Omaha daily bee., 1888-03-05
PREPARING TO PLAY BALL.
Personnel of the st, Paul Base Ball
Club. :.
WILL VISIT OMAHA IN APRIL.
Weaker In the Box and Stronger ir
s,s,. Fielding and Base Running
Than Last Year--Other
Sporting News.
ordered to Report For Duty.

the BEE.l- tne players unuer contract
with the st. Paul base ball club have been
ordered to report for duty at Cincinnati on
April 8, where they will cross bats with the
famous Red Stockings, and from whence
they will work west, bringing up in Omaha
on the 18th. There are at present sixteen
men under contract, and on this trip Manager
Barnes will endeayOr to select from this
number team capable Of making good
showing the coming season in the Western
Y iehgue. The men signed are Earle and
Kemmler, catchers; Duryea, Anderson,
Tuckerman, Sowders and Vogel, pitchers;
Morrissey, first base Shafer, second base;
Reilly, third base; Pickett, short; veach,
left field; Murphy center, and Car
roll, right. Besides these Quest
and Corbett, both second basemen, are under
contract to st. Paul, but the above is looked
upon by the management as the way the men
are most likely to be placed. Quest was
signed to captain the team, as it was thought
his long experience q ball player would
peculiarly fit him for the position, but it is
doubtful II he is given place on the team,
as he is considered by a great many to be out
OF his element with the young blood that will
compose the Western league this season. AT
any rate he will have to put up an exceed
iuBiy SODu BuiIlC oh uuc ~ dSpSC up " hO 10
retained OH the team. Corbett will be used
as general substitute. -.
Earle will support the older and steadier Of
\, the pitchers, while Baron" Rudolph Kemm-
liar will be called upon to steady the young
sters and give them confidence in themselves,
"a faculty which the Baron possesses to
large degree. Earle is u heavy hitter and fine
base runner.
Of thu hitcharu nIa mn
eTuckerman were in the Northwestern league
last season, while Sowders and vogel are the
..'young blood" Sowders is left-handed
s.brother Of Billy, of Boston fame, and letters
from Indianapolis ball players say he will
surely develop into puzzler. vogel pitched
y, last year for the Reserves, o crack amateur
Club Of this city, without losing game, and,
in fact, never has occupied the box in a los
y ing game; but Of course the management
hardly look for him to continue this record.
He is almost the exact image Of Duryea In
both height, weight and style Of delivery.
'lAnderson q did as much as any of the Milwau-
kee's pitchers in landing that club in second
place last season, both by his fne pitching
and his good work with the bat. Tuckerman
was overworked early last season by
Minneapolis, and, as result, nursed a lame
arm the greater part Of the season: He has
fully recovered the use Of his arm, however,
and will undoubtedly do some good work.
Duryea's work last season Tor st. Paul, and
during the past winter for Los Angeles, has
caused the management to expect great
things from him this season. He is a hard
hitter, leading all Of the Northwestern
y poor base runner. His fine pitching against
the Chicago club last fall has given him
confidence in himself, h want Of which has
always been his great draw back. He'didn't
hour OBJ hnt tx,,, !,
q self until he faced Anson's nine. =.
,Morrissey, who will hold down first base is
q. giant in stature. He is great on one
handed stops of wild thrown balls, is a hard
: hitter, but slow on the bases. Shafer; who
will undoubtedly guard bag No. Q, is a great
hitter and base-runner, and his peculiar
enmethod of coaching has won for him the title
T" Of 'the Latham of the Northwest" Pickett
made such "A good showing at short last
season that he will be kept there this year,
provided Reilly shows up as well at third as
is expected: II Reilly fails then Pickett will
go to third, Quest TO- second and Shafer
to short. Reilly will probably hold his own,
however, for while he was with Eau Claire
last season he developed into veritable
slugger. He covered lots of ground and man.
aged to get around the bases as rapidly as
the best of them.
The outfeld will compare favorabfy with
any in the league Veach is great ball
player. He covers lots of ground, Is a hard
hitter, and fine base-runner. He led both
the right fielders and first basemen last sea-
son, and Des Mones will regret letting him
get away before the season is over. He will
receive 300 at the end of the season if he
abstains from drink. Murphy and Carroll
hre both fine telders, good base-runners and
sCICompared with last season the club is
probably considerably weaker in the box, and
at the bat, while 1t is greatly strengthened
ain both fielding and base running. The team
v,lr tna 1,nl
who captained the team, had only limited
authority over the players besides which he
was himself woefully ignorant Of the rules.
4 This season, however, the captain will be
given full charge of the men on the field, and
better results as to work are sure to result.
eS- In looking over the official list of players
signed by the clubs of the different leagues,
the other day, l noticed that the name of p.
O'Connel does not appear with
aiby Omaha. Whether this is merely
an oversight, or whether his contract has not
yet been sent to the secretary for approval,
rknow not; but in the list of Kalamazoo
rpMyers the name of p. j. Connell occurs
Had it been with any other club than Kaa
mazoo, probably would have paid no atten
tion to it, but the similarity Of the names
O. struck me, and after looking over all the
base ball literature had at hand for Il Con
nell' without finding one, gave it up anC
GeaIne to the conclusion that it was an error
Maybe, however, Kalamazoo has O,Connel
1Rs well as Shannon.
q John u. Glow and Mike Conley, the Ithaca
( giant, have finally come to an understanding
after months Of newspaper fighting, and
providing nothing happens to prevent, will
meet in siX-round contest in April. Glow
Ghas had every concession there was possibl,
ITO make. He is to wear skin gloves, Will,
c'Conley is'to doff four-ounce mits. The gate
Ia TO be divided Is and % After all tn,
sa-hluff and bluster between these two abou
fighting to finish, for 81 600 side. the win
ner TO take everything, this is decided drop
but Glow wouldn't fight unless he got tn,
terms he wanted. Conley was obliged Il
agree to them or forego the meeting, Glow
cannot be blamed for getting the best term
he could, as he will be fighting agains
Sodds of nearly thirty pounds in weight, no
to mention the fact that Conley Is considere
to be fully as clever as any of the big heavy
= weights who make their homo in the north
west Since Frank Herald met and defeate
him in one round, Coniey has met severa
e good men, all of whom ne has defeated. II
never touches liquor in any form. is alway
in good trim, and is well spoken of by all wh
know him. He has got good sized job o
his hands in his match with Glow, but if h
wins, he will undoubtedly make Killen, Cal
diff and the other big ones look close II the
wish TO retain their laureis
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