Daily globe., 1883-07-29
DOWNED AGAIN,
The Red Caps Suffer Their Third Defeat by
the Minneapolis browns.

The Red Caps Suffer Their Third Defeat by
the Minneapolis browns.
The RedCap ball club suffered their third
defeat on their home grounds at the hands
of the Browns of Minneapolis, making
three defeats to one victory in the four
games played by the clubs. The Browns
played their regular nine, each maa in h s
place, and al II good condition. The
Reds played the me niIe as on Thursday
with the Menomines with Britton and
Crooks as the battery, except that Devlin
was substituted in the right field by a
player called Welsh on the score sheet.
but this was not his name.
Suffice it that the gentleman is Harvard
graduate, played short for the college club
in which he made brilliant record, and is
now the head of leading wholesale firm
IN this city. His play yesterday was in
keeping with his record, for though oblig-
cd to leave the field after the sixth inning,
to fill an engagement,
he is credited single and two Dagger,
two runs, one put and one assist, and
no error. His put out occurred in the
fifth inning, when Murphy was finely
caught between third and home, and while
being played by Crook and Becker, Welsh
had run in from right and planted himself
on the home plate where he was to receive
the ball from Crooks after Murphy had
succeeded in dOdging him, greatly to
Murphy's surprise and disgust. Had Welch
been able to play the game out the
result might have been different,
bat after the unfortunate sew
enth inning, in which by
two -bagger by Bennett, a combination
of errors, life to Bennett on Third by an
erroneous decision of the umpire, and a
passed ball by Crooks, letting in two runs,
four runs were scored, the game was vir-
tually ended.
The game was called at $50, with the
Reds at bat, who scored a tally on hits by
Welsh and Barnes and error of catcher.
The Browns evened the score in the second
inning on errors by Nettleton, Werrick and
Barnes. In the third inning Crooks scored
for the Reds, getting first on an error and
coming home on lost passed ball. In the
fourth inning Murphy was sent to first on
balls and was advanced to second by safe
hit of Whitcomb, and both came home on
an overthrow of Crooks to third 10 cut off
Murphy. The Reds again evened up the
score in the fifth inning on hit Cf Law
sons to left, ,Werrick's hit to right and Net
tleton's sacrifice, Lawson scoring. In the
sixth the Reds added two more
runs on hits by Welsh and Barnes,
and errors Of Becker aud Foster in
GalyiR and Becker, both scoring, Werrick
retiring the side in three strikes. The
Browns also added run in this inning on
4 pits by Foster and Webster and over
throw of Becker. Thus came the disas-
trous seventh inning as above noted in
which the Reds weres whitevashed while
the Browns added four runs.
This ended the run getting, the game
ending to 5 in favor of the Browns, with
an inning unplayed by the Browns {
Excspt in the instances above mention
ed the play was sharp and exciting. Both
pitchers did effective work, though Muir.
ply has the advantage in struck outs
Lawson played a faultless game on first
and Barnes in centre field distinguished by
running in right field and getting a long
fly by O'Brien while running with the
ball.
Mr.. Foster, of Minneapolis, filled the
position of umpire with entire impartial
ity, though his life to Bennett on third was
an undoubted eIror and gave the Browns
a run. The game was witnessed by about
a Thousand people. Following is the
score: