St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06
SATURDAYS SPORTS.
st. Paul Gets the Smaller Score in
Another Close Game with
Saginaw
Minneapolis Loses a Ten-Inning Game to
the Twisters Of Bay City.
Muskegon Beats saltwater, Grand Rapids
Milwaukee,, and Quincy Terre Haute.
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To those who like free hitting and close field
ing, the game of ball between Saginaw and st.
Paul yesterday afternoon must have been en-
tirely satisfactory. Although the weather was
chilly the playing of both sides was remarkably
good, and twas anybody's game up to the eighth
inning. Clarkson was again the twirler for the
Saginaws, and it is entirely unnecessary to say
st. Paul took no hand in the heavy hitting. W.
Nettleton, new man, was put in the box for
st. Paul, and he was pounded by every one of
the twenty-four men who welded the willow.
Providence, however, seemed to be on the side
of the home team, and the numerous balls
mauled to the field were usually taken in beau
tful style, so that what might have proved score
of from fifteen to eighteen base hits appears in
the record as but seven. We never saw game
in which the hitting was so heavy and the score
so small. Foster and Hunter were not feeling
well yesterday, so their places were filled by
other men. 1t, however, probably made very
little difference with the result, it is becoming
well understood that very few batters can hit
Clarkson, however successful they may have been
with other pitchers. Rttenhouse played right
field for the visitors, Quinn being somewhat in
disposed, and Lockwood took Dude Smiths place
behind the bat. Some fault was found with
Barnes for not taking the ball from Forester's
bat in the eighth inning, but it was difficult to
judge and it went two feet above his head let
ting two men to the home plate. The ball was
sent so near OF line and so fast that the fielder
had no chance for calculations, SO we have
scored it as two-base hit
The game was opened with st. Paul at bat,
and neither side scored in the first inning, Faatz
being the only man to reach first. In the sec
ond for st. Paul G. Nettleton drove the ball to
right for a base, stole second, and moved on to
third on passed ball, but the next three men
failed to find the sphere at all. For Saginaw
Forester and Spence went out LAWN sent two
baser to left and got home while OBrien and w.
Nettleton were debating who should catch Rit-
tenhonse's easy fly. In the third neither team
reached first. In the fourth Hengle made first
on fumbled grounder by second, and stole sec
ond and third. O'Brien drove up fly to left,
and G.. Nettleton hit the ball to a cool place in
right field, Hengle coming home. Nettleton got
to second on passed ball, but Barnes and Gan
eel got out. Whitney reached first on a tumble
by Hengle, Forester drove up a fly to first,
Spence made hit to left, LAWN
gave left fly, and Rittenhouse
failed to reach first. Both sides went out in
rapid succession in the fifth. In the sixth Foley
went out at first assisted by second Hengle
reached first a tumble by third, and made his
way to third while O'Brien and G. Nettleton
were being retired. Clarkson made hit to right
and was put out at second felders choice,
Whitney taking first. Forester sent fly to left,
Spence got to first on 20 Brens failure to hold
the ball sent from short, but LAWN went out at
first, assisted by short. In the seventh inning
neither nine did anything and St. Paul died one
two, three in the eighth. For Saginaw Faatz
made good hit to right and Clarkson one to
center. Whitney went out at first, assisted by
pitcher. Forester brought the two runners in
with dagger over center's head, but Spence
and LAWN went out. The only incident in the
ninth was a base hit by G. Nettleton, the third
one he made during the game. The mines were
in the field but an hour and a quarter Follow
ing is the score in detail: