St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-23
OUT-OF-DOOR SPORTS.
The Approach of Summer Revives
Gossip and Scheming Among
Sporting Men.
Prospects for \he Base Ball Seasonal Good
Many Mines Already Made
Up.
and Roller Rink Artists Are
Doing.
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more salary.
The Detroits have been after Crane Of the
Boston Unions.
Daniel o'Lesry is working up the interest
in Toledo for professional club.
The Brooklyn club has engaged Robinson
of Providence as one of its eatchers.
Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Bay City may
have semi-profcsS ional teams next season.
John Rcmsen andT. T. Cummings are in
terested in organizing club for Jersey City.
The indianapolis club has released John
Morrison, NJ. BIrrett, John Peltz and r. NJ
| Barr.
As far as is known, Shaw Of the Boston
Unions is the only one Of the club engaged
thus far for next season.
The Nationals of Washington open the
season March 80 and 81 on their own grounds
with Brown university.
Henry j Boyle, blacll-listed BY the Active
club of Reading last season, for jumping to
the st. Louis club, has been reinstated.
Jerry Dorgan and Mari Phillips are the
attest accessions to the Detroit club Phillips
is also claimed 10y the Kansas City and Pitts
| burg clubs
Phillips, captain of the Harvard college
nine, has gone South to improve his health.
In his absence, Winslow will have charge Of
the training of the team.
The New York State league is now sub
stantial organization, with clubs represent
ing Utica, Syracuse. Binghamton, Elnira,
Rochester. OswegO, Albany aud Troy
The schedule committee of the Western
league, consisting of Watkins of indianapolis,
| Sullivan OF Kansas City and Lotus Of Mil
waukee, will meet March II in St. Louis, Mo.
john Manning wants to get away from the
Philadelphia club, but the managers have
him on low salary and refuse TO release
him. lie is the best batter in the club but
they decry his ability and hold him.
McGunnigle, who played in the North
western league last season. was in New York
few days ago and reported that he had a
number of players sufficient to constitute a
strong nine, which he would like to locate
| somewhere.
1t was recently reported in the Brooklyn
Union that the Brooklyn Base Ball club had
issued contracts for the new ball ground at
Conev Island. But it appears that it is not
the club which has done it, but the Sea Beach
railroad peop'e.
The Springfield, Mass, club has j0iued
the Connecticut league, thus making up the
requisite number of six clubs. The assOcia-
ton will hereafter be known as the Connect
lieut. and Western Massachusetts league.
Sutton of the Boston club has purchased
residence and thirty acres OF land in Pal
myra, \. Y, for 5000 He has cider
mill and "A sawmill attached to the place, and
as he intends 10 run them both his time iu
winter will be fully occupied.
the Brooklyn Base Ball club has purchased
a large tract of land between West Brighton
and Brighton Beach, Coney island, for an
exhibition base ball ground. The work upon
the new grounds will be begun at once, and
the management expects to have everything
ready for play by May |.
Brooklyn Eagle: "A word of warning to
the Use professionals: There will be no adj
vance money paid to players at the close of
the season Of 1885. Moreover, there will be
no $4,000, 50, 900 or even 81, 900 salaries
paid players in 1856. Make note Of it aud
act accordingly. by saving up your salaries
this year, boys"
Manager James Jackson Of the Rochester
club states that Ire has engaged ten frst-class
| players and secured the Rochester Driving
park as grounds for the coming season.
| Games have already been arranged In Roch-
ester with the Buff 10 club, April IS, 20, q,
% aud 80 aud with the New York club 81,
%. The state championship season will be
| opened May |.
William Dennan and two comp Mons
were convicted short lime a-1 Of pl ewing
base ball on Sunday in Long Island City.
| They appealed u the supreme court, and
| Feb III decision was handed down revrrs-
| ing the decision OF the lower court Jasti &c
Barnard holds that, according to the code,
! the thing done must be serious INTERRUPT
ton of the reposc Of the community on sun
day, whereas in these cases nothing was
done TO disturb the repose Of the COM
muuity.
Al Hall, 1t IA said, died a short lime ago In
the Warren. Pa, insane asylum. He had
played professionally with the Troy and
Cleveland clubs. While playing with the
latter club May IL, 1850. ne met with al nc
cident that caused his permanent retirement
| from the ba-icld. Hall collidtd with
IIotalng while running for high fly hit to
left center, and broke his right leg.
In 1888 Boston won the championship
Hi-h tesm winch cost, in round numbers,
Sli 900; in 1854 the salary list had increased
10 S22,O00, snd in the present year II re
qures $4,000 10 meet tue engagements
made to date, with strong probability that
ibis sum will receive u considerable increase
before the season is over. One man re
ccived an advance Of Sl,0)J.
The Minneapolis club will make a well-di-
rectcd effort - secure a membership in the
Western league the present month. To
them il seems but natural that the clubs Of
the league should appreciate the fact that
Minneapolis is 80 near st. Paul that it would
be greatly 10 their interests "a play in this
city while in the state Minneapolis is GER
tairly good base ball towu, and with Judi
ciou~ management can furnish the league
with prof. ,bie patronage, which will also
prove profitable u the local clubs.
4 ID trOit correspondent SAYS of the club
in that city: john Ehrhart has been APP
pointed superintendent Of grounds al Rccrv-
alton park Geizcin's contract was received
on Friday last. He IS ia Chicago, bard at
work in a gymnasium. Farrell has been
signed, also Jerry Dorgan Of last years In.
iisuupOlis team FOR change catcher aud right
fielder. He Is brother Of DOrgan Of the
NcE York team. Meinke will be 10 the city
this week He and Dorgau viii form the
third battery. Il is thought Jones will be
given second base aud that Dorgsn will play
tue right field when not behind the Dat.
7He Iicycie.