The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-22
SPORT GOSSIP


oped into a very pretty race and
northwest fans in general will be glad
to see those "old cripples", the Mime
apolis millers, squirting for first place.
Cantillon's team has played in and out
ball all summer, but with the hot
weather the old "spavs", as they are
generally dubbed, get the joints loosen
ed up and they rip into the opposition
like house afire. For several seasons
the Minneapolis team has come to this
time in the season laboring along
somewhere in the first division, and
then Foxy Grandpa Cantillon grabs a
star player or two from the big
leagues, and there is nothing to it. At
that Cantillon has been lucky this
year. The unexpected development of
Comstock into star twirler gave him
a sure winning pitcher when one was
badly needed, and now that he is
about to lose Commy to Detroit, Lou
tiene comes across as come back
wonder and looks to be good to step
into Comstock's shoes. The Milwaukee
team has held the lead for the most of
the year and previous to the present
series walloped Minneapolis unmerci-
tully whenever they met, but has just
been handed a fearful jolt, losing four
straight to the millers, which puts the
latter right on their heels for first
place. Columbus and Louisville are
right behind Minneapolis and from
now on there will be a red hot contest.
It looks, however, as If the millers,
with Crump Clymer, 300 hitter, ADDED
to the fence busting brigade, would
cop the fourth straight rag.
The Northern league season will
come to a close next Saturday with
winona as the pennanJ winner: The
Northern league has mad successful
year, taxing II on the whole. Virginia
and ST. Paul were the weak sisters on
rne circuit and the poor playing OF
both those teams has been d drag on
tne league and during the season the
st. Paul club went to Lacrosse. Grand
FORKS, IN which North DaKotans are
Interested, has played 1alrly good ball
OUT have not been able to get much
above third place. The league has de-
veloped TWO sensational pitching stars,
Comstock of the Minneapolis team and
Schauer of the Superior team. Com
stock went to the big millers and from
tnere TO Detroit for $4,000. Schauer
was sold 10 the New York Giants for
$40, 600. North Dakota is especially in
Ierested in the latter as he played on a
North Dakota small town team last
year and is a North Dakota product
1t Is to be hoped that Fargo may be
represented in this league next year.
rnere is a chance to get either the Vir-
glnia or Lacrosse franchise II suitable
grounds can be secured here.
In a few weeks football will hold the
boards. Already the football gossip is
beginning to percolate through the
sport news. II is too early to make
any predictions or forecasts, but in
about two or three weeks it will be
possible to get in line on the dope.
Says L, H. Richie, of The Minnea-
polls Journal:
This thing of being president of
the United States must be terrible
bore, especially If one happens to be
baseball enthusiast and the nome
team out of town.
One of the big news agencies turned
boob the other day and peddled story
about how the poor, narassed Wood
row fretted and fumed in the execu-
| tive office because he couldn't find out
| how Washington had made out with
| Cleveland. Finally he summoned his
| physician and the two pelted it down
Pthrought the heat of Washington to q
| newspaper score board where he ease6
| his troubled mind studying the days
| scores. .-.
| Living in such conditions must be g
l LeTTlucs OlQ StTdlIl ou d. lIidu VI lliS
/ temperament of our president Mos
anyone with hunch of that kline
would have turned to the phone anc
| the president of the United States OF
| the wire asking for scores would ge
civil treatment from even the most au
authoritative and brusque of the auto
cratic help of the sport room.
1 The government should give Wood
row telephone. A man occupying hi
position should not be forced to hus
! tie down the heat-soaked streets o
Washington in midsummer to find on
how his pet ball team made out.
seems strange that this hasn't beer
done before, thereby heading of
stories of this kind Verify our legis
llators are tight-wads or they woult
4 give Woodrow at least dummy cut.
i off line to the scoreboard: