The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-26
new TEAM is SIGNED.
A Splendid Aggregation Of Base Ball
PLAYERS to Wear KenOsha Uni
forms This Season.
OLD LEAGUERS ARE SECURED.
BreensMeans to Start the Season
with a Pennant Winning Team-Many
Changes to be Made at the Park.

Kenosha is again to be factor in
the base ball world of Wisconsin and
the old days of the Kenosha Regulars,
those halcyon days when the National
game was the only sport in Kenosha,
are to be reproduced again this season
when Managers .Breen and A1leman
trot their new team into the field to
open the Interstate League season in
Kenosha.
The makeup of the team is now
complete and there is no doubt but that
it will be the strongest team that ever
wore a Kenosha uniform and it will be
one of the top notch teams in the State,
comparing favorab1y with even the
teams in the big leagues. In getting
the team togetherlManager Breen has
gone the full limit allowed by the
league in the way of salaries to be paid
to the men and the Kenosha team will
cost the managers more than hun
dred dollars week in salaries.
The team will consist of Finnegan
and Ballet as pitchers, Saxler as
catcher, Breeu on first base, Sne1le on
second, Ebert as short stop, Lang on
third base, and in the field will be
Horn, Schooling, Ward, Freitag,
Hanks and Connery. The exact Sc
lections for the field have not been
made as yet, but Manager Breen will
let the six candidates fight out the Sc
lection among themselves.
The team thus secured will be one of
the best, if not the best, in the league.
The two pitchers will be assisted by
Hugg, who formerly pitched for Ke-
nosha and who is now signed by the
Decatur Three-I league, but who
will afix his name to a Kenosha con-
tract before the opening of the season.
Finnegan is the man who is accred-
tied with the honor of winning the
Western League pennant for the Sioux
City league team last season, and he is
one of the fastest players in the west.
Ballet, the other pitcher, is left
handed man who comes from Mason
City, Iowa. He is considered one of
the best amateurs in the business and
he will greatly strengthen the Keno
sha team.
Saxler, who has been signed to catch
with the Kenosha team, was formerly
with Clingman's Brewers, in Milwau-
kee, and was one of the best men in
the big leagues. "Dot" Ebert, who is
signed to play short stop, is star of
the first magnitude. He was with the
Evansville, Indiana, team last year
and led the Three-I league.
Lang, who is signed to play third, is
coming player who was with the Ft.
Sheridan team last year. He is an all
round player and will cover the third
base in a way it has not been covered
for some time in Kenosha. The men
who have been signed for the field are
all good men. Billy Horn is a former
Kenosha player. He was recently
signed with the Atlanta team in the
Southern League, but he gave up this
place to return to Kenosha. School
ing was formerly with the Mason City,
Iowa, team, and Ward comes from the
Oshkosh State league. Breen will
captain the team and will cover first
base, and Sne1le, who was formerly
with the Kenosha team, will play
second.
Hanks, Connery and Freitag are on
for felders and they will all be given a
chance to make good before the final
make up of the team is arranged. The
members of the team will report for
practice by the first of April and the
new team will be ready for the prelim-
mary games of the season by the if
tenth of the month. The season of
the league will not begin until the last
week in the month.
The new uniforms for the team have
already been ordered and it is certain
that the Kenosha team will be the best
dressed team in the league. The uni
forms will be black with white trim
mings, and the coats will be pearl gray
with white buttons.
The Kenosha lovers of the game will
have every possible opportunity to en-
JOY the sport during the season as the
Kenosha team will play on the home
grounds every Sunday save two. Five
exhibition games will be arranged dur.
ing the season with teams in the bigger
leagues.
Carpenters started work today on
the rebuilding of the grand stand and
bleachers at the park, and the grand
stand will be enlarged so that it will
hold double the number of people it
now holds. The entire grounds will
be 1eveled off and put in condition for
the opening season and a new road will
be built frosa the grounds to the main
road. This will make it possible for
carriages to get to the grounds, and a
nice enclosure in the grounds will be
saved for the use of carriages.
The managers are preparing to cater
to the lovers of good base ball in every
possible manner. Mr.. Arnold has been
asked to extend the tracks of the cleo
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