St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-20

either through individual enthusiasts.
subscriptions or stock company. Both
towns are. however. now in line, and
the general prospects of the league were
never so bright. 1t may be stated that
st. Paul now has ample backing, and
that the team will be man.
aged by A. M. Thompson,
who has been actively interested
in base ball in st. Paul for several Yeas.
He is enthusiastic over the game, works
hard to have his men win, and, with the
team placed in his hands, ought to make
a good showing. He needs the encour-
agement of the public at the outset, and
the GLOBE predicts that ne will get it.
1t is expected the matter Of grounds
will be given attention at once. The
people have come to look upon the
West side park as a sort of ''hoodoo,"
and it is doubtful if they could ever be
induced to get very much enthused over
games at that point. The grounds on
the east side of the river which have
been suggested are splendidly located.
and the necessary Improvements could
easily be completed by the time the
team reaches home from its first trip,
when they could be opened with sort
of hurrah.
President Williams is husting in
good shape. He is apparently the right
man in the right place. He has made
up his list of umpires of Charles N.
Snyder, John McQuaid, Daniel Cor
coran and William Serad. This is
great team. McQuaid has been umpir
ing for the past eight or ten years. He
was on the old Northwestern league
staff in 1884, and gave splendid satiSfac-
ton. Since that time he has won his
spurs in broader field. The GLOBES
recollection of McQuaid is that
he is quick III his decisions and gener-
ally so accurate that the ''bleaching
boards" do not often question him.
Charles N. Snyder is the once brilliant
catcher, who is reported to be popular
with spectators and players. but suffi-
ciently severe to keep matters on the
move. Serad is the old Cincinnati
pitcher, who has temperament we'll
fitted for arbitration of differences on
the ball field. Corcoran was the most
successful of last years lllinois-lowa
league staff.
A Columbus dispatch states that Pres
ident Williams has signed the we'll
known players, Frank Sheibeck and
Tom Nagle, and will place them on the
reserve list. They will be at the dis
posal of any club that mayawant them,
and, as both are eXtra-good men, full of
ginger. they will not be long idle. Nagle
is far better catcher than several of
those regularly assigned, and his stick
work is especially good at times.
Between now and the opening of the
season, April IL, the various Western
fnor will hn I'M
gagged in exchanging players. Manager
Schuelz, of Columbus, has signed Hank
O'Day, the famous left-handeT, as
pitcher, and Alex Ferson has been
transferred to Milwaukee. The deal for
the transfer of Mitchell from Milwaukee
to Columbus has fallen through.
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A writer in one of the Minneapolis
evening papers jumps to the conclusion,
after glancing at the lists of players,
that Minneapolis can easily defeat st.
Paul. This conclusion is just trifle
hasty. just where the advantage of
the Flour City comes in is not strikingly
PLAIN. There is too much new timber
in both teams to make guess at this
time of much value. st. Panl's catch
ers are probably stronger than those of
Minneapolis, whereas the Minneapolis
pitchers are, on paper, little better
than those OF ST. Paul. On the bases
st. Paul is quite as evidently in the
lead, while in the Outfield there is
doubtless only slight difference.
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The season will open April 16, with
st. Paul at Omaha, Minneapolis at
Kansas City, Milwaukee at Indianapolis
and Toledo at Columbus. st. Paul will
play up to June 1 as follows: