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FIEST BASEMAN WILLIAM V'QUKRY.William McQuery. Iwho is known bv the nickname of ’’Mox” nas cassed his winter m Covington, Ky., where he has abont finished build in? a £3.500 bouse.- He also owns anjee little iarm aad teli* produce in Cincinnati He is said to be worth about $10,000, msde principally from basE-ball. AkQuery played first ba?e for Hamilton last season- He was purchased nt-a^ood round sura from Kansas City after that city left the .National league, and was released by Hamilton and snapped up by Syracuse when the Canadians found they could not afford to pay his Jor^j salary. MeQuery as a first baseman stood fourth last season in the league with an averoee of .978, and ninth as a hitter with an average of ,399. He swings a bat as Ion? as a tree and heavy os lead. Asa base-ruuuer be is an esuert, takink long Iead3 between bases and using tnc “soaks slide’1 to oerfection.
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Sun, Jan 29, 1888
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