St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-02

probably manage Hartford In the At
lantic league.
Tefre HhAte Is mentioned as a pos
sible member Of the Southern league
r is only five or Elx hours ride from
Nashville.
Cassidy, Grand Rapids crack first
basefnan, has signed with Louisville.
baseanan of Elwood, Ind, has been
signed by the Indianapolis league team
for the coming seosori. The signing Of
Clifford by the Indianapolis team is
the result of his playing with the team
on several occasions last year.
1t cost the Cleveland management
1890 for league balls last season. Be-
sides this they paid s75 for men to
bring back balls that were batted
over the fence.
A cup has been offered by the citi-
zens of Hot Springs, Ark, for the
fittsburgs and Clevelands to contest
Tor during their spring practice at
the health resort.
Andrew Freedman denies that Crok-
er has any interest in the New York
Base Ball club. Freedman says he Is
the sole owner of the controlling inter-
est IN the organization.
Manager Hanlon, Of the Baltimore
Base Ball club, has signed Pitcher
Otis P. Stockdale, who played with
Boston last year and Washington the
year before. HanIon is now negotiat-
Ing with prominent college pitcher.
He says McMahon's arm is in first
class condition.
Philadelphia is now being doomed
as a pennant winner.
ST. Louis terms John T. Brush "a
base ball agriculturist"
Frank Bancroft wants balls COW
cred with rubber instead of leather.
Billy Sunday, the Chicago evangelist
and ex-base ball player, says that Bal
umore has dead open and shut on
the pennant next season, and that
nothing but an open Irritation with
strong drink will down Kellys crowd.
The National league clubs have more
players on their lists than they can
possibly use. Here are the number at
present reserved: New York, %;
Cleveland C. ~; Louisville; 80; Chicago,
brooklyn, %; Cincinnati, 81; st. Louis,
20 and Baltimore, 81
John L. Brush says Mr.. Freedman
Is an unhealthy excrescence on the
base ball system, and Freedman says
precisely the same thing about Brush.
Gus Alberts will not play this sea-
son.
The two greatest f1elders on first in
the league last year-George Carey
and Jack Boyle-have been virtually
put on the pension list by their clubs
because they couldn't swat at 300
clip. The moral Of it Is that a first
baseman must be a hard hitter.-Mil-
waukee Journal.
Mills, Of Indianapolis, off and on,
viii play with Detroit this year.
President Robinson, Of the Cleve-
land Base Ball club, offered President
Kerr, of Pittsburg, two players to be
picked from six and $4,000 for Pitcher
Emerson Hawley Mr.. Kerr refused.
saying he would not part with Haw-
ley for any money.
1t is said that Deacon Ellis is figur-
ing to get Butler, the New York out
fielder.
Harvard has three clever base ball
pitchers this year in Clarkson, a
brother Of the famous old league play
er Of that name; Fitz, a left-hander
from Newton, and Horton, from st.
Paul's school,
cornell has twenty candidates for
pitcher and fifteen for behind the bat.
rms is encouraging, since candidates
for these positions have always been
scarce. Since Priest and Smith will
not tWlrl the ball for Cornell this year,
new men must be developed There is
the celebrated Howard Cobb. who
played star ball at first base in 1893
pitched in 1894 and caught last year.
Among the new candidates are Char
ley Young, who has an academy rep
utation in the box and behind the
bat. He is left-handed, throws an up
ward ball, and is a brother of Edward
Young, ex-captain of the 1894 team
MoX1e Hengle has signed to play sec
ond with Louisville