The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-23
READY TO HHN Wedding
n1ANAGER RYAN WILL. SELECT HIS
REGULAR PLAYERS THIS
WEEK
OLD TIMERS SURE OF PLACES
MyrOSki and Carrish Two of the
Candidates Who Are Likely TO
BE Rctafned-InHeId
Uncertain.

me wedding out process is to be ap-
Piled TO the candidates for positions en-
aAe 81. Paul team this week BY Thurs
day Capt. Ryan expects that he VIII have
formed pretty definite opinion as to
who the regulars Will be and a number
or the men viii be turned adrift In
addition 20 the men who are now work
ing Tor places on the team it is probable
that two or three more may be given a
chance. but they Will have to Show coed
form on the so off or their stay will be
short. as the opening of the league sea-
son is less than TWO weeks away and the
regulars will need all the time that can
DE crowded in in good. hard practice to-
gether
The lineup of the team in the games
next Saturday and Sunday will give a
pretty DEFINITE idea of how the list will
read IN the first league game, and tn :
1aaS will also have chance to see how
well the men are going to work. Capt.
Ryan has already closed with some of
the men, but just who they are II not
de known for 4 few days. 1t is safe to
say that Parker will lie retained in right
field He has entirely recovered from
his injury OF last season and has shown
up Well in the practise work. While
with Des Moines last year he played in
twenty-eight games and quit with
batting average Of .2o5 and fielding aver
age of .So7. These averages do not look
high, but Parker is said to be a conner.
Practically all the old-timers, including
Werden, Wilson, McGAl and Jones and
one or two others, are sure of places.
Myroski 5 work has brought him forward
and he will undoubtedly be given place
on the pitching staff. Among the men
who would like TO work behind the bat
Carrish looks like a winner The infeld,
aside from Werden, is still an unknown
quantity. Zeisler seems to be a fair man
at third and Gassaboine, Higgins and
Williams are all playing a pretty game
In the field, but have failed to show
form at bat. The next few days will
tell the tale.
Arrangements are under way for a
practice game at Lexington park next
Saturday between the regulars and some
outside team, probably either Saltwater
or Waseca. If neither of these teams
can be secured picked nine from among
the local players may try conclusions
with the Ryanites.
Capt. Ryan took a hand In the prac-
ttce work yesterday, playing in left
field. 1t was the first time that he had
been in the harness since last fall and
The found it rather tiresome work getting
over the soft ground He decla ed, how
ever, that he would stick to it from now
on and he expects that all the kinks and
soft spots viii be gone before the end of
the week.
The old-time fans about town, VINO
have seen the two practice games, are
considerably disappointed in the sticking
ability shown by the league men. The
majority of the men have put UP a good
game in the field, but these same men
have been woefully weak with the bat
BatterS are under a heavy handicap I'M
der the new rules, and good ones are
going to be scarce Unless there is
considerable Improvement shown among
the St. Paul men it is q safe bet that the
top man at the end of the season will
have an average several points shy Of
800.
The new foul-strike rule is going to
bring more than one fve-inning pitcher
to the front and Is going to prove a
great help to all the box men. In the
practice games already played there have
been several instances of men getting
three balls and following up with two
fouls Under the Old rule the fouls
counted as fouls and the pitcher had
simply wasted his energy in pitching the
two balls. In speaking of the matter
yesterday Capt. Ryan said that the rule
would work wonders for the men who
rely on a hard straight ball and throw
them continually in a game. Such men
will almost invariably get two strikes
on batter.