The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-14
SPORTING GOSSIP

Minnesota defeated Beloit Saturday
by the score 20 to 0, but in winning the
Gophers showed plainly that the ma
| room and gold team is not in condition
to meet Wisconsin and in line for
beautiful drubbing from the Michigan
crowd.
The absence of Flynn, Rogers and
Harris may have changed the situa-
ton. With those strong men in the
game, Kings men may draw a fast
sprint for their turn, but Flynn, Rogers
and little Harris cannot save Mime
sofa from Michigan if Williams fails
to beat the real value of fast play into
his men.
Yost's one particular hobby is the
play around the end. He has fast men
on the Michigan team, and these fast
men will make it a painful exhibition
for the Minnesota rooters if the game
Saturday can be used in making the
predictions.
At the start-of in the game Satur-
day HOLSTERS men made good with
their end runs and played the maroon
and gold to standstili until the little
Beloit line was battered into a help
less condition. Then, and not till then,
were the Minnesota men able to break
through and stop those costly plays.
With Michigan it will be different.
Van Vaikelburg was able to hurl him
self through the BeIoit line in time to
pull down the Be1oit backs for a loss,
but the Michigan line viii be a differ
ent proposition.
but the play showed plainly that Will
liams must either train his men to
stop end runs by fast backs or go
down to another sad finish.
The experience with Wisconsin last
year should teach the Minnesota
coaches several things.
The Commercial Bowling Ieage is
now off on its second week of play.
The All-A1neriean bowling trio is in
town this week, and the enthusiasm of
the local boWlers is in good working
order, but the outlook for the bowling
season is not the brightest.
For this the bow1ers can thank
themselves. The newspapers have
taken up their game, and the business
houses represented by teams have
done everything possible to make the
new league a success, but things are
not as they should be.
President Fowler and one or two Of
the officers of the new league have
been doing all the work, and at that
have not been able to command tho
proper interest of the players The
men are willing to come out to the
DONAlLS Sdh1SS DIT lIlS pI6SGnl time,
as they find their clubs up even in
the race. but no attention is paid to
the signing of the official scores, and
the other details, and this simply
means that the moment a club drops
back into the ruck the players are to
desert, and then farewell the new
league.
To go through the season the
bowlers must maintain interest to the
end. If several Of the teams fall be-
hind the players must continue in the
play. Several of the clubs must fall
behind But one team can win the
championship. The other clubs can
not, but they can save the league by
sticking to the finish. 1t is even bet
ter than winning the championship to
know that you saved the new league
that was organized to bring bowling
up to its proper level.
It is up to the boWlers themselves.
VIII they stick?
Several of the sporting writer's who
believe that they are holding the fate
of the American association in their
hands are still using the post season
games by the Kansas City American