The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-25
DOPE OF THE DAY !

IF CLARK GRIFFITH goes into the box this
season 1t will be his nineteenth consecutive year
Of slab work. ~.>---.~.,~ -
1T IS SAID that the Brooklyn club is to give
Terry McGovern a trial on the diamond. To
man on the roof it looks as tho both were on
the blink and looking for little advertising.
BILL CLANCY, last season with Pittsburg,
captains the Rochester Eastern league club this
season. Moran, the former Washington short
stop, also is with the bronchos
GREAT GAME THAT, the opening of the
highlanders and Boston Americans in New York.
The veteran, Cy Young, against the near-veteran,
'Happy' Jack Chesbro. ,--- ....'. Z
CHASE of the highlanders, Nealon with Pitts
burg and Graham with the Boston Americans
all from the Pacific Coast league, make up the
greatest trio Of youngsters Of the season.
IF THE CHAMPION Jeffries holds off little
while longer some of the fight promoters may
perhaps bid cool million for the big fellow.
MANAGER OF the Springfield, Ohio, baseball
club, printer and fullfedged lawyer, is Jack
Hendricks, the old Chicago City league player.
WAGNER HAS has peeps on the ball again
and is sending out terrific smashes.
RUBE WADDELL is there again with the puz-
zlers, the big fellow holding the New York high
landers for four hits in Saturdays game. The
Reuben should land few victories for Mack
before the fishing season is on in full blast.
MANAGER LAJOIE wants bis men to be out
of bed and ready for breakfast by O'Clock
every morning while the team Is on the road
Larry ought to know the proper time to rise, as
he was with a fine bunch the phillies who
only got in their good work in the sleeping line
about gm.. Hence their inability to win pen
| nants ..Es .-s=- ,-s@
| JOE fNEAI.ON and Tommy Sheehan have heard
from their families in Frisco that they were
| safe. ~ .. z-..-- g. ar.~
| A NEW WRINKLE is to be started in Phila-
| delphia In the future the umpire is to be sup
Piled with a large number OF balls before each
| game These he will carefully inspect and only
these balls will be used during the contest. AL
! balls which GO over the stands and fences and
! are returned will be kept for the next game.
/ This scheme Is to be put in force In order to
1 prevent managers from ringing in old, wornout
| balls. @%.
| THEREAFTER shall always have pitcher
warmed up ready to take the place of the man IL
| the box, says Manager Hanlon. IF had had
a man ready Friday and had pulled Harper out
when he showed the distress signal by giving
/ two bases On balls in the sixth, we would prob
ably have won the game. There was one man
| out at the tme and it is doubtful If they
+ could have got over more than two runs If |
/ had made change. But Harper had been
I going along so nicely that thought he was per-
fectly safe. shall never be caught that way
| again"
/ NATIONAL LEAGUE clubs have received "a
| request from the Cincinnati club for waivers on
| five reds fair guess would be Dorner. Druhot,
| Hinschman Lobert and Carr. Asking for waiv-
! ers on these players does not mean that any OF
/ them are to be released Immediately or even
later, bit securing waivers makes the club free
to arrange deals for them IL it is desired AL
i the reds under contract will be retained until
May 1, when thy will be cut down from the
present force of twenty two players to about
seventeen, who will be carried thru the season