The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
NEED MORE GINGER
Millers Have Played a Listless Game
During Last Week Games
Given Away.
More Noise on Coaching Lines
Would Help-close Race for
First Place.

The record of Manager ;Yeager's ball
players during the past week has been the
reverse of brilliant. Five straight defeats
was the record of the first five days of the
seven. This could be excused if the men
had played the best ball of which they
were capable, but it is decidedly annoying
to the average fan to see three games out
of four simply thrown away by loose field,
ing. Yet. the millers certainly threw
away the contests Of Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday in just that way.
The remark has been made before that
the strong point of the team is its hitting.
When the hitting fails, defeat is more
than likely to follow. But the millers have
shown that they can. field as fast as any
aggregation in the league when they really
try. Their: pitchers are doing good if not
brilliant work, and the weakness OF their
| base running is not due so much to physi-
cal slowness as to the lack of headwork
From the Sgrandstand it has appeared
| that the team has not been exerting itself
| to the limit since it's return home. Pos
slbly thlsStheory is wrong, but certain hap
penings during the past week seem to jus
| tify it. Wednesday and Thursday, there
was pleasing improvement in fielding at
least. The men played fast, clean ball
Wednesday,, and while two errors lost
Thursdays game, the fielding was quite
! satisfactory during most of the contest
i It must be admitted, however, that the
men are too slow in developing team work
/ and that Manager Yeager has failed to
teach them the science of base running.
| Whether this is the managers fault, or
! whether the men are unable or unwilling
! to- follow instructions is hard to tell, but
1 there is something which needs mending
i The millers are one. of the highest priced
i teams in e$,league, If not, the highest
priced, and they should be delivering the
! goods. I'll. -
! There is one: way in which the players
i could make themselves more popular will
Il the fans, whether or not they won games
/ by it. make a noise,'' is a motto thai
most of the men need to have impressed
on their minds. The public likes to heal
good, vociferous coaching. 1t helps t.
dlsconcerts the opposing team, and it give:
the impression that the team has it's hear
in the game. Usually when a miller get
on the sacks the fans fail to hear a wore
from the coachers In more than one O
the recent games the men appeared t.
have made up their minds to be defeated
| before they got On. the field. The ST
Paul team is twice as noisy as the mill
ers, and it also plays with a lot NOR
win. The. milers would do well to cop
some Of the methods of the bunch dow
the river. -.
The. millers finish the series with tn
milwaukee club to morrow and Tuesday tn
2 Toledo tail enders~ open series Of thre
games. followed by Columbus with foul
I a double header being. scheduled for Sun
day, July 10. The millers ought at leas
4 to take the odd from Toledo and brea
even with Columbus. The pitching STA
S is in much better shape than. short Will
S ago. There are sixcmens able to take tl1ei
S turn in the box Stimnel, Vasbinde1
+ Thomas. Mcdonald; Williams and Katol
e The latter S arm is not in the best Of shap
Ell and Stimmel also is bothered with a trif
e Of soreness in his pitching wing. but az
: parently there will be no trouble in find
t ing enough men who are in shape to de
h liver the goods. Mcdonald, if he proves t
g be in first class condition.: as he claim
e should prove a great help. to the team. H
says that he was not given fair chanc
at Kansas City, and that he can show U