The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-04
HOLDING |. ] ] ! THEIR ] !! OWN
Millers Are Just Breaking Even
Yeager's Absence From Game
Is a Handicap.
The Two New Pitchers Will
Strengthen Team Row Over
George Davis.

= Minneapolis continues just about holding
Its own In the American Baseball asso-.
citation. The loss Of the big end OF the
Kansas City series was unfortunate, espe-
iciallyi since the last game was practically
thrown away. The second game of the st.
Paul series was also handed to the vis-.
itors by bad fielding on the part Of the
millers. Ea
| The absence OF Yeager from the game
has handicapped the millers considerably,
for Ludwig, while promising youngster,
is not the Germans equal In any depart
ment of the game. Still, most of the err
rors have been made by the in and out
Helders, and the loss of neither of the two
games mentioned above can be charged
to Ludwig.
The pitchers have, been doing neither
better nor worse than those of the other
clubs. The millers have hit the ball
hard, but not much harder than their op-
ponents. .
Still the men have been performing in a
scredftable manner, saltho not doing any
thing that would set river on fire.
The addition. of Williams and Davis to
the pitching staff will strengthen the team
materially, and will remove the necessity
for overWorking the other slabmen. VIII
lfams, at least, is good man, and Davis
may prove to have the goods.
II The millers, by the way, have had about
as tough a piece Of luck with their pitch
ers this year as has fallen to the lot Of
any club In the country. ST. Vrain, of
whom great things We're reasonably ex-
pected, failed to round to- until the man
agement finally released hi min despair
of his ever pitching winning ball. Katoll,
who also should have been one Of the
mainstays of the team, has not been able
to pitch half a dozen games this year.
Sporer, who was doing f1rst-class work,
put his arm on, the bum before twenty
Nn5 1o<1 Hoo, la
god things which went wrong
After the series with st. Paul, Kansas
City comes Tomorrow fora series Of three
games, opening with to-morrow's con-
test at Minnehaha. Milwaukee follows,
after which the eastern clubs will be seen
at Nicollet before the team takes the road
again. If the millers play in their best
form, neither the. blues nor the brewers
should cause them much trouble. Mil
| ,wanukee, in fact is likely to get good
trimming in the twin cities, for both the
millers and saints have it In them to do
| the trick.
The Toledo bunch, which dropped to the
tall end some time ago, appears to have
sunk hopelessly@ into the same rut which il
| occupied during the major part Of last
| season. The opinion that the mud-hen
are not fast. enough for the league has
| been strengthened by their recent show
| ing, especially those eight defeats in a row
during the last fortnight. Louisville
looks stronger than any of the eastern
| clubs except Indianapolis.
Pittsburg. has been having only or.
binary luck in the National league, bu
has managed to maintain its lead owe
New York. Theresare still no. signs tina
any of the others Will give the two lead
ers much trouble at the finish. Brooklyn
| perhaps stands as much chance as any
for to-
lot of sbrainy youngsters, and Ned Han
lon certainly can make them deliver tn
/ goods If any one can. 50 Exav
Just now the scrap over George Davi
is the feature In the big leagues. Solder
| of Boston and Ebbetts of .Brooklyn, o
course, will stand by Brush in his figh
to retain Davis Philadelphia and Pitts
burg have declared themselves Sin sup
port Of President Pulliam, which is no
strange when one considers the forme
l close relations between Pulliam and Bar
ney Dreyfuss, who represents the bust
ness ind of both clubs .7g>,
i Hart of Chicago is the only magnat
who has thus far lined up on the side Q
Hermann Of Cincinnati, In the latter pro
test against Davis playing with Ne1
York. Both Hermann and Hart disagree
with Pulliam in the latter's contentio
that the American league broke faith b
transferring EIberfeld from Detroit t
the: New York American club. The tw
western magnates hold that the player
awarded at the peace conference were
become the permanent property Of tn
team to which they were assigned, an
that these teams had the right to eithe
retain or trade with them, as convenien
The quintet which upholds Pulliam ir
sists that 1t was understood that thes
l. players. were to remain with the lc1ut
= to which they were awarded thru til
, season.
The Westerners say that the Nation,
| lis clearly outside it's rights in playin
B Davis. Hermann, besides announoin
< that Cincinnati would never play Ne
IS York If Davis was on the, field, Is try
!. ing to induce the magnates to call I
IS meeting to reverse the action of Pullian
II His chance of success looks small
: So much space would not be given hel
81 to the squabble were it not for the ia,
q that Ban johnson threatens to renewt tt
4 war unless New York gives up Davi
!. What Ban says generally goes In h
3 league, and If he is determined on wa
: war there will be, and this war will ha,
!, a direct effect upon the minor league
:, Probably neither Of the two organization
is anxious to renew the strife, but ina
much as the American was concede
r practically everything. at the peace col
: ference, it appears tAat the National fe
/. the war more keenly.
In the American league, Boston, II