St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-25
Small Talk.

While the police will not interfere with to-
days ball game at Minneapolis, it is highly
probable that a test case will be made. Good
legal authority has been obtained that the
ordinance recently passed over the mayors
veto is unconstitutional, and the authorities
are DESTROYS of deciding the question and will
accept the opportunity to be present to-day
and place Manager Whitcomb under bonds
on Monday.
The following score was made by the Fl.
and ID. Gun club of Minneapolis at the Short
Line bridge yesterday at twenty-stX yards
rise: DR.. Kilvington 9, c. Kerridge 49, Dean
10, Bowen IL, Batchelder Is, B. III. Kilvington
IL, Simply T-93; II. F. Bagley II, Reed IL,
Hayward Is, G. c. Bagley Is, Chamberlain
10, Van Wheeler 8, A. Kerridge 1888.
Twenty-Five clay pigeons were shot at.
Considering the fact that the Minneapolis
club has been doing fine work on its Wiscon-
sin trip, it is fair to presume that the attend
ance to-day will be extraordinary. The bat
ting order shows that strong team will be
pitted against st. Paul, and betting is in favor
of Minneapolis.
The Omaha general Office boys played
good game yesterday, defeating the nine
from the Western Union operators, the score
standing 80 to /. The railroad boys made
only one error during the game. This was
the muff of high fly in the first inning.
Sowders and Weber will be the Minneap-
oils battery in to-day's game, which will be
called at 4:10. Sowders during his trip in
Wisconsin has pObly sustained his reputation
as phenomenal pitcher, and Weber has
done excellent work behind the bat.
Charles Moth disappointed his ,finneapolis
friends by failing to appear there wrestle
the Jap in June Moth undoubtedly de-
termined that there was more money in
sword combats, and is now in Denver fight
ing with the flashing steel.
The Northern Pacific 2Railway club de-
feated the Merriam Park nine yesterday, the
score being Is to H.. The Northern Pacific
nine made seven hits and six errors, and the
nine from Merriam Park six hits and nine
errors.
The police suggest to Dan Ayers, whoever
he may be, that he cannot participate in q
prize fight, nor will he be allowed to arrange
here for a fight to occur anywhere else. He
had better go slow with his challenges.
ManagerWhitco of minneapolis wrote the
GLOBE the following batting order for his
club to-day: Murphy If. Scheffer 2b, O'Rouk Ike
CT, Buckley IF, Crooks 3b. Sowders p, Rhue
lib, Lynch SIS, Weber C.
Clark and Douthett are playing with the
Decatur, H., club. This team will make a
trip through Wisconsin and Minnesota in
August playing with the Northwestern
league mines.
A petition is in circulation asking the State
Fair association to erect reporters stand on
the inside Of the track near the judges stand.
The request will doubtless be granted.
In forty-five games the ST. Paul team has
scored 325 runs, an average of T.2 per game.
The opposition has scored 303, an average of
ST. per game.
The Long Meadow Gun club offers a reward
of SIS for the arrest and conviction of any
one < iolating the game law in Hennepin
county.
The Minneapolis Driving club will give
another racing matinee at the old fair
grounds On Wednesday afternoon.