St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
The Batteries of the st. Paul
Team Given a Gentle
Turning Over.
A Quintette Of the Athletes
Who Will Appear in Flour
City Uniforms.
st. Joe, Denver and Milwau-
kee Working Up a Little
Enthusiasm.


have ever put in the field. With the
possible exception of the points their
view of the club is probably correct.
The batteries are really an unknown
quantity, and their merit cannot be
Judged at this time. And right here is
the key to the situation. If the C ub
proves strong in pitchers and catchers,
its prospects are of the best. but
The GLOBE will finish this sentence
next September. Five young men have
been selected by the management to
fill the points" by turns, Messrs. Sow
ders. Tuckerman. Mains, Broughton
and Farmer. OF these two are new to
st. Paul, but they are by no means am
ateurs. Mains has fought many great
battles in minor league teams, and for
short time twirled the sphere for the
Chicago National League club. Farmer
is not the agriculturist his name inai-
Gates. but catcher of great promise,
on whose collar there has been no hay
seed for many moons. The other thre
have seen service in st. Paul uniforms.
Good judges regard BroughtOn as
great catcher, especially so for young
pitchers. as IN his lengthy career as re-
ceiver he has made
STUDY OF PLAYERS.
and knows their weaknesses. AS a
catcher, thrower, general and gentle
man Broughton has few superiOrs.
With the wagon tongue" he is uncer-
tain, and on the bases he moves at
rate not at all suggestive of the cyclone.
Johnny SowderS is great and small by
spells. At times his pitching is superb,
and heavy hitterS go down before him
like tobacco plants in hail storm. Then.
again, men who couldn't ordinarily
touch the ball with piece of siding
take TO the little fellows tWiSters like
ducks to water and line out tw0-bag-
gers, thret-baggerS and home runs in
bewidering profusion. S0wders is
little older this season than last and
will no doubt become steadier. His
habit of getting nervous and angry at
adverse fortune, it is hoped. will soon
be outgrOwn. AS an ali around player
SOwderS is several removes from sue
cess. His fielding is Indifferent, his
base running sxasperatingly ill-timed
and his batting nil. A report from In
dianapolis, his home, says the little
man opened the year by purchasing a
hat one size larger than he had ever
before worn and began talking about
getting into one of the big leagues. A
San Francisco correspondent says one
of the California clubs received letter
from him under date of Jan. IL, offering
his services as a pitcher and that his
terms were accepted. Johnny must
have
CHANGED HIS MIND
about deserving the Sanity City team,
however, as he did not answer the letter
from the coast. Tuckerman takes
great many tricks, though most people
who have seen him pitch are unable to
discover the secret of his success. So
often has he won when his best friends
expected to see him hammered to the
field. that he has been given the sOubri-
Quet Lucky Tuck" The man who
"knows the game" watches Iuckerman
through contest and goes away with
the remark: 1.-The gods smile on him."
He succeeds. but exactly how is an un-
answered question. The tall twirler is
q hard worker. Of all the pitchers who
have appeared in st. Paul in the last
half dozen years, not one has fielded his
position with greater speed and accur-
acy than Tuckerman. Some of his
pick-ups and throws are marvellous.
Outside of the box Tuckerman is of
little value. His batting is of small
consequence, and on the bases he may
be claSsed as statuary. Passing to the
men on the bases and in the field, the
club is an especially strong one. Pick
EFT, of course, is the greatest player in
the list. AS shortstop he certainly
equals most Of the players of that posi-
ia, nj ho
American association. He has one
the
CONTENTS OF THE JUG.
His appetite for the ardent, however,
was kept we'll in check last season.
From May until late in September he
was thoroughly himself in every con-
test. On the last trip to Sioux City,
though he went out with the boys and
got jag aboard which placed him hors
de combat, and rev days later in st.
Paul turned up out of condition for play.
But as ball player Pickett is superb
man. He covers his field speedily and
gracefully and throws 10 bases accu-
rately. He hits the ball hard and square
~, and on the bases is prince. With
man on third and Pickett on first, it
takes a pretty good battery to preventa
steal, run or both. In Halves Man.
ager Barnes has secured a fine player,
who will line out base hits and fly
around the bags in a way to enthuse
the "bleaching boards" Werrick, who
will be placed at second base, is an old
timer. AS fielder he is one of the
prettiest workers on the diamond. In
going after grounderS he moves with the
same ease and grace as if he were at
tached to bands and pulleys, and with
the willow he is by no means slow.
Reilly is phenomenon. He is continu-
ally doing the unexpected. When the
crowd is looking for home run from
his bat he strikes out, and when there
are two men on bases, two out and two
strikes on Reilly, he paStes the bail over
the fence and
WINS TIE GAME.
In picking up ground balls he some
times makes tie most ridiculous mis-
plays. followed Immediately, perhaps,
by stops, throws or catches of the most
remarkable character. OF the outfield
the only untried player is Tredway,
who, though large man, is reported IS
active as cat, and hits the ball hard.
Carroll and Murphy, in good condition,
are excellent men. They are among
the greatest base runners in the West,
hit the ball we'll. and cover their fields
in good form. Murphy IS an almost alb
solutely sure catch, but juggles ground
balls badly. Carroll is rapid runner.
and does phenomenal work on ground
balls at times. The club will have two
uniforms. One will be dark blue with
black trimmings, with white belts and
neckties. and the other will be light
gray with black trimmings. Who will
captain the team has not yet been de-
cided, but the position will doubtless go
to Carroll, Pickett or Halves. Each of
them has at one time or another acted
In that capacity. Pickett has probably
the best knowledge of the tricks which
win games, but he has poor success in
imparting to others what he practices
himself. Carroll has best success in
getting along with men, but it is diff
cnlt work for an nutfiaIdpr To give in