The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-23
LOUISVILLE TOOK
THE LAST GAME
MILLERs DEMoRALIZED IN SUN
DAY GAME AT MINNEHAHA.
Things Went Merry as a Wedding Bell
Until the Fifth Inning Masters of
the Sledge Are Hard at Work
Milwaukee Comes To-day.
BY O'Loughlln.

--F
Brothers of the boot, members OF the
Amalgamated Association Of Assegai As
sassins and TIurlers of the Harpoon had
their inning yesterday afternoon at MIN
pehaha park. Minneapolis went up
against a shell game conducted by AL
phonso Egan of the Louisville team and
had trouble in locating the little ball.
They saw it here--they saw it there-but
When it came to tapping 1T with the
spruce. they were very much rheumatic
Uncle Hiram. Katoll was on the rubber
for Minneapolis. It was his hot day. He
has been touted as a hot-weather per-
former, but he did not rise to the occa-
sion. 1t was hot-hot enough to melt the
lard in q cold-storage pig-but for some
reason the frost has failed to leave Jacks
elbow. He was rather easy for the Wis
itors.'
The game started snappy, as usual. In
the fifth Louisville got going in shape.
They slammed the ball and ran bases
like a pointer dog after, rabbits. Not sat
tsfied with letting Louisville lam the ever
lasting stitches off the ball, Minneapolis
turned to and assisted them to score by
butting heads, throwing to the four winds
and acting like drunken Pi-Utes on beef
issue day.
The locals took brace and held the
visitors down for a time, allowing one
score in the seventh. In the ninth two
more Of the mountaineers from old Kahn
revenue officers were back Of them. Min
neapolis struggled, but could do moth
ing. They were simply lashed to the mast
and couldn't get loose. They were out
played and outgeneraled at every point. -
Now do for short heart to heart talk
ON the knock proposition. It's benning far
too early In the game. If the fans will
go back in the shadow Of boot tree
somewhere and cogitate there will be less
yelling. watkins has taken hold OF a
bunch Of new men-new to him-and Is
making his first appearance in Minne-
apolis as baseball magnate. Winning
baseball teams in organizations as fast as
the American association are not patched
up in day or a week or six months for
that matter. Watkins is making efforts
to strengthen the team and there will be
changes in short time. Fans must real
lie that while their pleasure depends upon
winning team, Watkins. bread and but
ter Is at stake. If the manager was not
making an effort to get a winning team 1t
would, be different, but it is we'll known
that he is anxious to give Minneapolis
winning team the fans are to have
one. It Is far too early to throw the
sledge. About this time next year will be
the appropriate period. Watkins must
hustle and get the team going as fast as
possible, but it's hardly fair to begin
to throw spoiled fish at him and at the
team as a whole at this time or even
weeks later.
Milwaukee comes to-day and 1t Is to be
hoped that things will break better for
the locals. The fans can help the team
take brace by giving them liberal sup
port and assisting in cheering them up
One Of the best ways to demoralize a team
is for the stands to heap abuse upon the
home team early in the season. It's g
time to 'get together" and the man who
won't do that much for the home team
should be shot In the eye with spoiled
chocolate drop. Following is the score 0,
Yesterdays massacr 81