The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17

burg's team for this season is the weakes,
mat has represented the Smoky City in years,
Tim ought to know.
Catcher Shriver says that Dummy" HOY
saves saves coihsions IN the outfeld by making a
peculiar noise, which stands for I've got II y
and the other felders stay away.
..; Harry Gleason, brother of the famous
Tor the Springfield (Mass) club, of the East
ern league, the coming season.
Dan Lally, the Browns old outfelder re-
fuses TO join the Columbus team until given
the salary he was promised He is in St
LOUIS now while the other Columbus players
| are at work in the field.
IL the Western league adopts the Brush res.
1iuuon, or one similar to 1t, Hogrieyer will
nave 10 mend his ways or be Topped over the
Dreastworks to return no more ''Hoggie'' is
d me pail player, but he should curb his
temper.VCfncinnati Enquirer.
In contrast with the fine condition of the
VVlioles, II may be mentioned that the New
Iork club is spoken of by newspaper CORE
spondents as members of the Freedman Dead
Arm Company" Billiards have done their
worst. U0No 'nen
the shortstops in the league l think Nonta
ST0ss Is the hardest thrower. He whips every
nail 10 nTst with all his might. However, he
- eoi1peiied to bring his arm all the wav
around to throw. Steinfeidt throws lust a.
effort 'eS app"ieHI
II the Brush resolution Is in existence
IEtJ1.y years from now, and Mcbride and Nc
wenld d ne sn0uia play ball all that time they
Touio never get In trouble said President
H S''! ., me TWO Macs are great ball PLAYERS
gat they never have word for the nmpirs
nH y are ,. not quilt that way. Their ball play
hood
not with their mouths anu
NAL E1oe ef the promising young third base
tism OF the knee, which has been aearava,ed
~ an accident. 1t is feared that he will NOT
has pef, 20 pay Tor several months AS Nash
| tue team Is minus th:,d baseman -A
cb Riegapdin 1ss the vote Of the players of the
GGnioaso team that made Dahlen captain
james Ryan says: 81 voted for Dablenp an;
win meant ant 1t; But I've, been thirteen years
r wasa tlis eiun, and believe should have
wouldn't lobby for it, however p' a., !
sorehead, but that won't make me NAV
successful ~ Tue team
with Saek A DOyle is very fayoraby impressed
ABOUT three months seasoning. AmoIe viii
convince us all that he Is as foxy in yva+ob
ing ing bases as Matte Kilroy in his best DAYS.
M
pre- occasionally for making baIk but
Amoie gives the umpire no chance for an
a aiteh and ne is one of the best fielding
Manager Burns, in recent letter to Presi-
dent Hart, declared Chance the new catcher
was the very best thrower he ever saw Man
aeer Tom qualified this statement in sub
sequent letter to "one of the best" but from
all accounts It appears that the Young Cali
iornlan is an exceptional thrower and will
be success IL he learns the other depart-
ments OF catching.
Sam Thompson is evidently enjoying his
second time on earth. Reports from the
Phillies training quarters say that the biz
Hoosier is as frisky as a colt and is steoio
ing bases on head-frst slides with the speed
and agility of Hamilton. Sam is called
an old man, but his first appearance as a
professional player was in 1885 with the In
dianapolis club. The same year the entire
club was sold to Detroit by Manager Wat
k1ns, now OF the Pittsburg club
~, The The Washington Star, when criticisng the
1t says: Philadelphia will do well TO land
In seventh place The new men from 81.
t Louis Will met not strengthen the club little
the entire game themselves. The entire out
fit, with these two exceptions. is a body
OF headless players, hitting and fielding the
ball like iends when things are coming their
way, but quitting like the yellowest canine
when a grueling fight is on their hands,
In Indianapolis they pick the clubs to finish
in this wise: Indianapolis, st. Paul. Detroit.
Columbus, Minneapolis. In Milwaukee a bet-=
ter guess goes: Milwaukee Minneapolis In
aianapoiis, Columbus. In Detroit they have
it this way: Indianapolis Detroit, Milwau-
kee, Minneapolis. Now, up this way it ought
to read: Minneapolis, Indianapolis ST. Paul
Milwaukee. Manning is betting on the Blues
being in the first division. The Omaha babes
must not be forgotten, and when the season
opens several surprises likely to occur may
smash all the sates.-Minneapolis Journal
Nix. In Milwaukee it looks like a hot fight
between Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Detroit and
st. Paul.-Evening Wisconsin.
George Hogriever's case seems TO be a
hopeless one. 1t was hoped that time would
teach the pugnacious little fellow a lesson to
the effect that ball player can be a gen.
tleman The days when a ball player had
to win his laurels by acting the rowdy are
past, although Hogriever may not vet ~ealize
that fact The magnates are trying their
best to suppress Just such men as Hogriever.
and the game will be benefited when thew no
longer are allowed to make livelihood nv
playing base ball-Cinclnnati Tribune
Now that Count" Kuehne has Joined the
Columbus team the fans of that city are
1t was the same case in MINNEAPOLIS so
the Count claims 1t would be better for
the fans to encourage him until it is proven
that he is incapable of holding the position.
Kuehne is better than great many infeld-
ers who are drawing good salaries although
he is by no means the player he was few
years ago.
Manager Manning last week signed Charles
Pittinger, new pitcher, for the Blues Pit
finger played with the Brockton team of tho
New England league during the fore mart of
last season, but ended the year with BOSTON,
The new pitcher will arrive In Kansas City
this week.
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