The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-16
LOBSTERS GLUT
LOCAL MARKET
FAMINE DANGER THING OF THE
PAST.
PopuIace Can Be Indifferent to Rise
and Fall of Beef Trust While the
Nicollet Park Aquarium Is So Heav-
ily stocked-Story of a Day of Sad
ness
By. O'Loughlln.

MINNEAPOLIS can gaze with complacency
upon the rise in the price or pee1' IL
matters not here how high pork may go.
We have Holsters to burn and certainty
will not go hungry SO long as our ,oaie+ oane
ball team keeps kicking around NlcoHet
park True, Manager Watkins in his rage
may kill one or two Of them but there
will then be enough left to go around
IF the Minneapolis team supply runs OUT
Magnate Ruschaupt has conectlon Which
will almost equal that of the local cluD
owner
We are safe from famine!
Let the beef trust do its worst!
A bas bologna!
Hoch! der lobsters!
The only danger to our food supply is
that the employment agents who are pro-
curing for the wheat fields Of the Kaw
lcountry may attempt to steal the mil
Ilers to act as bundle boys in the fields
of golden grain. They won't do for that
They could not catch bundle OF wheat
save on the second bounce, and that's
too slow for Kansas. r+r-.
To make the matter worse, the exh1-
bition Of yesterday afternoon was given
by the men who's with one exception, have
been the backbone and reliance OF the
Minneapolis team. Another disagreeable
feature was the apparent "stalling" Of
a player who when he desires to make
q grandstand play can run like deer.
When it looks like difficult chance he
goes around after the manner Of rheu-
matte nonagenar1an.
Over 1000 people assembled at Ntcollet
park yesterday to witness the rubber
game between the locals and Indianapolis.
It resulted in the most disgraceful ex-
hibitiop ever played upon any diamond
by professional teams. There was no ap-
parent reason for such sudden reversal
In form. The day such as Is COM
monty supposed to be ideal for baseball.
The crowd to a man, was with the mill
iers. They responded to the best wishes
of the crowd by quitting like a drove Of
sheep at a critical period, and altho they
braced later and came near evening" the
thing up, the errors and bootings Of the
visiting team were more responsible than
the good play Of the locals. Manager
Watkins had the sympathy Of every fan
in the stand. He has spent money liber-
ally In attempting to get players and has
tried conscientiousy to give Minneapolis
a winning ball team. The game Of yes
terday was much Of throwdown for
the manager as it was the loyal fans who
have stuck to the team thru half sea-
son of Indifferent playing. There Is but
little doubt that the public would stand
by Watkins and continue their patronage
should he see fit to retaliate upon the de-
linquents by handing out bunch Of sus-
pensions. They can play fast ball If they
will.
A story Of yesterdays game would con
sist of little save description of the
blunders, and as that makes unpleasant
reading matter it had better be left uHls
chronicled. The scoring started in the
second inning for Indianapolis. when one
run came across the pan. In the third
three more were credited to them and in
the fourth they made another. In the
eighth another period Of paresis by the
locals allowed two more. Minneapolis
gained two runs in the first inning by
hitting Allemang. Then they quit and
did nothing but cavort until the eighth
when another was added In the ninth
they attempted rally and brought three
men across the plate. They fell short
of tied score and everybody connected
with baseball should rub forget-it oil or
their hair and hope for better things Of
the release Of half the team. Followins
ia about all there WAC +o r..