St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-22

and to replace him Mr. Comiskey was
forced to pay $500 for Spies, who was a
fallure to the league, and must pay
his $3.50 per month salary"
Mr. johnson mentions other cities
and continues:
According 10 the National league
| ''eory, we can sell our strongest play
ers and replace them with striplings.
one man in our organization tried this
National league idea and failed. In
1894 after finishing second in the race,
Long, OF Toledo, sold Miller, Foreman,
Mcfarland and Hatfield. and attempt
ed 10 replace them with inexperienced
ana cheap players. Instead Of finish
ing second, he was next to last in the
| league race and besides wrecked one
| OF the best cities in our circuit
Inc National league claims that all
our players are worth is $500 Mr.
brush paid this sum for Charles Miller,
ana according to his own statement,
within twelve months he refused SIS, 900
ZOE MIXERS release. That Is an in
! crease OF 1,200 per cent in one year,
Capt. Nash. of Philadelphia, has an
nounced that Billy Hulen, who was
! drafted from the Minneapolis club
| last fall, will play short for the Phil
lies this season. Nash has seen HUI
len work. and thinks him one of the
most promising young players in the
country The kid" is a California
| product, and as soon as the base ball
season closes each fall he goes TO the
mountains and spends the winter
hunting and fishing. In this way he
keeps in the best of condition. and Is
not subject to any of the many temp
tations which surround the average
pail players who stay in the city and
draw occasional chuncks Of advance
| money. The decision to play HuIen
ShOrF no To-
be tried in the outtield, and Tuck Tur-
ner Will again be held as utility
man.
The st. Paul club will play i'm Mad
ison on April p, the day previous to
opening the Western league season in
| Milwaukee.
Outcalt will catch for Milwaukee.
Mii"aukee VIII play Brooklyn July
Indianapolis will report Wednesday.
Willie Biif'' Hutchinson playing with With
Minneapolis; and Count" Antonio
Mullane and Scott Stratton members
OF the st. Paul team, the Twin Cities
nave four old-time pitchers who I'm
their day had few equals on the dia-
mona: All of them except Stratton are
sun doing box duty, and seem good
iof several seasons yet to come Healey
is at present out with the Minnea polls
management, and Is sore at the treat
ment accorded him by Manager Will
mot. Wilmot has been unfortunate
IN antagonizing nearly all of the old
Minneapolis players, and some of the
cranks OF that city are fast becoming
OF the impression that he determined
TO weed out all of the players who
were Mil1ers under the Barnes-Mur-
ply combination.-India News.
The Detroits will start out with
three dozen white ash bats made in
birmingham, Mich. Under the rules
the players must pay for their own
pats, but Mr.. Vanderbeck bought
thlrty-six and has had them soaked
III Oil and dried. He will give them
to the members of the team when the
season opens, and In case they are
stolen or broken the players must re-
place them
Chicago proposes to play Detroit and
Grand Rapids on Sunday, May TO- for
one admission.
1t is reported that Billy Mailman.
OF the Phillies, and Arlie Latham. will
double up in a base ball sketch -" on
the vaudeville circuit next winter.
flayers insist, in spite of repeated
failures, that the people are clamor
ing for base ball on the stage,
Little Eva" Lange, of the Chicago
club, has come to terms with Presi-
dent Hart He will receive 81. 400 and
bonus of $500 He is just now suf-
Ierlng With broken bone in his an
kie, received in practice at Palo Alto.
"Cy" Gonding, who is catching for
the New Orleans club, is said to be
one Oh the best youngsters In the busj-
ness. His work against the league
clubs down South is excellent, Mil
Waukee wants him.
browning, the gladiator, has signed
with Columbus
Billy York, of the New Orleans cluh
doesn't think much Of the Cincinnat;
Reds u
Boston will have to pay Lewiston s5oo
for Pitcher Willie Mains T'N'
Jack Pickett has compromised his
Baltimore suit for 81, 500.
indianapolis has signed Dick Buck
ley, released by Philadelphia Watkins
is also trying to buy ICY" Gonding the
New Orleans catcher.
Mctarland will do the bulk of the
catching for st. Louis until Morgan
Murphy RECEIVERS from his illness.
Griffith and Terry are the only pitch
ers who are certain of their Jobs on the
Chicago team. The others are expert
ments, and not very promising ones at
that.
Frank Foreman, the Cincinnati pitch
er, has not yet reported to Buck Ew-
ing In New Orleans. There seems to he
some trouble over salary.
The Louisville team is getting in
shape for the coming season at Mont
gOmery, Ala.
The big league players say that
Pitcher Hofer, Of Baltimore. who scored
such a phenomenal success last sea-
son, has nothing but a straight ball and
a prayer
Pitcher Hughey, who was to have
signed with the Pittsburgs, has kicked
over the traces. Manager Mack saws
Hughey asks for more money than he
receives himself.
Harry Staley, the famous old national
league pitcher, who will pitch for Buck
enberger's Toronto club in the East
ern league, arrived in Pittsburg Thurs
day. Staley Is looking we'll He has
been managing his fathers coal mines
in Petersburg, ILL.,, all winter.
Rochester has been awarded Donnel-
ly, the Austin, Tex, pitcher.
Arlie Latham says he has no desire
to be captain. A ST. Louis paper
cruelty retorts that he has not been
asked.
Leon Viau, the prettiest boy that
ever played ball In Cleveland, is on
earth again, and will smash the hearts
of all the ladies Of Paterson, N. j., the
coming season, The only Leon has
signed to play there this year. Pater-
son is in Sam Cranes Atlantic league,
and Viau will be it's Adonis
A st. Louis dispatch says that Pitch
ers Mcfarland and Herman have been
loaned to Rochester and First Baseman
Fuller to Memphis.
Connaughton is doing so we'll in the
practice work at Jacksonville that it
looks as IL he would supplant Fuller
at New York's short field. Gleason and
George Davis are taking turns about
playing third base and outfieId. Pfeffer