| Show GOTHAM HAS I PLAYERS FOR LEAGUE LEKIE I NEW YORK Tan Jan G. G 6 New cW York ork has bas m more re than enough bi big Jea league ue players pla to start a lea league o all of its own 0 Under contract and reserve to tho the Yankees ma may be found one fifty players Manager Mana ger er John McGraw has bag under bis his banner six forty more These seven ninety diamond dia din mond experts would furnish an eight eight- I club circuit of an even dozen players each cach with T ono one left over to act in in the in-the the capacity of president The Tho ma majority of the tho new material tobe tobe to tobe be found in 10 ew Yorks York's maior major league cn le clubs has been pick up by draft and purchase e during the last season Taking tho the we find tind that there are eighteen eight eight- i bt- bt een ecu pit pitchers ebers seven ea catchers twelve infielders infielders in- in in- in fielders and nine outfielders outfielder McGraw will have o to do some omo tall hustling to round out the efficient receiving roee re ro- ro- ro ee iD ability that characterized his teams of recent years the formel former for for- mel mer Red Bed catcher is good but not as asgood good f as Bresnahan Needham and rag who were with the club all last year jear as well as Joe Meyers eyers Curtiss Curtiss Cur Cur- and Cocash will wilt be given i en every overy encouragement ement Cocash or Curtiss might fi figure ure in a a. dicker Count on Durham and Marquard Mathewson Ames and Wiltse of the tho veteran pitchers alone look capable of delivering the tho goods Crandall showed promise last year ear and should be he good in 1909 Joe and Luther Tay Tay- lor br seem secra to have bave almost outworn th their ir I. I effectiveness Much is s expected of Marquard and aud Durham as well wen as Bu Bugs Raymond acquired from the tho Cardinals will play first base bise if Tonney Tenney is is not improved cd in the underpinning Doyle orzo and Merkle Merk-le will fight it out for the keystone position and Devlin Dev Dc lin liu will play y at third a again Fletcher Simmons Evans and Earley Earlcy are in infield eld recruits but they they- will have to todo todo too do o better than the average to make mako any impression In Murray McGraw has a rattling outfielder to team with ith Mike DenIm Doulin From McCormick Barr Barn Seymour B. B Meyers Do and aud OHara O'Hara one other gardener must bo be provided pro On the Yankee roster an e even en two do dozen 8 are e twirlers Newton Vaughn Frill Wilson Schmidt Chesbro Manning Man lan nin ning Lake Billiard Hildebrand Hildebrand Hilde Hilde- brand Z Zeller Doyle Glade Perkins Wa Wagner cr Demaree Mueller McConnell Schultz Quinn Ford and aud Revel Re Re- vel Ic The Hi Highlander catchers c are the same as last y year ar Kleinow Blair and Ed Sweeney Sweeney Infielders are are are Gardner ED Englc lc 0 Lauden Laudon Marcan Kni Knight ht and Austin as well ell as the tho re regu i la lass lars Chase La Laporte orte Ball Elberfeld and Conro Conroy Besides Hemphill Mc veen and the outfield will have Cree Barr Barry and Lon Lon- Lon Lon- cr ergan n. n |
