The Saint Paul globe., 1902-02-25
From the =
- Fan Mills.

Capt. Keeler says the Brooklynites
would be called to meet on All Fools
Clarence Foster, who was with the
Giants a little while last summer, is
coaching New York university.
Ralph Seybold, who played a. brief en-
aagement in red, is called Socks by
his Quaker constituents.
Umpire Gaffney has accepted a posi-
ton" with the street railway company
Of. Worcester, Mass, at a salary" of
Napoleon Lajoie is anxious to get to
California again. He made many friends,
especially among the ladies.
The American is certainly determined
And it can deliver the goods by doing so.
Jesse Hale, the well known minor
league outfielder, is laid up with the
smallpox and may die
Pete Bowling is still looking for job.
Bowling Is one of the best left-handed
pitchers in the business-when he is
Cincinnati is alleged to have secured a
player named Teal McPhee says he
never bagged the duck, and knows not
where he flies
Any fan who can read and interpret the
new baseball rules will be safe in going
against the red tape of any probate court
in the nation
Henry Reitz is finding it tough shedding
for another job, even in California Reitz
mas grown too fond Of steamed beer OF
late years.
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the Cardinal club is making a fight for
Sl5,0O0 insurance on their burned grand
stand, which the companies who issued
the policies have refused to pay
The only pitcher to have a clean record
In n! the New England league last year was
P1tcher McCloud, Of Manchester He took
part In fifteen games, had no put-outs.
Jhlrty-SeYen assists and no errors
Billy Clingman ought to make good as
manager, remarked a fan at Red
Ia1 neaaaquarters yesterday. .'He is of the
out at Milwaukee, I'll be very much dis
appointed. Cincinnati ENQUIRER
NIP Seloach has started to train and
,Solumpus advices are to the effect that
every day from Cincinnati. That is TAX.
ing desperate chances on Somebody re-,
marking that that is a line of march onfv
dead ones should choose
Theodore Breitenstein, once known as
the $4,000 beauty" Is beSeechine tba
Little Rock team of the Southern Ieague
doI a trlai. which all goes to show that
a baseball players life has something in
Pitcher Dupee. of Portland, has bean
sigred to tWirl for New York the coming
England championship for PortIand nv
ms work in the box last season. His hafy
ting average was $685.
Iony MuHdne has a chance to iofn Rart
cunningham as an umpire in +ha Paoi5c
Northwest league, but the former Bad
count is stlll anxious to handle an indi
is bit more corpulent 0'-0
oscar Lang has declined to be Hugh
SSGelinngS understudy in Quakerdom. Bill
@ @0nettsnne, as a last resort, might get in
ana play first bag himself
George Decker is stated to cover fret
base for Los Angeles this season. GEORGE
was Mas enc time on the Chicago National
theaSGe hs@ e. team, put sickness put him to the
Ted Lewis, the Boston pitcher. an-
nounces his retirement from the diamond
delivery. eoo0
A man was taken to the detention hos
pltal last night. He had been reading
fhe p proposed baseball rules.-Chicago
The new baseball rules are dead easy.
Take the Evpotenuse of the right triangle
formed by lines drawn through first, third
and home bases, multiply it by the square
root of the distance from third base to
the left bleachers, and one for luck; take
g drink, and if you are still sober It's a.
fOul.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Delegates from the baseball conference
at Buffalo said on their return that only
temperance drinks were served In the
committee rooms. Perhaps the reviser
could have done something better on
something else.-Chicago Recofd-HeraId
Little Tommy Hess. a catcher who has
been bobbing round the country for 10
these many years, will play with Los
Angeles this summer. Hess once caught
for the Hammond Writings.
Treadway, the ancient outfelder once
viii bdlQlnVFt dAu OI ldl0 years a resi-
dent of Pullman cannot keep out of the
game. He has signed with the Butte
team for the season.
Two of the crack players of the Cuban
league-Prats and GonzaIes-are touted
for jobs in the National. Both are al
legged to be grand batsr1en, fast runners
and beautiful fielders.
Clark Griffith has wagered a winter
overcOat with Jimmy Collins that the
Chicagos will win the American league
rennant and that Boston will not be one,
two, three.
John T. Brushs message to A. G.. Spald-
ing regarding the settlement of the base-
hall war was as follows: 'Senor A. G..
Spaiding, Mexico-Three par que noshas
has abandonado vuclue ayenir yiodato
sea Perdonado." Spaiding refused.