The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-22
GIANTS lineup : :.
IS ANNOUNCED.
Several Things Doing in the
Northern First Practice
Games Are Played.

Houghton. Mich, April 22.-The
Houghton team of the Northern Cop
per Country league has at last been
announced to the fans and the lineup
comprises what looks like the strong
est bunch in the league, to the Por-
tage Lake fans at least. Manager
Taylor has not engaged a big bunch
of men to take on the spring practice
trip with him, but has secured men
whom he considers good. seasoned,
and fast players. There will prob
ably be little wedding out. One name
Is yet to be announced. Taylor says
he is high priced and high class
man, heavy sticker, fast on the base
lines and heavy player. Negotia-
tons are now under way for this
man.
All the men signed by Taylor have
played either with OF against him or
John Sundheim. who was with the
Giants last season and will be back
again this year to cover third. James
Ryan, a man who has played in prob
ably faster company than any catcher
now in the league. will 'backstop" for
the Giants. W. A. Kaiser, w. New
baerer, G. Newbaerer, both Of Chicago,
and Christie Eagan, also of the Windy
City, will make up the pitching staff.
1t is likely that one of these men may
be dropped and Roy Beecher of last
years Giants. but now with Mime.
,apolis, will likely be back. The team
will carry four twirlers. Eagan is a
southpaw.
Percy Solbraa. with Lake Linden
last season, takes the first sack. Kid
Taylor, manager, goes to second
again, Sundheim will be at third, and
either James Gilmore or John LIGHT
will be at short. This makes a good
solid infield.
Ed Kippert, Ed Corbin and Bill
Brand have signed for the outfield.
Brand was with the team last year
and did his work WE'LL. Corbin is re-
ported to be peerless fielder, and
Kippert's work. both in the garden
and at the stick. are too well known
about the circuit to need mentioning.
kippert has been in the copper coun-
try all winter, as have Taylor an6
Brand, who live in Houghton.
To the fans this bunch of men
looks particularly like the real arti.
Gle and they hope that the team will
carry off the rag this year with fly
ing colors. The Houghton team will
be backed by practically the same
men as last year, who have promised
all kinds of support and have given
Manager Taylor free hand.
The members of the team will re-
port at Oshkosh. Wis, where they
will meet the Oshkosh team of the
Wisconsin State league in two games,
May l and 2. On the third of the
month the team will play at F'on du
Lac, Wis. and on the fourth. fifth and
sixth will play Ira Hastings team at
Green Bay, Wis. The Giants will ar
rive back at Houghton May z, where
they will play the Medicine Hat team
of the Western Canada league May IL.
Then the team will go to Hibbing,
Mimi, and will play the team at that
place two games. May IA and IS. On
the 10th the regular season will open
by the Giants at Duluth.
Winnipeg Practicfng.
The Winnipeg Maroons reported for
duty at Minneapolis on Saturday aft
ernoon. There were nineteen men on
hand, and it looks as though the Ca
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league will be a good one.
Eddie Herr. the new manager. is a
st. Louis man who has been playing
baseball in the western leagues for
the past ten years. He is a pitcher
and last year twirled good ball for
the ST. Joseph team of the Western
league. The nineteen men in the VIM
nipeg squad are as follows: Pitchers,
Herr, Terry, Dunn, Giencke, Sawyer
and Wills; catchers. Voss and Crisp;
first basemen. Luderous and O'Neil;
second basemen. Ryan and Dougher-
ty; third base. Zeider; shortstop, King
and Sassenbach; outfielders, Hender-
son, Munroe, Piper and Cox. OF these
men five are known to be favorable
and with fourteen men to pick the
remainder of the team from the out
look is bright.
On Wednesday the Winnipeg team
is to lineup against the Minnesota
university at Minneapolis.
SOx Won Out.
In their opening practice game of
the season, the Duluth White Sox
baseball team was defeated at Free
port, Ill. The score was 8 to 2.
"Bill' Krick, who was one of the star
slab artists for the Sox last season,
opened on the firing line for the Wis
itors, and was hit with more force
than politeness. In the opening in
ming two scores were secured and in
the second period three more Free
r.