St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-24
A STUBBORN STRUGGLE.
1t Takes st. Paul Twelve Innings
To Trounce the Hoosier
Ball TOssers.
Minneapolis Gets an Opportunity to Hurrah
by Walloping Grand
Rapids. ~,
Saltwater Takes the Third Minnesota
Victory FLOR the Day OF
Terre Haute -
St. PGlfL rs. Enrt Hnafa,e.

st. Paul as. Fort Wayne.
People who supposed the Fort Wayne club
couldn't play ball had an opportunity to see
the error of their opinion at the West Sew
enth street park yesterday afternoon. 1t
took twelve innings with Foster in the box
for the st. Paul team to reap the laurels, and
no closer and more interesting contest has
occurred here since the opening of the sea-
son. In fact, struggle through twelve
innings, with resulting score of 2 to 1, is
about as good playing as is ever done by ball
players anywhere. But for Foleys unfor
tunate muff In the fourth inning the result
would have been 1 to in favor of the home
team. The error, however, was an excusa-
BILE one, as it is always difficult to make
catch when one is facing the outfeld, as the
ball must necessarily pass over the head,
and is therefore more than ordinarily hard
to judge. 1t was just such muff as
was made by Cox, of Grand
Rapids, on Saturday, which, coupled with an
other bad play, let in three runs. The other
two errors by the home team were Browns
fumbles at third. The management should
plainly do one of two things, erect board
fence behind third base or put in some one
to play the position. The remain der of the
team played ball as though their affections
were enlisted in the game Hengle did an
other magnificent days work. The most
brilliant performance of the day was his fly
catch at the close of the twelfth inning.
Carroll, the mascot, bumped the ball for two
bags in the first inning, and scored the only
earned run of the game. His fielding was
also beautiful Tilley had no fielding to do,
but when he patted the ball through space
for two bases in the fifth inning the crowd
laughed right out in meeting CAMEL,
honest, earnest ''Charlie,'' retired
fourteen of the Hoosiers, aided second
in capturing another and set the ball spin
ming for two bases in the second inning.
Barnes had but one opportunity at center,
but did himself proud in taking it, as it was
not an easy fly to get under by any means.
He also had the honor of crossing the plate
with the winning tally in the twelfth inning
O'Brien had another of his great days. He
tried to pound the ball over the left field
fence again, and came very near succeeding.
He also made good single in the last in
ming. The visitors tested his ability to stop
grounders very thoroughly, and found him
right in front of them every time. Given
half a chance O'Brien does his work in fine
style, and he catches on to everything about
the game except big outcurve. But after
all praise possible has been awarded to the
other players, it should not be forgotten that
the key to victory was held by the hand of
Foster. The pitcher who can twirl
the ball for twelve innings and
have the record show but three
safe hits off his delivery, Is something of
phenomenon, and when lists are being made
of the best pitchers of the Northwestern
league with the names of Foutz, Garrison,
Getzein and Cushman at the front we are
not so sure but another head is more worthy
to wear the crown. The playing of the visi-
tors was excellent, passed ball by Wood
and an overthrow to third Immediately after
wards were the only errors that counted
seriously against them Toffiin made many
friends in st. Paul BY his exceptionally fine
work at second. Wood and Brown, too, are
players Of no mean order, being strong both
in the field and at the bat Meister is good
player He is suffering from a very sore
hand at present, having had 1t badly split
few days ago In game. Horner and Smith
do extra good work:: lin the tield,as do Walms-
ley and Erek, but the two latter are not
strikingly successful with the stick.
The game opened with Hengle at bat,
and he pounded the first ball pitched into
center gelder's hands. Carroll put in lit
tie more ammunition and popped the ball
over center ielder's head, taking two bases,
committing larceny on the third and getting
across the plate on O'Briens two-baser to
left field fence, Foster being retired from
short to first in the meantime. Barnes ended
the inning by going out from second to first.
In the second inning Foley struck out,
Brown took first on balls, went to third on
Cancels double to right field, and was thrown
out at the plate on Tilleys grounder to pitch
er, the batter going to first and Camel to
third. Hengle was shut out from pitcher to
first. Fort Wayne got the first man ON a
base in the third inning. Warner led Off
with base hit to center and took second
and third on passed balls. The next three
went out, however In the fourth Fort
Wayne scored after two men
had been retired. Toffling hit
the ball safe to center field went to second
on a passed ball and scored on Foley's muff
of Smiths fly. The latter ended his running
by making an unsuccessful attempt to cab
bage second. Tilley got the bat on the ball
for two bases in the fifth, but he wasn't ad-
vanced from that position. In the sixth for
Fort Wayne Erek popped up a foul fly to
catcher, Meister reached first on thirds FUN
BILE of his grounder and got second on
Woods hit to center, but the next two men
were nipped. In the seventh, eighth, ninth
and tenth both sides went out one, two,
three without reaching first In the eleventh
Tilley famed the air, HsDgle made first on
muffed fly by second, committed larceny on
second and got to third while Carroll was be-
ing retired from second TO first. Foster was
the third man out on a grounder from short
to first. For Fort Wayne Erek went to first
on thirds tumble and to second on passed
ball. but he wasn't advanced
by the following batters. In the
twelfth O'Brin got in good hit TO left,
but was thrown out trying to steal the next
base in order. Barnes made neat hit to
left, took second ON Foley's hit to center,
third on passed ball, and went home on
low throw from catcher to third, Foley going
around to third. Brown struck out and
Camel was retired on foul tip. Fort Wayne
had the last half Of the inning, and the au-
dience manifested good deal of uneasiness
lest the score should be again tied. Brown
sent up a fly to pitcher, Tofiing one to right
field and Hengle nipped Smith in the pref
test catch of the game after long run into
right field. Following is the score:
FORT WAYNE
Alb R B TB Pc A
Meister s O O q q x q