St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-08
MINNEAPOLIS VS.. ST. PAUL.

Game of the SERIES ,cith st. PaMl-Ihe
Contest Close and EXCITING.
| The handsomest fielding game seen on the
Minneapolis grounds was that played be-
tween the Minneapolis and st. Paul clubs
yesterday, and which was won by the home
club in score of 5 to 8. The fielding by
the st. Paul club was faultless, and that by
the home club was blemished by one agregri-
GUS error which cost a run. While this is
true, the game was devoid of any specially
brilliant play. To say the game was hand
some one, expresses it with laconic precise
ness. Each play by Foster, CAMEL and
O'Brien, the three members Of the st. Paul
club from Minneapolis, was greeted with ap-
plause. Foster occupied the box and pitch
ed powerful, but exceedingly erratic game.
Eleven men famed his curves, yet he sent
seven batsmen to the first base on called
balls, and was charged with two wild pitches.
CAMEL was apparently in poor form, although
he did excellent work in taking hot
balls on which three strikes had been
called. The score sheet shows that he had
two passed balls, and they proved costly
For the home club Pearson and McAuley oc-
cupied the points and theirs was "dandy'
game. Neither is charged with an error, not
base on balls, a wild pitch or passed ball.
That is record unparalleled in our park,
and feat in tact, never accomplished be-
fore in this city. Too much praise cannot
well be accorded them. Besides that Pearson
scored two of the five runs.
The game opened with Minneapolis at the
bat The first three innings were unproluc-
tive of effective results. 1t was in the fourth
inning when the first run was made. Pear
son took his first on seven bad balls, went to
second on wild pitch, and to third on
Nichols sacrifice hit, retiring from second to
first base A passed ball then brought him
to the score. Fisher struck the ball for two
bases, and ran to third on passed ball, but
got no farther, for, although Casey got his
first on bad balls, Isaacson was called out on
strike. On the fifth inning Kinzie and Reid
scored. McAuley was given his base on
passed balls, Kinzie made base hit, Nc
Auley going to second. Seven balls gave
Reid his base, and the other two were moved
around one base each. The bases were
locked as Pearson took the
bat and sent a SLOW grounder to Werrick
who threw McAuley out at the home plate,
and then CAMEL threw Pearson out at the
first base, making a double play. Andrus'
clean single hit brought Kinzie and Reid
home. Andrus got his third on a wild pitch,
where he died, Nichols going out from
pitcher to first base In the seventh inning
Minneapolis made two runs and st. Paul
earned the first tally their score shows, Reid
struck OUT Pearson got in base hit, and
was backed by Andrus with another of the
same stuff. A passed ball helped them to
another base each, and another passed ball
gave them both the home plate. Then
Nichols went out to second and Fisher to
first. For st. Paul Foster slugged the ball
over Casey's head and among the carriages,
earning three bases. He scored on
Hcngle's base hit, but Hengle was
retired at second by tielder's choice on Net
tletons hit. O'Brien knocked off fly to
Kinzie and Barnes sent another to Isaacson.
The ninth inning opened with st. Paul one
and Minneapolis five. The latter failed to
improve their score, but Fosters tremendous
smuggling and Isaacson's error gave the St.
Paul two more runs. Foley famed and
Foster got in another of his long three-base
hits Hengle struck grounder to Fisher,
who threw to first, and on Isaacson's error,
Foster scored and Hengle went to second
base. and Nettleton's two-base hit brought
him home. Nettleton was next thrown out
at third by Andrews, allowing O'Brien to take
first on fielder's choice, and Barnes struck
out, ending the game. Following is the
score in detail: