The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-30
DOPE OF THE DAY

FOR THE FIRST time in over twenty years
Detroit will not have a grand circuit meeting
this summer. .';':.- CO. s-,.'' ,r. - -t4
THE WAY the Washington club has started
the race 1t looks as tho they intend to give
Cleveland rub for the heavy hitting honors r
THE CINCINNATI team looks much stronger.
this season, and with Hanlo0 at the head
should, give the best Of them good fight. -
ROGER BRESNAHAN is leading the giants
batting order. Something unusual for back
stop, but the Toledo! boy can soak the sphere.
or THE THIRTY or more ballplayers con.
nected with the two, major league clubs in New
York, Willie Keller alone halls from the me-
tropolis. y. = - . II - : Z:
SIX OF THE managers in the American
league in interviews concerning their chances.
have. claimed the Pennant Someone is going to
be disappointed. Il = - r.. .:l--..'. p. e
CONNIE MACK has Just discovered that
Schreck is the hardest-hittins catcher in the
game. He didn't look like 1t beside Roger
Bresnahan in the worlds series last fall.
. ,CoMIsKEY THINKS his Chicago team will
win the American league pennant, with Cleve-
land Detroit and Philadelphia following In the
order named.
BALI.PLAYERs LIKE encouragement Knock
ing doesn't do any good. Now and then little
criticism will help sone. but honest criticism
| and knocking are different things 49,.
THE NATIONAL Association Of Professional
Baseball leagues has started q fund Tor the
| Pacific Coast league members. John H. Farrell of
Albany, N. Y, secretary Of the association,
is custodian Of the fund. 49, - 49,
THE CENTRAL LEAGUE teams are on a bet
ter financial basis this year and the playing
strength appears more evenly distributed. All
| indications SO far point to successful season
for the middle staters. -
MALONEY is playing as we'll for Brooklyn
as sheckhard for Chicago. The former made
seven hits In ten games, the latter five hits In
nine games. Maloney has been covering world
Of ground for Brooklyn in centerfeld and throw
ing as well as Sheckhard ever did.
THAT WAS great joke on the part of Presi-
dent Charlie Murphy to send to each of his news
,aper friends an annual pass marked No. 1. The
boys are all on now, and they are not saying
a thing about Charlfe's brightness.
THE PRINTERS who have to economic space
in setting up the box scores Of the whitesox' g
games are abbreviatiug Outfelder Hemphill g
bulk name to He'll: That's what Comiskey
would like to have him give the opposing pitch
ers. ats5f ..s..t..
LAJOIE HAS received letter from Billy
Lusk in which the Yale baseball coach and the
famous New Haven chicken fancier asks If he
shall report to Cleveland ON July L. when his
contract with Yale expires. As Lush has already
received INSTRUCTIONS from the club officials
Lajoie win ignore the lettHr--G1eueland Plain
Dealer.
THE CINCINNATI club has protested the
game played In Chicago April Is, Sunday last
the ground that: extra bases given Chi
cago runners in the sixth inning By Umpire john
stone when the ball did not go into the crowd,
but was stopped by Outfelder Odweli against the
-opes. Ills decision resulted in the loss Of the
| game by Cincinnati.
"A CLEVELAND rooter says that Lajoie made
| the greatest play ever pulled of In baseball.
According to the story the king of second base
men jumped nearly six feet In the air, caught
a line drive and threw out runner at the
plate, while he eLarry1z4was still three feet
from the ground. Can you stand for 1t?
THE WESTERN CLUBS of the American
league will start the trouble with their eastern
4 brethren May II. Lajoie has picked cut Clark
| Griffths highlanders as a soft thing Master
1 Jones of the whitesox@ VIII wrest1e Connie
Mack's Athletics Brother McAleer Will lead his
| brownies against the ex champs Of Boston and
J little Willie Armour win turn loose his tigers
n the national capital