St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-28
SPORTING SPRAY.
General Gossip of Current Events.
Some Casual Comment.

General Gossip of Current Events.-
Some Casual Comment.
Minneapolis is suffering from q plethora
of sports. No better proof of this asser-
ton is wanted than the fact that the walk
ing match at Washington rink last week
suddenly terminated from a lack of pat
ronage. The time was when the mere an
nOuncement that Dan O'Leary would walk
would fill the house, yet now, such is the
condition OF the sporting market, his walk
ing match did not pay expenses. COnSid
ereu in the abstract, there is too little eX
element in a walking match to interest the
public In the days when Weston and
O'Leary were heroes. and LATER when
ROwell came to the front. public taste was
less morbid, and the mere matter Of en-
durance became interesting; but now.
when sharp glove fights, exciting wrestling
matches and base ball league contest are
on, walking is too slow for a rapid public.
Capt. DAILY is to receive a pugilistic test
at the hands of Pat Killen at the Comiaue
on Friday night. 1t is to be hoped DAILY is
more Of a pugliSt than a wrestler, for his
exhibition with the Jap was very poor
one. lie is large and strong but awkward
on the carpet, and won the two falls at
Gr@co-Roman simply through main
strength and awkwardness. Ii he beats
Killen he may meet Cardiff, but as the
latter has agreed to meet the winner it is
altogether probable Killen will
himself together and will be in
good form for Friday night. lie is looking
to meeting with Cardiff and this contest
is the only means. With Cardiff he can
make but little way. Under the training
of Donaldson, Cardiff has improved very
much III science-the one point in which he
was lacking. There was marked differ
ence in his tactics in his contest with Will
son and in that with Mitchell. With the
latter he was cautious and on the defen-
sive, feeling his ground carefully; with
Wilson; while he always avoided the
terrible right" he was the constant ag-
gresSor, confident in himself throughout.
Cricket has taken just the same hold in
Minneapolis that lacrosse has in st. Paul,
and gives some promise of becoming popu-
lar. The Chicago club, which has been in
existence for several years, will send team
to contest with the Minneapolis eleven in
the near future and. while the chances are
against it, the home team expects to score
winning II. P. Robinson, the captain.
while he is not a crack player, has had the
benefit of considerable experience, which
the grounds at Thirty-third street and
Pleasant avenue. The American taste,
which has run so long to base ball, must be
an acquired one so far as cricket is con-
cerned. The game has never made
any great Roadway in this coun-
try. as against base ball. from
which it differs essentially. Gin cricket
says Mr.. Robinson, 1.-The batting has been
reduced to science at the expense of the
fielding, while the reverse is true of base
ball. The broad, fiat cricket bat, with
field that is all fair. makes the batting pos
sibilities much greater than could possibly
be attained with the round, base ball bat.
and a field only quarter of which is fair.
In base ball, there are nine men to guard
this quarter field, while in cricket, eleven
men cover the entire circle, the result hay
ing been to reduce fielding to a science in
base ball and to neglect it, for the batting.
in cricket An American seeing game of
cricket, is struck by the inaccuracy Of the
fielding. but is impressed, if the game is
good one, by the wide range of bowling and
the science in batting"
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The Minneapolis ball team has made a
frightful record in the past week and must
be overhauled and Strengthened up at once
The team is all broken up and must be
healed and set right before it can expect, or
be expected to do any playing. At pres
ent the team has some Of the best mem
bers and is the worst organization in the
league. Foley is sick and is unable to play
and is sadly missed. Scheffer, the manage
ment says. has received so much praise
''his nut is sweled," so as to render him
intractable. He refused to catch on Fri
day and Saturday on account of sore
finger and was heavily fined. He then
wanted his release, which the manage
ment refused. jim Cantillon, who
was first-class player a
month ago. has been changed about so
much as to destroy his efficiency, and re-
Gently has been so criticised as to rattle
him. Decentralization has set in, and gen
eral bad playing is the result. Something
must be done or the team will go to pieces.
To-day's game at Duluth is the last time
this week the club will play, and the time
intervening between that and the first of
next week should be utilized in getting into
shape 1t is yet comparatively early in the
season, and one weeks good playing will
enable the team to pass several in the
league. Its material is better average
than that of the Wisconsin teams which
play here next week, and the city patrons
of base ball will confidently expect better
showing.