The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
COPPER END OF THE
NEW LEAGBE HusTLEs
Schedule Work of the Northern
Circuit in Hand by
Magnates. -; .
Special to The Journal.

HANCOCK, Mlcu., April lo.-~AltuO tAe
playing season of the Northern Copper
Country Baseball league does not open
until May II, the players signed for
the various clubs of the new organic
alton are reporting for duty and in the
copper region practice games have been
instituted with series between Han
cock and Calumet. The Duluth white
sox will have something of an advan-
tage, having been following the Iowa
circuit for the past month, but the
fortnight available for hard work prior
comes effective will do much. toward
putting the other teams into trim. The
league schedule as drafted calls for lO6
games for each club. Hancock opening
with Houghton, Lake Linden with Cal
umet, Duluth with Fargo and Grand
Forks with Winnipeg.
DlHlculty IN drawing up satisfac-
! tory arrangement of games has been
| met with because Of peculiar conditions
have been complicated by the fact that
while there are four teams there are
but three ball parks, the associations of
Hancock and Houghton, sister munich
palltles, joining in building new
grounds on the shores Of Portage lake,
and also because Sunday ball is not
permitted at Calumet, the best ball
town Oh this end of the circuit, which
is also the case with Grand Forks of
the northern division.
The Sunday games that Calumet
would ordinarily play on its home
grounds, it is understood, where
they have not been taken care Of by
means Of doubleheaders, in some cases
have been shifted to Lake Linden,
which is only a few miles distant, and
easily accessible from Calumet by street
railway and steam road, and which
with the augmented crowds is probably
the best Sunday ball town in the cop
per country. Lake Linden, however, Is
the smallest town in the league, and for
that reason it will have fewer games at
home than any Of the other teams, the
majority of its contests with Winnipeg,
the largest city on the circuit, having
been scheduled for the latter point.
Cassiboine a Manager.
Howard Cassiboine of Madison, Wis,
a veteran on the diamond, manager and
captain Of the Oskaloosa team of the
Iowa State league last year, will man
age and captain this season s Hough-
ton club. He will have full control Of
the players. There are some thirty
men on the list to draw from, and it is
the assertion Of hackers Of the team
that Houghton, despite this, it's first
season Of professional ball in many
years, Will have as strong an aggrega-
ton as any in the league. The club has
already been dubbed the "giants,' pre-
sumably because most of the players in
sight are small men in stature. It is
likely, that "Con' Lewis, pitcher and
outhelder, formerly Of the university OF
the Calumet team. will not play with
Houghton. He is holding out for big
money, it appears, and the management
has passed him up. If he does come
now, it will be after overtures are made
by Lewis himself. Jerry Utley, a for.
mer University of Michigan player
and Larry Hoffman are prospects, if
they do not make good at Atlanta.
Dr. Percy Glass has in consequence OF
ms increased duties as secretary of the
expanded league, given up the man
agement Of the Lake Linden team, and
has been succeeded by Billy Foster
outfielder. the star of the Crookstor
nine of the old Northern league, who
WILL act both as manager and captain
Outtielder Becker has been let 90 BY
the New York Americans and IS re-
Joining the lakes, much to the delight
of the fans of the stamp mill town, al
IN company with the minor sort he is {
tower OF strength. Big Jim Thomas, 8
L..
assigned to Lake Linden by the ma
tlonal commission, in consequence of 8
contract made last year, and thus
neither Houghton nor Calumet, which
were both hot after the player, has been
successful in landing him.
The Calumet Team,
The mainstays of the Calumet team
Enis season will be the following men
Catcher, Leahy; pitchers, Morrison
Grlmes, Hewlett and Cook; infielders
Hutter, Vorpagel Wallace, Moves and
Monahan; outfelders, Bufka, Loughlin
and Slear:, All but Grimes, Morrison
Mutter, Vorpagel and Loughlin are
newly recruited players. Bufka cap
famed the 500 team of last season
heahy is former star catcher for the
University of Wisconsin team
hancock 8 team has been assembled
from states stretching from Maine t,
California and from Lake Superior al
most to the Gulf. It's personnel fol
lows: Gallagher, Maine; Farrell. Mon
treal; Sis Hopkins, Little Rock. Ark.
EAR. Sparta, Ill; Cox, Stockton, Cal.
Rick, Duluth; Woods, st. Paul, MINI;
Holmes, Webb City, Mo-; Printz, Chi
Gago; Glllen, Evansville; Roden, St
Faul; Terry, Schoolcraft, Mich; Goulet
S1anaW, Mich; Roger, Dollar Bay
Mich; Frank Kelly, purchased from
Calumet, and Clyde Wares, a forme1
university player, with Hancock las
I Clinton Gallagher, the new catcher
Tor the Hancocks, was SO certain tina
ne would make good in the cope