St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-09
THE HOME CLUB.
Present Condition and Preparation for
Opening the Season.
Exhibition Game Next Saturday--Where
Shall the Grounds Be?

The st. Paul base ball club, in spite Of all
that has been said to its disadvantage and
general condemnation, even before the play
ers had been engaged, is likely to appear in
very fair shape during the season. Since
Saturday several of the players have made
their appearance in st. Paul, so that the
members of the team are now all here except
Ireland, who is expected soon. Crawford,
Clapp Parker and Power have arrived and
were on the ground yesterday. The weather
was raw and cold, and the ground was muddy
in spots, so that the practice was not quite
so active and energetic as it would have beer
under more favorable circumstances. The
players put in the time, however, after
style, and did some really good
work. Clapp is somewhat too heavy at pres
ent to enable him to get right down to BUSH
ness, but he took a run of three or four miles
yesterday and will improve right along. The
uniforms will be here in few days, and it is
hoped that we will have such weather as viii
enable the club to take such exercise as viii
put them into reasonable shape. As the sea-
son opens with the st. Paul club at Milwau-
kee on the LIST day of May there are really but
about eighteen days in which to practice.
This statement is based upon the idea that
all the remainder of the month is to be pleas
ant. This, however, cannot REASONABLY be
expected. There are % DAYS from now til
the first of May. Deduct from these the
Sundays the stormy days which will prevent
outdoor practice, and the time for travelling
to Milwaukee, and if the club gets twelvel
days for outdoor practice it will do well.
This, of course, is not sufficient, but underline
| circumstances it is the best that can be DONE
| Owing to the circumstances previously mem
toned the club cannot do any better, and
will have to meet the Milwaukees in a COM
| paratively raw state.
AN EXHIBITION GAME.
Next Saturday an exhibition game will be
played on the old grounds in West st. Paul.
1t has not been definitely determined yet
how the teams will be made up, except in 4
general way that the material will be put in
in such way as to render the two sides as
evenly balanced as they well can be- The
regular men will be divided up as evenly as
| possible and then the amateurs will be put
in to fill out for each side. 1t will probably
afford fair opportunity to judge something
as to the qualities of the pitchers and catch
ers, as well as the fielding and batting quail
ties of the regular members of the club.
WHERE WILL THE GROUNDS BE?
This is the question that now troubles the
minds of the manager and all connected
with the club. The matter of location is
supposed to rest between West st. Paul and
point on West Seventh street, near Stahl.
mans brewery. There ought to be no ques'
ton whatever about the matter. West st.
Paul has so much the advantage that it does
seem strange that such point
as that named on West Seventh
street should be considered for a
moment. West st. Paul is not the bed Of
sand it was few years ago when we used to
| go over there to see the Red Caps play Now
with little expense and trouble plank side
walk can be constructed for Il short distance,
so that there wonld be good walk all the
way from this end of the bridge right to the
ground. Some of the streets in West st.
Paul have been graded and there is no
trouble whatever in reaching the grounds If
| located there. Besides this the receipts with
| the grounds in West st. Paul would undOubt-
| edly be several thousand dollars larger than
they would be out on West Seventh street.