St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-18
ANSON IN HARD LUCK.
He Has Two Stars and Ten
Jays in His New Ball
Team.
The Brotherhood Club Con-
sists Of the Cream Of
the Profession.
Jim Hart Engaged as Seere-
tary Of Chicago League
Club.
Eight Hundred Entries for
Stake Events at Washing
ton Park.

CHICAGO. Jan. 17-The White Stock
ing team of the Players league was
completed this afternoon by the signing
of COmiSkeY. The lease for the new
grounds has also been signed. In per-
sonnet the team is an exceedingly strong
one. and that it will present, when the
season opens, talent sufficiently well
known and appreciated to draw crowds
to the games may be seen from the toll
lowing hitherto unpublished list OF
players. who Signedin the order named:
James Ryan, center field; Fred Ptef-
short stop; Charles BaStian, sub
Sritute for short stop, second or third
base; Walter Latham. third base: Mark
Baldwin. Charles King, John Tener.
Frank Dwyer and Charles BartsOn,
pitchers: Del Darling. Charles Farrell
and }. Boyle, catcherS; Hugh Duffy,
right field: George Van HaItren, left
field or pitcher; Tip O'Neil. left field;
Charles COmiSkey, first base. Comiskey
will captain the team. 1ener'S contract
is conditional upon his concluding tn
play. 1t is thought he will DO So. but
he has not yet decided. Should he do
so. the White Stockings will have him.
BartSon is a young man twenty-five
years old and from Peoria. When the
players went through the country Bart
son was in the pitchers box in Peoria
and retired every one of the big hit
tiers. and so captivated their adj
mirati0n that he was secured as
soon after as possible. Zip 0'Neil is
from the st. Louis Browns. and Is a
very heavy batter. This list gives the
club seventeen men. Should any deSir
able talent he found lying around loose
1,a -lNf int l.A Ts,lH nd
should any other of the Players league
clubs be found weak. assistance from
the White Stockings will be given it,
provided the player chosen should be
WILLING TO MAKE A CHANGE.
If he should object he will remain
where he is. The grounds are we'll To-
Gated at Thirty-eighth street and Went
worth avenue. They belonged to the
ola Wentworth estate, and run north on
Wentworth avenue from Thirty-tifth
street 100 feet. tt ey have width
will be on Tbirty-fifth street. The
been put in charge of William
Houston, the old grOUndkeeper for
Spalding. Very little filling in will be
required, and when s0dded the field
will be in excellent shape. According
10 the plans which are being drawn.
the grand stand Will face north, and will
have seating capacity of not less than
5000. There will he no bleaching
boards. it having been decided to put
all the seats under cover. The total
seating capacity will be 5000. The
modes of transportation are numerous,
and there being no bridges, accurate
running time can be secured, the cable
cars making the distance in twenty
minutes, and special trains on the Lake
Shore d Michigan Southern, Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, on one side the
grounds, and the PittSourg. Fort Wayne
IL Chicago on the other, in ten
minutes. The Chicago National
League team consists at present
of the following twelve men: Arson.
first base and captain; Hutchinson,
pitcher; Burns. third base; NagIe (fr0m
Omaha, catcher; Kittredge from
Quincy, catcher; Sullivan (from Bos-
tom. pitcher; COughlim (from San Fran
cisco, pitcher: Earle from Milwaukee,,
second base: Cooney (from Omahal,
short stop; WilmOt from Washington,
left field; Lauer from Pittsburg),
catcher and fielder: GarviD (from New
Besides these" said President Spald-
ing, 1--WE will engage couple of field
ers. another infielder and possibly All
other pitcher. | shall, the latter part of
February, send the team to Hot Springs
for month or six weeks, and perhaps
after that sendit on short trip through
the South. As to the iaUter, however, l
have not fully decided"