The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-28


Louisville club. Clingman is one of the best
third basemen in the country, but is not
strong enough hitter for the big league.
There no fault to find with his batting
the season he played with Milwaukee.
The Minneapolis team now comprises Catch
ers Ritter and Hickey, of the Pennsylvania
league; Pitchers Hutchinson, Figgemeier,
Phillip, Herman, McNally, Cook, Berg and
Walsh. First Basemen Werden and Yale,
Second Baseman Hanna, Shortstops Ball and
Reilly and Outfelders Miller, Letcher, Par
rott campau and Morgan
Chris Won der Abe announces that he will
return Crook, Genns and Daniels to the
Columbus club. He will, unless some team
offers him so apiece for the In that
case Tom Lotus will have to meet the raise.
Anything Won der Abe has in the base ball
line is for sale. If LOTUS had an arrange
ment with him by which the players were
to be sent back to Columbus it cost him
omething.-Exchange.
1t is alleged that Connie Mack executed
great coup at Chris Won der Ahe's expense
by trading Shortstop Hall for George Shoch.
Last fall Mack bought a bunch of players
from the Dallas club. among them being
Russell Hall, who was recommended by Ted
sullivan to the manager Of the Brewers, and
der Abe offered Shoch to Milwaukee for Hall
and a bonus of 5000.
ports. Manager Mack now has under reserve
ifty-One players and expects to get a few
more before the season opens.
Manager Lowney, of Bay City, has received
a letter asking him to bring the Bay City
Base Ball club to Ann Arbor for two weeks,
from April to April -, for practice with the
university team. Saginaws team may also
meet the university. nine:
Billy" Holmes. catcher of the University
OF Michigan base ball team in 1885 and cap
tain in 1896. has just been chosen city physl-
clan of Somerville. Mass, from among
score of candidates.
Probably few followers of billiards know
that Frank c. Ives was once a professional
base ball player. The young Napoleon at
one time caught for the Lima, O., team, and
was a pretty good player at that Ives
father made bats for Spadng. Before the
Spalding factory at Hastings, Mich, was
burned the father Of the billiard expert was
employed there.
President Van Derbeck has closed his tenth
players contract for this season. 1t was
with with Lee billiard. the left handed pitcher of
chattanooga, who is a brother of Pat billiard
Van is still trying to dispose of Catcher Nc
Cauley to some other club.
The following seems to be the latest line
up of the local club Tor this year. so far as
his confidence
PitcherS-CrCSS. Fricken McGiu ct.,,,
art ana, possibly, Isbell
GatcherS.Spies; extra, Hollingsworth
inheld-Nyce, first, assuming that Glass
c cI,H quits; Geier. second; Shugart, short;
outfeld-Griffln. talIy and Burke.
Two sons of Richard Croker the king of
Tammany, are trying for the Brown uniyer-
sity base ball team. The college coach saws
both are likely to make it.
CAMEL OF Grand Rapids. 1897, and Short
stop Ely, are mentioned among possible cap
tains for the Pittsburg team.
Billy Nash in the summer of 1896 received
tip on st. Pauls new second baseman
Geier, who with Lajoie was playing with
the Fall River (AIass.) team Geier was picked
out by many New Englanders as the most
promising player in that league. Nash took
a trip to New England to look the little fell
low over and as as he arrived at Fall
River spotted Lajoie.
Atlanta of the Southern league. has con-
tributed three pitching recruits to the Nation
al league. These are Cuniff of Washington.
Stewart, of Louisville and Coleman. of ST
Louis.
Tom Burns, of the Springfelds, began bis
professional base bali career as far back
as 1879, when he was member Of the Albany
team. He went to Chicago in 1881 and re-
manned there until 1890, when he accepted an
offer from Pittsburg. His movements since
then are too fresh to need rehearsing at this
time.