St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
THE ST. PAUL TEAM.
Roster of Players Composing the Base
Ball Clnb-Gossip Concerning
the New Nine.


Those who are interested in the game of
base ball should not be misled by the false,
ignorant and malicious statements of the
Minneapolis paper published in st. Paul. Of
course it is to be expected that anything IA
vorable to the Minneapolis club will find its
way naturally into that paper, while any
thing injurious to the St. Paul club will also
be made quite as conspicuous in the same
sheet. 1t has never yet taken the trouble to
make an inquiry of the manager as to
whether or not any players have been con-
tracted with, yet it boldly states that not
player has been engaged. It would not have
taken ten minutes time for the person max
ing the statement to have learned the facts.
As matter of fact the st. Paul club has
"signed for" and contracted with eleven
players, and the manager has that number
secured in white and black.
The statement that the st. Paul club will
not be able to stand any chance whatever to
win the championship, is begging the ques-
ton with vengeance. The ball playing,
and that alone, is what will tell. II is alto
gother too plainly malicious to talk in this
way. The writer first declares that the man
ager has secured no players, and then as
sumes that the club can't win one game in
three, when the fact is, eleven of the players
are engaged. As to the capability of the
players, with all due respect to the superior
base ball intellect of the Minneapolis paper,
it is suggested that the manager is supposed
to have some judgment in regard to that.
If, however, the opinion of the manager
differs from the newspaper base ball player,
the manager ought to give up his opinion at
once. The complaint that the names of
players have not been made public is a very
silly one.
The manager is presumed to have
sense enough to know whether or not
the names should go before the
public and when. In this case the
reason for not mentioning the names of the
players was good one, but the base ball
Moses of the Minneapolis paper did not con-
slider it of sufficient Importance to learn
what the reason was. If manager sees fit
to keep his business to himself as long as
there are good reasons for not making them
public, it seems as though it would be proper
for him to do so.
During all the season thus far the Mime
apols paper has refrained from going to the
manager for information. He did go to Mr.
Rusk, of Chicago, and that gentleman told
him he did not know OF any players engaged
by the st. Paul club. That he regarded as
sufficient authority for stating it as fact
that none had been secured. Thus far, Mr.
Hunter, the manager of the club, seems to
have acted with good judgment. The quality
of the club remains to be proved by conduct
on the field.
THE ROSTER OF PLAYERS.
The players engaged up to the present time
are as follows:
Hunter, P, St Paul.
Crawford, P, Dallas, Texas.
Barnes, c., st. Paul.
Foster, c., Minneapolis.
Parker, c., Dallas, Texas.
Ireland, c., Ithaca.
Bohan, 1st base, Chicago
Olin, I'd base, Ithaca
O'Brien. Sd base, Chicago.
Merrick, short stop, st. Paul.
Wilmont no position.
The names of five men are withheld until
their contracts are received. They are field
ers and pitchers.
The individual records of the players will
be given as soon as the full list shall have
been completed. A significant fact con-
corning the personnel of the club is that the
ightest man in the team tips the beam at
$50 pounds, every player in the inield
form, the st. Paul team is the heaviest one
in the circuit, and in point of batting quail
tiles, the members are thought to be superior
to any other nine.
1t is expected that the st. Paul team will
make their inaugural trip about April the
twentieth, a trip being contemplated at that
time to Omaha when series of about ten
games will be arranged, to be played in that
vicinity. Arrangements have been made
with the firm of Spaulding & Co., Of Madison
street, Chicago, to furnish the st. Paul team
with suits of white flannel, that being the
color drawn by the club.
Each member will be provided with two
suits each so that the appearance of the nine
at matches will always be neat fresh and
tidy. Manager Hunter informed GLOBE
reporter yesterday that special rates had been
made with the proprietor of the Clarendon
hotel to board the members of the home
nine, and all the visiting clubs throughout
the season. The regular practice of the
team will begin in the hall, corner of Sixth
and Minnesota streets, tomorrow morning.