The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-07
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS
JIMMY RYAN AND HIS SAINTS DUE
TO ARRIVE TOMOR-
ROW
HAS SECURED STRONG TEAM
Preliminary Training to BE Done On
Home Grounds Instead of in
South, as Hereto
fore.

Tomorrow the baseball season will
open. This is not to be construed as
meaning that any games will be played,
| but simply that Jimmy Ryan and the
| larger part of his players will arrive in
the city, and begin their preparations for
the campaign. AS soon as practicable
thereafter practice will begin at Lexing-
ton park, and will continue there until
it comes time for them TO take the train
for their first engagement.
Taken all IN all, it looks as though
Ryan has succeeded in getting together
a very good team. Outside of Ryan, Wer-
den and one or two others there are no
particular stars in the aggregation, but
Jimmy says they can all play ball. and
he ought to know.
1t will be a question with good many
whether a mistake has not been made in
working the men out at home. The pre-
vailing weather in Minnesota, during
April and the first half of May, is hardly
conducive to effective training. Beall has
the MillerS down in Missouri, at the very
birthplace Of osteopathy, and his men are
being worked and kneaded and rubbed
and massaged into form. Omaha is prac-
ticing at home, but that town is far
enough South to warrant the experiment
1t may be that the Saints will show up
their preliminary under Minnesota skies
and famed by Manitoba zephyrs but the
chances are against it, or else the
theories Of trainers all count for moth
ing.
Jimmy Ryan has announced the make
up of his team. He will carry eighteen
men, as follows:
Wilson, Holmes and Hunt, catchers;
McGill, 'Bumpus'' Jones, Legore and
Myroski, pitchers; Andrews or Werden,
first base; Higgins, second base; Holly,
short stop; Mickey, Williams or Whelan,
third base. In the field, besides Ryan, are
Larsen, KaVanaugh and Parker. A num-
Der of the players are from the Chicago
league, where they stood high
.
Manager Turnkey Hines of les
| Moines, is confident that the present
season viii be a good one for all the
clubs. In a recent interview he said:
I'm my opinion baseball will bo
big success in the Western league this
while I've been working up the team, and
have discovered the interest is much
| greater than last year everywhere. Then,
! too, the league is composed of eight
cracking good towns, where baseball will
| pay II it pays anywhere. In addition to
| this all the teams are better than last
| year. Our team will show up as well as
|
| the pennant at this time, yet I am will
| ing to wager-well make a close fight for
it. We didn't show up so bad last year,
and would have had the pennant If the
| Sioux City games hadn't been thrown out.
This year we have a better fielding team
! and several new men who are good hit
! tiers, In addition to the good llittarS of
last year. Just at present we can't tell
whether We'll have Artie Ball for short
stop. Balls mother died last winter, and
! he has partially promised his father to
| I q
good job in Chicago with some railroad
company, but believe when it warns
ming through his veins the baseball fever
will get hold of him again. and he'll
come. But even if he don't we have a
good shortstop in Charley Gleason. I
investigated Gleason thoroughly, and am
] satisfied he can play the position about as
Wen as Ball, and is as good, if hot a bet
ter hitter. Gleason was signed with
Beail carly IN the season, but got him
on broken contract. In the outfield, you
know. we will have Nagel, Warner and
Inlel, OF last years team-every one of
! them sure hitters-and in addition Matte
McVicker, one of the best battars of the
league last year.
Il am very well satisfied with the out
look for pitchers. Fred Glade will be
With us again, and l am confident will
do, even better work than last year Be
sides being good pitcher he is a good
man to have on any team for his moral
influence. He is ono of the steadiest
men about his habits of living l ever
knew. Lewis Polchow and Dick Glen
don will be in the box again They were
or last year, when they both did ex-
celient work. Glendon won five straight
games for US, and Pclchow only lost US
one game. have also signed Mike Stat
fn1. who don't know what a base OH balls
looks like. I have new man to try in
the box IT. the person Of W. II Morri-
pitch a game of bal few years ago.
and thought then he acted like man
who would develop into a pitcher and all
round Player. I still have hopes of get
cling through the South with his wife,
who is quite sick. He doesn't want to
play this year. If he can avoid it. he
SAYS, but believe 1t will be with him as
with Ball When the weather warns
up hell want to be on the diamond.
Preliminary to the opening of the regu-
lar season. Manager Rourke, of Omaha
will trot his colts around the state q
little and show the denizens of the
smaller towns how he expects to do
tie Omaha will go to Lincoln and clash
with the State university team, and re-
turning home will play the Des Moines
Western league team at Vinton park
April 49, IA and 10 Thence they will pro-
coed to the prohibition capital for games
on April is, IL and Is, and will meet the
Nebraska Indians here either on April q
or q: the actual date not yet being de-
cided on
The uniforms of the Omahas this year
will be solid navy blue, with s'Omaha !,
IN white letters across the front of the
shirts, and gray uniforms with scarlet
trimmings for games abroad. All the
other clubs OF the league will wear white
uniforms on the home grounds and gray
on the road.
"Bili' Wilson, the big catcher for the
SAINTS THIS his year spent day circulating
week. Il have Instructions To renor+ ~