The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-25
GAME IS UNCERTAIN,
RECENT EVENTS SHOW THE
FICKLENEss OF THE GODDESS
OF THE DIAMOND.
FORM NOT TO BE RELIED ON.
WHY THE BOOBIES HAVE LONG
AGO BOYCOTrTED THE
GAME.
BALTIMORE WEAK IN THE BOX.
New York and Boston Maintain Pub
lie Interest-CaylOr'sF
Gossip.
FORM NOT TO BE RELIED ON.
WEAK IN THE BOX

NEW 4ORh, july ZZ.-On, the las
einating uncertainty Of the national
game! One never quite gets done tell
! ing of some remarkable instance of it
| till another still more remarkable bobs
up That which set all the base ball
world agog as an after Fourth of July
| sensation was the sudden and wholly
unexpected stopping of Boston's tri-
umphant pennant march by Uncle An
sons erratic Colts. Up to this time
the ChicagoS had done nothing to at
tract attention except by losing games
on an equality with the tail enderS in
the race. But when the supposedly in
V1ncfble Bostons go to the city by the
Dig lake to open their Western en-
gagements the news comes after the
first game that the Colts won it out
in the tenth inning, it being a pitchers
battle between Griffith and Nicols. "Ah,
well, II Arson only had couple of
more Griffiths!' sighed the other as
p1rants for championship honors They
forgot that the Bostonsf had but one
Nichols. Then came news of Uncle
Anson's second triumph and the base
ball world marveled. Two victories out
OF three from the leader by team
which fell down before the weakest Of
its opponents! But the climax of as
constituent was reached when news of
the third victory was flashed over the
wires.
1t will be a long time perhaps be-
fore this instance of uncertainty shall
De matched. The sequel to it, how
ever, added to the proof that form
! In base ball. or what is called "the
| aalyc &c
ar1sh. Following the Bostons came
the Brooklyns to Chicago. They had
| lCst been beaten twice by the ST.
Louis tailenders. Yet they go in
against the three-times victors over
the leaders and beat them easily, even
MS Is pretty good specimen of base
pali uncertainty, which induced book
makers and booksellers to drop the
sport from their speculative list So
] long as the gamblers could Fix" the
| games they had a chance to win, but
S Mlien crooked playing passed away so
| o1d pool selling on that sport.
With the championship season half
over one pretty safe deuction may be
MADE or the finish. Five Of the clubs
can almost surely be assigned to the
nrst f1ve places, though, of course, not
| !lnolVlaually, and these five clubs alone
nave a look in on the pennant They
are the Bostons, New Workers" Ralti,
mores, C1ncinnatis and Clevelands
None of the other seven, even with all
tne uncertainties of the game. has
seemingly out of 100 chances to get
nlgher than sixth. And Arson is ike
~ to. get into that second Class
! favored niche less"
/ IN midsummer performances tho
4 boStons and New Yorks are generate
pIGked as one, two, and the most prob
aole contestants for the Temple Gun M
the END of the season. HanIon still In
Sists that ms champions will win out.
49,, us 10 collIldence, bluff or whatever it
may pe:s1s not shared by one PLAYER out
u every twenty in the league. If the
6altlmores had pitchers who could
lace crisis whenever one arose in
tnelr games, Hanlon's faith might find
Justliicat!on, but that is just where the
app lI 1nsurmountable weakness
| OF the baltimore team lies.
The -Clevelands will be a dangerous
tactor if their pitchers ever settle down
| 10 e1iect1Ve work, but their two former.
standbys, Young and Cuppy. have 81
Tar been of little use, and Tebeau ba g
nau TO look for help from new stars
| or the slab, and new pitchers are ~
ways unreliable ca
Public opinion upon clubs chances is
usually shown by the attendance a +
| games when the rival candidates ara
on the road. Rioters will always give
me preference of their presence at
games IN which a club takes part
when when they consider has the best
| chance to win. So, on the Western trin
THIS sentiment was distinctly bestowed
upon the Boston and New York oI11bs
Planly indicating that public opiniop
IN the West has picked these two
teams IN the order named to finish one.
tWo' II the two places fall to the East
ern portion.
n Vonpor
| announces that six umpires will do all
the league work until the season closes.
II means that the double umpire sys-
tenn mas been tried and found to be nm
satisfactory. A significant fact is now
on record that the umpires who are
surest of a continuation of their Jobs
and those who have lasted the longest
are those who have not been home nm
| pres, and therefore have been most
violently abused by spectators and thu
! local press. Of such are Hurst, Lynch.
Emslie and O'Day. They realize that
unless they are overly unfair thew
cannot get the good opinion of local
crowds in most cities. Rather than sac
rlhce their sense of right, they have
stood abuse from the stands until. like
! a Damascus blade, they have been tenn
rered and made fit for their business.
Two or three Of the very smallest of
the minor leagues put up their shutters
Fourth of July harvest. This is always
the result of the custom of organizing
| temporary leagues among towns and
| cities which have not the ,popula ton
to support even cheap teams, ebut the
| recognized minor leagues are all doing
well, and there will probably be no seri-
Gus interruption to the regular seasons
| programme among them.
Are batsmen mastering the secret powers
of left-handed pitchers? 1t seems to be so.
| Kilen, called "the king who stopped every
thing which faced him cary in the season,
| was numerically pounded in July Mons
| TannehiI, Friend, HILL Damann Payne and
| I<lobedanz are also more uncetain agents in
| mour appear to be the only two who have
/ stood the test, and they not yet beyond
| the sure line
The recent hot spell which Frustrated the
Middle West revived a strange but undis-
puted fact in regard to sunstroke During
that time over 300 payers were daily out
upon the hot diamond and fed of base hall
and half to three hours daily during the
maximum. heat of the day. And yet only
two of them all submitted to the power OF
the deadly, heat. and they both soon recov-
cred At the same time men have succmbetl
to the killing conditions while sitting in the
stands watching these athletes DEFY the sun.
and wondering why half of them DID not
| drop dead. There is no distinct case on re-
cord of ball player dying from sunstroke
| The death of one man is sometimes attributed
to that cause, but though he was overcome
| by heat his death did not occur till thirty
days afterward, and his friends knew 1T was
| more the effect OF drink than heat.
The recent death of Clarence kid Bald
| win in an insane asylum at Cincinnati is
another terrible example of the dangers which
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