St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-09

The battery force includes keenan,, hoDin-
son and Mcclure, catchers, and Mcheon
Miller and Casey, pitchers. The infeld vii
be guarded by McQucry at first. Crane a
second, Collins at short, and Donneliy a.
third. Three new faces will be seen in the
outfeld, Moriarity in left, Thompson in CEN
ter, and Poorman in right The club will DC
again under the management of w. d. wat
kins.
1t is not possible to give the full strength
of the Western league clubs, as in no in
stance has Secretary Igoe been notified OF the
players contracted with. From outside
sources it is learned that Milwaukee has
secured the services of Falch and Arundel,
catchers; Baldwin, pitcher; Schoeneck, fist;
Phelan, second; Foster, short; McSorley,
third; Behel, left, and Griffin, right. Kid
Baldwin will be engaged to catch in the
event that his disabilities are removed, and
negotiations are in progress with several
noted pitchers. The club will be under the
management of Tom j. Lotus.
The manager of the Kansas Citys, Ted
Sullivan, secured the country at the close of
last season in search of talent, and is popu-
larly supposed to have made overtures and
paid out advance money to players in every
city in the land. The demise of the Union
association and his subsequent alliance
with national agreement organization de-
prived him of the services of many players
under contract, and he now finds it necessary
to recruit Veach will be one of the pitchers,
Sweeney will play first and Seery left. the
other places are not known to be filled.
The same paper says: EST. Paul and Min
neapolis, having outgrown the intense rivalry
of former seasons, have united in the for
nation of club which will play in both
towns on alternate days. This statement
is a fair example of very intelligent paper
being misled. The intense rivalry in this
matter has been considerably over-worked.
No one in this locality knows anything about
the two cities uniting in the matter of ball
club. st. Paul is the only Minnesota city in
the league.
The Cleveland club which is backed by the
old league club officers, with F. II. Brunell,
base ball editor of the Herald, as manager,
is rapidly securing players, having so far as
know signed Rem beagle in the box, An
drews and Corrigan first and second respec-
lively, Battin at third and White at short.
The Toledos, which will be managed by
Dan O'Leary, are somewhat backward in pro-
curing talent, it would seem, since it is not
known that a single man has signed to play
in that city. There is no telling what sort
of team will hail from that point, but
O'Leary's energy and fertility of resource in
themselves are guarantees that were it only a
week until the opening of the season, he
would enter the field with small army of
players. and in a short while have team
that would keep his strongest opponents
straining to win.
MISCELLANEOUS
Cassidy will captain the Brooklyn team
and Terry will be the assistant. Harkins
and Krieg will pitch and catch in the major
ity of the April games.
At the meeting of the Louisville Base Ball
club the treasurer's report showed that the
receipts last year were $43, 1890. The sal
airy list this year will amount to $4,000
while last season it was but $40, 131.
The American association umpires for
1885 are John Kelly of New York, John g.
Valentine of Brooklyn, John NJ. Connolly of
Jersey City and Michael j. Walsh of Louis
vile.
There were over 1900 professional ball
players engaged in the arena during 1884.
Of these the league employed 1853 players in
their champion matches; the American asso-
Si0GOu "S"@o Ill GucIIS. IuC IdSLcEu league QaU
179, and the Northwestern 220. Then the
Union association had 155, and added to these
were the players of the various minor leagues
and state associations.
The Providence boys will surely win the
pennant next scissor if they read the follow
ing effusion of the Providence Journal,
which says the club will have "mighty Rad
bourn, old reliable Start, agile and tricky
Jack Farrell, sturdy and plucky Jerry Denny,
graceful and clear-headed Arthur Irwin, feet
and steady Cliff Carroll, clever and modest
Paul Radford, and the quiet and gentlemanly
Murray"
Ed Crane. the famous long distance
thrower Of last years Boston Unions, has
signed with the Providence club. Gilligan,
the catcher, has finally signed with Provi-
dence. Paul Hines still holds out, and, in
case of failure to secure him, Crane will be
substituted as center field.
The Milwaukee people have already COM
menced to sing the song of brag about their
club. The following is a mild specimen
1.-The local team is quite strong, and clubs
coming here expecting easy victims will
probably be disappointed. We see no reason
why Milwaukee should not win first place,
and they will do so if they are not allowed to
indulge in drink, which some are inclined
to.''