The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
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Gremtnger in Form.


low, that he was. Heis away down in
| weight and looks better than he has in
| the hitting. Time was when he was the
most dreaded batter in the Eastern;
league. He looks today to- be in the
form of 1901, when his heavy slammi ng
and field work brought about his pur.
chase by Boston.
| predicted after seeing Yeager at
Minneapolis catcher this year, and the
big chap has turned this very trick
Fans who last saw him, with face
bloodshot and hog fat, will not recog-
nize. the Yeager. Of today. He is clean
cut, his eye and complexion clear and is
working like a machine. He appears
to be another case of mike Kelly
lqck' in picking up players. If he
plays the season as he has started the
snatchers - of the circuit by the lst
of June. Shannon is an unknown who
will have to show the goods /. Kelley
writes that he is we'll pleased with this
| fellow IS work. ~
Of the fans. t embraces 1 &C Fora, Tho Sn%s
Weisenberg.- Brittsen, Gehring, Kilroy,
Sporer and Sessions. Ford and Thomas
are well known to Minneapolis fans.
Thomas III; mas had s"l,ia bad bad year in 1905, partly
cumstances: Ford, too, was unluckv,
but both Of these chaps have buckled
into work this spring, knowing that it
was up to them to deliver.
Weisenberg and Brittsen, the Three
league recruits, have made good in the
preliminary work, but must still i'm.
prove to stick. Gehring and Sporer are
minor leaguers with their: record tc
make, but each shows cleverness in the
box. Sessions and Kilroy have done
effective work in the past. Their stick
ing with the team rests with them
selves. g. ..s.
Persons, lively looking outfelder
will go to one Of the lesser leagues fol
bit more experience. He is one of thu
most promising looking ''comers'' o,
the year. Graham will be utility man
and is a big local favorite. He, is no
a sensational player, but cool, level
, headed chap who always takes care O.
{ himself; is always. in condition ant
gives the very best he has on all oc
casions. -. .,-. --
Kelley as a Coach. @
/ Under Kelley's tutelage this team i
g. one 2of great possibilities. AS rilino
: league manager Kelley has few equals
He knows the game from the benc
r and from the players standpoint H
E is popular with the men and has wo
;, two remnants with teams that wer
S scoffed at in the spring. Minneapoli
s does noe stack up in big league talen
Z. with some Of the other clubs, but whe
l. it comes to basting the ball, runnin
n the bases. knocking down the fast one
9 and mailing the high boys Kelley
p bunch is going to be beard from. ]
is we'll balanced with old and youn
Q players.
It If Oyler does not report at LouisviIl'
's Kelley will buy another shortsto,
:, There is still hope that Marshall wi
8 be sent to Minneapolis by McGrav
= If he comes, Shannon will probab]
y walk the plank. With these addition
= Minneapolis, even on paper, would ran
e up with anything on Joe O'Brien
= loop.
! The fans are generally well please
:, over the change in local baseball ma
3. tiers. The team is now nearer an al
s. home institution than over befor
n Many of the players are bona fde re
n idents Of the city and the ownership
mill city organization. Minneapol
80 is always a loyal spot and this year
az baseball looks as tho it was coming
~ under the forward Minneapolis
81 rule.