The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
POMP AND ceremony
FOR OPENING GAMES
Wisconsin State Baseball League
Opens This Week. with
Bright Prospects.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
La Crosse, Wis, April 2s.-The Wis
consin state baseball league will open
next Thursday for the second season.
The six teams in the league are now in
good condition for the opening series
after preliminary practice of from
two to three weeks. The usual cere-
monies will mark the opening of the
season at La Crosse, Freeport and Eau
Claire, the first series being Green Bay
at La Crosse, Wausau at Freeport and
Oshkosh at Eau Claire. At La Crosse
the pennant for 1905 will be hauled to
the top of the flagstaff by the winners
of last year. Mayor Torrance of this
city will pitch the first ball, and will
probably issue proclamation declar-
ing a half holiday.
It is believed that the season this
year will be more prosperous than last
year. The arrangements of the several
teams in the league have been careful
in selecting their players, and it Is
thought that none will fail to 60 thru
the season successfully.
Champions Are Unchanged.
The La Crosse team, which won the
changed that it is considers an import
ant factor in the race this year. The
team will be made up as follows: Kill
liam, catcher; Hawley, Jones, Restore,
George, Schneiberg, pitchers; Konetchy.
first base; Klock, second base; Vogt,
shortstop; Bond third base; Cahill, Me-
dwytzky, Sweeney, outfelders. The
only new men are George Reshore,
Schneiberg, Madwytzky and Sweeney.
Schneiberg was with Freeport and Me
dwytzky with Green Bay last season,
and both are considered valuable men
Of it's last years champion team Lis
Crosse loses only Pitcher Willard
Dodge, drafted by the Chicago Nation
Baseman o 'Leary, traded to Des Moines
for Sweeney, and Catcher Ben Dodge
who has retired. --- - =,
Freeport, the only team except L.
| Crosse. which last year held the lead
for any length of time, has been plan
ming all winter to capture the 1905
pennant, and has strong team for this
year.
Manager Bubser Of the Green Bay
team will select his men from the team!
located at Green Bay and Beloit las
season, and as both Of these clubs wer,
strong, the aggregation Bubser viii
have at Green Bay this year is counted
as one of the possible pennant winners
Bubser, himself, who stood second il
the list of pitchers in the per cent o:
games won last season, and Strommel
with last years Green Bay team, will
be the two strong men in the box.
| - al Strong Pitching Staff.
-. At Wausau Manager Mic Malven ha
practically the same team as last year
Casper, Garlic, Malven and Livingston
make strong pitching staff. The field
ing position will be little changed from
last season.
| In the Eau Claire Chippewa Fall
club, the new conner in the league, Their
is great deal Of interest. Manage
! Porter of the team is an experience
man in baseball matters and it i
thought that he will put a strong tear
in the field. Porter himself will pla
second, while Birminghal will play first
Baker short or third, catcher will b
chosen from Lynch, Mulcrone, Anne
and Campeau and the others will pla
inthe field. Manager Porter is still e1
perimenting with his pitchers, bu
Mohr, with Beloit last year will be on
of the mainstays.
The Oshkosh team at present is linin
up as follows: HChip' Hanfort
catcher and manager; Flynn, schilline
law and Warner, pitchers; Bourgeois
first base; Gleason. second base; schre
ner, shortstop; Melchoir, third base
Graves. left field; Hopkins, center field
Stafford. right field.