St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-19
ro,.IsKEY is FEELING GOOD,

The st. Paul base ball team viii
reach home this morning and cross
bats with the leaders at Aurora park
at the usual hour this afternoon. The
Indianapolis team reached here last
night and put up at the Windsor The
players are in good condition and pre-
pared for three hard battles at Aurora
park, for Comiskey is determined to
make it three straight to make up for
the three losses at the Hoosier city two
weeks ago. The boys should be given a
royal welcome this afternoon, for they
have made a splendid record on this
last trip away from home. 1t is hardly
reasonable to expect any team to do
better than break even away from
home, but the Saints have done better
than this and come home with a larger
string Of victories than defeats, and
even then one of the losses is in doubt,
being the game which was to have
been played at Detroit the other day,
but which was given to the Wolverines
by Umpire Cantillion because Pickett
refused to leave the game when or
dered. 1t may be that this game will
be played over if Comiskey's protest
goes.
The Saints are now in excellent
shape to make a hard fight for the
pennant, and their chances are very
bright. Two of the weak spots in the
team have been strengthened and to-
day the fans will have their first oppor-
tunity to see George and Stratton wear
st. Paul uniforms. Their work thus
far with the Saints has been very good,
and George has kept UP his phenome-
nal batting. Lately he has been aver
. ~ nd no &c
without question a very valuable man,
as is also Stratton, whose work has
shown up well. Comiskey has not
stopped in his
HUNT FOR PLAYERS,
and is negotiating with others in diff
fereut parts of the country. However,
with the team in its present shape,
the fans have no reason to kick and
may expect a long season of good
sport. If st. Paul can win a majority
of games away from home, she ought
by all means to win at least two-thiTds
of the games on the home grounds.
This may be expected according to the
present makeup Of the club. Smith
and Mari will be missed from their
accustomed stations. and while some
sympathy may be felt for them, still
the fans cannot allow their sympa-
thies to drown their desire for good
base ball.
Now, with good umpires, who are
familiar with the rules of the national
game and close attention by the mem
bers of the team, we ought to have a
season of rare sport. The team will
be home for several weeks and play
twenty-one gamex before leaving the
city. In all probability Cantillion will
be the umpire today, as 1t is under
stood that he comes here with the
team from Detroit. 1t is likely that
Stratton will make his first appear
ance in the box for the Saints this
week. Three games each viii be
played with Indianapolis and Detroit
alternately for a starter, and every
team in the league will line up before
the Saints before this home series is
ended.
The members of the team have been
playing great ball to a. man and sew
eraI of them have made excellent rec
Ords on this last trip. If they only
keep their heads about them and con-
tinue in this way, St. Paul should be
hugging the leaders when this series
is ended. if, indeed, they do not lead
the crowd. Comiskey is we'll salts
fed with the result of this last series
away from home and comes back in a
much better humor than when he
left.