The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
MILLERS PATRONS
OF The MUSES.
Kelley, Fox and Lefty Davis
Tickled to Death with
Macbeth.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal t.- o.,
Burlington Iowa, March 27-It rained all day
yesterday, and the best that Manager keliey OF
Minneapolis and his fourteen players could do
in the way of limbering up for the practice
for the season was to stroll about the streets
in raincoats and umbrellas trying to discover
some attraction worthy Of their notice. Billiard
halls claimed good majority in the afternoon,
and those who not tired out by their UT
in from Minneapolis made tour OF the local
playhOuSeS.
Manager Kelley, with Captain Fox and Fielder
Davis took in the classic performance OF Mac
beth" with alleged imitation OF the scenery
and costumes used in the original performance,
and said that they enjoyed 1t, &tho local crlt1cs
pronounced the play trife off color. The Gar
rick theater, popular vaudeville house, CLAIMED
1.-THE greater part of the team, the REMAINDER
spending the evening at the roller skating RINK
in the Company II armory, Where the team oe
gan practice today.
Umpire Brennan Of St. Paul, who oflc1ated
in the Iowa league last season. came down with
the team from st. Paul, and yesterday was
doing the honors for Mr.. Kelley. Before that
gentleman had had time to partake OF luncheon
Brennan had led him off thru the rain to the
office of Frank c. Norton, until this year presl-
s, dent of the Iowa league, who Is the FOUNTAIN
head of all things baseball in this city. Mr.
Norton delighted to meet Kelley, and took
him down to the office Of the Burlington Lumber
company where they interviewed Captaln-elect
tWoelhalI Of Company H in regard to securing the
use Of the armory for the preliminary workouts
of the team. Mr.. Woelhall promised to bring
the matter up before the company at their
weekly drill Monday evening, with the assurance
that there. would be no difficulty IN arranging
for the use Of the big hall.
e. New Uniforms.
Mr. Kelley last evening made arrangements
Tor thirty uniforms, two for each man. The
uniforms will be identical with those worn by
the team last season. white with red trimmings
for the games in Minneapolis and gray with red
trimmings for the contests the road.
D1ao fOr
and especially for Manager Kelley, however.
Least Of all the rainy, muddy weather, but
1T helped. The biggest annoyance Of the day
came when Mr.. Kelley discovered that the
irooms for the team so carefully selected several
days ago by Manager Egan Of the local club,
would not do at all. II would be ashamed to
even suggest to the men that they put up in
those rooms" said Mr.. Kelley with grimace
iwhen recounting his experiences in the lobby
of the Union hotel last evening. ''They were
simply impossible. That is the way the rooms
seemed to me. 1t was kind of Egan to take
the trouble to secure the rooms for us. but they
will not do at all. The only thing to do was
TO allow ourselves to fall victims to the hotel
keepers here.
Team Is Divided.
half of the men 1 have CHARTERED in tho
Delano and the rest will stay here with me II
the Union Each man has got to have a separ
ate bed and plenty of light and air while l an
running the team. We cannot get meals a
the hotels, however, at anything like reason
able figure and so l guess will have to form
up into little procession when meal times come
& around and march, to the restaurant where Egal
arranged for to eat. We have secured ex
elusive use of the baths at one of the barbe
shops. where also leave our baseball
clothes. Burlington is nice town. what littl
1 have Of it. and all pretty vel
satisfied. This rain is enough to make an.
place look dismal tho
This morning bright and early the team wen
to the armory and spent two hours in limberin
4 up. The used for roller ska TIM
rink three afternoons in the week and, unit
the weather permits Of outdoor work, the me
will have to look these days. All ar
anxious to get busy.
Mr.. Kelley said last night that there is som
chance of persuading Shortstop Oyler to retur
to the club. Oyler wants to retire from tn
diamond and enjoy life private citizen, bu
the team does not want him to. Yesterda
Fox, Freeman and Ford wrote personal letters t
him at his home in MELVILLE, Pa, importunin
him to back and play ball. Mr. Kelle
was hopeful last night that these letters nigh
have a good effect on Oyler. loot Thompson
still missing.