St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-08
EACH SERIES TO BE STRAIGHT,
GUT SOME WILL BE ONLY TWO,
WITH OTHERS FOUR
GAMES.
9NDIANAPOLIs AND SUNDAY.
Problem Thnt Mny Puzzle the Ingen-
iOuS MuGnateS-GOssip of the
Diamond Looking Ahead.

adopted that is probably as near to
giving general satisfaction as any ever
Will be in an eight-club league, and
the magnates have again dispersed to
arrange for the opening of the battle
on April 30.
The change of most local interest,
probably, after the addition of seven
more games on the home grounds, is
the abandonment of the alternating
system by which the visiting clubs last
year switched back and forth between
Minneapolis and st. Paul day after
day. The series will be two. three or
four games, as occasion demands.
ComiSkey is hopeful, even boastful
about what the Saints will do this year,
and the fans are anxious for the first
home games.
The prospects for Sunday ball in In
dianapolis are not good The News in
terviewed Mayor Taggart when the
Western league schedule was an
nounced, and he said:
There will be no Sunday base ball
inside the city limits"
But how about ball outside of the
city limits? There is a park not far
from the line"
That is a question which has not
been considered. There has been no
occasion for discussing it as yet. When
lhe time comes for its consideration the
board of public safety will take it
up"
THE mayor has not spread out all
over the state yet" remarked one of
the city officers standing by. He will
nave to wait until he is governor until
he can do that"
This may cause complications. The
Hoosier's eleven Sunday games are
divided thus: Columbus, Kansas CITY.
Grand Rapids and Minneapolis, two
each; Detroit, st. Paul and Milwaukee.
one each. The league adopted a rule
that in the event of Sunday play being
prohibited, the games should be plaved
IN the other town. but while it would
pe comparatively easy matter TO
Jump UP to Grand Rapids, or Detroit.
or even Milwaukee, yet it will be bad
Tor the other clubs, which will have to
stir up exhibition games in the neigh
porhood and trust to luck to get an
open date on the home grounds. This
VIII De difficult unless a double bill is
played, as with the 14O-game
schedule practically all the open dates
are for railroad play
Twitchell, of Milwaukee has a nay
pltcher, and if there is any charm in
an unpronounceable name, a la Eitel-
JofS ana some more, then the new
conner VIII be a WhirlWind He smells
II Mrzena, and his first name is Ed
ward. While his name has a sugees-
tlon OF W warsaw, the new man was born
- NashVllle, Tenn, few years after
tt tle cIose OF the war, and played with
the Nashville Maroons when 90 Since
then ne has been with CIarksvilIe and
NasnVl!le, and last year he was with
MehphlS until that club went I'D when
Mrzena went back to Nashville He
patted .4O2 and fielded .881.
>. 0Wartzel the pitcher for Minneapo-
-I9 ~ io2U' ana who umpired last year.
may pitch for Rockford this year,
y novel game of winter base hall is
thus described by the Columbus Die0
patch ''iii"uS LIS
OHe Oh the most successful and pleasant on
iIainlne!ltS ever given in the history of base
li IN 'lls Guy was the soiree presented last
SETiI!S by the members of the Ecipse base
paH nine TO their many friends and well wish.
erS at Turner hall. The occasion in oueetinn
was a, ,masque ball, and a regal time it was,
Ioo The affair was attended bv over 20O Iov'
ers OF the light fantastic" and it was nor
tIl tIitIl Jhe wee sma' hours that the gay terpsi-
cIGfeans made their home rum
,, Inc grand march was led by Ed Smith and
MISS Fannie Leidinger, during which com
niCtee, consisting of Messrs. Violet EMS
hennauer, Cook and Fender awarded the
prizes, as follows: To the best dressed lady,
d superb diamond ring, Miss Cora Best; for
tne most unique costume, Ed Liedy The par
uclpants then unmasked and the umpire
called, Batter up" There were ''high balls''
and low balls" and some phenomenal ono
II. Smith was lin the box for the occasion
his short curves were a sort of high drOD
and in-shoot, and he succeeded in landing 'em
straight over the plate every time. Not one
went wild-in fact he proved dead easy" for
the visitors, but that fact didn't disturb him
a particle as the gate money more than
made up for the amusement. From a base
ball standpoint, the boys played their best
and averages never ran higher. A large num-
Der of visitors were present from surrounding
cities to witness the game.
,,1I-o e.sr GsTv. I,
Speer, who went to the coast with
Cantillion.
Breitenstein and Often, ST. Louis bat
terry stars, say they are no longer
under reservation by the club Breiten-
stein bases his claim on article 10 Of
the national agreement, which holds
that unless a player is formally offered
a contract before March the board of
arbitration may declare him exempted
from liability to retention under the
reserve clause. Manager Diddlebock,
on the contrary, says that the contract
has been in President Won der Ahe's
desk for three weeks awaiting the John
Hancock Of Brett. The latter says he
will not play for Diddlebock anyway,
and there you are
Bob Stevenson has left the Har-
ward boat crew and is a candidate for
a position on the base ball team this
season.
Parrott. pitcher, Cincinnati, '95, has
signed with st. Louis.
Cleveland and Pittsburg are alone
of the twelve league cities dissatisfied
with the schedule.
Des Moines wants Jack Tanning
the Minneapolis pitcher.
Mattress third base, Kansas City,
'95, will play with Lewiston, Me.
Watkins will try an Indianapolis
amateur. Edward La Rue, in the box.
Baltimore has finally sold George
Carey to Syracuse.
The Pittsburg base ball team will
go to Hot Springs, March 9, and, after
several weeks practice. will play ex-
hibition games with the Clevelands.
The PittSburgs will be made up as fol-
lows Pitchers, Hawley, Killen, Fore
man, Menefee, Gore and Hortney
catchers, Mack, Sugden and Merritt
Beckley, Bierbauer Ely and Lyons
infielders: Stengel, Smith and Donovan
outfielders. Clingman will be an extra
man.
Comiskey, of st. Paul. vanderbeck,
of Detroit, and Wilmot, of Minneapolis
are said to be all eager to secure Capt
RunkeL of the Wisconsin state uni
versity ball team when the school year
closes this spring.
Jack Crooks is fat as a porpoise He
says he has lots of time to train and
that man who is fit in February will
be overtrained in April
Since Bill Kreig won that silver bat
for leading the Western association in
batting, they call him Silver Bill.
Not member of the Philadelphia
team was fined last season.
Jack Pickett, Of st. Paul, is on the
ragged edge, says the Milwaukee
Journal He and Comiskey had some
trouble in California, and ever since
then Comiskey has kept him guessing.
Pickett is on the reserve list and is