The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-30
IN THE REALMS OF SPORT
iexcept for the addition Of anotherS

StrOng heaVer.
Wheeler claims a. strong hitting club,
| with most Of the boys above the aver
age in fielding ability. Wheeler's pres
| emit lineup includes: Catchers, Peters
and Brennan; pitchers, Morse, Wilson,
Peterson, Davis. and Donnelly; first
baseman sampson; second baseman.
Rube Foster; shortstop, Nifnecker;
thiId baseman, Wheeler; outfielders.
Altman, McGraw and F1aherty.
Wheeler Is making a circuit of the
Three-I league circles and is having a
lot of success. He has won 5 per sent
Of the training season games up to
date. ...
Wheeler. will bring the Grand Forks
club to his city May s. the day prev
ious to the opening Of the season. Viz
| GINA Is the first club here. and sup
| porters Of the anne in the Iron range
| city have organized a party to come
here for h curtain raiser.
Canucks Show Up Well.
Fort williams, April 30.-President
| Conrad is making the trip in Iowa
| with the club and he has had the OPP
portunity O. sizing up thep players per
| sonaHy. He has written from Keokuk,
Ia, where the club was booked to
play three games. Owing to inclement
weather the series mad to be called off.
The squad, however. was cut in two
sections and games were played in
Burlington.
Mr. Conrad further writes: 1--WE are
not trying to win these exhibition
games, rather trying out our raw ma
terial so as to pick the good from the
bad"
Local fans need not worry over the
team If the players are as good as the
president has stated. Three out OF
seven games Is a pretty fair average
for an aggregation that has only been
playing together for two weeks. The
majority Of these players were Of an
nknow quality before reporting to
| Manager Lizette. They have all been
tried out and fifteen Of the bunch have
been released for failure to make good:
When tho squad Is reduced to normal
the nlayeru will Their be hitting their
stride and better results will be at
tanned. MI. Conrad expects to go to
Winnipeg for the opening game there
and will then come to Fort William
to take up his residence.
virginia Right There.
Rockford. Ill, April 30.-People in
this town are beginning TO Wohf fbe
whether they teach baseball IN the
nublic schools in Virginia, MINI. There
is a crowd of the boys at one or the
local hotels receiving instruction from
a Professor Stewart and every time ms
class comes to the ball park they put
the u on the boys and send them
home.
All the folks VINO DO not opJecL u :"
little outing Sunday afternoon, assem-
bled at the pastime lot to see those
Virginia fellers perform. They got
their eyes full, too, for the program
staged was n of the cutest ana tne
best selected little cards you ever al
Virgins 2, Rockford 1.
After most Of the spectators had gone
home. the official score marker, g. rag
IL years old, who knows more appatt
he had not fulfilled his duties, He
Climbed to his board end painted the
following picture of JOY and woe:
vounr man named Petit, who has
the ability to smile at the girls ana
strike outSa maj while doing so, head
lined this nice, little amusement b1il:
He was in the box every minute that he
was supposed to be during the nine.
inning warfare and only five times DC
} the Rockford crew succeed IN !andlne
on his delivery for safe ana SANE
smashes.
WinOna Form Improving.
} WinOna, April 30,-Streigel, although
small of stature, Is, covering the Ter
ritory around short like a small cyclont
ana everything that comes his way II
Streigel has had considerable exper'
fence in the outfeld. Weigent at short
is also making a good impression.
E. A. McGovern, catcher, VINO ha!
ana who has had considerable exper'
fence as a backstop came to terms witt
the local management and has signee
l a contract. Schneider and McGoverr
will probably be Lefty's choice al
though the other recruits are still II
u Day after day Frank osgood THRILL
the spectators by his brilliant worL
y around the second station. In the man!
" chances that he accepts daily, this
player has bungled but few of them
and spectators are unanimous in pro
3 claiming their belief that Lefty hal
uncovered a find"
''Bill" Snow has cut loose a few fas
ones and he is showing a clever as
sortment of curves and s~peed-palls tnl
. season. Toraason also is burning then
over and is in the pink of condition
The other regulars arc fast rounding
into condition.