St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-26
&mRki Talk.

Sowders and Weber, the crack Minneapolis
battery, won every game in which they
played last week. SOwders is q very young
man and will undoubtedly develop into
great pitcher. He is also fine all-around
player and good batter. Weber is a COM
petent aud modest player and cannot be
spoiled by any amount of praise. Shafer has
been doing especially good work on the trip,
and his batting has been excellent. Crooks
third base play has been splendid. In this
player is the making of a crack ball player.
He is quick as lightning on a base, a good
thrower and safe batter. Murphy and
Buckley are both heavy batters, and in this
regard the club has filled a long felt want.
Twice, when the club has played an errorless
fielding game, it has lost through the want
of batters a cause which need never prevail
again.
The eight-round contest between Tommy
Warren, the champion feather-weight of the
world, and Jimmy Collins, the champion of
the same class in the Middle states. tonight
at the Leland rink, Minneapolis, will proba-
bly, attract large audience. The match is
for $500 sIue and the entire receipts, and is
to be prolonged after the eighth round if the
referee is unable to decide. so as to avoid the
possibility Of draw. Both men are in the
pink of condition and the meeting promises
to be highly exciting. Cardiff and Donaldson
! are also to spar four rounds.
Moulton and Wallace, who are managing
the sword combats which will take place at
Calhoun park, Lake Calhoun, on Thursday
afternoon and evening next, have been au-
thorized by Duncan G. Ross to make a match
between Charles Moth and himself for from
$500 to 81, 600 the entire gate receipts.
Ross, after his contests with Walsh at Cal
houn, will probably contest a match with
Walsh or Bergman at White Bear lake on
Aug. l, and if arrangements can be made
with Moth would like it TO take place at CAL
houn about Aug. 3.
A rodf 70 fc< IofN
neapolis ball park yesterday afternoon to see
game between Minneapolis and St. Paul.
The latter club, however, failed to come to
time, its train being two hours late and there
was no game. St. Paul came from Oshkosh
by the Wisconsin Central and MINNEAPOLIS
from Eau Claire by the Northwestern, the
latter getting to Minneapolis on time.
The Minneapolis team will now be idle until
Wednesday and will put in the time practic-
ing with the new men. When these breaks
in the schedule of games occur arrangements
should be made for exhibition games, as we'll
to keep up the enthusi asm and practice as to
keep up the eXchequer.
| Foley, the former third baseman of the
| Flour City team, has gone to Indianapolis
without release. Foley is a splendid player
| if he will totally abstain from liquor but his
| love of couviviality cost MINNEAPOLIS several
| games. 1t is thought he played for a re
| lease.
Manager Barnes has had the low place at
second base on the West Seventh street
grounds filled in. BY expanding few dollars
the whole field could be put in fine condition,
AS the grounds are at present the result Of
the games are too often mere matter of
| luck.
The next league games at Minneapolis will
| be with Duluth on Wednesday and Thursday
of this week. Sowders and Weber and
and Yengling and Traffley will be the bat
teries, the first on Wednesday and the second
on Friday.
The Saltwater lacrosse club went to White