The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-17

ike tactlcS OF the baseball ''f1imflam-
mer" were ended. Now is progressing
the fight for spoils. National and
American managers alike are anxiously
listening to the click of the turnstiles in
order to get wise" on the drawing
power of their new acquisitions of play
ing stock and to strike an average ON
winch to base hopes for the final OUT
come.
The receipts of the first month or 80
VIII naturally run somewhat higher
than the income of the midseason and
latter day games. The "rooters'' delight
in changes of diet to certain extent.
and as soon as the new faces on the diff
ferent teams become familiar to them
many will be content to remain AWAY
from the haunts of the faithful
Both leagues will experience difficulty
In emerging from the fray with any
considerable sum to the good. There
has never been year when more than
three or four of the National league
Teams wound up the season with large
profits. The. great American public"
will not back losing game of any
KIND. For Verif1cation run your eye
down the list of unsuccessful pugilists
who have sunk into "innocuous desue-
| tude."
The leaders in the race for the PEN
nant usually have no trouble in finish
ing ION velvet" The middle distance,
tossers strike an average between deb
its and credits which seldom gives
much of an advantage to either side of
the ledger, but the tail enders who fall
back to protect the rear" founder about
IN the mire, playing to bare grand
stands and half filled bleachers.
peculiar feature of the baseball sit
uation as it now stands is that none of
the teams in either league seems to have
suffered to great extent by reason of
the exchange of players. The National
and American leagues are fairly wen
matched. This shows the large number
of first class ball players to be had.
Many a youngster will have a chance
this season to come to the front who
might have f1ourished unknown in some
backwoods league but for the strife en-
gendered by the ambition of the Amer
lean to cross swords with the old gem
erals of the game.
AS a whole, the National has been
weakened very little, while the Ameri-
can has been materially strengthened
by the change of players. Take Boston.
Tor example. The only losses are Stahl.
Collins and Duffy. De Montreville is a
flne all around player of experience, ana
ne Will give splendid satisfaction at
third. Ed Hanlon of Brooklyn was very
foolish to let him slip through his fin
gers. Crolius, the ex-college man. win
no doubt do good work in right field.
He is not, however, the equal of .'Chick's
Stahl either in fielding orin hitting. Not
wlthstanding this, he may surprise the
boys, as he has speed, confidence and
youth.
But the strength of the Bean Eaters
hes In their twirling department Here
they are probably superior to any OF
their opponents.
lid Nichols has shown better form
tnls sprung than at any time during the
iast tnree years. Dineen need ask moth
ing OF the best men in his profession.
Vic Willis is in splendid shape quite a
contrast to his condition at this time
last year, and he is already pitching as
if it We're midseason. Thus it will he
seen that Boston has three pitchers who
have no superiors, and it won't be diff
cult to pick two good ones from Pet
finger, Faulkner and Lawson.
The recent International cable match
is still the chief topic among chess play
ers. The fact that the American team
dld not administer defeat to the rep
resentatlVes of the United Kingdom is a
source of regret. but it is admitted that
draw is far better than defeat
one more victory by the Americans
would have secured for the Brooklyn
Chess club the perpetual possession of
the NeWnes trophy. Two consecutive.
victories had been won by the PLAYERS
OF the United States, but as the reuui-
site three did not materialize at least
three more Journeys are assured
The battle in the Brooklyn Academy
OF Music in opposition to the moves
transmitted from London was fierce.
The scoring of two wins by the English
men early in the game caused the Amer
leans to take sudden brace. After
newman won out a feeling of conf
dence was instilled into the home spec
tators, and it needed but the victory by
Plllsbury, the affable American cham
plon to awaken thunder of applause.
IN this match Pillsbury evened up
his account with the famous English
player Biackburne. The latter defeated
Plllsbury in the last International
match, but this year, happily, the order
of things was reversed. Victory beyond
a doubt would have perched on the
shoulders of the American team had il
'NoN '|NNAh
Marshall. Ward of England in taxi
ing advantage of Marshall's oversight,
tied the score
The Pillsbury Blackburne match was
a revelation to many well informed on
lockers on both sides of the Atlantic.
The game was worked out along the
INES of the Sicilian defense, and it was
replete with significant developments
from the time the American champion
moved pawn to kings fourth until
Blackburne, after ''rook to queen
knights sixth" on his sixty-foWth
move, was forced to say, II resign
COULD HAVE LICKED THEM ALL.
Maude odell, leading woman with the
Baldwin Melville stock company. tells
this one about an Irish stage hand
whom she encountered while playing
recently in city where Continuous
vaudeville is rampant The Irishman
had been to see the Continuous, and