The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08
DULUTH WILL TRY
FOR SUNDAY BALL
Game Today VIII Likely Bring
the Question Into
Court.

Special to The Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, May ABILITY to
play Sunday baseball in this city will be
put to the test tomorrow. when the Du-
luth team, Of the Northern Baseball
league, will line up against the Ashland
club at Athletic park. 1t is expected that
one or more of the players on each side
will be arrested, and this will give an OPP
portunity to fight the matter out in the
courts before the first league Sunday
game, scheduled here for July.
Promoters of the sport assert that the
outcome of the controversy which is ex-
pected to arise over the game tomorrow
VIII determine the status of baseball in
this city in future. Last year those who
were back of the club were forced to go
into their pockets to foot up the balances,
and they expect that the result will be
the same this season unless they are help
ed out by the crowds on the first day of
the week. If the Sunday game is knocked
out here this season there will be no base
ball in Duluth next season.
If the attempt to play the game in
Duluth is successful this will leave only
one town in the league -Winnipeg-in
which Sunday baseball is not permitted.
But in the Canadian city this loss is par
tally made up from the fact that on
Saturday two games are played, one in the
~ after supper. This is made possible
from the fact that it does not become
dark that far North until after o'clock.
Game at 6emidII.
Last year Superior permitted Sunday
games, and as a result immense crowds
and Fargo allow such contests, and the
Sunday games scheduled for Crookston
will be transferred to Bemidji. where the
sporting sentiment is most pronounced.
1t IS believed that if Sunday games
could be played here that crowds of 1900,
or even 5000. could be secured. Without
these receipts the game will not be prof
liable.
All Of the teams In the league have
been hard at work during the week which
is just ending. Duluth came home after
defeating the strong Java independent
team at Minneapolis; Fargo and Winnipeg
divided hoRors in Minneapolis later in the
week. and Grand Forks took into camp
some OF the strong semi professional or
kuk tomorrow, and Winnipeg will be at
Albert Lea. Superior is still at La Crosse;
while the Duluth and Grand Forks teams
are at home. Fargo has arranged sched-
ule OF exhibition games which will I'LL in
most of next week
Artie Ball and Hughes arrived from
Chicago yesterday, and Hank Gehring,
the mainStay of the Duluth pitching staff
came up from st. Paul, so that the local
club is now complete with the exception
of a twirler from a Southern college who
will not report until June 1. Van Praagh
has about given up hope of getting Annis,
whom he signed from the Little Rock
team early in the year, but will not need
him in the event that Ball makes good at
short Annis is now with the Winnipeg
team and is putting up splendid ex-
fibition. Kennedy, who jumped to the
Greenville Miss. team will also be al
lowed to remain, as Sink is covering the
first bag satisfactorily.
Fargo Looks Strong.
According to preliminary showing, Far
go will be one of the strong factors in the
race for the Northern league pennant
this year. King" Perry Werden made
his appearance at Minneapolis this week
their warmest partisans. They demon
strated their ability by walloping Winni-
peg, the last years champions, but the
following day were defeated. With Buck
walter, Lynch and Edwards, Werden is
thought to have as good bunch Of
catchers as there is in the league. He
recently secured Milton and Newmeyer,
two members of Tebeau's Louisville pitch
ing staff, and these, with Olson and Hall,
will handle that end of the battery. Wer-
den is covering first himself and has Van
Dyke at second, Hickey at short and Bur-
rows at third with Rose and Treager in
the outfield.
William Bray. who last year managed
the Superior team during the latter end
of the season. has reported at Grand
Forks and will be the assistant manager
of that club during the season.
Frank Figgemeier. who has been a con-
spicuous fgre in baseball for many years,
is trying for place on the Fargo pitch
ing staff and may land. His professional
playing was two years ago, when he was
with the st. Paul team of the American
association. Later he officiated as um-
pire in that organization.
Kelley, the second baseman and cap
tain of the Winnipeg team in Satur-
days game handled four putouts and
eight assists without a skip at second
base. He is a brother of Mike Kelley,
of the st. Paul American association
team, and at one time was considered
for manager of the Duluth club In an
exhibition game, after the close Of last
season, he was struck in the head with
bali and was in the hospital several
weeks.