The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-10
MILWAUKEE, IS BLUE.
Town Wants New Team for the
Season of 1900.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 9.-The Sentinel
this morning takes a wallop at the Mil
Waukee team. 1t says Breweryville
wants practically a new aggregation Of
base ballistS next year. 1t says:
If the Milwaukee club expects to Sc
cure position in the first division of
the Western league race next season.
there IS only one course left for the local
magnates to pursue, and that will be
to engage an entirely new team to repre-
sent this city in the circuit, the past
season having fully demonstrated that
While the Brewers, as at present constitu-
ted, are equal in strength to four or five
or the teams, they exhibit deficiencies
when they meet Indianapolis and Min
neapoliS. The majority of the members
composing the local team have PLAYED
here so long that they are listless, and If
superseded by younger and more am
bilious material, it is almost certain
that MilWaukeeans would be treated will,
better exhibitions of playing next wear
than they have witnessed so far this
season.
Speer is capable backstop and par
t1cipates in more games every year than
any other catcher in the league. with
the possible exception of Spies, but this
season he has slumped to such a marked
degree in his batting that this weak
brewers q ~
Der of games. In some other CITY ba
would undoubtedly improve in his work
again, and it would not be difficult for
the Milwaukee club to trade him to good
advantage. Stafford awakened from his
long sleep only recently and exhibited
ginger to so marked a degree that the
spectators were surprised, and at the
same time he rallied with the stick He
is splendid first baseman, but a change
l. DOR, ,S11l
hrst-Class baSeman can be secured in q
trade or by purchase Stafford should be
replaced in 1900.
In the games that Viox has pIayed
here so far he has demonstrated that he
is splendid fielder, but weak with the
stlck-a weakness common to nearly all
members of the team this season Shoch
has outlived his usefulness in MiIwau-
kee, and he, too, should be marked for a
trade, but Gray is a superior fielder and
brainy worker, and should be re-
tanned. Only two other third basemen
in this league are in his class-Andrews.
OF Minneapolis, and Buelow, of Grand
RAPIDS, and the brace are faster than
he is on bases. In fact he is the slow
est base runner on the Milwaukee team,
but in spite of that his other uualffica-
lions make up for that one deficiency.
An entirely new outfield is demanded
by Milwaukee patrons. Waldron is
sure to be drafted by some National
league club if he is not sold before the
close of the season. He is one of the
speediest base runners in the league, the
pest outhelder seen here this season, and
a heaVy batsman. Weaver and Nicol
have been here so long that in spite OF
their fine playing the people want to see
some other men play in center and left
garden. Congalton has not come I'D to
Manager Mack's expectations vet.
though the start he made at Buffalo
impressed the Milwaukee teams mana
ger deeply. He is a natural batsman.
being endowed with a quickly swing and
a Iast start from the base, and he has
one or the strongest throwing arms In
the league"