The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-13
I DOPE OF THE DAY

! NOW HARVARD HAs decided to play foot
ball. Give the wheel another turn
ADAM RYAN has challenged Battling Nelson
and Young Erne He'll fight Erne.
S. YOHO, THE NEW MANAGER Of the Sharon
team, expects to sail home in first place.
worth brace Of home runs in game with
the Yazoo Cotton Blossoms.
: MIKE DONLIN pleads guilty to everything
else, but says the story of his marriage is
untrue. ~
PLAYERS MAY come and players may go. but
Jake Beckley and Kid Gleason appear to go on
forever. r.. IL .EEsr
IRON MAN McG1NN1rY has Joined McGraw's
squad in training in Memphis. He is in good
Sn II MAKES a2T; KID GLEASON cnuck.e to hear
last years players on college teams referred
to as veterans. .-+ Ill, ,.
JOHN l.. SULLIVAN is beating it about the
country with open challenges for anybody 300
pounds ringside weight. chance for Neromus.
BOBBY WALLACE is one Of the ideal ball
players. He scarcely has to turn hand to get
| in condition, and reported to St. Louis weighing
just st five w pounds over his playing weight
big league managers might consult Anna Eva
Fay and learn just what is in, store for them
| this season.
AMID THE BATTERY Of bingles that crash
into the fences down SOUTH remember that
Messrs. johnson and Pulliam will never hear
| IF them.
Was sae e %gaIs for M Sssf ha sss
ing the Bar. Tom sharkey; ''The Man With
| the Hoe James J. Jeffries. -
If ALL THE players who threa tened to jump
to the outlaws had done SO the circuit Of black
listed players could very easily be increased to
| twelve clubs. sixteen men to team
| HARRY SMITH says that Jake Beck1ey is as
clipper as any youngster he ever saw. Jake
| has surely discovered the fount of perpetual
youth.
MARVIN HART HAS written to George Te-
beau asking for a place on the Louisville team.
AS Marvin hit about 200 against Tommy Burns,
White Wings will advise the pugilist who is
serious in the matter, to fade away.
| THE ENTRANCE to the hotel where Cincin-
natl stays in Marlin Springs. Texas, has the
street number 371. After gazing at 1t a mo-
ment Cy Seymour said to Ned Hanlon: '.Clever
of these people to hang up my last years bat
ting average
=. CHICAGO NATIONAL league people think
they have the best team that has been put in
the field In that city since the days Of Arson
Perhaps they have. 1t certainly looks a whit
The FoRBEs xBRoTHERs fought on the
same night. Chick Tucker did not appear at
Sharon to meet Clarence, and an easy man
went on instead O'Toale was not SO kind te
Harry at the Washington Sporting club. ri
!. WIN KELLUM, the ex-Cincinnati pitcher, has
| signed his contract with the Indianapolis Ameri
can association club. 1t took him some time
1 to come to the conclusion that 1t would be bet
:ter to play with the boosters for the terms they
5 offered him5tha to take chances with the out
laws. *GT'.E g 32E. ~ z
) HARRY KANE is looming up strong with tn,
Philles at Savannah, and Manager Duffy say
/ he believes this young Hebrew will prove o
, the "fnds' Of the season. He has cut out al
. bad habits and is paying strict attention t
business. f. g r. -ft
DONOVAN OF the petroits once with Brook
3 Ign, has theory that the pitchers are pro
: crossing more rapidly than the batters. !. Som
n day, when he is being knocked out OF the box
: and 1t happens to all Of them, he will be- will
ing to trade the theory off for one strikeout.
ELLIOTT MADE the first home run Of tn
e season by knocking the ball over the fence a
s Memphis The big pitcher has always bee
l. handy with the bat, and If he pitch Xix
a he can hit, McGraw may find plenty of use ;fo
e him this year. - ..@s 's"% - ,@E',a @'E +
CINCINNATI baseball enthusiasts will waite
the Work ura he a ith
a to the fact that Hahn viii pitc
" for the New Yorks =" Cincinnati Il
him out last summer because he seemed to hay
.e lost his effectiveness against the Nations
IS league players. About the last game Of anyain
=, portance in which he took part was in. Ne
"a York against the giants. and he was bate
freely. 4. = t. sr -. .,..s.- fE II j, ~