The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05
Southern league, in which he played the past
year.-Detroit Free Press.

Southern league, in which he played the past
year.-Detroit Free Press
St. Louis is after Pitcher Phyle, of st. Paul,
and Phillip of Minneapolis, and may take
advantage of the draft to get them.-DetrCit
Free Press.
HEX Carpenter, the once popular third base
man of the Cincinnati team, still has run
as conductor Of Pullman sleeper between
that city and New Orleans.
There seems to be chance now that New
York, Philadelphia and Pittsburg will have
Sunday ball next year, and in that case Bos-
ton will be the only city in the big league to
bar Sunday playing.
The Harvard varsity nine will begin light
practice in the cage after the Christmas holi-
days. All the ms mbe of ! st years team ex-
cept Stevenson, Scannell and Paine are in
college.
There is some curiosity manifested about
the makeup Of President Young's staff of
umpires. There will be twelve, and possibly
fourteen men to act knights of the mask
and indicator. 1t is quite likely that Bob
Clark, the ex-catcher of the Cincinnati and
Brooklyn teams, can have position If he
asks for it. Ed Swartwood formerly right
fielder for the Pittsburgs, and very popular
player. who has been umpiring in the East
ern league, has already been offered a posi-
ton. Haskell, the best umpire in the West
ern league, will be on the new staff. So will
Oyster Tommie Burns, and very probably
Arlie Latham. OF course Tom Lynch and
Bob Emslie will be reappointed. Carpenter
may also get a place, and Charley Snyder
the old ball player, who did so well in the
Atlantic league last season, Is favorably
mentioned. Tim Hurst is out.-Sportng
News.
Count Tony Mullane would be a Ma
tional league umpire, and with that end in
view, will soon leave for Washington to have
a personal understanding with President
Young, who has charge Of the hiring of UNI
pres. Mullane wants to quit active playing
although he is far from being a back num-
ber.-Chicago Times Herald.
Harry Weldon is authority for the state
ment that If Arson is not retained by the
Chicago club he will be engaged to manage
Philadelphia.
President Freedman has announced the
makeup of the Giants for 1898 as follows:
Grady, Warner. Wilson and Zearfoss, catch
ers; Rusie. Meekin, Seymour, Doheny, Get
manager and captain; Gleason, second base
Hartman, third base; George Davis, short.
stop: Bill Clark. reserve infelder; Herman
l>ft field; Van Haltren, cert field; Nicer cry,
risht neia' "limot reserve outfelder.
The old Brotherhood park, upon which the
Chicago base ball club has paid s., OCO rental
every year for seven years will soon mas.
back to the owners, as the lease has about
expired. The owners of the Chicago club
are not sorry, as they have not had a cent in
eIui lol Tue $o0'UtO palu out In rentals.
1t is said that the grand stand. which origin
ally cost some $4,000, is almost in a state of
total ruin, no attempt having been made to
Keep 1t In a state of repair.
George Shock, who has played with the
Brooklyn club of the National league for the
past four years, will wear a Milwaukee uni
form next season and will in all probability
cover shortstoD in place of Lewee who may
De placed az third base or figure in another
zeal that Manager Mack is engineering
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
In the East 1t is said that Chris Won der
Ahe fully expects Tim Hurst to manage the
browns next season. He says he has made
hurst an offer, and if the figure is salts
factory the job is his. II Tim accepts II
VIII not be his first experience as a manager,
BEFORE beginning work as an umpire Hurst
managed the Milwaukee cluS of the Western
league and had a successful season. HE
friends think that he would make success
as as National league manager for the reason
t th ne is universally popular and possesses
the necessary amount of frmness to handle
refractory members of the team.