The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-29
MAY BEAT RECORD.
Millers Are Trying to Raise Their
Own Mark Of Eleven Straight
Defeats.
Players Do Not Seem to BE Trying
Fans Look Forward to
Next Year.

since leaving home. and it looks as II they
would beat their
mad they met Louisville and Indianapolis IN
the first two series on the trip tits a cinch
tha: they would have set anew mark TINS
week.
In plain, terse English, the team is not
playing the ball of which it is capable The
men are not fighting. 1t is pretty hard to
keep UP ginger in the face Of a long series OF
defeats, but the ability to do that very thing
is the quality which distinguishes winner
from a loser. In any event, no stretch OF
Eof Yeager's men in the last month or two
In the last six games Of the last home series,
Al looked as If the men were not really try
ing to play. and on the trip they have done
no letter, Judging from the box scores.
UP to date Toledo has refused to side-step
the slump Of the local aggregation. slight
brace by the mud-hens would have landed
the millers at the bottom ere this. Fortunate
~ the mud hers show no mere signs Of pick
Ing up than do the millers.
for this year, and are looking forward to next
season. There is every reason to believe that
the team which represents Minneapolis in
can be attached to the club management for
this years fascO, except for an error Of
Judgment. Money has not been spared in the
near the top, and the millers have been one
e: Of the highest salaried tail-enders ever seen
oH y MINOR league moreover, the team looked
strong on paper, and as long as 1t played at
Its true gait, 1T made q good record
Hard luck in accidents to players, and bad
judgment in the selection Of a manager to
replace Wilmot, are responsible for the low
standing of the team to-day. The loss of
Katoll and Sporer, who babe fair to be among
the bess pitchers in the association, was just
e prelude to series of similar accidents.
With a pitching staff of from three to eight
men, rarely hove more than three been fit
flor work. The loss of Yeager for several
weeks at a critical time Of the season cost
hhe team number of games.
With frst-class playing manager, how
Ever I've tn. the team might have made good show
EHeager IL not the man for the place is now
conceded, and without knowing the inten-
tions OF the management. T b 9 J ourna l
will occupy the position next season. Min
neapolis deserves winning ball team, for it
IS ono OF the best ball towns in the country,
and has stuck by loser with remarka bie
loyalty until patience ceased to be virtue.
The pennant in the American association
LOOKS moro and more like cinch for Kelly's
men. The Saints left home with big mar
gin over Milwaukee, and on the road they
are hrenpa pretty certain to increase 1t, for the
son, while St. Paul las shown up strong FOL in
this respect Indeed, the question now ia
not whether st. Paul will beat out Milwaukee,
Put Whether the brewers will finish ahead Of
look like better bet than Cantillon's men.
put with Indianapolis 1t Is doubtful, Only
stump on the part of the brewers will mt
the boosters ahead, altho just now thew ara
playing little stronger game of the two
lnthe National and American leagues pitto
Durg and Boston maintain their leads Pos
Ton mas more of a cinch than the pirates Sor
me athletics, the ,only team which seriousIv
tphnEasenea collins men, have taken sump.
Waddell. Indeed, the RUDE has never sS d,, u
ing the season been half as valuable as ha
was last year. His release (by the wav. does
anyone remember how many times connJa
MacR got thru" with Waddell this season ~
leaves leaves the team week In the pitchers hoy
,,o ee ,th IS making it's squirt too late, and
Pittsburg, on the other hand. has to- fight
LOT 10, al It's points, for neither New York nor
Ch1cago Is weakening much. The pirates had
soou lead or seven games THURSDAY how
ever ana seven games with only thirtv 10
play is good big margin. It will take a
suoGen reversal of form on the part of Drew
1uss men to lose out, and thfs seems imnroh
able, since the team has got thru it's worst
period, when Clarke, Phelps and several
others were crippled, without losing much
ground.
Barney Dreyfuss wants to establish a record
Tor consecutive remnants. He is already law
ing his lines for his fourth season, consid-
chance too, for none Of his men Is likely
70 fall by the wayside, and a number of the
youngsters are likely to show marked i'm
provement next season. Dreyfuss seems to
have knack of picking up youngsters who
make good, keeping enough new blood IN
the team to keep 1t from going back.
Two good examples of the fact that a team
! of stars does not necessarily mean star team