The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
THIRD TAIL ENDER
Minneapolis Team Again Finishes
Baseball Season Near the Bot
>.: tom Of the List.
Team Has Been Unfortunate in In
juries and in Desertions
Of Its Players.

many successive years will be Mnneapo-
lis record at the end of the season now
drawing rapidly to a close. In many re-
spects this year has been the most dis
astrous on record for the miller team.
Last year the club finished way down in
the list, but for long while it held a
position in the first division. Two years
ago the millers held 9, place in the first
division for short while. This season
the team has stayed consistently on the
last rung but one of the ladder.
To the dispute over the awarding of the
Minneapolis franchise and the scarcity Of
players occasioned by the big league war,
may be ascribed the poor showing made
by the millers. When he secured the
| franchise Wilmot found nearly all the
good players gobbled by other teams in
| the American association and Western
league. He was forced to collect a team
| made up largely of amateurs and semi
professionals, and had an extremely bad
| start: Nevertheless efforts were made to
| strengthen the team, and with a. fair
amount of luck, the milers would have
put up much faster game, and finished
| higher in the race than they did.
Early IN the season, Quillan, a fast If
| errattc player, was laid up with a bad an
| kle, and Cassiboine was put in to fill his
| place. The substitute did not prove near
! ;ly so valuable man as Quilian, and as
| soon. as the latter recovered, Cassiboine
was released, but in a few days Quillan
was laid up again and Curley, who had
| been secured in place of Morrisey. when
| the latter's work proved unsatisfactory.
| was hurt also. The infeld, consequently,
was in crippled condition for half the
season.
| Meanwhile the pitching staff was de-
morallzed by the desertion of Luther, the
| strongest twirler in the team Katoll was
borrowed from Comiskey, but after pitch
Ing half dozen games was recalled
Cr1bb1ns, who pitched star ball for ST.
Paul, fell down n1iserab1y when he came
| to Minneapolis, and the pitching staff,
| with the exception Of about two weeks
mas been like the rest Of the team a.
patchwork affair.
In fact the whole history of the team
this season only illustrates the fact that
nothing succeeds like success and that
the hckle goddess of fortune delights to
TAKE an extra Walfop at the man who is in
| hard luck "
Next season Wilmot will get an early
start, and, with half dozen good players
from the present team, ought to be able
to get together a winner
The game pitched by Merle Adkins at
milwaukee recently calls to mind the Won
derful feat of DR.. J. L. Richmond. at
worcester, Mass, June II, $50. He was
fresh from Brown university and had
never mad experience in professional COM
pany In his first game he did not allow
cleveland batter to reach first base
d
4 man to first base has occurred twice
4 On the occasion mentioned and when John
II M. Ward, on the same day held Buffalo
down to no hits. In his game Adkins is
sued one pass. Twenty eight men faced
him. He was the: only Denver man to
arrive at the first sack.
Z Following Is the records Of no-hit. no.
run games to date:
June II, 1880-Cleveland by Richmond
of Worcester. In this game not a CIeye-
land player reached first base.
June H. ,1S80-Buffalo, by Ward of
Providence. Not Buffalo batter reached
August, 1sso-Boston, by Cochran of
Chicago.
Aug. 20, 1sso-worcester, by Calvin of
, Buffalo. 49,
Sept. 20, 1sSo-Worcester, by Cochran of
Chicago.
July Is, cleveland. by Radbourne
Sept. IS. S3-Philadelphia, by DAILY of
Cleveland -r..:--s
June 27, 1ss4-Providence, by Cochran
of Chicago.
: Aug. a. 1Ss4-Detroit by Calvin of Buff
! falo.
II Aug: 27, 1ss5-Providencc by Clarkson,
of Chicago.
! June 90, 1s91-New York, by Lovett,
= July 81, 1s91-Brooklyn, by Rusie of
> New York.
y Aug. 6, 1s92-Brooklyn, 10y Stivetts of
9 Boston.
. Oct. Is, 1se2-Pittsburg, by Jones OF
Cincinnati. 49,
i Aug. 16, 1s93-Washington, by Hawks
q of Baltimore.
q April IS, 1s97-Cincinnati, by Young
e of Baltimore.
e April %, 1sss-Beston. by Hughes
t of Baltimore. - -..=.-
d April %, 1sss-Pittsburg, by Breitstein
:. Of Cincinnati.
a July 8. 1sss-Boston, by Donohue OF
= Philadelphia.
/, Aug. 81, 1s9s-Brooklyn, by Thornton
d Of Chicago. Il .-u.-.
: May %, 1sss-New York, by Phillip
d Of Louisville.
: Aug 7, 1S99-Washington by Willis
Of Brooklyn.
Z July II, 1eoo-Philadelphia by Hahn OF
S Cincinnati. -.
e July IL, 1so1-st. Louis, by Mathewsor
e of New York.
e August 1901-Milwaukee by Bowling.
The only other no-hit, no-run game or
record thus far this season was pitched q
few weeks ago in the southern league by
Henley of the Atlanta, Ca, club, who shut