The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-29
PLAYED TEAM BALL
SAINTS MADE GREAT RECORD
IN SEASON JUST
CLOSED
CLEVER AS BASE sTEALERs
Higgins Leads Team in This Re-
spect-COgan Has Rest Strike
Out Record Among the
Pitchers.

During the baseball season just closed
several of the cities in the circuit, and
especially those that have at one time
or another maintained a club in the
old Western or in the American have
not supported the games as they did in
the old days and the argument has been
advanced that the article of ball put up
by the 1901 Western was not fast. In a
way this is true. The cities in the West
are not large enough to warrant paying
the large salaries demanded by many of
the stars" of the National and Amer
lean. The cities composing the National
and American can pay big money and
they get the men. But the stars" in
baseball are not many and baseball in the
big leagues without them would undoubt-
edly be just as fast as with them
1t is team work that wins games and
pennants and not stars No better ex-
ample can be found than the position of
Philadelphia and Baltimore in the Amer
lean. These two teams are under the
direction of two of the greatest ball play
ers that the world has ever produced,
Lajoie and McGraw, and yet they are
struggling along in the middle of the
division while the Chicago team, which
Includes no stars is making a runaway
race for the pennant
1t has been said that the teams that
finished one, two, three in the Western
would not be able to make a showing
against the same teams in the National
and American. Many cam be found how
ever, who will disagree with this state
ment and the records will show plenty
of argument in support of such conten-
ton. The st. Paul team is conceded to
be the fastest team in the league in spite
of the fact that it had to be content
with second place in the race Before
the close Of the season and az a time
When 1t had become an established fact
that Kansas City and St. Paul would
finish first and second President Tebeau
was approached on the subject of a post
season series between the two clubs He
hatly refused to give his consent to such
a series.
He was told that the people of Mime
sofa were 'rm in the belief that their
team could hip the champions and that
they would turn out to the extent of
10000. Such audiences would yield a
great deal of money, but still Mr. Tebeau
refused. But one conclusion cam be
drawn and that one-President Tebeau
was afraid to pit his team against the
strong Red Caps, well knowing that the
superiority of the latter would be es-
tablished
The fans that are loyal enough to the
st. Paul team to believe that it was a
better team than the champions are
also loyal enough to believe that the
team would also make any team In either
of the big leagues hustle to win a ma
Jorlty of games in a series of tive or
seven
1t is the strong hope of everyone that
PRESIDENT Lennon may be a BILE to hold the
present team, with not more than two or
three exceptions, for next year and If.
at the end of next season, after the REQ
caps nave won the pennant, it is pos
sible to arrange a series of games be-
tween st. Paul and the winners in either
the American or National, many will be
found who will be more than willing to
lay a wager on the Red CAPS
LOST BY NARROW MARGIN.
In support of the argument that the
st. Paul team has been putting ND a
fast article of ball and that the league
as a whole has not been slow the records
snow that the Red Caps have played in
total of twenty-nine games in which
they nave won or have been beaten bv
one run. And majority of these games
nave been played w.t. the so-called
Strong teams of the league with the one
exception of Des Moines, and excuse for
TINS may be found in the fact that-Des
MONIES was ST. PauIs hoodoo during rho
entire season. ST. Paul and Kansas Citv
prayed TOUR games in which the scores
VIZ pul one run apart. The Saints won
three OF these games. ST. Paul and st,
Joe played six such games and st. Paul
won tour of them. The Saints won three
games from Denver by one run and lost
louf Such games to Denver -Four games
were won from and three lost to Des
Molnes by one run. The Saints lost three
games to Minneapolis by one run but
canvas to their credit be-
cause their wins against the Milers were
q" - ~ DECISIVE scores. OF all the one
run games the Saints won fifteen and lost
fourteen. -'ii0 ios'
IL, During the season the Saints were shut
obn seven tunes, but they registered nine
Following table ShnruS H. 80. = Z L