The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-21
OYLER HAS SIGNED
Cantillons Efforts to Keep the Fast
Infelder Away From Wilmot
Are Vain.
Big Jack Katoll Will Wear Miller
Uniform Next Season-Schmeer
Not Lost.

The Minneapolis baseball management
was made happy this week by a message
from Tom McCreery, who is now in Phila-
delphia McCreery said:
.'Oyler signed to-day He certainly looks
GOOD TO me- Tom McCreery.
The management has had considerable
trouble in getting Oyler. Cantillon of the
brewers has been dickering with the clever
inf1elder for a long time. and once 1t looked
as if the case would have to go to the Ma
Us =, "a Association board. When the evil
dence was all in, however. President
Hickey promptly awarded Oyler to Min
neapOl1s.
hone, and continued to assert that oyer
would refuse to go to MINNEAPOLIS. no"
49, his signature has been affixed to a
contract, however, the fans and the man
agement will breathe easier.
oyler One OF tho Best.
.w. were 80 anxious to secure Oyler,"
said Manager Wilnlot yesterday, because
he was considered one OF the pest snort
stops and second basemen In the American
league last year. The records show tnat
he was second only to Jimmy Coil nnS,, ~,
aelding, and you know that Jimmy '-olllns
has been without equal for years.
Oyler 10 one Of the fastest baserunners IN
the business too. 1t was openly aom1tteo
last season that there were lew any
nlayers who could beat this man IN gett1ns
to first. 1t will be hard TO PICK me iast.
asst man of the bunch when McCreery'
Oy,er- Schmeer, Lippert, Sullivan and NC
Intvre drop bats and start for the Initial
sack.
while If has been reported that Schmeer
has Jumped. Wilrnot has never given up
hope of securing the speedy lnneloel. ~
derson also has jumped, but the n,aLage-
went does not regard his loss SO seriously
~ had that little fellow Schmeer
cjnched," said wilmot recently, they
might all go on hunting ball players Va !.
I would pack my things ana go 1 Theti:
hunting until the season opened. na'
what 7 think of this team.
The local management will bring ln1lu
erce to bear upon Schmeer winch w lillo
thinks will be effective and the manage
10 almost positive that the fast shortstol
viii ioin the team at Leaven"ortf
March %. g..
Jack katoII Landed
IF schmeer is finally landed, the lnfiel'
will consist of McCreery, first base; oyer
second base; Schmeer, shortstop, all
MCINTYRE. third base. All these men III
81 good hitters. and behind such pltcnels d
Satoll. stinlmel, st. Vrain, Vasolnde1
sIaela. Sporer and Martin, they ousht
have easy time.
the announcement that big Jack kato
has been secured by Minneapolis IS one .
the most welcome pieces OF news the lo ,I
fans have heard in some time. katoll
spIendid work last season on the Siap ~
the n,illers and his good record Tor sew
eral years past, justify the opinion ina
with such a fast team behind him. ne WI
be one two, three. among the ASSOCIATE
twirlers this season.
The outfield will consist OF Wllmot, LIE
merit and I,ally. Jack Bolin, the hard
hitting infielder from the Pacific coas
league, will be kept for utility man, az
cording to the present plans me MAI
agement also has a string upon SulllVa
and Quilin. ....
Sorrow In the Brewer Camp.
The loss of Katoll, whom Cantillon M
been claiming in press interviews for II
last three weeks will not tend to put Mir
neapolis and Milwaukee on any mo-
friendly basis. and there is very little 10y
lost between the two clubs as it is. III
trouble started with Oyler's case, and WI
augmented by the dispute over Phyl
Now that the brewers have lost the
chance Of securing katoll. Citizen Haven
will not be in too pleasant a humor.
milwaukee seemed to have the lde
when saw Havenor and Cantllon at On
cago'' said President Johnston of tt
Minneap polls club. that we ought to gil
them Phyle gratis, just because we g
Oyler Well, you can run baseball as
charitable institution, but never notice
that it got us anywhere. Last year, VIII
we were in the hole. Hickey used to t.
us how much he would like to do to he
us out but I never noticed that any of t
clubs were falling over themselves to 81
us players. If we hadn't had clear til
to Oyler, you can bet we never would ha
got him..
Another thing which is likely to increa
Havenors wrath is the Clingman case.
seems certain now that Clingman will st
with Columbus. In that case the trade
Phyle for Clingman by st. Paul will
off, and the brewers will have to get alo
without the services of either player.
With the signature of Katol and t
better prospect of getting Schmeer in t
end. it looks though Minnea polls wor
be represented this season by as fast
team has ever worn the miller unifor
mot even excepting the pennant WHINE
of 1896. or the fast bunch of 1899.
Milwaukee May Get FreI.
According to the Sporting News M
waukee correspondent Manager McAlt
of the browns may permit Utility Pla,
F'riel to join the brewers. The wri
states that McAleer and Joe Cantion,
former umpire. now in charge of Milwa
KEGS American association team, will h
a conference shortly and that a deal '
probably be closed whereby Friel will
to Milwaukee. 1t was from Milwaul
that McAleer secured Friel, along W
Anderson, Reidy and Maloney
Baseball is now fuOr1Shing i'll the Pr
ippines. in South Africa. Australia, Hav
and Cuba. 1t has been played in Egg
France. Italy and England. Consider
the remarkab bic progress of a sport scar
ly more than half a century old the pos
bilities of the future Cor baseball
enormous.
The proposed conference between Pre-
dent Ban Johnson of the American leag
P. T. Powers of the National ASSOCIATE
and Harry Pullian of the National lea,
set for yesterday at New York, did
take place, President johnson having
NAMED in Chicago. President Pow
Y said last night that he would be in c
cago on Monday in response to the In
tation sent out by James Hart OF
Chicago club for conference of the r,
committees of the various organizatic
He declared, however. that under no
icumstances would he discuss the propo
new national agreement with anybody
lPulliam and Johnson.
HANDRALI,