The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-17
DOPE OF THE DAY

The present trip Of the eastern clubs of the
American league should decide the championship
1t is a foregone conclusion that the Chicago
club Of the National league will break all rec
ords of games this season.
The New York Americans ainy have a
great bunch of youngsters in Moriarty, Chase,
laporte, Thomas, Deahanty and Doyle.
Joe Kelley of Cincinnati says that President
Ban Johnson is determined to keep him out of
the American league. johnson will have none
of the old Baltimore bunch
New York fans believe it is great mistake
McCraw's part in playing veterans instead
of building up the team with minors. 1t will
have to come the quicker the better.
The New York Americans are playing to more
people than the giants. winner catches the
Gotham fans.
1t is claimed that the performance of the
highlanders in winning five double headers in
five consecutive days recently is without prece-
dent in the major leagues.
The games being played In the National
league show that the leading clubs playing
a stronger and the others a weaker game than
at any time this season. T.
A hot tip: Both Philadelphia teams to finish
in fourth place in their respective leagues.
The Western league season will close Oct.
with Des Moines the pennant winner. Omaha
and Lincoln are fighting for second place.
| A Jersey City newspaper gives a gold eagle
! to each ''skeeter'' making a hOmerun.
The old question AS to whether the National
Or American league plays the faster and better
ball is still topic for discussion among all who
| are interested IN tne ma 1OnAl game. Inc
chances are that it never will be answered sat
/ isfactOrily, as both bodies have thousands OF
partizans who can see but one league There are
| fans all over the country who can give yer!
| good argument in UNFOLDING their opinion in ia
vor of one the other Of the big leagues.
! But occasionally some bug goes crazy abou
the "major'' he thinks best AS, for instance
the Pittsburg brother who recently broke fortl
| in a scare-head description of an American
league game he had witnessed. 1t was thu
| ''worst he had seen, absolutely on tn
blink, minor league plays better ball. etc
But what would this @wiseschild say had he see
the BroOklyn-Boston National game recentl
played in Brooklyn? &&@ ''' 't..
There never have been eight evenly balance
teams in one league, but there is no doubt tina
| the American league this year has its playin
| strength more evenly distributed than the Ma
tional league. The recent twenty four innin
game between the tail-end Bostons and til
champion Athletics shows this conc1usively. 7
the unbiased fan-if such exists-it is perfect
clear that the National league has only thre
good all-round teams, while the American leagu
can: rightfully lay claim to five such teams.
Chicago has the baseball bug for fair Fro
. 5000 to 10000 fans are turning out to see sem
professional games. eF-
Il It looks as tho the Detroit team has joine
the Rathskelers.
'Ducky Holmes, the Augusta pitcher no
with the Philadelphia Americans, was treate
rather rude on his first appearance in Ne
York. The highlanders scored six runs of hi
in one inning. y
The Cleburne team surprised them all in Il
Texas league. Once started, they were new
, headed and came romping home on the bit.
I ~ Joplin and Webb City teams in the Weste
J association played twenty-inning game recer
". Not a run was scored and Webb City ma
but six hits off of kid Durbin.
Jim O. Rourke's Bridgeport club got out Of la
place in the Connecticut league the last day
the season. Better late than never.
The Erie, Pa, club is another baseball orga,
cation with an alliterative lineup. With Crar
Z Clark. Cranston and Cole. Erie put one over
Plttsburg recently to the tune of to g.
II 1t is a safe bet that McGraw was mad VIII
Brooklyn took two in one afternoon