The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-06-07
STILL LOSE GAMES
Millers Show Little Material I'm
provement in Their Work.
HITTING CONTINUES VERY WEAK
Acquisition. of Curley Seems to Have
Strengthened the Infield in
Some Degree.

son for this failure to deliver: the goods
can be told in few words-poor hit
ting.
Two principles may be set down as
hitting team may win if its pitchers are
strong; second, that heavy. hitting ag-
gregations may be successful! with
mediocre pitchers. i The corQllary to
these is apparent; light hitting team
cannot win with. poor pitchers. -.
Until the millers begin to hit the ball,
therefore, they probably will not advance
than they are now. On the records of the
men: composing the team, moreover, lit
tie: improvement seems likely with the
present aggregation. 80 -,
:. During the last fortnight, some of the
best men have fallen down in. their work
with the wagon tongues.
Since that grand finish on Decoration
Day there has been little done by the
millers when they took their turn at the
plate. Billy Phyle must be excluded,
as he. stands in quite a. class by him
self as a; consistent batter and an
emergency. hitter. -..',s.. =
+ Lynch and ,WiImot were quite handy
: in the. last two games with the St. Paul
saints. but. fell off most woefully after
wards. -McFarlan, after making three
hits on Decoration Day and raising the
. nope tHdt ne Hdu uudlly. louuu MS ia u
ting eye, has made no more hits in the
past four games than he did in that one.
Quillin and Phyle: pounded out two hits
each in the first Of the Milwaukee series
and Zalusky startled hts friends by maxi
ing two hits: on Wednesday, but these
good shoWings come spasmodically and
the spasms are not frequent enough. !:
If a roast would do the .millers any good
it should be promptly administered, for
1, I'd 81 49,, - Ia
given, excepting. Of course Mr." Phyle.
What would the team do without Phyle
- Other .Failings Evident.
. If Wilmot's men were strong for the
stick, their other .failings might be ex-
'cused. On the whole, some Of the base
running is distinctly bad, and of gen
eral. headWork,--well,, some don't even
realize that the brain can be employed
to advantage in a ball game. " II :.
1t looks as. If Curley will strengthen
the infeld for keeps. He plays somewhat
mechanically, but with admirable speed
c1eanness and accuracy. The young doc
tor has thus far shown himself a decided
acquisition to the team, and after being
played regularly will probably develop
into a good sticker.s =. -; J.. 80.
Lynch does not play with the dash and
spirit that distinguished his first appear
ance in this city. Some people. ecan't:: do
good work with a steady loser, and poor
company seems to, be having its effect
On Lynch. The same maybe saidof Zalusky.
At times there Is falling Oft in his. work
which may come from Encouragement
Possibly the lad has been overworked,
but this cannot be avoided when Byers
is the only alternative. Some more of
that promised new blood ought to be hus-
tied along If the mana cement expects the
fans: to take. an interest In the team.
49, >: Brooklyn Picks Up. 80.
Brooklyn has made the best record in
the national league during the past week,
not having lost game up to Thursday
afternoon. The Superbas have won seven
and appear to have struck their
gait. ; On, paper, however, the aggrega-
tion does not seem strong enough to dis
place Chicago while the remnants are
playing in. their present form. The pitch
ing staff is fairly strong, however; indeed
it will compare favorably with any in
the leaglle outside of, Pittsburg; and in
Farrell. Dahlen, Kee1er and Kelley; Han
Ion has a quartet Of fast, veteran play
ers, who ought to form nearly enough
leaven for any bunch of good youngsters
Boston and. Philadelphia, who, like
Brooklyn and St: Louis, deserve the name
of remnants much better than the Chicago
players, are playing about up to their
normal strength. The case of Cincinnati
and. New York seems hopeless The Reds
have done nothing since they lost the willy
Buck: Ewing. Possibly Ewing outlived his
success, nevertheless, the fact remains
that he gave Cincinnati a winning, If not
a pennant winning, team nearly every
year he managed the clubs affairs.
Too Much Freedmnnism. -
J. New York, in the opinion of many of
the best Informed baseball men, is suf-
fering from too much Freedmanism Ex-
pertinent after experiment in the way of
managers, captains, and players, has been
tried, but year after year the team makes
brief squirt and sinks back into the old
rut.: E =.
Pittsburg and Chicago are still in statu
quo-that is to say the Pirates are win
ming five slxths, and the Orphans two
thirds of their games. With Pittsburg
this was expected, but with Chicago it
was more or less of surprise Glance
over the names of the players-O'Hagan
at first, Tinker at short, Jones and Con
galton, in the outfeld-all experiments
or young players just imported from the
minor leagues. Slagle, King Chance and
Dexter are: seasoned and reliable men
and the pitching staff, with Menefee and
Jack Taylor as the nucleus, is reasonably
strong. Still: that is not bunch that
would be picked out for winners, and yet
they are running away from six of the
seven other clubs in the league.
In the American League.
Chicago has dropped from first to third
place in the American League, and Phila-
delphia is trying to- establish a..lead on
the rest of the bunch. Boston is right
behind, and the clubs as whole are nice
ly punched with the exception of Cleye-
land. which is some half dozen games be-
hind her nearest rival. Last week, how
ever, the Cleveland team secured the
mighty LaJoie, and if the club succeeds
in keeping his services 1t may pull up
although there Is little likelihood that ii
will finish in the first division.
Baltimore has passed Detroit by spur,
and is clinging to fourth place. st. Louis
is not doing particularly we'll in spite OF
the bunch of stars imported from the old
cardinal team.
Ex-Mtllers in the Big League.
Graduates of various Minneapolis clubs
are to be found in nearly every team in
the big leagues. Some of them it is true
were with Minneapolis but few months
witness Donahue, now with the st. Louis
Ebrowns, and Nichols Of the cardinals
Jacklitsch, now with the Philadelphia Ma.
tional League team. played here a short
while during the season Of 1900.
Lefty Davis, who Is with the Pittsburs
champions, may be said to have made his
| record in Minneapolis. So may Menefee