The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
BY jerome 3. Beatty.
Special to The journal.

special TO Inc journal.
Kansas City, April 14.-ttIt's first
division for the blues this. season.
said George Tebeau, owner OF the Kan
sas City franchise Of the American
association baseball team, when he was
II Ra tes city Tq ssSs e est my Ssst s
put good men here and I think I have
succeeded. I have the material here
now. It is up to Burke to make a
good team out Of the bunch.o
It certainly does look as tho Kansas
bali team this year, With Jimmy
Burke, the ex-cardinal, in the lead, and
a number of promising new men wear
ing the blue, it seems as tho Kansas
City were no longer destined to have
signed and sworn claim to the bot
tom notch.
81 am making no predictions as to
where we will stand at the end of the
season when the last game is over,'
said Jimmy Burke today. 81 am not
good guesser. I do not know enough
about the other teams in the associa-
tion to tell honestly about our strength.
However, I think we have a mighty
good bunch. We have hitters. That
is something that / am a crank on. If
a man hits consistently I can forgive
few errors. I think, tho, that the
bunch will be able to field as well as
hit.'
Burke makes his men work. There
has not been 50 much training got out
of squad at Association park in years
as Burke gets from his men. He is the
hardest worker Of the bunch. He be-
lieves in plenty Of training. He will
not stand for any violations Of training
rules. Vasbinder, who had been
signed as utility man, was promptly
/ released Wednesday when he failed to
conform to training rules.
There is plenty of ginger IN the
squad. They like to practice and there
are no loafers in the bunch: For
catchers Burke has Tommy Leahy, who
was released by the St. Louis cardinals,
and Jack Sullivan, the former st. Paul
backstop. Both of these men are work
ING we'll. Leahy is heady catcher
and is doing we'll with the new pitch
ers.
Whitney. a. big boy from the south
is making good at first. He is hitter
who can be depended upon. At second
is Donahue, who played third here last
season; He is doing better WORK YORK UNI .niE
b. but he is ts sRefy o weight 'h@' W"
"NigO Perrine, who was released
is a great addition to the team, which
was weak in the short position. lie Il
expected to do some hitting. Jimm.
Burke will stay at his old position O.
third base. Jimmy is cloutlng the bal
and fielding in a way that promises t.
make him the premier third basemal
in the association. He plays hard an
- =: Cassidy will play either left or cen
terfield. He was with the blues last :fal
and he should be close to the top in tn
felders of the association. He has bee
doing brilliant work in the exhibitio
s games.
r Hugh Hill, another old man, will pla
l. centerfeld or rightfeld. He is a stead
s never been remarkable. He has bee
Y improving this spring with the willow
g Billy Phyle will be used in the tiel
e or at second. It is possible that he an
Donahue will fight for the keyston
position. He has been landing on til
ball. Walter Frantz, who has been II
leased by st. Louis, will be used 9
utility man. He should do good wor
this season.
I For pitchers, Durham, Swami an
Crutcher look the best. Frantz wi
good possibility that Oimstead, WI
was with Columbus two years ago, wi
be sent to Kansas City. Tebeau hs
signed him. The team in the six exh
h bition games that have been playe
= has batted 1928. Their fielding h;
been up to the standard.
The Kansas City fans will not stan
for any poor team this year and thel
has been little comment on the bunc
here. The fans have been buncoed
many times by fowery advance notic'
that they are laying low now. If tt
/ team is a good one they will suppo
=. it. 1t really looks as tho they we,
"a going to have a team to support.