The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-18

players of ability are required if the
teams are to travel the pace. The in
eApeflenced Iads-many of them hold
ing considerable promise-are being
Loftlhed and used with great caution.
SeVeral of the managers still have on
thelr payrolls recruits who have NOT
Deen called into service in spite of the
iact That only nine dayc remain before
II VIII De necessary to reduce the clubs
10 fourteen men. 1t indicates how
speedy has been the play and what few
Opportunities have been offered to slip
IN recruits. The managers have been
unwilling to take chances. On the
other hand, the pilots have been loath
to cast adrift these recruits after
working with them during the entire
training season.
There have been exceedingly few
lopsided contests thus far. In the
great majority of games the scores
have been held low and the margins
for the victors have been meager. For
instance, Winona made a clean SWEEP
Of the opening series and every game
was captured by a single run. In the
same series two games were played at
Winnipeg, the Maroons taking the OPP
ener by che run and the second ended
a 2-2 tie with Fort William. All of the
teams have fought every inch through
the opening games, with few excep-
tions. Tho Duluth club, in this respect,
has been the hard -luck aggregation,
taking the short end of the exceedingly
tight sessions.
Winnipeg a Surprise. 5
One OF the surprises has been fur
nished by Fred Curtis Winnipeg Ma
rooms. The preseason dope generally
favored this club for a dashing get
away before the. home fans. But the
visiting teams thus far have more than
held their oWn on President Pulford's
lot. Kid Taylor has succeeded in whip
ping together a genuine baseball club
which has travelled under the Virginia
banner. His infield is lightning fast
his pitchers have been working wei
and generally he has a w~ell-rounded
aggregation as substitute for last
seasons t~ail-enders. Lefty Davis al
Winona has the old pepper gang going
at too pace and his team appears to be
nicely balanced. Eddie Wheeler at
Grand Forks is making good his prom
Use to the fans there and his team lis
Getting away to a beautiful start In
hitting aud fielding. Jack Landry with
his Superior Red Sox probably has
outslaone all Of the clubs on h road,
At a. distance his crew looks like the
hitting club of the league. Art Liz
zettef of Fort William and Darby
|O'Brien OF Duluth both have in and
outdelds that work with utmost pre-
|cision, but thus far they have been
weak in hitting. Bob Unglaub's Far
go-MoorEead machine has been going
we'll. but, like the other clubs, the new
ness has been revealed.
1t is Sill too early for the fans to
draw any w~ell-defined conclusion for
q panoramic view shows eight snappy
teams rounding into form and playing
sensational baseball. AS yet the pitch
ers have not revealed their stock in
trade, the players have not developed
their batting eyes and the fielding has
not been as brilliant because of the
Door conditions of the playing fields
generally du, to heavy rains. For those
reasons, al. that the Northern league
holds for the fans in the different cit
les has not Eeen uncovered. But there
can be no doubt that a few nor weeks
will bring out sizzling playing. In
those cities where the Duluth club has
worked the fans have witnessed the
play of a fielding club that has been
manipulated in this league. II
D,Brien's men develop as the manager
predicts in the hitting Department
they will be hard to- stop. IL lis gener-
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