The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-26
DOPE OF THE DAY

FOUR YACHTS are scheduled to start from
New York today in the race to Bermuda for the
81 900 cup offered by Sir Thomas Ltptoh. The
distance is $50 miles, and it is estimated the
race will take eight days.
MILLER HIGGINS of the Cincinnati reds
is the smallest ballplayer in the country.
TOM FISHER, the Shreveport pitcher, has
equaled his last seasons record Of eight vic
tories in his first eight games. His team is
leading the Southern league. r--
/ THE WISCONSIN league is headed by one
club one day and by another the next. The
badger state should see great race this year.
JACKSON, Gulfport and Baton Rouge have
been engaging in a merry seesaw for first place
in the Cotton States league.
THE Central league has had record breaking
crowds during the first month of its season.
Saturday and Sunday games in four cities
Gently showed total attendance Of $4,000 for
the two days.
/ THE Augusta, Ca. team is playing great ball
and the rest Of the South Atlantic clubs hav-
ing hard work trying to head the tourists.
HOUSTON In the South Texas league and
Dallas in the North Texas league certainly
hitting it up at a fast clip in the Lone Star
state. 's-' Ff .--. g..
THE Wisconsin 'Interscholastic Athletic asso-
citation holds its annual meet at Madison today.
The number OF events and the records for
eligibility are the same as last year.
THE San Antonio team in the South Texas
league lost the first Ave games played, and then
WORD comes from England of the death of
Frederick NJ. Wineman, better known George
Wells, who in his youth was great sprint
runner and in later years achieved wide fame
as a sporting writer and prizefght referee.
Wineman was an American, tho he had lived
for twenty eight years in England.
IF YORK and Johnstown can find their win
ming toys and put them on, the Trt-State league
will have as great race for the flag as ever
has been seen in any league. ' $50
FRED BRADLEY, the former amateur fighter
who recently defeated Jerry Gaines at Chelsea,
is touted by Boston fight fans as a coming
world-beater. Bradley comes from the home of
| the mighty John l.. Sullivan, Roxbury Mass.
WILL the fight promoters kill the game in
New York? BY adding rounds they are making
the contests longer each week, and Gotham
sports think six rounds should be fixed as the
limit before 1t is too late.
JAMES BUTLER has made application to the
New York state racing commission for license
to hold running meet at his Empire track. 1t
has become an annual affair with the New
York grocer to ask for dates and to be as regu-
larry turned down.
CORNELL and Yale meet on the diamond at
New Haven today, the first time the ball teams
| Of the two universities have met in thirteen
years. tsa II
! CHICAGO, Washington and st. Louis in the
| American league each has pitcher named
| Smith. Be
! WITH Chicago, New York, Pittsburg and
Philadelphia fighting hard the race in the Ma
| tional league is becoming interesting.
BOSTON seems to have picked up a good
youngster in Bates.
MRS. NJ. ]. DONLIN, formerly Mabel Hits.
is the daughter Of Kansas City druggist.
KARGER. the new pirate twirler, is south
paw from Houston, Texas.
/ NEALON is said to be as expert penman as
| he is corking good ballplayer
| IT'S said that Pitcher Mcintyre induces his
curves to break better than they did last sea-
son.
! BROOKLYN has five players from Pennsyl-
vania, namely, Lumley, Lewis Gessler, Alper-
man and Pastorius.
| PITTSBURG players say that Chicago's young
southpaw pitcher, Pfeister, has every thing-but
courage.
/ PITTSBURG has built new bleachers this year
4 and the capacity of the park has been increased
to 200 seats.
! FITZGERALD, the giants new catcher, has
never tasted intoxicating liquor of any kind
| or used tobacco.
THERE'S only one thing harder than break.
! ing into professional baseball. That's quitting
tit,"s says Abbaticchio.
i MIKE LYNCH and John Alexander Dowie are
] collaborating on book, the title Of which is
TO be How I Lost Control