The Minneapolis journal., 1905-07-01
Minneapolis Is Baseball Crazy
and Glad Of It Just at
Present.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
81 O'LoughIln,

Minneapolis baseball6om went to bed last night
filled up to the chin with the essence of serene
happiness
Rain prevented the game with the haweaters
from the kaw country but Louisville took
Columbus, gave the Clymerites their kneadings
and as Jesuit it will take two wins for the
team from the Ohio town TO get up to the
scratch with the pennant- chasing milltrs.
For years Minneapolis has had team that
was fighting hard for a position at the tail-end
of the procession. Last spring w. H. Watkins
took hold Of the baseball affairs of the greatest
city of the northwest (see todays census fgures)
and told fandom that lie intended to put win
ming team into the city. Local fans had friends
among the old players who had been drawing
Minneapolis pay, and doing little else. and these
friends advised Watkins to keep some of the
dead timber. Watkins was a newcomer and.
against his Judgment. dallied with some of
the dead ones until July 1. Then he began to
cut their anchor chains, but 1t was too late. The
mischief had been done. Minneapolis at the
close of play last year did not have a pennant-
winning team, but fair hrst-division brigade.
Those "Bush Leaguers. -
This year Watkins ransacked the minor leagues
the pan brigade yelled ''bush leaguers, but
Watkins sat tight and waited. The spring trip
to Illinois showed trail of decapitations and 1t
has kept up until few weeks ago. Wherever a
new man Of promise showed up Watkins nailed
him for a trial. As a result of this work Min
neapolis has team leading the league race and
al lof them in splendid condition. So far as can
a
the lot. If one is discovered throwing the team
and Watkins in this matttr. 1t Is safe to say
that he will be given sufficient publicity to
drive him into the outlaw leagues-if they vii
have him. But there is little danger from that
score as each and every man on the team is
attempting to bat his head off and knows that
liquor and baseball have been divorced.
Race Is Interesting. "
The race is now an interesting Colunl-
bus started off with rush, but just now the
Ohio team is demonstrating the truthfulness of
the old idea that ''dog that runs fast can
run long, Milwaukee has had a bad slump,
but thru all this the millers have played con-
sistent ball and the element of luck has not
foisted them into first place. They have whipped
Columbus in the series in Minneapolis and in Co
lumbus. Milwaukee licked in the series OF
this week. 1t takes ball playing to get away
with q game from either Milwaukee or COLUMN
bus and as result the fans of Minneapolis are
worked up as they have not been in years. Base
ball is the topic of conversation IN the hotels,
restaurants, clubs, Offices and on the streets.
Grandmothers are dying off like flies and bank
clerks and railroad office employees are falling
victims to cholera morbus at O'Clock each
afternoon in alarming numbers. The board OF
health has taken action as the city phys1
clan himself manages to feel the need of in
specting the connections at Thirty first
-anl Nicollet every now and then
Kansas City Dangerous. "
Kansas City is on the griddle for four games
and the millers should, on form, take the four
On the other hand, it is safe to say that thu
Kansas City team IS not going back to the
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