The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-15
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creeping out from San Francisco, con
cerning the Hpreliminaries = of the
Britt Nelson battle, the average reader
is inclined to wonder just what sort of
porch climbers and second d-story work
ers follow the game out there. Mel
son s polishing off of Britt leaves moth
ing questionable about the outcome Of
the fight, but the gambling element is
telling bad stories. This will have the
effect Of cutting off the money received
by the railroads as fare of the fight
followers who have been going over the
divide to see the battles.
Free. hitting marked yesterdays
game between Milwaukee and Mime
apolis: The returns would indicate
fashioned, hit-in -the-nose and,run.your-
fool-head-off games. Scientific base
ball may be all right for the experts,
but the crowd wants to see the home
favorites knock the ball over the fence
every time they come up. 1.
In looking around for bench man
ager for next year Watkins could not
find better man than Captain Fox OF
this years team. Fox is a. whirlwind
at fielding, but weak at, bat. He
knows baseball from start to finish and
at turning trick in a pinch he thinks
and acts quicker than any other player
IN the league. Many fans have COM
planned at Fox, and it did seem that
with break of bad luck he had a style
Of coming up in pinches more often
than any other player on the team. Fox
never loafed at bat in his life and "got
on on passes more frequently than
any other member of the team. New
ertheless the stands complained because
he did not bat 300, and overlooked the
sensational fielding stunts performed by
the player in almost every game. Fox
is terror after ump1res, but never re-
sorted to profanity or calling names, in
making his kick. He is a clean cut
young g man, ma welt educated, knows base
ball from start to finish, is popular with
the players and would make the best
Minneapolis. He knows what Mime.
apolis fans want in baseball and pos
sesses every qualifications for the place.
A Crookston farmer is said to have
raised more than 500 prairie chickens
this year and caught as many more.
II Samuel Fullerton, the eagle eye of
the fish and game protectors, gets after
this poultry fancier he will wish he had
never tampered with anything, wilder
than the domestic. duck. -. II
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Ward G.. Burton and Trafford JAYNE
are trying to scalp each other-at ten
nis-at the Minikahda club courts this
afternoon. g It requires four things, in
my opinion, to play tennis,' remarked
Jayne the other day, in discussing the
probable outcome of the match. IA
UO06 srr, a rood 1oo q rool o1,o o~I
an ability to- hit the ball. l believe /
have an even chance with Ward C.
on the first three, but T am apprehen-
sive that he will be- better than I at
the latter. - According to this theory
if Burton wins he, will have hit the
ball with more ability than Traff. j.
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Ed. Sievers did, not acc ompany the
millers on the last trip. Itlwas not
Of the games. Watkins will probably
make, Jess StovalI pitch all the games
against Kansas City and fine him SIC
every time he allows mutt to make
a hit. ,..s. Il !
The lack of harmony between the
calls to mind story of the old East
ern league in the days when John Cal
lahan was the "'whole works. of the
Broncho team. John hated a nearby
magnate with hate that filed his
heart and ran over into his lungs
'sThat Shylock is making more money
than any other man in the league
Whenever one Of his players does not
hit the ball he fines him, and when he
does knock one against the fence he
sells him. At the end of the month he
/ does not have to pay any salary tt
[ she player he has sold and has the pur
chase price in his pocket. He has fne6
the weak hitters until they owe hin
man buys ticket at the gate it is al
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