Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-12

The poor craftsmanship that has
characterized Fargo's position in the
Northern league all summer is crop
! ping out to n greater extent now that
the season is waning.
Mike Cantillon, owner of the Fargo
Moorhead team. is coming in for his
share of the blame. And all because
he did not put a team in that field
that has been able to keep ahead of
Grand Forks.
The Fargo Forum yesterday sprang
the following:
when the Cantillons put a base
ball team in Fargo this spring the To-
cal fans didn't clamor for a pennant
winner. The first division was the
heighth of their ambition, the only
condition being that the team should
finish ahead of Grand Forks"
Prize for Poor Sportsmanship.
The Fargo attitude draws down the
blue ribbon for poor craftsmanship.
When they dickerd with Mike Cantil-
Ion, they demanded a team hat would
out-run Grand Forks in the pennant
race. and there have been many oc-
currences-chiefy when the two
teams were playing together-to indi-
cate that the Minneapolis magnate did
his best to help them out. Simply be-
cause of a jealous feeling that has ex-
listed between the two cities for years,
Fargo fans showed their characteristic
poor spirit by clamoring for an organ
ization that would beat Grand Forks
at any hazard.
While Grand Forks enjoys defeat
ing Fargo just as much as the de-
voices of that village delight in har-
pooning the Flickertails. the locals are
in the league for the highest honors,
not simply to trounce the Twins. It
was simply a, case Of give us a good
ball team" and not an organization
that could win out over Fargo.
Gall to Fargo.
The local baseball success has been
as gall to Fargo for several years.
Grand Forks went into the See-Eye
league when Fargo refused Ito take a
through. Then. last year, they re-
manned in the Northern league when
the Twin Cities entered and Winona
and Virginia were taken in. With the
exception of the continuous ball idea
in the Twin Cities, the league vas a
success and Grand Forks stuck for
the show again this season.
When the league magnates COM
menced looking around for cities to
franchises, Fargo was thought Of.
Grand Forks had been benefited by its
two years in the league and Fargo de-
sired to reap a little of the harvest
herself. especially as many travelling
men n others had Jennings toward
this city because of its baseball con-
nections.
Moorhead Appealed to.
But. as usual, Fargo fans were
"afraid Of the cars and they COM
menced digging around for financial
assistance. They refused to under
take a team of their own as this city
could not even put up the necessary
money to nance a foreign organiza-
ton which vas gatherd together and
trained without any responsibility to
them. Moorhead had to come to their
assistance, else they. would not have
been in the league.
Any one familiar with the Cantillon
idea could have guessed that any like
ly material on the Fargo-Moorhead
aggregation would be taken to the
Minneapolis association team before
the drafting season opened. The Mil
Ter magnate has taken in two Of the
best players on the Twin roster, and
a lusty yell has gone up.
For Cantillon First.
And n n familiar with profess
sional baseball knows that Cantillon
didn't put his team in Fargo for the
simple reason of helping hat city
grab a little glory from Grand Forks.
He would live up to his end of the
agreement so far as possible, but when
it came to a mere matter of a player,
he was signed or released according
to his possibilities in the American as
ISOLATION. The Fargo-Moorhead camp
was Cantillon's farm. and Bob ing
laub was endeavoring to build up ma
terial for the Minneapolis association
club. and not to win a pennant for
Fargo.
This accounts for all the releases.
When the season started. Unglaub
knew that a number Of his men were
not ripe for the A. A.. despite the fact
that they showed good form for the
Northern. He was after association
material, however, and so the blue
slips were passed out frequently. AS
soon as a player demonstrated that he
would not do for Cantillon's higher
ups, he was cut loose. 1t was the
same last year. Unglaub started out
from Minneapolis at the beginning Of