The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-13
SPORTING COMMENT


The Saints are now on the wind up Of
their trip, and up to date have about held
their own on foreign fields, and will come
back with their present standing. They
have two hard jobs ahead, the finish with
Columbus and the Milwaukee series, ana
in addition to these certaintieS, there Is
a possibility that Toledo may awaken
long enough to do some things detriment-
al to the standing of Kelley's men.
At present the leaders are playing to-
gether, and every day works some good
or ill for some of the top notchers, and
as the race is close, all predictions are
the verieSt gueSseS. The outcome of the
present series with Columbus will have
an important bearing on the Saints It's
chances for the near future. II IN
dianapolis does anything worth while to
the Brewers it will tide the Saints over
to the Toledo series. when they should
be able to swim out quite distance by
themselves.
The fight in the National league con-
tinues unabated, and despite the time, 1t
is just as close now as a month ago.
Chicago the Reds and the Giants are
playing leap frog daily and the league
is certainly drawing the crowds. When
40, 900 persons fight and tear each other $
twice done in New York; there is certain
ly incentive to have winning ball. St.
Louis. with its world s. fair crowds, is
packing the grand stands despite the
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to the heart of the Seutherner.
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They are beginning to- string out in the
American league. and Cleveland and Phil
adelphia are beginning to. drop behind, al
though neither team is too far back to be
seen. Boston still has. its long lead, but
closer, and there is likely to be a race
for the top place before the season is
over All this time the Highlanders are
playing pretty good bail
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The sporting event of the present week
will be the Jeffries- -Munroe fight, which
will take place Friday night before the
Yosemite club in San Francisco. AS the
fight draws nearer there is a perceptible
increase in the interest of the followers
of the pugs. but so far It lacks many
leagues of being a championship battle,
as far as the public is concerned
The reason is not far to seek. It is
generally conceded to be a certainty that
the champion will dispose of the am
bilious miner and the only apparent room
for a gamble is how long it will take
to do it. There has been the usual crop
of stories from Harbin Springs, and
when Mrs. Jeffries was no longer nov
city, the busy press agent worked off an
injured knee that came from some myS-
terious place naively referred to in the
dispatches as "a spring where Jeffries
stoops to drink What could be more
ldyliic than the 220-pound bruiser drop
ping ON his knees, dipping his dainty bill
in the limpid stream and looking heaven
ward after the manner of the little birds?
What could be more natural than that
in his eagerneSS to Slake his thirst the
smash his knee cap to bits and not dis
cover the fact until he was safely tucked
away in bed several hours later.
On the other hand, there are glowing
accounts Of the prowess of Munroe as he
beats up a dozen or so sparring partners
after having SWAN ten miles in the Pa
cifie. Bull reports from Munroe camp,
bear reports from Jeffries'. and it GER
tainly looks as If bets against sure
thing are wanted.
Every fighter of note that has lent his
name to any statement has given MunFoe
the chance that any fighter has, and that
Is all. There Is chance in most any