The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-06-10
WHERE THEY ARE.
Gossip of OId-T1me Western League
Players Gone From Here.

GOSSIP of OId-Time Western League
Players Gone From Here.
To many of the ST. Paul fans it might
be interesting to know where some of
the well known ball players, who played
in the Western league during Comiskey' s
regime are now located. The ones who
have assembled to the National league
we are all familiar with, but those who
go the other way are soon lost in the
crowd. We find only a few, comparative
ly speaking, the others having gone
down the line and out of sight; thus
the old saying, "a short life and a merry
one" applies very we'll to the base ball
profession.
In the Eastern league we find Chas
Campau, formerly of st. Paul, and
O'Hagan * c. playing with Rochester;
Danny Friend (Mpls) with Providence,
also Connors, formerly Of Minneapolis
and Chicago. Wallie Taylor (of Milwau-
kee, 1860 with Toronto; Buck Weaver
(Milwaukee) with Syracuse, and one of
the Foremans with Springfield, and the
other with Toronto In the Atlantic league
we find George Schoch (Mil) manag-
ing and playing with the Athletics; Hub
Knoll, who wore a st. Paul uniform for
a short time, is with Scranton; Nicol
and Stafford (Mil), Chas. Nyce and Scott
-
playing good ball for Wilkesbarre. Gus
Klopf, who helped Manning win the pen
nant in Kansas City, is playing short
stop for Newark.
In the Interstate league we find Ritter
(St. P), Pardee and Congalton OK. c.
playing with Wheeling, and they are lead
ing the race; TRULY and Meredith form
erly Of Kansas City, are with Mans
field. Beville Qnd) is with Columbus;
C1occaAa1y hoe
Wayne to Columbus, but is holding out
for more money. Figgemeir (Mpls) is
pitching for Newcastle. In FIT. Wayne
we find quite bunch Of ex-Western
leaguers under Manager Captain Doggy
Miller. They are Cy Swain (Mil), Bumpus
Jones (Columbus), Letcher (Mpls), and
HollingswOrth and Hon. Fricken, former
ly of the st. Paul team
In the Western association there are
quite number. George Tebeau (Colum-
bus) is managing Denver, and Walter
Preston (st. Paul. is playing a fine game
for his team Hulen minneapolis and
Kansas City, is managing Pueblo, and
recently bought his release from Man
ming, thus enabling him to play Nc
Wicker Q<ansas City,, Remer (Kansas
City, and others not so well known. are
also playing in the above association
But we are not able to find the names
VI OdCh ElChellJ Lou camp, Pepper, EQ-
die Boyle, Mullane Tim O'Rourke, Lefty
Mari, Tacks Parrot and many others
who have either quit or torn for the
Bush League" When you stop to think,
they come and go pretty fast Of the
Western players who went to the big
league this spring not much can be said.
DUNCAN and billiard did not make good
at st. Louis, and DUNCAN has joined
Kansas City. Barrett Oetroit) and
Crawford Grand Rapids) have been hit
ting well for Cincinnati, but their fielding
has been below National league form;
in fact, Crawford never was in it with
a great many Western league outfielders.
He was a Canadian league fielder and
was secured by Lotus to pitch, but as
he showed himself a good hitter he was
placed in the outfield.
Philip Geier, one of st. Pauls popular
players, has been playing the Cincinnati
outfield very we'll, but his batting has
not been strong enough for an outfelder,
and he was left at home this trip. How
ever, he was not in training when he
Joined the team and will probably round
to all right. WaddeIl Is doing good
work now for Pittsburg, and will proba-
bly, show up well before the season is
over. Yours truly, -Bonney.