The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-12
FANS AWAIT THE
initial CONTEST
Throughout Circuit Prepare
tons are Being Made for
the Official Opening.

Duluth, April 12.-With work on
the addition to the grandstand at Attn
letic park due to start next week. 1t
begins to look like the spring opening
of baseball. Men are at work today
moving back the third base bleacher.
Material is being hauled for the con-
struction of the addition to the stand.
And with the construction OF the
grandstand will also so to the erec-
ton of a new ticket Office. the bring
ing out toward the street car line OF
the fence and the general improve
ment of the park.
News has been received from Min
neapolis of the release of Comstock
and Lelivelt by the Minneapolis Amer
lean association team to the Northern
league club. Catcher Werner of the
big Millers has beer with the North
ems for the past week and he is ex-
pected to prove one of the star re-
ceivers of the league.
Fans over the circuit are beginning
to awake to the fact that this is go
ing to be some classy organization.
While it Is early to predict, it is the
opinion of some that the team cop
ping the bunting will have to be about
llo OCSI Odll SIQO llldl HdS pidScO ia
these parts for the past decade or
o
Just eleven days remain until the
opening of the Northern league sea.
son. A trip to the Office of the Du-
luth Baseball association would con-
vince n Of the vast preparations
that are being made for this auspic-
ious event. There are a hundred de-
tails to be arranged before the UNI.
pire shouts the old play BALI thing,
and the completing of these varied de.
tails is keeping President Blume and
his assistants at this end of the league
very busy.
Changed Conditions.
To realize the difference between
the status of baseball in Duluth this
spring and hat of a year ago, one
only has to think back colby on the
are having n of the finest parks in
the league made and We are in an
eight-club league, linked with three
OF the largest cities in the west. Last
spring apathy rose up and yawned in
the faces Of the fans. There were but
four teams in the league, while the
a n were freely predicting that the
League would be extremely fortunate
II 1t weathered h storm until after
the glorious Fourth.
People along the street are asking,
Are we going to nave good baseball
this year. do you think?"
Well. now. Bill. this human nature
fs the funniest thing in the world, For
years We have been saying that IL
only we could get into the twin cities,
baseball would come into its own
here. We have accomplished what
was considered impossible by even the
most loving friends of the cause. Not
only, that, but an eight-club league
nat been organized, and some of the
most ANGUS baseball men in the
country have charge of the various
teams. If we don't have good base
ball. why it should strike n as proh.
aole that no minor league in the
United States will have good baseball,
1t does hardly seem probable that
the opening of the Northern league
10 nu eleven days away, and vet such
- the act-count 'em yourself. With
tne Dig show started. and only the
Perversity OF the weather holding the
american association teams. Chanting
their bits at the barrier, the kidwav
9 been nicely creased for the start
OF the season in the Northern.
1t is probable that Darby O,Dr;or
all the players he will use during
the present season, unless the onnor.
tunity should present itself for the ac.
quirement OF some star. This is NOT
the case with all of the other team.
Of the league. Minneapolis will nrohs
ABLY receive some more PLAYERS n,
recognised worth from the team ~
that city while st. Paul is also lonk,n.
some OF the players of the ST