The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1919-05-08
HAVE YOU JOINED?
Hard Hitting Sinewy Material is Now
Needed to Build Up Win
ming Baseball Team.
IF Made of This Sort of Stuff Enroll
in the Organization and Get
Whipped Into Line.

Whipped Into Line.
The cold inclement weather has
been keeping Manager HuHlander's
Colts indoors of late, and about all
they can do is to gather around the
steam radiators and tell how they are
going to perform prodigious feats on
the diamond this coming season. The
playing field is gradually being worked
into good shape and after several more
treatments ought to be in excellent
condition for a season of fast play.
At this time the manager is making
a still hunt for fast, hard-hitting ma
terial to build into winning ball team.
The battery end Of it is giving him
considerable worry as he is without
tried timber for this important end Of
the game. He is now in touch with
several prospective slab artists, one
of whom is Michaud, the left-handed
south-paw who made such hit with
the local fans during the season of
1916. If David Umbehocker, but late
ly released from the service in France,
stays in Princeton this summer, the
catcher end Of the battery will be
solved Immediately, as this youngster
can ably handle anything in the pitch
ing line that the manager is able to
employ for the class of baseball played
in these parts.
There are various candidates for
the infield positions and the rivalry
for these will be keen and sharp. 1t
looks now as if H. Galley, the returned
sub-chaser commander, will handle the
made good at this job several years
ago, and his increased experience at
college and in the service should make
him one of the best first sackers in
this league. Captain Berg, in all
probability, will play the keystone
sack. This is also his old position,
and if Bob can retain half his navy
pep" he will have no trouble in hand
ling second and also carrying the cap
tain's responsibilities with grace and
ease. The short stop position is open
for argument. Felix Nutshell, the old
Foley star, is likely candidate for
this important position. Joe Trunk
is also ambitious to handle this end of
the local nine this season and several
other younger men have signified their
intention Of coming out. Third is un-
settled as yet, but our keen-eyed man
'ager is on quiet hunt for a suitable
man to fill this position. Attorney E.
Fl. Peterson is an old third baseman
and, if able to get out, may again don
a uniform and show the youngsters
how to cavort around third.
For the outfield ttHoff'' has Smith,
Doane, Severt Peterson, Clair New
ton, Dugan, Grow and several other
prospective candidates. Many Of these
players have also had considerable in
field experience, and with this total
wealth Of material there is no ques-N
ton but what cracking good ball
team can be built up around even
fair battery.
Even if the weather does not vet
permit of baseball it does not stop
dancing, and on Friday night, May
16, at the armory, the ball team will
put on "a big dance for the benefit of
its finances. The same orchestra that
took so we'll at the firemen's ball will
be there with more pep and jazz than
ever, and if you miss this social treat
blame nobody but yourself. The
Princeton ball team has practically
been a self-supporting institution for
the last seven years, and when they
quit playing at the close Of the season
in 1917 they had a substantial ball
ance left in the treasury. When the
call for help from the Red Cross went
out in 1918 the bali team unanimously
decided to turn over the total balance
for charitable work and did so, thus
depicting their own treasury for a
worthy purpose and at critical time.
Under the circumstances the Prince
ton ball team is entitled to whole lot
of consideration in it's honest endeav-
ors to get it's finances back on a sub
stantial basis. Buy ticket for the
big dance and help those who helped
"the boys" when the big war game was
on.