The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-14
DOPE OF THE DAY

THE NINETEENTH semi-annua1 tournament
of the Los Angeles (Cal.) Gun club opens to-
day and continues over tomorrow. Many prizes
and trophies are offered.
rank next to the cities making up the National
and American league circuits, having a com
bined population of 1900, 900.
HERE IS A NEW ONE: pitcher named
Myers has been barred from playing in Mexico
City because he was too strong for the batters
on the other teams in the league. Myers should
come north If he is that good. cee-
MANAGER sTALLINGs of Buffalo says there
will be no 10 to game in favor of Baltimore
during the first series this year. 3D..
THE PENNANT RACE of the American
league is on today. 1t promises to be an inter
esting fight. a:-.l-s- -. i ,s...I,r. .-
BEN KoBHLER. one Of the new outfelders
Of the st. Louis browns, is an old football
player. -;
LITTLE Cyl YOUNG Of the beaneaters is
batting left.handed this spring, and says that
he is good for at least a 100 this season. Last
year he batted about .02S. .s~.aEa. 49,
MANAGER McGRAW Of the giants has sold
played with both the New York and Brooklyn
Nationals.
AMONG THE FORMER major league players
who playing in the Southern league this
season are Breitenstein, DUNCAN, Babb, thinner,
Stockdale, Herman, Ely, Fisher, Beck, Jordan,
Damann and Phyle.
SKINNER HINES will have one team to rep
resent both Moline. ILL.,, and Muscatine, Iowa,
this hss %oo.d He will
professionals. ,.-'v ..s .o: e
wALLA WALLA. WASH, will not have a
club in the new Northwestern league as was
reported.
MANAGER GR1FF1rHs Of the hfghlanders
has five frst-class outdelders in Keller Conroy,
Dougherty, Hahan and Delehanty.
s1soNBY. the 4,yeazold Melton colt, will
pounds in the Excelsior handicap. This is top
weight in both events.
THE BEST BROOD MARE in the Russian
royal stables will be shipped to indianapolis to
be mated with Sidney Dillon, owned by Ster-
ling r. Holt. s.-" ~ -.
MATrY BALDwINs fight with Tommy Muir
ply of New York has been called of for the
second time within few weeks. . ~
THE ANNUAL GOLF tournament at Lake
wood, N. j., takes place next week. and prom
Uses to be one Of the most successful ever
pulled of there. " " 49, 80
RACING in the metropolitan district opens
for the season next Monday at Aqueduct. After
ten days racing at Aqueduct the meeting will
be transferred to jamaica ....
NEXT YEARS RACES for the Canada's cup
between the representative yachts of the Royal
Canadian and Rochester Yacht clubs, will be
sailed under conditions differing in many impor.
tant points from the conditions governing the
previous contests for the cup. Instead of the
yachts being required to sail twice. around an
equilateral triangle Of eighteen miles as in the
past, the race next year will be once around
an equilateral triangle Of twenty-one nautical
miles @
THE BIG INDOOR meet which was to have
been pulled off in St. Louis tonight under the
auspices Of the Missouri A. c., has been post
poned until later in the month, because Of the
Inability of the club to secure the Coliseum at
this time. @~
THE FIRST OF THE college regattas Of the
year is down for today at Annapolis, when the
naval cadets and the crew Of Georgetown uni
versity meet.
THE FIRST Of the big games of the cole
giate baseball season in the middle west takes
place today between Chicago and Michigan on
Marshall field
THE INTERCOLLEGIATE lacrosse season
opens today with contest between Swarth-
more and the University of Pennsylvania at
Franklin field.