The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-31
NORTHERN RACE
IS PRETTY ONE
Six Teams Running in Even
Hard to Beat.

Duluth. Mimi, May s1.-Particular
interest is attached to the games
scheduled for the next few days in
the Northern league form the very
TACT that results may bring about a
Schange in the present standing of the
clubs.
A prettier or closer race than the
one that is being run at the present
time In the Northern league would be
difficult to conceive Of. a am will
change the standing of the teams. Six
of the eight teams are in the thick of
the chase for the golden gonfalon-
St. Paul and Virginia being somewhat
out Of the hun at the present stand
ing.
Unglaub Needs New Men.
II Minneapolis is to hold its present
high standing in the percentage march
It is YER probable that some new
players will have to be secured by the
Bronks. Up to the present time ing
laub has been depending upon the
pitchers of the Millers me the excess
sive %finging. one might say, of Com
stock. Leverett and S1errin has not
made it imperative for the former big
Lacquer to look ~anXiously around in
search Of material to strengthen his
gang. Now that the hitters of the
league have shown that Comstock can
be beaten. as was proven here last
Sunday and at Winona Thursday, it is
very likely that Unglauh will be on the
lookout for some new material.
Since the first part of the season
every team in the league with the en-
ception of ST. Paul n Minneapolis
has been filling up the weak spots AS
has been stated it has not been neces-
eary for Unglaub to get new mon up
to the present time; in the case OF
Charley Jones it has been slothfulness
or the ina bility to get new material
Owner Conrad had best speedily de-
termine Just where the fault lies.
Virginia and Grand Forks have been
STRENGTHENED considerably since the
start Of the season, and the same is
true of Winnipeg. In Virginia the
results so far have been hut little APP
parent, but the Flickertails are play
ing a great game and are right now
one Of the hardest teams in the league
to beat.
1t is a noteworthy fact that Lever
EFT and Comstock believed that this
league was a joke. The same goes Tor
Comedian Allen of the same team.
Young Comstock. while a fine little fell
low and a thorough gentleman. enter
tained some rather fine opinions OF
his own ability previous to his beating
at the hands of the SoN. Both Leverett
and Ralph will doubtless realize be-
fore the season has gone so very
much further that the class of base
ball being played in this league at the
present time is not so very inferior to
that being pulled in the American as
ISOLATION.
Game Should Get Better.
From this point on the grade of
baseball should be yer better than
some that we have been getting.
though truth to tell II would be quite
difficult for any league to give us
better games than those of late at
Athletic park.
The pitchers are settling with the
warming of the weather and during
the past fortnight SOME of the pref
test M of any of the leagues OF
the country have been flung in this
organization.
st. Paul and Virginia appear to date
to have about the poorest hurting
staffs in the league. If Waddell would
round into form and get into the game
he would undoubtedly prove a big as
set to the finging staff of Spike"
Shannon. Unless something happens
at Virginia i'll the Very near future
rumor has it that something is going
to occur of a very radical nature.
In the event of ST. Paul and Nir-
ginia picking up and winning a num-
her of games the race in the new
Northern is bound to he M of the
prettiest in the country-for as it is
right now, six teams are running un-
der a blanket and a few games will
completely change the present stand
ing.