The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-23

element or his success. With left-hand~
ed pitchers that is a rare gift. Brei-
tenSteln's lack Of it is his one vuI-
neraDle point 1t certainly looks as
IL Payne is destined to take a. place aft
the very head of the pitching stars of
the National league.
BESIDES Payne, the Brooklyns have
produced another star in Fielding
Jones, whose batting has been watched
with admiration everywhere In five
cases out Of six young players who
come from minor leagues to the major.
pody with great batting records do
not keep 1T up in the faster companv.
Young Jones, however, has not onlv
Kept 1t UP in the big league buf
shows that he is improving all the
Time and that his full devclopment
is thing of the future. In the latest
unofficial averages computed ne stands
thirteenth in the list, almost on a level
with men like Hamilton, McKeon-
Stencil, Lange and Tiernan. De Nom
trev1lle, OF the Washington club. is
another youngster who has jumped
from nowhere to the very front within
year. He has outbatted men of tha
Doyle, Lyons, Griffin, Davis caliber
and has done some phenomenal worlc
at short field. Though the men Of the
Payne, Jones, De Montreville stamrk
are lew in this years crop of young
plood, clubs are not discouraged i'm
TINS washing for gold" as is proved
by the Cleveland clubs recent pur-
chase Of McAllister and a fellow-plav.
er from the Fort Worth club and of
the Philadelphia clubs raid on the
New England league.
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league championship race this season
Is a disappointment. The finish prom-
.ses 10 be what is called on the race
track spread eagle field" With the
BaItimores leading and having their
nnlsh at home they look like easy win
ners. Cincinnati and Cleveland lose
whatever chance they might have on
even terms Of beating Baltimore OUT
by being compelled at the same time
10 close the battle on the march. for.
this relative advantage and disadvan-
tage OF the home and visiting teams
is almost as great as that which af-
1ects contending armies entrenched
and those which assault the fortif,a5
hosts. Probably the only excitement
In this years finish will center in tba
contest between the Cincinnati and
cleveland clubs for second Mace
Whlch is for the profitable right Of
playing the champions for the Temnla
cup. Cincinnati has the lead hu+ tha
CleVelands have reputation Of being
the better road team, particularly
among the teams of the East TherN-
Iore 1t may turn out that the two
ONO clubs will provide the real eli.
macter1c tableau of the championships
particularly as they close the season
arrayed against each other in three
games. 1t means from $4,000 to $40 0o0
Tor distribution among it's PLAYERS hv
the team which gets "the nlace ;,
therefore the struggle between tba
Reds and the Spiders for supremacv
VIII not be without plenty of incentive.
Arson and his colts are in nosi.
ton to get the dust Of these TernnIa
cup contenders, but no more. If Is
IKE getting within sight of the beav.
emily gates only to see them slammed
smut. Yet Uncle Adrian does not sir
oown and give it up. To one who re-
Gently put plain question. ..Wber
40 you intend to quit playing?" Cant
Anson quickly replied, Just as soon
as l win another league chamnion-
snip, and not before" Now. does tha
dear old hero of the diamond see suc-
cess FOR his team in the near future.
or does he imagine he is immortal2
0. P. CAYLOR.