The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
Boosts
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Boots
BY the Dutch Uncle. {

the closing days OF, the American as
ISOLATION games in that city Fpitchers
threw balls over the plate to certain
players with the manifest intent to al
low them to enlarge their batting aver
ages.' This action was commented up
ON by at least one Milwaukee news
paper and has failed to attract the at
tention of President Joe D. O'Brien.
There was local suspicion that this
enormous gains by certain batters. If
President O 'Brien does his full duty in
the matter he will investigate the
charges of his Milwaukee newspaper
friend and hand out discipline such as
an act of the kind deserves. The presi-
dent has been quick to impose penalties
upon Minneapolis and Columbus players
for infringements on the rules. This
"laydowno on the part of Milwaukee
pitchers is as grave an offense as has
should not be passed by in silence.
When a pitcher throws easy balls over
the plate for friend to fatten his
| batting average he is robbing hard
working players Of their =rightful stand
ing and permi rival player to
set upsa false record. It is high time
for President o 'Brien to go clear to
the bottom Of the Milwaukee accusa-
ton and announce his findings. The
Milwaukee and st. Paul clubs are
| fr;o,,Jl.r IN +bo ,,roci a,,h or1 Hauorn or
and Lennon will doubtless assist him in
putting an end to such performances.
! Does man have to be thug tc
make a success as a baseball umpirei
! This is not casting any reflection upoI
the men who have made good as arbi
traitors in the national game, but i:
drawn out by the enforced retirement
of some gentlemanly fellows who have
essayed to hold the indicator. Bug
Holiday was driven from the work b,
the rowdies Of the American associa
tion. "Billy' Hart, amply able t.
: take care of himself, but disinclined t.
be in perpetual brawl, quit the indi
Gator for the pitchers slab and mad
success of it and says he will neve
| umpire another game unless he need
the money and needs it badly.
! Sullivan, easily sharing with KinI
, the honors Of being the leader in tn
| American association for the year, wa
mixed up in several roundups whic
3 were extremely distasteful to him. Tn
r players who went after Sullivan rouse
all of the fight in the big, geniar Iris
: lad-and regretted their action when h
}, had finished with them. King ha
e enough balance to keep his temper an
t laugh at the beetle-brows when thei
rage overcame their reason and Kan
Z was in hot water most Of the latter PAL
!. of the season. Haskell had his trouble
Q and Owens was hardly in the leagu
9 long enough to show the stuff in b!
\. nerve centers.
/. The baseball public is tired Of ROY
0 on baseball fields, tired Of the ceasele
a and senseless kicking over decision
d The players may be laboring under II
e impression that they are displaying 10
atty to the team by making spectacle
a Of themselves, but they should get o
y Of the idea. A player who so depor
- himself as to be ordered off the field
D, play is in the pinhead class and
e, no value to his team. Umpires are on
u humsn and bound to make mistakes
: the fans called players vile names eve
ps time they dropped a batted ball
nd failed to hit pitched one the sh
SIS SIS would be on the other foot. Yet tt
, en- is just what the players do with
lis umpires. 1t is difference of judgme
~ and the best side of the argument
rp with the umpire. It is to be hoped til
in few years all Of the old-time thu
and pluguglies will be Weeded out
the national game and decent men c
act as umpires and not be subjected
Y insults Of every description while /
ing SO.
be There is one redeeming feature abb
no the failure of the prairie chicken q
n this year. The game hogs suffered M
FL :: than the sportsmen who are cont
e5 with a decent number Of birds a d
n Game and fish hogs are unusually mum
N. GUS in the northwest and have afhc
lis lis this department with large numbers
photographs Of fish catches that sho
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