St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-15
C0MISKEY IS HERE.
He Will Now Begin Prepare
lions for the Opening Of
Season.
PERSONNEL OF HIS TEAM.
Eastern League Kicks on Sale
OF Players to st. Paul
and Minneapolis.
PERSONNEL OF HIS TEAM.
THE AILSA Is A WONDER.
She Beats the Britannia at
Cannes by a Full Twelve
Minutes.

Captain Manager Comisl1ey, Of the
ST. Paul Base Ball club arrived in
this city yesterday from Milwaukee
and registered at the Windsor. He
will remain in ST. Paul until the
season opens, experimenting the
work at the ball park and getting his
team in condition.
1--WE got lot of hustlers, heavy
hitters and hard workers, all of
them," said Capt. Comiskey, speak
ing of the aggregation of talent that
will represent st. Paul in the West
ern league this season. While de-
clining to express his position as to
the possibility of his teams win
ming the pennant, the big first base
man declared that the st. Paul club
would hold it's own against any
team in the league. The clubs are
all strong, he asserts, the circuit an
exceedingly good one, and first-class
ball is promised.
Several hours yesterday We're de-
voted by Comiskey to investigating
different sites for ball park. He
|
serts that whichever location is Sc
lected, it will be of easy access.
Just as soon as he chooses. the site,
the work of fencing in will be i'm
mediateiy begun. He has ordered
his players to report here on April
Is. Practice work will begin at
once
The personnel of the st. Paul club
thus far is as follows: Pitchers. Pep
per. Killeen, probably Tony Mullane,
Johnson and Masserlie; catchers, Berg
er, Kraus and Boyle; first base, Com
iskey; second, Jack Pickett; shortstop,
Houlahan; third base. O'Rourke; right
field, Mari; center, Smith; left, Camp.
The club includes five left-handed
batters. all experts with the stick,
each of whom last season had a bat
ting average of over 300. Capt Com
iskey's men should make a remark
ably good showing, inasmuch as the
club includes a majority of the PEN
nant-winning Sioux City club of last
season. Catchers Kraus and Boyle
were among the number. The latter is
A PROMISING YOUNGSTER
and brother to Capt. Jack Boyle. of
the "Phillies.' Comiskey is very ia
vorably impressed with Backstop
Berger, who played with Erie, of the
Eastern league, last season. He is a
strapping big fellow, an accurate
thrower and distressingly vicious with
the wagon-tongue. Pitcher Pepper,
| for whom Cunningham was ex-
changed to Louisville, is rated A 1 by
[! management of the "Colonels'' has
wanted Pepper back, but he will play
| with the st. Pauls. Killen was one of
the most successful twirlers that the
| ''SiouXs'' presented in 1894 Johnson
and Masserlie, of the pitching depart
| ment, are both youngsters, expert
ments. Mullane has been awarded to
Comiskey, but it is possible that the
Count" may not play here. He is a
| first-class man in the box, and can
| play an in-feld position well.
| Shortstop RED" Houlahaa Is at
present incapacitated by a bad leg, but
| Comislkey has his eye ON another like
ly man if Houlahan fails to materialize
The st. PauPs outfield is particularly
strong. Lefty Mari, with batting
| average of 37S in 1884; Ollie Smith, an
ex-"Colonel," and Camp, who won the
| admiration of aged Papa Arson,
compose trio that will "eat up" any
thing that Western league batsmen
| may drop in their territory.
Under the salary limit, Capt Comis-
keys club will not contain more than
eleven men at the outside. This will
necessitate letting some of the boys
| go. The weeding-out process will not
begin until after the entire club has
been thoroughly tried. When finally
settled, the st. Paul battery will in
clude three pitchers and a backstop.
All in ALI the team is a good one, and
gives promise of base ball triumphs.