St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-09
NEXT YEARS LEAGUE.
A New Team at HOme--Eight Clubs
for the League.

New Team at Il Orne--Eight Clubs
for the League.
1t seems evident that the ball team for
Minneapolis next year will be made up
entirely of new players, and Ed WhitcOmb
is going about with smile of seraphic con-
tentment. That the team which Minneap-
oils closed the season with was good one is
evident in that six of the players have been
snapped up already, and TWO others in
ouired of quite eagerly. Barnes. of st.
Paul, has signed SOwdeTS and Weber.
| Pickett, Murphy and Crooks, and Oshkosh
has signed Shafer. FaatZ has had two offers
and O'Rouke one. If Sowders holds
out he will make a phenomenal pitcher
next wear and will rank high as a batter,
but he makes mistake in clingng to Web
| Der. There is a mutual mash between
| them that, on Sowders' side at least, is dis
| interested, but Weber is no ball player
and cannot catch, throw, bat or run.
! Sowders should ally himself with a good
player, and the result would be a fine bat
| terry, but he will not do it, and if other than
| Weber is played with him. he will not
exert himself. 1t is probable another year
to his age will relieve him of his bOyishnesS
that is his only fault. Pickett, Murphy
! and Crooks are excellent players and will
strengthen any nine. Shafer probably
ranked any second basemen in the
league and covered his field in
| fine style, but his tyrannical.
fault-fnding disposition made him disliked,
and tended to demoralize team. His de-
sire was to play in Oshkosh. because. as he
said, $50 many girls went to see the games
there" FaatZ was one of the best men in
the team, in both batting and fielding, and
| if he returns to Minneapolis the patrons of
the sport will be pleased; and the same may
be said of O'Rouke. Lynch was no earthly
good. either in the field or at bat. and Rhue
was only tolerable. 1t is not probable that
the reserve rule will be adopted, and the
players now signed will hold. Jesse Bill
ings, of the Minneapolis team, said:
! If the reserve rule is not adopted doubt If
a league will hold another year. Oshkosh
and St. Paul would vote against it, as both
! have signed their players, but believe the
other four would, if only because of dislike
of Barnes.
The effect of the reserve rule, as in force
| in the National league, would be to enable
a manager to reserve certain players, under
the old contracts. Billings also thinks the
salary limit should be 5000 for members of
a battery and S150 for the others. j. E.
| Whitcomb, the manager of the team, smiled
airily last night when the subject of next
| years team was mentioned.
1--WE viii have bali players next year." he
said, "men who know how to play. / am not
prepared to say where they will come from,
or to give their names, but they will be all
new faces probably. Think Duluth will drop
! out Of the league, and Chicago, La Crosse and
| Des MOines will come in, making an eight
team league. We will arrange so that dates
in Chicago will not conflict with the National
| league dates Sullivan will drop out at mill
waukee, and Quin take his place. / look for
| much better playing and much more interest
| next season. Yes, we came out little ahead,
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