The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-22

fSt. Raul Base BAH cluD, returned nome
yesterday morning from Chicago. where
he has been testifying in some litigation
between the Windy City corporation and
the Chicago Base Ball club. Between
court sessions, incidentally, the st. Paul
manager was browsing around the hedges
and sedges Of the big league on a still
hunt for players, and while he did not
bag a full nine, he has lines out for some
stellar talent
'Katoll will pitch tomorrow he said
last evening, land my judgment is that
he will be considerable addition to the
strength of the team. He Is a big, strong
fellow, bigger than either Denzer or
Waddell, and the only reason l can find
why Chicago did not keep him was that
they had three or four men doing salts
factorily their regular work, and they
did not have to be experimenting with
untried men. Some of Phyle's friends in
this city may be interested in knowing,
too, that his absence from the game has
not been due to any lack of confidence
on the part of the Chicago management,
but to a severe attack of malaria. 1 in
quired particularly about this and saw
Phyle myself. He is in bad shape. 1
told Hart that it wasn't fair to me or to
Phyle to keep him on the BENCH but it
was explained to me that he had really
been ILL., I talked with the Chicago play
ers about Katoll, and they say he is all
right. He will be in on the morning train.
and will pitch the opening game.
81 have a new catcher, Doonin. who
caught this year for the Rock Island
team, which was leading the Western
association until it went up the spout
recently. He is said to be good man.
Baltimore took one man out of this team.
L; IL,
are prospecting in that same field.
Swartz and Ritter have both been re-
leased.
as Decker coming? 1 think he will be
here within a week. 1t is practically
settled. I have claimed him, and we
have practically come together as to
terms, but he writes me from Louisville
that he is sick and wants a week or two
to get in shape. This is under date of
June 16. I would like to compromise with
him on ten days, and have him here the
18th He is a finished first baseman,
knows as much about playing the bag
as any of them, and will strengthen the
team"
How about Spencer and that other
chap that Ted Sullivan touted to your"
was asked.
They're not In it, replied the st. Paul
manager. This race is too close for me
to experiment with any unknowns when
L think I can get tried players. L have
a string out for one of the best utility
men in the big league. In fact, he is so,
good that the club he is now with can't
really find a way to spare him, even If
promise to put him in a glass case so
they can draft him at the end Of the year
again. ss'--1G t@1*
But with Decker in the game the in
field will be strengthened Geier has
been playing a great game at third. He
seems to have regained his lost conf
dence and is batting hard. He won't
leave the infield again on this team. He
had an idea that he would rather play
the outf1eld, but 1 think he will be able
to see that it is to his advantage to stay
in the infield as long as he can.
81 was hurt by cartoon which ap-
peared in an evening paper the night we
went away. 1t was unjust, 1 think. l
do not believe my team, as whole. has
been Incorporate. There are, perhaps.
some of them who have been celebrating
at unseemly hours. and thus uniting
themselves to properly play the game
the next day. These men l propose to
weed out, and fill their places, but their
conduct should not have been made the
basis for sweeping insinuation that the
whole team was drinking.
Counting that Sunday game at In
dianapois, which We won, instead of it
games on the trip, counting todays
game, and that is as good as any team
has ever done with men on trip away
from home. Indeed, it Is record no
fault can be found with on the road. Now
we have twenty-four games at home,
practically, twenty here and four in Min
neapolis, and by the end of this series
we will be away in front of them all.
s'Fricken hasn't pitched his game since
he hurt his arm. He does not seem to
be able to get the control he had, and
he may be out of the game for some time.
..From Indianapolis 1 ran down to Gin
cinnati and tried to pick up Mcbride.
who was out of the game there, but
found that he had been hurt badly He
slipped on a bottle while chasing a fly
ball and hurt his knee. He is able to
walk on the leg, but as soon as he tries
to exercise he Injuries the joint again. =
1--WE are going to proceed to climb that
ladder again. We're within three or
four games Of the leaders as it is and
with this long home series we will get
into the procession fast There was a lot
of hard luck about some of those games
on the trip, and then we were travelling
shorthanded. I only had thirteen men,
counting the four pitchers. That only
gave me one extra man. Todays team
will line UP with Burke, Lally and Pres
ton in the outfield: Isbell. Glenalvin,
Shugart and Geier ION the infield, and
KatolI and Spies for the battery. With
the new men. who will be here within
ten days, we will forge right to the front.
-fToday's game with Kansas City will
begin at 3:45. Both clubs arrive here to-