.
We all know Patsy Flaherty. Ginger
Claude Ritchie and the other
men who have been identified with the
cam for some time. The new ones this
rear are Beck, Cariss. Donshue. George.
10Y, WHO COHles from tio S&uuNlCtl,
Islands, Pierce and Simon. Ball was
With the club for q while last season.
Brooklyn's list Is as follows Alderman,
second baseman; Bell, pitcher Bergen. |
,atcher; Burch, outflelder; Catterson, |
Dunn, catcher Finlayson, |
pitcher; Hunter. pitcher; Hummel, out
ielder; Jordan, first baseman; Kruger, !
pitcher; kustus, outfielder: Lennon, third
Lewis. shortstop; Lunlley, out
ielder; McElveen. third baseman: Mo
Intire, pitcher; Mcmillan, shortstop;
durch. first baseman; Pattee. second
,aseman; Pastorius. pitcher; Ritter.
,atcher; Rucker. pitcher; Scanlan, pitcher;
catcher; stricklett. pitcher,
rave played with the Brooklyns either
| short or long time. Among the new
mes are Starnagle, McElveen and Lennox.
,tricklett and Scanlan will be remembered
V the pitchers who played In California
asst season
The Chicago Nationals have enough
men TO win three pennants were the
luality OF oil the equal OF the regular
cam. Chicagos players are: Chance,
irst baseman; Archer, catcher; Brown.
itcher; Butcher: Campbell, catcher Chan
hortstop; Durbin, pitcher; Evers, second
,aseman: Fraser. pitcher: Hagerman,
itoher; Hayden, outfielder; Holman.
Howai d. utility; Jung, pitcher;
ling, catcher: Kroh. pitcher; Liese,
itcher; Lundgren. pitcher; Millel out
Ielder. Moran, catcher; More; Overall,
itcher; Pfieeter. pitcher; Reulbach,
itcher; Schultz. outfie.der; Sheckard,
Slagle, outfelder; Stanley,
Steinfeldt, third baseman;
tinker, shortstop; Walsh. catcher;