The Saint Paul globe., 1901-04-19
WORKED HARD ALL DAY
RYAN TURNS HIS MEN LOOSE IN
LEXINGTON BALL
PARK
PLAYERS SHOW UP VERY WELL
Practice Game with the University
Team Has Been Arranged
for Tomorrow
Afternoon.

Lexington park was a very busy place
all day yesterday. Capt. Ryan gathered
his men up at an early hour in the morn
ing and, with the exception of a short
recess during the noon hour, kept them
at work until the sun went down last
night. 1t was the first day of real prac-
tce and very little in the line of hard
work was attempted, for fear it might
work disaster instead Of good. In the
light work done, the players showed up
We'll and Capt. Ryan expressed himself
as we'll pleased with them. Roberts bad
finger is keeping him out of the practice
work, but he expects to be able to join
the rest by the first OF next week.
With the exception of Thomas, Lagore
and Parker, practically all the men are
now in the city. Thomas has expressed
desire to do his preliminary work in
the South, but Ryan does not take kindly
TO this. He figures that all the men
should be together and has ordered
Thomas who is in st. Louis. to hustle
along toward the home plate. Lagore
VIII report for duty today or tomorrow
Parker nay be delayed for several days
owing to sickness in his family.
Tomorrow the fans will have their first
chance to see the new team at real work
A practice game has been arranged with
the university team and fairly good
idea may be gained of what the men in
the field will be able to do. It is entire
1y too early in the season to look for
sample work from the batteries, because
arms are to valuable to take chances
with them while the cold weather lasts.
With this idea il view Capt. Ryan viii
work three sets of men. The batteries
Will be McG1l and Wilson, Mayrosh and
Carisch, Fraser and Hunt. Perry
Werden, the same old Perry who has
TO hit the ball mile in order to get to
first viii hold down the initial bag That
he will be the same favcrite that he
has been in the past goes without say
ing. He has been touted as a has-been
for many moons, but he never fails to
make good. The rest of the positf ais
will probably be filed as follows: Second,
Huggins; third, Mackey; short, Holly;
left, Andrews; right, Kavanagh; center,
larsen.
''B' Jones has come to town and was
out with the rest of the bunch at the
park yesterday. BUmpus has a habit or
pitching fine game Of bail every once
in a While, at least that has been his
reputation. His one great fault has been
decided aversion to the cruel things
the bleachers say to him. If Capt Ryan
can find a good thick pad for Bumpus'
left ear. Bumpus will undoubtedly make
Sood.
Capt Ryan has an unusually large
stable of colts at the present time and
Some of them viii undoubtedly be turned
out to grass before the real season opens.
Just who the lucky and unlucky ones
will be is yet a question. out it is hoped
that a considerable amont Of young
blood viii be retained.
Some of the pitchers are bowling about
the rule requiring the delivery of the
ball within twenty seconds, and several
have taken the pains to tell why it con-
not be done. Some Of these men may
have to do more work and less explain
ing. Slow baseball is anything but en-
tertaining and nothing delays a game
more than a pitcher who has to consume
q minute or two in settling himself for
delivery. The fans want fast ban-the
fans pay the money at the gate-and
there you are.
Des Moines people are up IN the air
just now. Their favorites have been
tramped in the mud and buried by the
Omaha packers. This should not be dis
couraging, for, while the Des Moines
team has lost its first four games to
Omaha. the games were all close and
none Of the defeats was of a kind that
will be called disgraceful little later
on. And then, too, the Iowa people
should read some of the accounts of the
games between the big league teams and
the Eastern college mines.
The practice games scheduled between
Minneapolis and St. Joseph, at the later
city, have been declared off by BeaH
The St Joseph people are a trtfe sore,
as they say all arrangements had been
made for the series and Beau backed
water at the last minute, without offer
ing any excuse.
''Wee lille" Phyle and 'eErratic''
Chauncf Fisher have both broken out