The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-07
DOPE OF THE DAY

THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE opens its
season today with Oakland playing at Los An
geles Portland at Fresno and Seattle at San
Francisco The seasons schedule consists of l9o
games the league being the first to open and
the last to close. ..ss+ ~.
+ THE FIRST of the college boat races Of TIE
year takes place today on the Severn river,
where the first and second crews of, Georgetown
university and the naval academy contest for
honors 5#s #E aT.:@a-. 81 Il III IS, u.
BASEBALL in the middle west gets under
way today with a few games among the u minor
colleges. The big university teams will not
begin their schedules until next week. and even
then their contests will be in the nature OF
practice games for the big games among them
selves later in the season.
IN SPEAKING of exhibition game OF bill
lizards at Philadelphia one night this week the
Press of that city. in commenting upon the
work of the Minneapolis player who is working
with ''the wizard, says: Ferris, his opponent
in the evening game, had. few opportunities, but
he took advantage of several, and, with Two
runs of % and IS respectively, proved that ne
is a player Of no mean ability
HORACE FOGEL says that the reason why
he was not success baseball manager
was because Andy Freedman didn't care whether
| he had a good team or not, while McGraw Is
given unlimited power by. John I. Brush.
q. BOB EMSLIE, Klein and Tommy Connolly are
the only big league nmpiresr who are getting
experience before, the season opens
JAKE sTAHL Of Washington is having hard
| time to fill shortstop. Otto Williams, pur-
from Altoona, where he jumped. Williams was
counted to help make up Cassidy's loss.
':CAP'N'' BILL JOYCE was an interested
spectator at the St. Louis series; he a stu, h,l
advice is sought by the National and American
| league managers alike. sHr
| BYRAM AND DOYLE will be Princeton s
pitchers this year: Yale will have Jackson. while
! Harvard will have to develop entirely new
string of varsity box men.
| SECRETARY McBREEN Of the Boston team
| is preparing some splendidly embellished invita-
! lions for the American league opening at the
/ Huntington avenue grounds. President Ban
| Johnson of the American will make 1t a point
| to be present.
/ HUB HART. Georgetowns former catcher, is
/ slated to take Danny GREEN'S place in Chicago's
I right field. Frank Hemphil will succeed Gala.
/ han in the left garden If he can make good.
1 HARRY SPULLIAM has relented regarding ap
i pointing the umpires for the college games this
I spring. He will get the men from his sta
for the championship games between Harvard
Yale and Princeton, but the smaller colleges
must take their men outside, the big league
staff. ~
4 PRESIDENT EBBITrs of Brooklyn still has
twenty nine men on his players list. He woult
like to trade about ten of them in bunch
for frst-class pitcher.
A YOUNG MAN known in st. Louis as .'Cy
Young ILL., has been given the tin can by tht
local leaguers. In this case the name did no
help him bit.
LARRY LAJOIE has fixed his batting orde
and says he will not change It before June
tno matter how things go. Jimmy Collins hold
the record for making few shifts in his batting
lists.
ARTHUR CLARKsON probably will be tn
umpire for all Of the Harvard minor home game
this spring Clarkson has umpired regularly a
Andover several seasons, and has been tried a
) Cambridge with entire satisfaction in odd game
during the past two years.
KAHL was the first accident victim of tn
season. "a A swift inshoot from Reulbach lai
him low.
PITCHER WILLIAM KELLUM is in grea
shape this spring. Several seasons ago he wa
!, the best pitcher in the association. He the
{ went to faster company. kellum Is out g
turn the trick again. IS
IT THINK I have the secret OF baseball,
e says ATcC1oskey, ..in having good hitting team
and II any of my recruits can bat better tina
the present regulars they will receive the pre-
, erence.'' go u
PITCHER R3JLBACH has ambition to b
Z come some day the greatest pitcher in the coul
: try He goes to bed early every night and take
e excellent care Of himself. He is studying med
e cine in the off season. f@s
= THAT'S ONE for YOU, old boy, = is a favo
s lite expression of the catchers to the pitehel
e when they put strike over the plate and IL
, batsman misses It.
! THERE is said to be vast Improvement
n the team work Of the Brooklyns. The hit-an
i run game is being pulled off successfully. Lur
n. ley, Jordan and Lewis turning the track fir
81 quently.