The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-03
BIG LEAGUE LISTS
AMERICAN AND NATIONAL MANA
GERS HAVE PRACTICALLY Sc
CURED THEIR TEAMS
CoMIsKEY HAS MANY STARS
Magnates Have Used Up Numerous
Contracts, and w eeding Out Must
Follow Spring Training
Season.

Leaving the plotting and fighting tc
their employers the managers of the two
big leagues have been hard at work for
the past two months chasing down every
ball player of promise, and though the
season is far away, most of the mana
gers have already decided upon the Iine-
up of their respective aggregations.
The baseball manager having secured
his team in his own quiet way is not
just at the present time making public
his list, but from semi-official sources the
line-ups of the teams of the two leagues
are something like the following:
The Chicago team: Manager, Clark
Griffith; pitchers, Griffith, Callahan, Gar
vim, Katoll, Patterson and Scopec; catch
ers, Mcfarland and Sullivan; first base,
IsbeIl;. second base, Tom DAILY; third
captain, Davis; left field, Mertes; center
field, Green; right field. Jones.
The new st. Louis team, under the
managerial guidance of Jimmy McAleer,
will present this lineup: Powell,
Sudhoff, Harper and Reidy, pitchers;
Douglass, Maloney and Donohue, catch
ers; Anderson, first base; Padden, sec
tain; Friel, third base; Burkett, left field;
Heidrick, center field; Mcfarland, Of last
years Chicago American league team,
right field.
Il
to be proud of the Detroit team. This
is the lineup: Miller. SieVer, Yeager
and Crystal, pitchers; Buelow and Yeag-
er, catchers; DlIlion, first base; Gleason,
second base; Casey, third base and cap
tain; Elberfeld, shotstop; Harley, left
field; Barrett, center field; Keller or
Holmes, right field.
Cleveland presents new manager In
T. o. Armour, and a reorganized team
Of high class. The lineup Is: Wright
Moore and Mullen, pitchers; Wood,
catcher; Schreckengost, first base; Bon
ner, second base and captain; Bradley,
left field; Pickering, center field; Harvey,
right field.
Manager Connie Mack has not been idle
in Philadelphia this winter, and has Sc
cured a grand lot of men to represent
QuakerviIle in the pennant race. Here
is the team: Fraser Bernhard, Plant
and Townsend, pitchers; Steelman and
Powers, catchers; Davis. first base; La
Joie, second base and captain; Lave
Cross, t441rd base; Monte Cross, short
stop; Hartsel, left field; Fultz, center
field; Flick, right field.
Manager Collins has completed his
Boston team, and 1t is an impressive
one. Study the lineup: Young, Winter
Prentice and Dinneen, pitchers; Creiger
base; Ferris, second base; Collins, third
base and captain; Parent, shortstop;
Hickman. left field: Stahl, center field;
Freeman, right field.
Baltimore, and will line up in this order:
McGinnity, Hughes, Foreman and Nops,
pitchers; Robinson and Bresnahan, catch
ers; Mccain, first base; Williams. Sec
ond base; McGraw, third base and can
tain; Gilbert, shortstop; Kelly left neld;
Donlin, center field; Seymour, right field.
Tom LOTUS will give the Washington
fans an opportunity to enthuse over the
work of this team: Carrick,- Lee, Ortiz
pitchers: r. Donohue and w. Clark, catch
ers; Carey, first base; WolvertonT- no or
Keister, second base, Coughlin or VOL
verton, third base; Ely, shortstop; Dele
hanty, left field and captain; Hoy, CEN
ter field; Gettman, right field.
Despite the wholesale loss Of star play
ers who have gone over to the American
league the club owners of the National
league are not without playing talent
It is a fact that many of the teams are
as yet shy of players, but at TINS writ
ing the following men will work under
the banners of the old league.
Chicago presents a new manager, and
a new team President Hart has the
signed contracts of thirty-two players,
and the final selection of the regular
team will be left to Manager Frank
Selee But on past performances the
West Siders will in all probability be
made up as follows: Eason, Waddell,
Elliott, pitchers, and left-hander to be
selected from the squad Of youngsters;
Chance, King and Kehoe, catchers;
O'Hagen, first base; Lewe or Doyle. Sec
ond base; Tinker or Lowe, third base;
Kennedy or Mccormick, shortstop; SlaSle,
left field; Williams, center field; Jones,
right field.
Pittsburg will present this team: Phil
lippi, Tannehill, Cheseboro, Merritt and
Lever, pitchers; O'Connor, thinner and
Smith, catchers; Bransfield, first base;
Ritchey, second base; Leach, third base;
Conroy, shortstop; Clarke, left field and
cartain; Beaumont, center field; Wagner,
right field.
This team won the National league
ocf will in al
ability repeat the trick this year. On
form the pirate crew outclass all rivals.
The St. Louis team is far from being
complete, but Manager Donovan has Sc
cured these men: Doheny, pitcher; Ryan,
catcher; Richardson, first base; Brashear,
second base; Hartman. third base; Bark
ley, left field.
Cincinnati viii be represented in the
campaign by these men: Phillips, Hahn,
SwCrmstedt, pitchers; Pietz, catcher;
Beckley, first base; Magoon, second base;
Steinfeldt, third base; Corcoran, short
stop and captain; Dougherty, left field;
Crawford, center field; Bey, right field;
McPhee, manager.
This is a lightweight team, Hahn, Cor
coran, Crawford and Dougherty being
the only stars.
picked. Roy Thomas, the outfelder and
JackHtz are the only players Of the first
class now under contract.
The situation in New York is even more
serious. fTS6Q1ldi cluD is q
manager, and the only two players signed
are Matthewson, the pitcher, and Out
fielder Van Haltren.
Boston presents Buckenberger as man.
ager, and he has secured the following
players: Willis. pitcher; Kittredge and
Moran, catchers; Tenny, first base;
Demontreville, second base; Grimmenger,
third base; Long. shortstop and captain
Carney. left field; Lush, center field.
Brooklyn has lost number Of nigh
class men, and 1t IS up to Manager Ned
Hanlon to show his ability to develop a
winning team out of rather uncertain
material. Unless Hanlon changes his
mind between this and spring the team
will line up as follows: Kennedy, Don
ovan and Joss, pitchers; Mcclure and
Farrell, catchers; Gatins, shortstop;
Dahlen, third base. A first and second
baseman and three outfielders are yet to
be selected. Hanlon will in all probable
ity fill all these positions with young
players who are new to the league The
team looks very bad on paper
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