The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-09
DOPE OF THE DAY

STRANGE COINCIDENCE that Mathewson.
Chesbro and Cy Young, the three star twirlers of
the two big leagues, should all be on the wrong
side of the win column at tn esame time.
THE HARVARD crew squad, consisting Of an
eght-oared crew, a four-oared crew and two
substitutes, accompanied by the managers and
Coach Wrey, will leave Cambridge Monday for
New London, to complete the work Of prepara-
ton for the races with Yale On June 2s.
''RUBE" KIsSINGER has all Buffalo right.
His record stands ten games won out of eleven
played. Must be something in the name that
makes all these ''Reubens stars.
PADRONA and Viola, the two crackerjack
Cuban outfielders, have jumped the Jacksonville
club of the South Atlantic league and returned
to their island home.
CATCHER GRAHAM has left the Boston
Americans and will play near his home in Cali
fornia.
THE ST. LOUIS Americans are holding their
and the chances are that they will finish
the season In the first division, something they
haven't done in several years.
THE BROOKLYN team is doing better work
at present. while Tenneys beaneaters have gone
to the cellar and will most likely stay there
the remainder Of the season.
ED GRILLO'S Toledo club is the wonder Of
the American association. AS ever heard
of Toledo club leading any league before it
has resulted IT. end Of trouble, including sui
cides fights and cases of insanity.
TO AN OUTSIDER it looks as If it might be
well for the Western league to settle its fac
tional squabbles 1t is bound to do harm to
the organization in the long run.
NEW ORLEANS has come to the front in the
| Southern league race. With Shreveport, Allan
| ia and Memphis closely following the pelicans,
| there is going to be doings in the warm climate
soon.
| THE RACE in the Northern-Copper Coun-
| try Baseball league is running along briskly,
with the Calumet and Houghton clubs doing the
best work to date.
RALPH GLAZE the Dartmouth college pitch.
err, his first game for the Boston Americans
| Washington the victim to the tune Of II
| to 8.
JOHN F. RYAN, manager of the Montreal
| Racing association, says that the new Montreal
| track will be completed in time for the, race
meeting to be held Sept. to %.
BOSTON FIGHT fans claim that Jimmy
Walsh is the only genuine bantam he is tho
only among the topnotchers who can make
| the weight.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP games of the Soutt
Atlantic association Of the A.. A. u, are t.
| take place this afternoon at the Benning race
| track. The entries include many of the bes
anna teurs of Virginia, Maryland. West Virginia
the District Of Columbia and the Carolinas.
THE ARGONAUT Henley eight of Toronto i
scheduled to sail from New York today TO
England, to take place in the Henley regatt
next month. Nine men will be taken witt
none of them going as spare men, but all wit
equal chances to row in the great race.
THE PITCHING STAFF Of the champion 81
, ants has been hit pretty hard lately, which &C
counts In a measure for the teams loss O
l ground.
THO 1T ATTRACTS little attention thru tn
country at large, the pennant race in the Ney
) England baseball league is so far one of tn
most interesting and exciting to be found any
{ where on the baseball map.