St. Paul daily globe., 1888-04-01

calculate on lighting for every inch of
ground it gains. Detroit is better. of
than Washington or Indianapolis, no
doubt. but the champions of the world
will be several times compelled to lower
their colsrs to the Senators and the
Hoosiers. Detroit holds the flag, and
prestigeg ives the Wolverines the call
in the betting. But will the pennant go
to Michigan this year? A good many
people incline to the belief that it
will go elsewhere, the larger num-
Der that it will float from the Chi
cago staff because of faith in Anson.
1t may as well be announced, however,
that several others are very confident OF
victory. One of the strangeSt things
about the forecasts is that Philadelphia
is very seldom considered as in the
front rank, and yet the Quaker team
wound up the season of 1887 playing a
strnger game than any other team in the
league; in fact, no team ever made a
prettier finish. The success of the
Keystone nine was not due to the
WORK OF PHENONIENALS,
but to splendid team WOrk-everybody
playing, not for individul records, but
for victory. Those who figure on the
National pennant without carefully
weighing Philadelphia are making a
bad mistake. A great many good Judges
put New York higher than fourth
place this time. There has been con-
Siderable infusion of new blood, which
they think will add much strength. 1t
is abont settled that Cleveland will
play third base and Foster center
field. Both these men are unquestion-
ably far above the diamond average.
Both of them are home-run hitters,
Foster is a race horse on
the bases, and neither of them is weak
in the field. If they look not upon the
wine when it is red, they will be heard
from this summer many times. The
other new men in the Gotham aggrega-
tion are well spoken of also, with the
exception of Hatfield, who will be al
lowed to 60 to Jersey City. Crane is sur
priSing his best friends by his ability to
puzzle opposing batsmen. just at this
luncture it is hard to say what is most
likely to happen at PittSburg. The
ion that the nine of HuStling Horace
Phillips would take the pennant, but the
big row which has just developed in the
Smoky City will cause such perSpira-
tion among the players that they will
not get settled down to work until their
chances for the pennant have gone glim-
mering. President Nimicks' remark
the other day that he might have to lay
off Calvin and Miller because they
REFUSED TO TRAIN
properly set "Gentle Jeems' and the
'Calliope" wild, and they are saying
dreadful things about the ruler of base
ball in Pittsburg. Besides, Mccormick
things he will not play until May, be-
cause rheumatism attacks him in April.
Morris, then, is the only pitcher who
will be likely to win games for his team
early in the season. The most magnif-
cent f1elders in the league are appa-
rently preparing to do themselves up.
Boston, always dangerous, is more than
ever so this year. The Hub team is
already strong, and, if ClarksOn is Sc
cured, the Wolverines should begin to
shake in their boots. Even without
ClarksOn Boston promises to be well up
in the list. Morrill, will be in the saddle,
and Kelly will have nothing to do but
"play ball." Our own Billy Sowders
is in this team, and st. Paul people
will watch his work with interest. An
son is putting in his time breaking in a
great gang of colts down in Dixie, and
the public is wondering what sort of a
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else could make winning team Of
them, but nobody else can handle a
team like Anson. One of his pitchers.
Krock, has broken the pitchers record
by striking out twenty-one men, and
Clark and Brynan are pitching in fine
form. In fact, they are doing better
than Mark Baldwin. Williamson is
laid up with sickness, Duffy taking his
place. The catchers are talking of re-
signing to keep from being killed by
Krock. Chicago is complete enigma.
The powers behind the Washington
team have concluded to allow Ted Sulli-
van to pilot it to -
TED's LAST VENTURE
was at Milwaukee. He is pretty good
judge of ball players, but has rather
poor luck in getting his team to the
front late years. His aggregation is
stronger than last season, but is proba-
bly, too weak in the box to hope to get a
position above sixth In Wilmot and
Hoy batting, fielding and base-running
strength has been added, and Billy
O'Brien has proved himself the best
long hitter in the country, both Dan
Brouthers and Roger Conner having
had to take seat behind him. Indian
apolis threatens to surrender last
place this time, but even money is
Wagered that the Hoosier team
will remain where it is. However, after
all the kind things have been said about
the teams that they will bear, the great
stumbling block remains in their road.
Detroit is not invincible; Detroit will
not win all the games it plays by good
deal, but Detroit is really the most
promising candidate for the pennant in
the field. 1t may lose it, but signs do
not point that way. 1t will have to
fight hard, but the great aggregation
Baldwin, Getzein, Bennett, Camel,
Brouthers, Richardson, White, Rowe,
Twitchell, Hanlon and Thompson-is
pretty sure to gather in the National