The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
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greatest improvement. Fox is going
up with confidence this season, gets out
and meets the ball fairly and has been
hitting right up with the best. He is
not striking out and his outs on flies
have shown a tendency to demand chas-
ing by the outfelders. Oyler's work is
much better than that of last season.
Greminger is not hitting anywhere
near his pace, but is suffering thru an
injury to his thumb which makes it
almost impossible for him to grasp a
bat. His fielding has been clean. Ora
ham is batting fairly well tho not so
surely as last year.
There is nothing to criticise in the
fielding. The work in the infeld and
outfeld has been Of superior order.
Graham is still playing left, pending
the recovery of Freeman and the change
of Hart from first. In the infield the
work of Fox and Oyler has verged upon
the sensational and spectacular on
numerous occasions. Jimmy Hart does
not cover wide area at first, but he
is safe man to hold down the posi-
ton pending the coming of Freeman.
Greminger has been free from any
hobbies at third, Davis and Sullivan
have no equals in the association in
the gardening. -
The battery work has not been SO
satisfactory. Thomas, Cadwallader and
Kilroy have shown more form than any
of the other pitchers. Gehring is do
ing we'll, but has not rounded into
form where Kelley puts him in fire.
quently. Sporer has had two disastrous
| trials and Perry Sessions had not
rounded to yet. Ford does not seem
to have the speed which made his work
notable year or two ago.
/ Yaeger and Shannon are doing the
catching. Both are doing good work
and there has been little base stealing
on either of them. Neither off, the
catchers have been hitting as they
should.
With a pickup in the hitting and the
quick rounding to of some more of the
pitchers Minneapolis is going to be
strong contender in the first division
The fielding is above the average. OF
the teams playing here so far Toledo
has the best look. Grillo has a big
bunch of talent and they seem to: be
working well together. Columbus il
greatly inferior to the team presented
last year and the winning is due more
to the stickwork Of Pickering, kim
and Wrigley than to any other cause
The pitching staff is much inferior tt
that of last season. 49,.
Louisville is no better or worse thar
last year. It is dangerous team fol-
young pitchers, as Tebeau evidently in
tends to bat his way to victory-if ht
lands there. Indianapolis is greatly
improved with Charley Carr in the line
up and is not out Of the race by any
means While at this writing St. Pau
has not played here there is little fea
of Padden g men. Locally they ar
believed to be the most overrated team
on the circuit. More trouble is expected
with Kansas City and Milwaukee thai
with any Of the other teams, barring
perhaps, Toledo.
st. Paul had formidable lookin!
paper team, but the big .leaguers ar
going back or they would not be witt
the saints. It is habit of big Lacquer
to come into this league expecting t.
be the whales in a posthole and tn
LIST of July finds them hanging ont
their Jobs with their teeth