New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-07-22
Just Dope.

Just Dope.
One can easily tell from the batting
averages of the Athletics which were
published in the Review last week that
New Ulm has been going up against some
some exceptionally good pitching. Only
one of the regulars, Pfeiffer, is hitting
over 800, while at least three or four OF
them would hit over the cherished mark
against ordinary twirling. A mistake
was made in figuring "Chick'' Williams
average. The second baseman was
hitting .295 instead of 1882.
In Sundays game at Albert Lea the
boys clouted the ball hard and what was
even more pleasing was the fact that they
punched their hits in two or three innings
Hitting with men on bases is what wins
ball games and the fans are hoping that
they will keep up the good work. The
batting order as at present constituted is
exceptionally strong, one that any
pitcher might we'll dread to face, and the
team batting average ought to climb
steadily from now on.
There is some talk around town tina,
New Ulm ought not to depend on few
out OF town men to strengthen the New
Ulm ball team, but that nothing but
home material should be used. With a
little calm consideration anyone can see
that such an idea is extremely ludicrous.
1t is true that team could be gathered
together from the home boys which would
probably be able to trounce such teams
as CORTLAND, Hanska, Kasota and
NicolleC, but the fans will undoubtedly
recall how the Athletics were smothered
by the Springfield Maroons by 8 to 0
score early in the season, when the New
Ulm club was composed of only home
lads.
New Ulm has, without doubt, some
excellent baseball timber and the local
management has shown that with little
Strengthening here and there the Ath-
letics can make the best semiprofessionals
teams in the state go some to beat them.
At that Conway, Friedl and Hodgins are
the only members of the team who are
not connected with New Ulm except by
baseball ties.
In 1908 New Ulm had a pretty fine
ball club; better than we have seen here
since until this season. But Manager
Hackbarth had only three or four local
men on the club. That team was more
expensive than the present one and it
could not put up such fine article of
ball as this years team is playing. Most
OF the fans would rather see team in
New Ulm which can go up against such
teams as Albert Lea, Marshall, the All
Nations, and so forth, and put up stiff
hard game than to see slambang, hit-or-
miss farce with one Of the teams from the
surrounding villages
Albert Lea, city with a population
of something over six thousand is
supporting finished aggregation of
ballplayers with monthly payroll Of
$500, according to common report.
Marshall, a town with two to three
thousand inhabitants, pays out $l1OO per
month in salaries to ball players on the
team. And you cannot tell anybody in
either of these towns that it does not pay.
Their ball teams advertise the towns as
i've, progressive and up-to-date and the
whole district reaps the returns.
This years ball club is making an
enviable reputation for New Ulm thruout
the state. The games are bringing
people from all the surrounding towns to
see some fast ball playing. II the fans