The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-08
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The ball season is now well under way
and the fans have had a chance to get a
line on the individuals as we'll as the
teams AS usual the ante season predic-
tions based on calculation made from
paper have fallen more or less short, and
some that looked nightly good have fall
en-. while those Of low degree have risen
to the top.
st. Paul returned after a tour Of victory
in the eastern section of the association
territory and opened at home by running
away from the Indians who were touted as
being quite numerous when it came to ball
playing. The record Of the pitching staff
on the trip has been all that was neces-
sary. Chech got let down for 10 hits at
Indianapolis, but more than made up for
that little mishap in the opening game at
home when he held the same ones down
to three.
The team had two heavy hitters in
Wheeler and Jackson, and while the 9TH
ers have done nothing startling with their
bats up to date, their work has been at all
time consistent.
Milwaukee and Columbus are pretty
well settled for second and third place for
a few days, while the rest of the league,
with the exception Of Kansas City, are in
a position to shift with every game.
Minneapolis is one Of the teams that has
not quite come up to expectations, and the
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team has been up and down, and is now
tied for first in the second division with
the Indians
Kansas City is getting a f1rmer hold on
the bottom every day.
Boston Doing Nicely.
In the American league Boston has been
doing most Of the ball playing, and lead
by nice margin. Chicago has been COM
ing pretty fast in the last few days.
Washington is really a Joke. The un-
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last year has been equaled by the Sena-
tors and gone one better. Winning one
game out of sixteen would disqualify a
kid team, but when 1t is brought off in big
lesque.
How low has Pittsburg, the chesty, fall
en-? There was a time when the jewellers
in SCOT knew nothing but victory, and now
they are beginning to say mean things
Even Honus Wagner, who was wont to be
the idol of the steel making town, no
longer receives the plaudits of the multi
tude, and it has been recorded that when
he approaches to the plate has been of
late heralded with sibilant applause.
New York on the other hand, seems to
have everything its own way and the
crowds that are turning out to the games
indicate that Gotham appreciates winners
we'll punched.
The handbook is getting into the grand
stands and bleacherS in the East and there
is no end of trouble on the two big league
circuits. In Boston and Pittsburg bet
ting at the ball grounds is causing many
to rise up and protest on the grounds of
immortality, while those who do not look
askance at a bet, but who love baseball
for baseball are afraid something serious
viii happen.
In Boston it has been found necessary
to detail policemen in citizens clothes
in the grand stand and bleachers to check
the wandering bookie, and one judge has
announced that he will wreak his judicial
displeasure to it's fullest capacity on any
person brought before him for this Of
Tense.
Betting in Pittsburg has reached the
stage of a craze and can be explained on
no other ground than that there is no
other betting vent to the gambling spirit
of the city. Pittsburg has no races where
the bettors can exchange dollars.
Presidential Sanction.
Baseball in Washington has received
the official sanction of President Roose-
welt and can now truly be said to be a
national institution. The president has
set aside a section of the White house
lot reservation for the use of amateur
teams.
The president has planned to attend the
opening game on the white House Lot, -
but the Chinese minister wished to un-
burden his Oriental soul concerning some
matters of state. and the chief executive
had to stay in.
The official nature of the grounds had
the effect Of making the opening games