The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-20
FIRST CAVE OF SEASON
UMPIRE WILL CALL E'PLAY BALL"
AT LEXINGTON PARK
TODAY
SAINTS WILL SHOW SCHOLARS
Every Loyal ROOter in st. Paul Is
Expected to Be on Hand
and Do HIS
Duty.
SAINTS WILL SHOW SCHOLARS

The umpire will call play BALI at 8
O'Clock this afternoon at Lexington park
and then the season will lie on in real
earnest True, it will not be the open
ing Of the league season, but the league
team will be there, and it has been SO
long since the local rooters have had a
chance to shake the earth up out Uni
VerSity avenue way that It is safe to
guess there will be enough of a crowd
to extend the right kind of a welcome
And, speaking of welcomes. the candi-
dates for positions on Capt Ryan's team
should be given a hearty che. 1t will
be the first appearance here for many
of them, and it will give them good
impression of the support that they are
II have, and they, in turn, will respond
with the right article of ball No use to
tell the fans how to welcome Big Bill
Wilson and Father Werden and one or
two others who are old-ttme favorites
here. 1t is to be hoped that this after
noon will be bright and sunny and just
.trif1e warmer than the past few days.
The lineup of the leag1e team will be
just as it was given in TIE G o of
yesterday. The university men will line
up as follows: Chiffon, cate her; Free
man and Hammeril, pitchers: Metcalf,
first base; Solen, second base; Allen,
short; Plymat, third base; Cameron, left
field; Varco center field; Hurley, right
field. Very little has been said about
the material in the university team, but
1t is understood that the men have been
hard at work for some time and that
they are in shape to make it decidedly
interesting for the locals.
Capt. Ryan's colts put in day of good,
hard work at Lexington yesterday. Dur
ing the afternoon the eighteen men on
hand were split in two and played a
practice game among themselves. No
score for the men were more interested
IN working out than they were in keeping
tally. Considering the condition of the
grounds, which are still soft and wet,
some good, clean bail was played. Capt.
Ryan cOntented himself with acting as
umpire ana occasionally 81 ing a few
pointers to some of the youngsters about
handling the ball and getting over the
ground between the bases Magil, Cox,
Myroski and Fraser were all given a
trial in the box, and Wilson, Holmes
Carrish and Hunt were given a couple
of innings each behind the bat. Andrews
was on first for one of the mines and
made a good impression on a few fans
who were out to see the practice. In
dian" Roberts covered left field In good
shape and also went behind the bat for
an inning.
A game has been arranged for Sunday
afternoon between the league team and
Manager Whitmore's city team. Capt.
Ryan has not decided just how he will
line his men up for this game, but it is
probable that the players will be In
about the same positions as in today S
game. The lineup of the city team will
be as follows; OMalley and Clayton
catchers; Cook and Bastel, pitchers; " IL
liams, first base; Martin, second base;
Berg, short; McGinnis, third; Flaherty,
left field; Murphy, center field Thomp-
son, right field. This game will be
called at 3 o'clock and should bring out
a good bunch of fans
All of the travelling suits and a few
samples of the suits to be worn on the
home grounds arrived in the city yester-
day and were on inspection at the park
in the afternoon. The home suit Will
be a light gray, with deep red trimmings.
red stockings and gray caps, with red
stripes running around them top and
bottom. The suit that will be worn
away from home is dark blue in color
with red trimmings. Both suits are very
neat and seemed to please the boys i'm
Intensely.
After the practice yesterday and during
the rub down that followed Wilson en-
lvened things a little by calling on every
one to observe that the Indian had suf-
fered severe case Of sunburn as result
of his first day In the field. Roberts
is the occasion for many little jests
among the men, but he does not seem to
mind 1t in the least. When asked how
his arm was yesterday, he worked it up
and down a few times and said: "AlI
same triphammer."
1t is little early in the day, but here
is a guess that Werden, Wilson, Larsen,
Andrews, Holmes, Hunt, Magill and
frazer will be on the pay roll after the
season opens. Of course there will be
more, but it is a safe bet that those men
toned will be there, with no doubt OF
their ability to keep themselves there.
Word from Kansas City says that the