The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-23
AMONG ALL THE LEAGUES
The Detroit club has made Pittenger
an offer of $4,000 for next season

The Detroit club has made Pittenger
an offer of $4,000 for next season.
Boston, by the way, is not proving the
gold mine for the American league this
season that it was last The National
league team, through good work has won
pack some Of the patrons who refused to
go to the South Side grounds last sea son
ana gave their coin to the American
league The American will make money
IN Boston this year, but hardly as much as
1t made in 1901.
Jack Doyle claims to have been forced
off the New York team by Manager Fogel.
He says he never played as well or as
conscientiously in his life as he did this
spring in New York.
Because. men were great players. it
doesn't follow that they will be EQUALLY
great as managers, and what's the use Of
all this fuss over Jennings, McGraw, KEEL
ley and Keeler? The men may be a little
above the average as players because they
were shown the way by the foXiest OF
them all, Ned Hanlon, from whom they
steal their fire and thunder. Some people
can be found. however, foolish enough to
assert that 1T was the men who made
Hanlon. Developments have demonstrat-
ed to the contrary.
Hollingsworth and Lynch, of the Col
orado Springs team. are midgets and are
called the Pony Express
George Van Haltren is still on crutches,
and cannot possibly get back into the
game before next year.
The Boston National league club claim.
to have secured about half a dozen
American league players. the majority of
Boston and New York are said to have
landed Jimmy Barrett. One thing is GER
tain, Cincinnati does not want him.
IN. IIoy
pays the Pirates better to play exhibition
games in the East than it does to play
championship games. The Pittsburgs
are the best drawing cards for exhibition
games that have appeared in the East for
years.
BY winning all of it's remaining games
Mugsy McGraw's nine has chance OF
landing in second place.
Virgil Garvin and G. Harris White will
hang out their dentists signs next fall.
Pittsburg is scheduled to play Atlaati,
City on Aug Is.
Isben has missed but two days with the
White Stockings since 1900, when he first
Joined the bunch in Buffalo.
Great is Cy Young when things are
coming his way. II he gets away well he
will be a tough proposition. But If team
can open up in savage fashion his early
retirement can again be looked 'For.--St.
Louis Star .D-
I'm with. the American league. and
here stick says Cy Young. II guess L
know who made large salaries possible
for us
''Jack Taylor mas a funny pitching bug"
says Charlie Dexter. If he sees another
pitcher get away with a certain style of
delivery, he'll do the same thing in his
next battle.
Pat Donovan has engaged new pitcher
manner Norris. He is said to have new
curve, called the whizmazig, which comes
right at the batter, rises and passes over
his head.
dell has a surprising amount of good base
ball sense and Judgment, says a Cleve-
land writer. with a catcher that knows
his business and can steady him when he
shows tendencies of ballooning he is
capable of great work. Owing to the ex-
traordinary speed which he is capable OF
using. Waddell las great strike-out
record In fifteen games he has sent 10
batters to the bench on strikes, an aver
age OF seven In each game
Col Dreyfuss~rises to remark: "There
is a difference of .442 points between the
first and last team in the race, A year
one-half what it is now"
Secretary Pulliam declares the cham
pions have thirty more games to win to
cinch the pennant that Is. providing
Brooklyn won all Of it's games. How
tories will cinch the banner.