The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-14
WINNIPEG TO Be
RECK0NDED With
Sport Writer Says Flood will
Have First Division Team
Delay in Practice.
(By 7. G. DoushertvA

-Ottumwa. Iowa. April 1.-THE 1913
winnipeg club in the new Northern
3eague. under the management of Tim
Hlood, "a seasoned veteran of sixteen
2ears. and with experience in almost
rs many clubs and leagues. mus, be
3eckoned With as a first division out
nj. This simple statement is made
positive when it is said that four or
n pitching staff are old men who
nave proved their worth in past sea-
sons IN Winnipeg uniforms. When a
manager gets a good pitching STAFF. he
has covered half the distance to a sue
0essful ball club. and in Diedrick,
9easely. Moe and Glass. Manager
Flood a a quartette of fine box ar
tists. Elmer Fosberg and Edward
flsner, W six-foot pitchers, are al
% trying out for regular berths, and
thus It can be seen that Tim Flood
> we'll xed with wingers. Equally
ven liked Is Flood in the matter Of in.
nelders, which department he expects
to lead. with himself as the regular
9econd sacker. He u beat out
Young kirkham. the Ames college
star. for the keystone bag, however,
and Tim is Slightly worried about his
success.
Big Third Stacker.
In Robert Kahl. a big fellow from
C~olterville. ILL.,, Flood expects a third
guardian. who will excel any perform
or in the competing clubs. 1nfeder
Sioth1er, who was sold to the Pacific
though he has not yet reported to
Manager Flood. He is practically as
90red one position on the infeld. and
FLOOD Is turning his attention to the
youths he brought with him from st.
LOUIS. TO get a short-stop or a third
standard Of the new Northern league.
:Ihe chief aspirants are Ben Gardner
and Ralph Pierce. For the outer
works Flood thus far has only two
4nen, James Schaefer of st. Louis and
fyaarxin r1 rarnham Of Canton, Ohio,
fnen from the wilds of illinois and
Aentucky are expected the first of
Ene week to make Schaefer and Farm
nam hump for regular jobs. For the
0ackstop position. Bill Matthews of
3. Paul and Conner James Of St.
gay a third catcher will be on the
keround to endeavor to win a bread
kkicket eoo
Rain Prevents Practice.
me Winnipeg recruits reported in
MAgttuma Sunday, April 6. ldleness was
Inc program until Wednesday, when
ya1n, after forty hours of activity. re-
FUSED to pour. and offered the athletes
a1eir hrst opportunity of DOMINIC the
spangles and working out. The mud
ny Held at the Myrtle street park
Mould only permit of fungo batting
and long distance running. This
Meek Is expected to be an extremely
I hsd one 1or Floods players, who are
Egan's champion Ottumwa flock. who
nave won three pennants thus far in
n Central association. The Winni-
peg squad Is expected to be augmented
70 twenty players by Monday, and
s satse games VIII doubtless be played
Win the Muscatine. Iowa team by the
Maroon seconds. Bod Kahl win han
U4e the %yannigans at Muscatine.
Seasoned Manager.
In Manager Tim Flood. the W,inn;.
peg Cup has a manager who is skilled
1n all departments of the national low
aron inneld1ng to grass trampling. and
ESQ managerial end. Flood start
80 nus interesting baseball career in
wa then in a league titled the West.
ern association. Among his team
mates We're Charley Doom. now man.
ager OF the Philadelphia club: Biijy
smith; pilot Of the Atlanta club. and
SahS Weimer remembered as the
n Cincinnati Reds some wears arcs
IN 1929 Flood went to Fort Wayne as
an infelder and he was drafted h, tha
81. Louis Americans. st. Louis tnrnad
r -. oser 70 Cleveland for the season.
league in 1901 and BROOKLYN bouehnf
him at the close of the season For
TWO years he was the property Of
Brooklyn. and in 1904-5 he managed
me Los Angeles club in the Pacittc
H"ast LH eagu Flood was captain of
1906 and in 1907 he was the resular
second baseman on the Toronto club.
He again Invaded the realms of man.
ager IN 1908. when he had the ST. Pau,
club. Little Rock. Nashville ana
i iaIro saye aI9od employment in 1909.
In business in st. Louis. Floods stick
work has kept him in organized hasaN
oall. ~ he is confidently expected to
prove his worth in the 1913 semester
In the Northern league.