The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-19
DOPE OF THE DAY

THE COTTON STATES league gets under way
for the season today with Vicksburg playing at
Jackson, Gulfport at Mobile and Baton Rouge
at Meridian. The season will close Sept. 4.
THE SEASON of the South Atlantic league
opens today with Macon at Jacksonville, Charles
ton at Columbia and Savannah at Augusta. The
seasons schedule calls for 120 games.
JONES, Hickman, Anderson, Duff. Cross and
Stahl make up q promising stick outfit for the
Washington Americans.
A BENEFIT is to be given George Dixon, the
little colored fighter, in Boston next month
Dixon without a peer in his day, but is
down and ont.
IT LOOKS as if Jordan is the boy to hold
down first base for Brooklyn this season.
IF CHARLEY CARR can keep up the pace
in batting and fielding he is going at present
he will be worth five times as much as Gin
cinnat paid for him.
CLEVELAND has not won pennant in the
twenty-seven years she has been in the major
leagues, but this year King Larry has hopes
THE National league pennant for fifteen years
has been won by just four managers: Hanlon
and Selee five each. Clark three. McGraw two. In
the six years of the American league three
managers have two pennants each, Collins, Mack
and Griffith Chicago whitesoxl.
THE st. Louis Americans picked up two good
catchers in Hickey and Spencer, and the Boston
Americans did the same when they signed
Graham and Peterson.
MANY Louisville fans, who had an opportunity
to compare the teams declare that the Chicago
whitesoX play better game than the New
York giants.
MANAGER WATKINS issued a number of re-
| leases today. Pitcher Queisser goes to Wichita,
Kan. Miller, outfelder, and Holland first
baseman, both drew unconditional releases. Both
may return to Wichita. The Commnger broth
ers, one a pitcher and the other infelder,
and Kraft, all of whom independent play
ers, go to Muncie, Ind.
phnnCN 30 +lo ,,;,4r
| wired President Lennon that Harry Gleason is
in Williamsport and that the probabilities are
that he has signed with the outlaws. Marcan
will be used at short for the time being, and If
| another fast shortstop cannot be secured a
hard hitting outfelder will be landed if possible
and Geer will be moved into the infeld.
| CLEVELAND writer's predict that Pitcher
Eels will turn out to be another Reulbach or
| Irving Young.
! SECRETARY GEORGE WILLIAMS of the cubs
predicts that both Chicago and Pittsburg will
beat New York out.
THE PTTTsBURG club has sent Catcher
Archer back to the Atlanta club in the South
| ern league. Archer was recalled account of
| PETIT illness.
| IF THE Providence team wins the champion
ship of the Eastern league this year the players
will receive $3.50 in gold from the company.
| OUTFIELDER Harry Mccormick, member
OF the giants two years ago, is not popular in
| the OUTLAW league. He has been told that the
| New York club will give him berth if no other
! player can be found to fill it.
| BIG, good-natured Ed Murphy was fine ex.
| ample of the fact that a fine fielding record
does not necessarily fine fielder. He
| stood first in the Eastern league as a fielding
| first baseman last year, but he was far from
| being the best first baseman. Ed has caught on
| at Altoona in the outlaw league. He will bC
| captain of the team and play first base.
CLARENCE BEAUMONT says that he is count
| ing on two Years Of baseball If his physfca
condition permits hifnl3 to- remain that long
! Il don't want to- remain lin the business unit
am labeled has beensa he says.
DOESCHER of Brooklyn pitched no-hit gam,
against a nine in Virginia. 1t is true that tn,
nine was hardly Up to the caliber but 1t fl
something to pitch a no-hit game against an,
team.
Il MIKE KELLEY will sit up this afternoon an,
watch the frightened three lay down. As .
result Of the winters the Watkins faction
wins every contested point, while the Tebea,
forces can be president and directors-so lon,
= as their rules happen to suit the tastes of tn
other fellows.
ANDREW OYLER paid the price of his sprin,
foolishness by reporting without practice III
smeared three yesterday.
HOME-RUN DAVIS made a good start O,
Kenna. ....-..s=
TO FROSTY THOMASifalls the honor of max
Ing the loudest explosions sn opening day.
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