The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-05
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Minneapolis Management Working
Hard to Brace Up Team. I
The NATIONAL TEMPTs TEBEAU
Amy OF Three Leagues in
Last Week. m

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ming three games and tieing one at To-
: ledo. While not 500 creditable as the
capture of series from first division
team, this performance somewhat encour-'
aged the fans, who had become very much
disheartened by the long string of de-
feats in indianapolis, Louisville and Co
lumbus.
The Management Is doing everything in
its power to strengthen the team, and has
secured new man who was prevented
from joining the millers by an accident
to one Of the other players on his old
team. The name Of this player is with
held, but Third Baseman Schaefer, of the
Chicago national league team, or Catcher
Jiggs Donahue, of the st. Louis Amer
loans answer to the description. schaefer
has been called into service by the dis
abling Of Tinker, and Donahue after be-
ing once released, was called back on ac-
count of the illness Of another backstop
Of the Browns.
{ Either one OF these two men would
strengthen the team considerably. Dona-
hue is first-class backstop. with a good
throwing wing, cool head, and a pom
derous bat-a combination of virtues not
possessed by either Byers or Zalusky.
Schaefer is a fast, aggressive man; good
at almost any place in the infeld, and
quite handy with his little wagon tongue.
= The claim Of the management that it Is
ready end willing to part with it's long
green in punches if ball players can be
secured thereby, Is borne out Indirectly
by an item in, the Chicago Tribune, which
asserts that the salary paid Katoll by
W1lmot was Of a figure that would have
staggered any western league magnate in
the old days. That Katoll is drawing a
good salary goes without saying, for he
could easily find a berth in almost any
club in the three big leagues. In fact,
Comiskey, even with five such men as
Griffith, Callahan, Piatt. Garvin and Pat
terson on his staff, did not let go of Ka-
toll until he was peremptorily ordered by
Ban Johnson to cut down his list of play
erS.
So far as the, general work of the mil
1ers is concerned, it has shown little
change during the week. Dan Lally. has
added somewhat to the batting strength
of the team, and Katoll has strengthened
the firing line. +Curley is back in the
game, but during the absence of Quillin
has been kept at short, Grant still taking
care of the second corner. The change
has been fairly satisfactory, although Cur
ley will undoubtedly return to his old po-
sition if Quillin gets back into the
game. The little shortstops knee is still
in very bad shape, however, and unless
a new maH is secured, the present ar
rangement may continue Indefinitely.
Lefty Sporer has been pitching good ball
of late, but Newlin and Figgemeier have
Aseen getting their bumps pretty often.
Tebeau Refuses to Jump.
George Tebeau is reported to have been
offered Brooklyn's place in the National
league, but the foxy manager of the
colonels, if he indeed received such an
offer, undoubtedly turned it down without
taking much time to consider. The old
adage about the gifts Of the Greeks ap
plies pretty well in this instance. Greeks
of the style of John T. Brush Andrew
Freedman, Soden of Boston and others, are
just about the kind of men to reach the
hand of friendship while they conceal a
razor-edged AK in the other mitt. More
over, Tebeau would be a small batrachian
in large pond if he entered the National,
whereas he is pretty nearly the whole
dry goods stock with Hickey.
Brush Has Brilliant Scheme.
1t is rumored that John T. Brush, while
working his fertile brain overtime the
other week, evolved a scheme for a
twelve-club circuit, and that the other
magnates are satisfied with the scheme.
Mr.. Brush, according to Dame Rumor, is
now closeted at his home in Indianapolis,
working out the details of the proposition.
In general, his plan of campaign is be-
eieved to be to work on the weakest of
the American league clubs, and gradual
ly disrupt the organization. 1t is said
that Brush is so tickled with his new idea
that he is even willing to disturb a few
of the present National league magnates,
if necessary, to carry out the scheme.
Mr.. Brush, however, appears to be reck-
oning without his host. He makes the
mistake that has been made by a good
many baseball politicians of not consider
ing Ban Johnson, nor does he take into
account the popularity of the American
jnt tO WI
tain of his faction have grown with the
public. Ban Johnson could get up twelve
club league much easier than Brush, be-
cause the public has confidence in him,
and it has none in Brush And if Johnson
did undertake the making Of a twelve
club circuit, he would undoubtedly re-
tire Brush, Freedman and others who have
done much to injure the game in their
respective cities, as the first step in the
deal.
Mr. Brush just at present is reported
to be decidedly persona non grata in his
own bailiWick, where his continued inter-
ference with the work of Manager McPhee
has caused much dissatisfaction among
the fans of the Ohio burg. t
Situation in the National.
Chicago has partially recovered from
her temporary slump in the national
league, and is fighting tooth and nail
delphia, Boston, Brooklyn and St.. Louis,
however, are playing much faster ball than
they did a month ago. The young play
ers in these four clubs are rapidly strik-
ing their true gait, and from now on
Z the race promises to be close and ex-
citing between these four clubs and Chi
cago. Pittsburg, at the top and Cincin-
natl and New York at the bottom, are
in their respective classes --zsass r~ n
In the American league St. Louis is
picking up somewhat, and when her catch
ers are in shape again, probably will give
Boston and Chicago pretty fight al
] though they can hardly hope to displace
the champions. Comiskey evidently wants
to tie Hanlon's and Selects record by win
ming three pennants in succession, and he,
appears to be in a fair way to do4it.
McGraw and Robinson, the great COM
bination of the Baltimore team, is re-
ported to be shatte The two men
have always had their little spats, but
one day recently they had few words
after losing game and the breach has
not yet healed. 1t is even said that Nc
5lGraw intends to quit baseball at the end
of the present season.
Confidence the Secret.
Confidence is everything in baseball,
thinks Joe Kelley of the Baltimores. Kel-
ley has been the captain of six champion
ship teams and he should know whereof
he speaks. '1 understand, said Kelley.
that Pittsburg Is playing scientific ball
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