St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-11
LOST IN TWELVE INNINGS
st. Paul Wrestles With Bay City
Over Two Hours, and Finally
Falls.

Falls.
Minneapolis Drops Another One to the Mus
kegon Hard Hitters
Saginaw Gives saltwater the Worst Wal
Looping of the Season.
To that element of the community who see
nothing of hope in defeat it will not be necessary
to offer word in regard to the game OF base
ball yesterday, but to the philosophers who dis
cover cause for every effect and an effect for
every cause there is much OF comfort to be
found in the performance Of the st. Paul team
for the past week Here is the record of the last i've
games played, the first two with the Saginaws,
and the other three with the Bay Citys, two OF
the strongest teams in the league. July a, Sagi-
nav 2, St. Paul O.; July 5, Saginaw 3, st. Paul 1;
July s, Bay City 2, st. Paul O.; July 8, Bay City
3, st. Paul 2; July 10, Bay City 8, st. Paul 2,
twelve innings. 1t is q fact that st. Paul was
beaten in every one Of these five games,
but the record made is one to be proud Of at the
same time. No city in the Northwestern league
circuit has had five consecutive games as close
and with as small a total score, and although our
team has not been on the counting side, the
audiences have seen ball playing Of the most en-
Pertaining and exciting sort. The home battery
yesterday was Foster and CAMEL Brown, the
new pitcher and third baseman, made his appear
ance at third and Foley played short, the other
members of the team taking their usual stations
Brown made favorable impression, aud al
though his opportunities for fine work yester-
day were limited to two, he is evidently great
addition to the strength of the nine. He made
several fine stops at critical moments, and will
come out in good form as soon as
he is rested from his trip. Foley's play
at short under ordinary circum-
stances would be fit subject
for unfavorable comment. However, it must be
remembered that 1t was his first game in the po-
sition, recently at least that the ground in short
field Is deceptive and that he neutralized some
what the effect of his errors by other unusually
brilliant plays. Foley is tower of strength in
ball field, and he is not one of the kind that
makes costly mistakes every day. Tilley had a
field without labor up to the twelfth inning,
but his beautiful catch of Porter's long fly just
inside of the left field foul line was perform
ance that set the spectators wild with delight
Barnes had great deal to do, and did it all with
neatness and dispatch. He took four flies,
made a three-base hit, single and run. We
are not disposed to look upon him weak
member of the nine. If he is kept in the out
field he is passably good player. CAMEL made
one of his characteristic base hits in
front of the plate, but his throwing was surpris-
ingly erratic. That in the twelfth inning over
thirds head, letting in the winning run, was
one of which he should be ashamed. O'Brien
made costly error in the fifth inning at criti-
cal moment, but during all the rest of the game
he played WE'LL Three of the nine base hits by
the home team are accredited to him. The op-
actly what we have thought from the first, that
Nettleton is far too weak man to hold a posi-
ton in the nine. He proves after few days
wear to be both poor fielder and weak batter
His success with the willow on two occasions
was, as shown by subsequent developments,
only one of the accidents of the game, and might
have happened to man who never saw a bat be-
fore. Hengle out Hengled Hengle yesterday
He had on his ball playing clothes from
his socks up. and played as few men
ever have the opportunity to play. Four
teen chances were offered him in the field and
he accepted them all at his regular salary. Be-
sides this he made two pretty hits. He should
have whole nursery of laures. s'Slim Jim,'
formerly the left-handed pitcher for the Red
Caps, caught nice foul fly in the grand stand,
but the umpire ignored the play entirely. The
visitors played an even game all around, and in
their superior fielding is the secret of their
triumph.
Inc game OpeueU VIII SC raul at DdI, anu
Hengle made base to center, going to second
on wild pitch, third on center's muff of Nettle-
toms fly and out on trial to reach the plate
from pitcher to third. Nettleton went to second
meanwhile, and was retired ON o. Brien's grounder
to short. Brown went out from pitcher to first,
For Bay City Morrison reached first on balls.
but the next three got out. In
the second Foley, Foster and Tilley were
retired one, two, three. For Bay City Cudworth
took base on balls. McGunnigle hit grounder
to pitcher, who cut off Cudworth at second, and
the latter McGunnigle at first. Bignell reached
first on muff at right, and Porter sent fly to
second. In the third, Barnes went out from
short to first, CAMEL hit the ball down in front of
the plate for base, and went around to second
on Henge's clean hit to center, but was cut off
from catcher to third on trial to get home on
O'Briens hit to left, Nettleton striking out in
the meantime. For Bay City Morrison hit to
left, and went to third on catchers overthrow to
second. He was left there, however. In the
fourth, Brown took base on balls, going to sec
ond while Foley was being retired from third to
first and home on Fosters hit to center. Tilley
foul-tipped out, and the catcher doubled on Fos-
ter at first. Bay City did nothing. In the fifth,
Barnes pounded the ball over center's head for
three bases, and got home on overthrow from
second to third The next three went
out. Bignell took base on balls, stole second,
and reached third on catcher's overthrow
to third. Porter sent fly to short, Turbidy one
to center, and Morrison should have been retired
from short to first, but O Brien failed to hold the
ball, Bignell going home. Howard sent fly to
center. In the sixth for st. Paul Browns reach
ing first on seconds tumble was the only Incl
dent. Foutz gave short fly. Davis got base
on balls, stole second and went to third on
passed ball. Cudworth popped up fly to CEN
ter. McGunnigle got life on Foley's tumble of
his grounder and Davis scored. McGunnigle
was retired trying to steal second. Both sides
went out in the seventh with man on first for
each In the eighth Foutz got to first on shorts
error, and made third on Davis hit to center the
latter stealing second. Things looked decidedly
blue. Cudworth struck out, and McGunnigle
hit fly to second, who caught Foutz playing off
third. In the ninth the only incident was base
hit by Turbidy. Insthe tenth OBren got base
hit to left but he wasn't backed up. For Bay
City Morrison led off with hit to left. Howard
hit grounder to short, who ran down and put
his foot on second bag, and cut off Howard at
first. Foutz hit q foul fly to catcher. In the
eleventh st. Paul didn't reach first. For Bay
City Davis and Cudworth were retired from sec
ond to first. McGunnigle got first on third 8 err
ror and went to third on catchers overthrow to
second Bignell struck out. In the twelfth
Barnes made a hit to center, but the next three
went ont. For Bay City Porter pounded long
fly to left, which was beautifully taken. Tur-
bidy reached first on shorts tumble, stole second
and came home on catchers overthrow to third
which ended the game. Following is the score
in detail:
BAY CITY.
ALB B TB Pc A FL
Morrison, cf....... 0 2 IL
Howard, h.......... o o 0 Of