The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-20
HOT GAME At
DULUTH TO-DAY.
Present Series Means Much
to the Fans of That
City.
A r STRONG
Dacotahs Expected to Give
White Sox the Time of
Their Lives.

Rightheider CantN and Pitcher y
" Shocks have been released from =
= the Grand Forks club and did not =
s. make the trip to Duluth. Man Y
= ager Lohr was accompanied to =
" the head of the lakes last night y
" by Edmonds. Wilson, Rothermel. =
y Myers. Whiteside. Foster, De- y
= Haven, Bell. Van Dine. Altman, y
" Briggs and HHzer. y
Briggs has been signed by the /"
Dacotahs. He was brought down y
!" by Duluth. He is a catcher and =
= outfelder. .
= Catcher Bowers is still i'll and =
4 did not start out on the trip. .
l. Duluth. June 20.-Grand Forks,
the Lohr Deacons. a team that at the
present time is playing one of the
best games of any of the teams of the
league. will open a series Of four
games here today. The Sox return
from the road trip with a substantial
lead over the other teams of the lea
que. some very good playing having
been done away from the home bali
wick. .
All through the present season the
SoX have played fast and consistent
baseball and the team is sure worthy
of the support of the fans. To date
the attendance has been light. prob
ably due to the wretched weather con-
ditions. But with the class of baseball
that the team is giving at the present
time and also the fact that President
McCuen and his assistants are endeav-
oring to give the fans of the city a
clean article of ball. unmarried by
Wrangling.' 1t Is likely that the at
tendance will show an increase with
the ame of the future.
With Stark. NORMAN. johnson and
Hoffman. OBrien has one of the best
pitching STATS that the White Sox
have had since the days of Marion.
Dauss and Cummings. And with the
beavers behaving as they are at the
present time the rest of the team is
playing great baseball. McGraw is
showing the best form of his career.
hitting in great shape and fielding
brilliantly. Old Sam Meniece. the
greatest hitter in minor league base
ball today, is hitting around the 400
mark and his %biudgeon has won many
games for the white hosed brigade.
Then there is Rabbit kuehn. The lit
tie German Is going at a rapid pace
and his playing has featured several
of the recent anne away from home.
Leber is playing a better game than
last season and his hitting is more
consistent. But a boy in age. the lit
tie fellow is getting better all the
time and promises to show better az
the season progresses. Sours makes
occasional boots. but he is a. sweet
baseball PLAYER. a hitter that the fans
love to see come to bat.
O'Brien is not playing for himself,
and but few of the fans realize this.
There is an element in the bleaehers
that is disposed to knock the Orator,
and this without cause. He gave Du-
luth a permanent winner in the first
year of the Minny LEAGUE. and it
should be taken into grave consider
alton that Darby has probably had
cheaper teams thar any Of the other
towns of the old Minny.
n season Doc" McCuen told the
Orator to use his own judgment. and
the result has been one of the hest
teams that We AVE ever had in these
parts. Darby makes errors. but he
Is playing for the success of the
team. and his team right at the pres
ent time is playing heady and fast
baseball.
Young Bluhm at first is one of the
finds of the year. The youngster
fields his position like a Hal Chase
or a Jake Daubert. He is but 10
son out. but he has shown all the
earnarks of a wonderful fielder. and
if he improves with his hitting. the
majors will be the ultimate goal of
his ability. Not since the days of
Johnny Ness have we had a fielder
like young Bluhm.
Erickson has been the mainstav be-
hind the bat and his work has been
uniformly good. though his throwing
at times has been off. But the wealth
er of the past has beer terrible on
the arms of some of the platers. With
the coming of warn weather it is
safe to predict that the fans around
the See-Eye circuit will see better
baseball than has been the case dur
ing the first part Of the season--and
from the start it might be said that
the league has played better baseball
than was the case with the old Min
ny.
Speaking of the Minny, it might be
stated that some of the managers of
this league nave received letters from
some Of the players Of John Elliott's
league. in which they have asked
about the prospects Of getting on
here. That may mean that there is
some slight prospect of the Minnv
hitting the shadows and going
aground.