The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-01
will, as a quicker and cleaner infelder
than Fox never put cleat mark on a

will, as a quicker and cleaner infelder
than Fox never put cleat mark on
diamond y
Big Ed Greminger is apparently
qualifying for the featherweight class.
He has been playing roller polo all
| winter and his surplus avoirdupois is
gone. He is in splendid shape and
| when it comes to the batting practice
the "battleship'' is. fairly pounding
the cover off the ball. Grem. is the
fastest big man in baseball today.
Kelley has virtually closed deal for
another infelder, to replace sOyler: if he
does not return. "Peaches'' Graham
will probably do the short field stunts
until this fellow arrives and afterward
| will act as utility man.. Graham has
| been working along the same line with
Freeman, and he too, is In good shape.
Just now George Yaeger is working
with the millers. The big fellow is
we'll known to American association
fans, but few Of them would recognize
him today. He looks better than he
has in six years, weighs less and is
moving around faster. His famous
whip seems to be just as accurate as
ever. His skin is as fair as woman $
and the big chap has evidently been
taking. good care of himself. Yaeger
knows his baseball. book from cover to
cover and is proving of great assist
| ance to the young pitchers. is not
signed, but there are stranger things
happening daily than the signing Of the
old chap-old in experience but not in
years. Bill Marshall is expected back
from the giants, and with Yaeger for
second catcher the team would be in
j good shape. Both men are good bats
men. Alto Yaeger slumped off for a
year or two there is no apparent reason
why he should not come back. His
eye is clear, his nerves working right
! and he knows how and when to lay the
stick against the leather.
The Pitching Staff.
The pitching staff looks good even
tho "5Frosty" Thomas has not shown
up and Chappelle is said to have
jumped. Neither one would be a loss
Of the catastrophe class. The young
sters are all showing up in fine shape
and, altho nothing can be told from
warm-up exercise, they look good
"Hank' Gehring comes with a goo(
record back Of him in the Western asso
citation, where he clouted 1886 last year
He felded $40. He is laying then
: over in good shape and has good con
g troll for early season showing. Perry
. Sessions, last year with st. Paul, looks
3 better than for several years and il
J, lacing them into the catchers in goo,
: shape. Lefty" Sporer batted .22'
with Winnipeg last year and in g.
Egames pitched won IS. He is short an,
{ chunky, but appears to have speed an
: curves. Weisenburg, the tall aubur,
haired lad has already been dubbe,
), "Fitzsimmons by the team and Ii
t looks like baseball fighter. He sha
9 everything and looks like a find so ia
q as his, practice showing goes. H
) comes from the Three-I league wit
c Brittsen.
. The latter is heavier chap tina
n Weisenberg, and he too is showing goo
% form. Hauser joined Kelley at Oman
:, today and Duquette is to come late1
IS Clark and Shannon are practicing wit
u the millers in the catching division an
a are showing. It is rather doubtful tn
g if Minneapolis ever gets look a
either Of them. Another clever youn
fellow, Geighner, is working with tn
10 millers, but he is one Of Ned Egan
,r Burlington pets. He is an allroun
N man and says he can play any positio
re and the fiddle some.
". cred" Newlin, formerly Of the Siou
e. City team, is a promising looking cha
As who is anxious to break into MINI,
l.. apolis. He has wide variety of shoot
m and "fade-aways,o and is going t
is make a strong bid for place on th
in team.
a. Poor Accommodations.
e. With the men playing indoors in
ID dink1y little Turner hall, it is hard I
is get any line on their ability. Outdoor
Sc they began to show more Of their for1
IN Burlington was hardly a good place
Id train in bad weather, as the park is f;
Id out and the clubhouse facilities Unite
n. The only available place, the Turn.
IL hall, was too small for anything say
I'd Hp1aying catch' and the team q,
very little benefit out Of their week
fe work. Only once did they get out
as doors.
= All bathing was done at barb
in shop and it was a long walk from tt
h. hall to this place. The squad could n.
az be accommodated at any one hotel al
to were divided.
be As the team stands at present
u would not win the pennant by al
- means. It is full of latent possibiliti
er Kelley may get squared up and pls
ut first base-if he chooses. The additit
is Of one or two stars, and it would be,
Of corking aggregation. It will requi
It's one or two more good men to make
lis a first division team.
be With such men there is no doubt b