The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-11
RYAN TALKS OF HIS TEAM
SAINTS WILL HAVE A CREDITA-
BIsE BALL TEAM THIS
SUMMER
RECORDS OF THE PLAYERS
Most of Them Young Men, but All
Have Made Good ShoWings
and VIII ''NIale
Good"

Jimmy Ryan is in town. and he says
that the practice work of the local team
VIII begin Monday next. All the players
have been ordered to be in town by Sat-
urday so as to be In good condition for
the first days work. MIR. Ryan was seen
at the Merchants last night and was
asked about the prospects of the Saints
for the coming year. He said:
st. Eaul is looking for good ball this
year and with good reason. I think I
have team that will give The city lust
what it wants. l have followed certain
policy III selecting my team for the COM
ing season, and I think 1t is a good one.
L want young men. players who are good
runners and who can do something else
besides bat. 1t may be insinuated that
I have a number of amateurs on the
team, but I can say that they all have
records. and other leagues would be glad
to get them. I think there is no doubt
that the team this year will put up a
good game. We nave nineteen or TWEEN
ty men signed now, and we have one or
two others in mind. The last man sign
ed. as you know. was Tom Thomas lie
played with St Louis last year and was
formerly with Detroit. He is a good
twirler Lee La Gore is from Wisconsin,
and we were induced to sign him because
Comiskey was after him. He is a good
pitcher, and was highly recommended as
such to Lennon.
otto Williams is an infielder from st.
Louis. and must admit that he is some
thing of an amateur but he has good
recommendations and think he will do
credltable work. L. Whelan has been
spoken of here many times AS is known,
he came from Raymond H., where he
played last year He is recommended
as rafting good infielder.
We have a possible inf1elder i'll Cas-
Madison
cepted our terms, but we have not heard
from him since and are waiting to have
a chance to send him his transportation.
He has played through the Dakotas for
several years and also in Canada IN the
International league. He is we'll recon-
mended by Billy Sullivan, of the Bean
eaters. Jake Parker is a good outtelder
and something of a catcher. He was one
Of the star players of the Western
league up to the time he got hurt last
year. He played With Dcs Moines. He
even did good work after he was hurt
as first baseman.
Fred Holmes is one of the catchers.
He played for five years with different
professional clubs and last year he
caught with Grand Rapids. He was rec
commended to the Detroit club for this
year but he was induced to sign with
the Saints. He is big man, Weighing
about 190 pounds.
Miller Higgins is better known here.
He is a good second baseman and he
played with Fleischmans team at Cincin-
natl last year. He is a law student and
hitherto has refused all offers profess
sionalIy. He will prove to be conner,
H. L. Hunt. catcher, is from Petersburg
Va. He caught sixty games last year
with the Virginia state league and olo
good work Good ball is expected from
him this season. Frank Myrosd and
Bumpus Jones' eX-national Lacquer, have
already been given considerable mention,
and the same can be said of Phil Cava-
naugh, the outfelder from St Louis BIZ
Wilson, the catcher, is an eX-national
Lacquer and also a Western Lacquer He
is rafting good back stop and Will
make a first-class man in the league.
There is no need of mentioning Werd-
en- here, for he is an old base ball man.
George Andrews, the catcher from Chi
cago, is a good man to have on first
base He IS a good base runner and a
fair hitter. Charles Baerwald was signed
by Lennon and 1 know little abcut him.
He is a catcher and came from. Wausau,
Wis. I don't know whether we will keep
him in the team or not. am expecting
great things of 7. H. Larson. the fielder
from the Illinois Steel company team 1t
is said he can run 100 yards in l01s
He is easily the peer of all anna
tours around Chicago. z. w Holly,
the short stop from Chicago, played
at Manistee, Mich, last summer Connie
Mack of the Brewers, signed him this
winter but there was a disa greement, and
so he signed with u.s.
There Is another man we expect to
get, and that is James Hughey from Cold
Water Mich He is pitcher and
played with the old Cleveland club and
then with St Louis. He was released
four weeks ago. He would be a good ac-
QUESTION and 1 think we can get him.
eve have already selected our suits
The travelling suits are of navy blue
with wine cOlored trimmings The home
uniform will be a Bedford mixture with
wine trimmings. The suits will undoubt-
eddy be the best looking in the league.
The game with the university has been
set for April 20 and we are expecting a
hot one. The practice work will be every
day from TO to 4.
TEBEAU GETTING READY.
Manager George Teabeau has completed
arrangements for the practice work of
his team All of his men will report at
Jacksonville. H., next Tuesday, where
they will play three or four exhibition
games against the Jacksonville team of