The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-15
SPORTING GOSSIP;

Before leaving for his home in the
| East, Manager Mike Kelley announced
| that he had signed a number of play
ers for the Saints of 1903. The list
| named off by the manager includes the
major portion of the 1902 team. Pat
billiard, Harry Lumley and Catcher
| Jerry Hurley are missing. Ferguson
and Chech are the only pitchers sign
ed. Phil Geier has been offered a place,
but up to date has not attached his
name to contract.
A study Of this list convinces the
fanatics that the manager of the
Saints is starting right. He has sign
ed several players who can assist in
making the Saints a pennant- winning
team, and he has broke with part of
the faction that did much to demor-
alize the Saints of the season of 1902.
billiard and Lumley, though it is
hard to say it, were in the class with
Stimmel. Hurley worked hard, but he
was handicapped by sickness and did
| not make the showing expected of him.
A number of the fans will not ap-
prove of the signing of Chech, but
Kelley is right in giving the Wisconsin
boy another chance. Chech fell down
this year, but in former years he show
ed that he could pitch ball, and he
| may round back into form next sea-
son. If he fails, then, and not now,
will be the time to drop him from
the list.
Kelley has started right and can
make winning team Of the Saints if
he follows along the line he has laid
! out. Last season Kelley tried to be a
good fellow with his men. Drink
clauses were ignored, the players were
told that the management only expect
ed that they keep in good condition.
All that Kelley asked of his men was
that they deliver the goods, and a
| number of the men abused this gen
erouS treatment.
Kelley has tried the one way, and
the men, or several of them, made that
way failure. The manager knows the
mistake now, and next season things
may be different. For the first few
weeks the manager may not be the
popular good fellow of last season
with his men, but after a few stern
heart to heart talks have been deliver
ed the players will respect and follow
him in the work of landing a pennant.
Being residents of Grand Forks, you
can hardly blame them, but the cor
respondents who sent the reports of
! the North Dakota state university
| Hamline game to the st. Paul papers
are, if the stories of the Hamline play
ers may be believed, in line for a hard
call down.
1t is evident from the stories told
by the Hamline men that the CORE
spondents slammed on much coloring
when they sent in the reports Of the
Hamline team quitting.
If the story Of Kennedy, one Of the
Hanline players, can be relied upon,
Hamline showed more than a fair
spirit in remaining on the field the
| time the D1aVerS did
LOOMS, the North Dakota coach
| knew that he was violating the rules
when he attempted to remain on the
field coaching his men during the play
| Zimmerman, being a Hamline man.
| generously overlooked the violation,
| but this does not excuse LOOMS.
| LOOMS has a right to tell his side
| Of the story, but until he makes a
statement the players of the univer-
sity of North Dakota must remain I'M
| der cloud.
| If LOOMS did, as the Hamlile men
| claim, instruct his men to put RAIDER
| out of play as soon as possible, LOOMS
| does not deserve a place as coach in
| the football world.
North Dakota cannot afford to play
unfair football. The Grand Forks cor
respondents can forget the disagree
| able facts about the winning Of game
but there are fair sportsmen in Grand
| Forks and in North Dakota, and these
fair sportsmen surely would not sup
| port these methods. Billy Mac.
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