The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-27
t.Pa" Marshall makes two-bag-
ger and home run at Milwaukee.
Hildebrand of Dakota held Bos-
ton to seven hits at Boston.

Coughlin of Lund Lands gets ball
parks for an amateur tournament.
Baird of Michigan admits that
gophers may have some claim to
football Championship of west.
Lawn tennis seems to be- enjoying a
wonderful revival this year. Many
causes have contributed to this. The
east has always chung to tennis, even
at time when interest was at low ebb
in the west. This year. and last. the
work Of Miss Mae Sutton, a young girl,
has called much attention to the game
and the unsuccessfulg efforts OF the
American players to bring back the Da-
Wis trophy has caused an added interest.
Chicago has had a big tournament and
the Minnetonka Yacht club is just now.
directing the northwest tourney at
Deephaven. Locally tennis is seen all
over the city. Courts are taking the
places of weed patches on vacant lots
in every section of the city. Golf for
| a time appeared to be crowding tennis,
but golf appears to be losing ground.
Few cities have public links and mem
bership in country clubs is expensive,
too expensive to permit golf to ever
become a public sport in the sense
that tennis and baseball are "public'
games. .r5r.g -- ,...sr ri r.-T-.s -.
Golf had fad following few years
ago. and this has found that the game
consists Of more than Knocking a pill
all over a forty-acre lot About all
Of the golf playing now going is done
by the dyed-in-the-wool enthusiasts.
Tennis is being played everywhere, and
has a wide range of adaptability. It
in which the elders can participate. Its
! 1GnOA 9ra~aOgr0p1v worth" anpciS aro
ltion. ~,.----..r r.
Much is heard of the loyalty of
baseball fans. When one gets down to
the brass tacks Of the situation, why
should fans be "'loyal'" to baseball
tean1-a professional team9 Few play.
ers have their residence in the city
struggling for glory, but for the dollars
of the realm. The fans pay their cash
to see the games. The baseball PLAYER
lis doing nothing to raise the standard
Of citizenship Of the city in which he
plays. He is making no sacrifice of any
kind suchsas,ahe is not well paid fol
making. He bearsYabout the same rela
ting actor, does. The baseball grounds
| q the large citiesfa nothing more O,
less Than big, .open@air theaters where
teams Lovers of baseball had lust as
well be Nloyal" TO Richard Mansfield
and yell their lungs out when he play,
Ivan the Terrible,' as to be loyal tc
comes.to the plate to earn his salary by
feiders can fs get pet It. the ''p'S'h'@
The loyalty of fans is a boxoffc,
proposition with baseball club owners
and the public knows it, People q
in throngs to see a pennant-winnin.
team because they know they will SCI
better game than. one between team
OF lower standing. 1t is not a fondnes
Tor the players that draws them to tn
in thinking that they. are PERSONAL,
popular with the people. It is thei
/ playing that catches the admiration O
the sport.loving populace, and off tn
diamond they care no more for the per
sonallty OF the player than they do TO
that OF the groundkeeper. Occasional
~ one hears talk that "big attend
ance" and chad business affects tn
and if this is true, the players ar
hypnaotizin,g themselves Baseball play
ers In. these days are paid actors, an,
the only difference between them an,
the athletes in the vaudeville house
IS that the ballplayers3 are subject t,
the, remarks of the enthusiasts. TIL
roofing Is simply working off of sur
Plus energy and not "a result of hear
full OF admiration for the players.
In amateur baseball and in football
all Of this is changed. Where tn
;. crowd knows that the players are no
getting a cent Of money for their wor]
, there is a feeling Of pride, of friend
) ship, with them. The crowd is witt
them because they are generally cit,
or state products and truly represent
ing the state or city whose name the,
are playing under. They are amateurs
while the others are professionals. III
professional athlete is in it for tn
cash and the crowd takes note. Tn
amateur IS struggling for glory, an
when it yel1s.
The frequent outbreaks on the base
ball held thhls year have led to dis
cusslon as to the standing, as rowdieE
,, OF baseball I, players and professions
cidents would seem to put the short
haired fraternity in more peaceabl
y class than the 300 hitters and umpir
t baiters.
That Kansas automobile which wi
i pull sixteen plows is nothing particr
I A"Aiy A0W' AIOHAQ: CneS6 parCS IL
nothing uncommon for an automobi]
to turn over more dirt than thirt
j. ploWs. It all depends on how niue
the chauffeur is violating the spec
! regulations when he turns over
q
Tom Shevlin s motor boat is kicl
: ing up all sorts of fuss at Minnetonk
! now and then. Last Saturday
rammed a yacht, and rumor has it tina
: upon one other occasion the engin
' growled at the chauffeur and chase
him ashore. If Thomas gets thru th
:, season alive he will be- entitled to Q
back to Yale and claim another b1
|. "Y0 for valor in outdoor sports.
i Dubuque gamblers are sore bccaus
!. the plucking of the lambs has, bee
turned over to Chicago econ men a
d the races They evidently. believe tha
!, home industry has been sighted. The
should cheer up. It requires no licens
to pick pockets.
al Umpire KLEIN is having his trouble
+ in the east. He also came. near provol
= ing several riots in the Association las
year.
Milwaukee rubbed a bit more of tn
Il fuzz off s Peaches again yesterday.