The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1914-08-20
...B O b b L E ST..
Well.
Our first time up.
During the present season.
Well.

we have been regularly assigned to
choice quarters in cell hall B and friends
who desire to exchange papers and maya
zines with us may do so by adding 456 to
their list. Personally we have taken the
| greatest pleasure in viewing the last two
ball games. 1t seems good to be down
here where the people are located, and
where little noise at the Saturday con-
tests is evidently welcomed.
| Under Charley Herzog's management
the Reds have been pulling the unexpect-
ed frequently. While they have been un-
able to keep up the pace they set at the
| start they can be depended upon to keep
the Cincy fans in state of excitement.
| The Reds will hardly finish better
than fifth or sixth, but Herzog has inaug-
urated style of play that upsets the cal
culations of the fellows who hear the pen
| nant bee buzzing around. Lack of swat
ting ability is keeping the Reds down.
What promised to be an interesting stu
alton in the big league circuits has just
about fizzled out in the American, where
the Athletics have strangle hold on first
place. Same will probably be increased
| rather than diminished. In the National
matters are somewhat tighter for the
| Giants, as their games for the past week
or two have shown, are way off their
stride. They have given unmistakable
signs of blowing, and right now the con-
quering Braves are engaged in sinking the
gait still deeper. Thus it is entirely pos
sible that we may see any one of four
teams hook up in the Worlds series with
the Athletics. Boston and St. Louis are
coming strong, aud there is an outside
chance of the Cubs landing the rag.
The Cubs this season are a bunch of
in-and-outers. They seem to have for
gotten what team work means and their
old slap-dash manner is sadly missing,
Once they quit trying for individual
records and play to win each days game,
their standing will receive the much de-
sired impetus. Manager O'Day says but
little. 1t is known, however, that he is
far from satisfied with the team a. it now
stands. The Cubs, in the past, have been
noted for general pitching excellence; but
this season their work is decidedly off hue
Schultz, about the only member of the
Worlds champions left on the team, was
temporarily removed from the line by
Manager O'Day last week. But he raised
such rumpus that, following due apollo
gies, he was reinstated
What is so rare as q Cardinal team that
can and does win? Echo answers: 'sNoth-
ing at all, unless, perchance, it is the Bos-
ton Braves performing the same stunt -
The Cards are classy outfit this year
there is no gainsaying that fact That
mid-winter trade with the Pirates put them
right on the baseball map. They are
playing good, reliable baseball all the
time and, when it comes down to pitch
ing, they have the goods. Sallee, Doak,
Perdue, Perritt and Griner are five pitch
ers whom opposing batsmen find difficult
proposition. At this writing the Cards oc-
cupy third place. If events so fall that
they win out, St. Louis promises to be
baseball mad and the war excitement, not
withstanding the Teutonic population, will
run a bad second.
The Giants in general playing strength
are far inferior to the team of last year.
In the first place they have not been get
ting the pitching. In records compiled
up to August 5th, Demaree's name does
not appear. This indicates that he has
won less than half his games and has been
of little use to the club. Vanguard, dur
ing the same period. had an even percen-
tage of .5OO-ten won and ten lost. This
is only fair showing and by no means
good enough for team of pennant caliber
McGraw has been forced to depend almost
wholly on Mathewson and Tesreau They
have responded nobly as the Old Master
leads the leagues pitchers with Big Jeff
close second. But two winning boxmen
are not enough and, if the Giants are. to
pull through, Marquard will have to con-
tribute more wins than he has thus far.
Inability to hit opposing slabmen at OPP
perfume moments has resulted in num-
Der of recent games lost and Manager
McGraw is plainly worried.
| Fame as prophet awaits Manager
Stallings if his Braves continue their ruth
less trampling under foot of all opposition
Last spring when his team was down in
the ruck, Mr.. Stallings opined that moth
ing less than first division would be his
teams portion. This remark brought
forth rude and harsh laughter from the
carping critics. Said critics are now en-
gagged in eating crow. Honus Wagner
says that if the team had got any of the
| breaks at the start of the season they