The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-27

st. Paul nj Kansas City.
Minneapolis at Milwaukee.
Columbus at Detroit.
Buffalo at indianapolis.
Today the clubs of the Western league
will open their championship season. st.
Paul will meet Kansas City at the latter
place. Minneapolis will be at Milwaukee
and try conclusions with the Brewers
Buffalo. the newcomers in the league
will make debut at indianapolis in a
game with the former champions Co
lumbus will open the season at Detroit
OF the ST. Paul team it can be truthful
said that it is much stronger than last
season, So great is the improvement that
Manager Comiskey is confident that the
Saints will land the pennant, providing
there are no unlooked-for mishaps to
cripple players. There Is need for more
pitchers. That is the only serious prob
lem with which the St. Paul rnagnate is
now confronted Should Fisher fall into
line even that bugaboo will have been
removed. McGil is also needed. Man
ager Comiskey says the men named will
come TO time in due season. They are
holding out to the last to get the better
of any compromise that may be made,
but that will avail them naught. They
will play ball in st. Paul or nowhere, and
the sooner they come home and go to
work the better it will be for them. In
the catching department the team is as
strong as could be desired. ISbell at first;
Glenalvin at second; Shugart as short;
Geier at third and Preston, Burke and
I al n he fold lya
aggregation of Western league talent as
- the most violent fan could demand The
Saints will be in at the finish. They
should land the pennant. Manager CO.
miskey says they will go right after 1t.
from the drop of the first ball pitched
TO the close of the season. If ST. Paul Is
not first it will be because of mishap
misfortune-not because the team is not
entitled 10 land III that position.
MILLERS OFF FOR MILWAUKEE.
Receiver Saulpaugh, of the Minneapolis
Base Ball club left for Milwaukee last
evening, taking with him Manager Will
mot, Pitchers Hutchinson, Bresnahan and
Bandelin. Catcher Nagle, Infielders Wer-
den, Abbatichio Smith, Andrews and
Carey and Outfelders Nance and Meme
fee. Eddie Dixon and Harley Parker will
meet the team in Milwaukee, and will
probably form the battery if they are in
good shape. Manager Wilmot will give
them chance this morning, but If they
do not stack up to the others they must
wait while.
McNeely, Reilly and Thelman will re-
main in the city until the team returns
on May T. Cox, the fast little twirler.
has been let out, not because he is un-
promising, but solely for the reason that
the management has now more pitchers
than it can possibly use. The lad. will
probably get an engagement in the West
ern association.
Saulpaugh has not very many bets to
make, but is willing to wager that the
Millers make more wins on their first
trip than the Saints.
81. KANSAS CITY CONFIDENT zs. :
Regarding the opening game with St
Paul, the Kansas City Journal says:
The opening game with st. Paul is
going to give the fans an opportunity to
judge the material that will form the
Blues of '99. Comiskey is going home
after he gets through with Kansas City,
and he must go home with some games
to his credit or the St Paulites will forget
the location of the ball park. Commie
= has a stronger team than he had last
year. Isbell, on the initial bag, is
stronger man than Glasscock, both in
fielding and hitting, and those who have
watched the old war horse playing the
national game since 1876 know that the
is not the peer Of John Camel. Glenal-
vim and Shugart are so well known to
the followers of the game that comment
as to their ability on both sides of the
game would simply be wind-jamming.
Geier is an unknown quantity as a reg
ular the third bag, but he has shown
that he is one Of the most versatile play
ers in the busness-and he is always
playing ball la Comiskey. Preston,
Burke and Lally are all up in fielding and
batting, and present the strongest out
field collectively in the Western league.
Roger Denzer will possibly pitch the
opening game, and those who watched
Roger last season will admit that he Is a
hard proposition for any team in the
league. He Is not a sensational pitcher
but every ball he sends over the plate
counts for something's d there are not
many base hits in his delivery Spies
will be guarding the plate. and Heine
can both catch and kick Taking it all
together, the Blues will go up against
strong aggregation next Thursday after
noon-if it doesn't rain.
What have we got in the deck that
will be dealt out to the Saints? Camel
on the initial bag. There is nothing to
say on that point other than the asser-
tion that it is a strong one. Viox-Rony
with the Blues last season, and the
fans know where he will be found when
l,
is a new man, but he has given promise
. of being a good one, if his practice work
is to be any criterion. Hoffmaster at
third Hoffy Is a good ball player and
he will make some of the pitchers look
like dubs, if he is going to hit the ball as
his practice promises. Tuck Turner,
Rothfus and McVicker in the field and
Danny Friend and Wilson in the points
MACK is SANGUINE.
Regarding the Milwaukee team and its
prospects the Sentinel of Wednesday
says: "The Brewers are in better fettle
than they were last year two weeks after
the championship season opened the
pitchers having worked the lameness out
of their arms, while the fielders are faster
on their feet than usual. Manager Mack
is sanguine of meeting with even better
success than he did last year. and with
the strong Minneapolis team to play
against in the first series, the patrons of
the game will have an opportunity of
getting a fairly accurate line on the
strength of the Milwaukees Of 1899. For
eight years the Milwaukees have lost the
opening game, a source of disappoint-
> ment to the club owners as we'll as to the
local patrons and for the purpose Of
changing the order Manager Mack will
place his strongest team in the field to-
morrow Speer will go behind the bat
as Crisham has not put in an appear
ance; Hart will do the pitching, Stafford
Will cover first base Hallman second,
Shoch short, Gray third base Barnes left