The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-11
PASSED BALLS.

Pete Husting has signed with Miiwau-
kee and Pink Hawley is wavering.
Wee Willie McGill, the southpaw pitch
er, has signed with the st. Paul club.
Bobby Gilkes, the old Western Lacquer,
is to become a magnate He will own
part interest in the Toledo club.
Manager Stallings says that what sur
plus players Detroit has this year will be
farmed to Montreal, of the Eastern lea
que.
Pitcher Patterson. drafted by Hart last
fall, has decided that he doesn't want
any National league ball, and has signed
to play with Comiskey's club again.
The Cincinnati papers say that the SER
vices of Barrett, Scott, Hahn, Kahoe and
Crawford viii be retained by the Reds
management if money can turn the trick.
Roaring Biz Kennedy, the clever
twirler has signed contract with
Charles Ebbetts of the Brooklyn club to
pitch for the Superbas for the next two
years
Dave Fultz, whom the Brooklyn man
agement relied on to take Dement'S place
at second base this season, has annonnc-
ed that he has signed with the American
Philadelphia team.
Jimmy Callaghan, one of the best
pitchers in the big league, says he is in
no hurry to sign with the Orphans and
may yet be found with one of the Ameri-
can league clubs.
1t is rumored in st. Louis that Pitcher
Young is seeking an American leag
contract, but his name has not yet been
mentioned in connection with any team
of that organization.
National league magnates are getting
around the rule forbidding the calling of
teams together before April 1 by send
ing their men to Hot Springs and other
resorts for preliminary conditioning be.
fore reporting for actual spring practice.
The American league team, of Boston.
has received two more acceSSions in
Freddie Parent, short stop of the %Provf-
denee club. of the Eastern league, last
season, and J. H. Dolan, of Boston, who
played with Springfield and Chicago last
season.
Manager Davis. of the New York Ma
ticnal league club, telegraphed Pitcher
Garvin, saying that he had forwarded
him contract to be signed, and asking
him to report for duty March Is Garyin
replied that he had already signed witt!
the Milwaukee club and would stay there
Tommy Leahy, who formerly played
with Washington and New York National
league mines, has capitulated to the fast
American league. He has agreed to a
proposition Of Hugh Duffy, of Boston,
who will be the manager of the Milwau-
kee nine of the rival league next sea-
son.
meeting Of the Interstate league has
been called for Columbus. StrobeI saws
the Interstate will probably not ask for
protection, but adopt the National leagse
style of contract. His idea that the new
Interstate this year will be composed of
teams from Toledo; Columbus Fort
Covington Marion or Anderson.
The new Spanish baseball court was
opened in Havana, Cuba, last week Gen.
Wood and number of government Off
Gals attended the ceremony. Monsignor
Sbarrettt, bishop of Havana, blessed the
structure, which is the largest of the kind
In the world and cost $1O0, eco. The pro-
motors hope that baseball will replace
bull lighting in the affections of Cubans,
Joe Sugden, the clever backstop of the
White Stockings last season, will be with
the Philadelphia American league team
this season If present plans are carried
cut. Joe lives within a stones throw Of
the new grounds in Quakerdom and has
asked to be transferred to Connie Mack's
team in order to be at home more of the
time. Comiskey is after Catcher Sulli.
van, of Boston, and if he gets him will
trade Sugden for Mack. McManus. who
caught a few games for ComiSkey last
season, is claimed for the White Stock
ings.
Baltimore, with McGraw. Robinson. Nc
Ginnlty, Howell, Sheckard and Jones; and
the Boston American league team. with
Collins, Willis, Dineen, Stahl, Sullivan,
Freeman, Schreckongost and perhaps
Tenney, will have very much the makeup
| of National clubs. All the others will
! have three or more National league stars
| PittSburg alone gave it's players such fair.
| treatment last season that none of them
have asked for an American contract but
| all the other clubs will suffer severely
and Boston and Brooklyn will have little
more than skeletons left.