The Saint Paul globe., 1902-03-04
SAINTS LOOK GOOD
HTANAGER KELLY HAS SIGNED A
FAST TEAM FOR ST.
PAUL
KNOCKERS ARE STILL BUSY
StaIIings Attempts to FriEhten East
ern Players With OLD Black
list Fhreat-CIubs Pre-
sent Strong Lists.

The last game of the American as
sociation's winter baseball" schedule
was played at Chicago Saturday, and now
the managers of the different teams ol
this new and strong minor organization
are turning their attention to the spring
training camps
Just a few short weeks for the work
3rg out of the players and then the fan
altos of st. Paul are to see real exhibi
tions of the national game-basebaiI as
1t should be played-and they are to see
St here in st. Paul, - for at the Chicagt
meeting of the association Manager Mike
Kelly requested President Hickey's ap-
proval on a bundle of contracts thai
made several of the other ambitious clut
owners step backward
When the association magnates and
managers gathered in the Leland hote
for the schedule meeting, the followers oi
baseball dope at once started to pick the
teams to finish first, second and third
Tebeau's collection of colonies looked
good until Kelly sauntered in with the
little list he had gathered together
Tebeaus list continued to look good, but
Kelly's also had a very comfortable ap
pearance 1t looked so strong to the
many critics present that before the fan
ming meeting adjourned Tebeau's Colonel:
were pushed back for chance at secont
place The Saints are put UP with the
lHdueGS DS luG UlcJOllly VI IiLC bo@oSbSNA
writers of the American circuit
st. Paul Team Looks Strong.
The club owners, though, are different
Zach man believes that his own parClc'
ular team is already clutching the bunt-
ang. Tebeau declares that the st. Pau
team Certainly looks good to me- bu1
the others refuse to place any other team
ahead in the coming race.
Bryce, of Columbus, and Jack Grim, Mr..
Bryce's player collector, cannot see how
the aggregation Of discoverers can be
held away from the nice new piece Of
bunting that will be ordered at the close
of the season; and Bandmaster Strobel
intends to pack his little park every aft
ernoon with fans anxious for a sight of
his league leaders.
Dale Gear in his usual modest way, be-
iieves that the Cowboys will be heard
from, and the local fans know that Kan
sas City has a strong list, for they know
the members Of the Blues playing staff.
Ilingman has gathered together a lair
team, but he has several weak spots
that will have to be strengthened If the
hop brulsers hope to figure in the money.
The question OF Sunday ball is bother
ing Watkins Of indianapolis. more Just
now than does his chance to win the
flag Watkins knows a few names on the
list of ball players of the country, and it
Is using up time to attempt any gold
brick presentations on the Hoosier club
owner. He has a team that will be
heard from during the season, but for
that matter, so has every town in the
circuit.
1t should be a lovely race Inc teams
appear to be well matched, and there
will be no Kansas City runaway this
season. Several of the club owners will
be compelled to secure other strong men
before the finish, but they cannot be
blamed for starting off with their present
lists, for many of the commonplace play
ers of last year have rigIIt to chance
TO make good.
The fact that Walter Wilmot Is at the
head of the Minneapolis team saves wor-
ry about that town. Wilmot's announced
list. starting off with NOravek, CZaper-
lewSki. Dad Clark and several other
Poles, looks rather blind, but Wilmot is
very busy magnate just at the present
time and before the season starts Presi-
dent Hickey may be asked to approve
several contracts signed by players able
to make the best ones in the new or
ganization hurry.
The Schedule and Rules.
The approval of the schedule drafted by
President Hickey and the adoption of
the American league playing rules used
up all the real working time at the Chi
rago meeting. Everyone felt certain that
me turning down or the American aSSO-
lcation delegates at the Buffalo rules
meeting by the agents of Spalding would
not be overlooked, and no expression of
surprise was heard when the rules OF
the Johnson league were picked.
The magnates accepted Hickeys sched-
ule without a single protest, but the army
of newspapermen from the different
towns of the circuit demanded a look
at the list of dates before expressing an
opinion. They We're ready to show the
associations president where he had
fnuddled things, but this time they did
not have chance. for the Hickey sched-
ule was discovered to be one that could
not be improved upon.
One slight change was made in Hick-