The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-23
SPORTING COMMENT

The teams in the American association
are now gradually seeking their level ana
from now on it will be a case OF the sur
clearly Demonstrated to the ST. Paul fans
that both Columbus and Milwaukee are
dangerous contenderS for the coveted po-
sition which results in large blue ,tlagS.
The Saints were pulled from first place
twice, but EACH time they have gone
back.
Columbus and the Saints spent the
last Of the week playing teeter like two
small bows, first one up and then the
other. and all this time Milwaukee was
coming along slow, but pretty sure. The
Brewers will soon put N an Ma aPpearaL4tfe {
in st. Paul and the ability Will be pretty
well lined up. With Kansas City the
Saints should have but little trouble, as
the team is apparently weak in, the pitch
ing department and has not been play
ing ANYTHING like the ball II should,
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MINNEAPOLIS has been meeting a series
of reverses, but the. fans are still loyal
to Watkins There is a general impress
sion that Watkins has overburdened the
MiIlers with ,signals;s and that The man
ager insists on playing the game from
the BENCH Watkins is old in baseball
and should be credited with having learn
ed something by this time Team work
has always been held forth as the thing
to strive for, but 1T is an open question
if team work in baseball cannot by. sup
planting individuality react on itself.
Situations frequently come SO fast in
baseball and are so unexpected that
player waiting a signal from the bench.
To guide him must necessarily lose time.
Baseball and military tactics are entire
ly different. as ball players are not auto
nations and if a player cam think he
has no more license in baseball. than in
anything else.
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New York Going Down.
In the National league Cincinnati has
finally forged its way to the top and the
New Workers, who started the he season son
decline Chicago and Cincinnati are close
together and the race between them dur
ing the present week should be pretty
one to watch.
In the American league there. has not
beer any great change, although one IS
about due this week. Boston is still over
the hill out ct sight with the lead and
the Phillies, wl,o are next in line. have
long chase cad of them. Detroit
caused some rr'r rises on its Eastern tour
and trimmed H.ew York at unexpected
times Washington is picking up a little,
but is likely not to see the 300 mark Tor
a month Detroit and Boston played
eleven innings with neither team scoring
last week.
The Northern league has started out
with Winnipeg on top, the Canadians
having won both games played Crookston
had them beaten Saturday when rain
interfered and as there are no games in
Canada Sunday there was nothing doing
yesterday.
Athletics at the university are again in
bad shape and the disappointed ones are
trying to place the blame on the little
paper that comes forth there daily. Sat
urday, Minnesota had three teams in the
field, tennis and track at Lincoln and
baseball at Notre Dame. All three were
defeated.
One phase of the baseball season which
always bothers the loyal fanatic is why
the average team wins at home and loses
everything but its franchise on the road.
There must be a reason for this change OF
form. and one as good as any is that the
players eat too much This is not saying
they are starved at home. On the con-
trary, they live well, but the change from
home and boarding house fare is different,
and morning exercise is out of the ques-
ton on the circuit.
from his roast beef and vegetables, and
turn him loose among the table dhote
music and finger bowls OF a first class
hotel and his appetite runs away with
him. Any one is prone to oFerdo the
menu in q case of this kind. and doesn't
realize how much food he has taken until
the waiter pulls the table away to give
him room to rise. -
With a great many varietieS-including
the fifty-sevenHto tempt him. and eating
to jig time music, the hungry, robust
athlete can scarcely be blamed for. up
hoiStering himself with watermelon, soup,