St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-01
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
PLAYED Non /
THIS is TOUGH.
Having the Game Well in Hand
Apostles Let 1t Slip Away from
Them.

Them.
Special to the Globe.
Dies MONIES, To-, July 31.-The I'M
.ertaintieS of base ball were never made
more conspicuous than in to-day's game
with the st. Paul league leaders. At
the end of the eighth inning the score
stood five to two in favor of the visit
DrS. Then the home team went to bat,
and by the time three men had been re-
tired four men had crossed the plate and
the game was won. The home team had
scored one in the first inningr Shafer
was hit by passed ball, stole second,
went to third on Quinn's sacrifice, and
came home on Stearns' single. The lat
Ter went to third Oh wild pitch and at
tempted to score on Halliday's
grounder to second, but was
9ipped at the plate. McCullom's long
fly to Carroll ended the inning.
Another run was added in the fourth on
Holidays three-bagger the runner scor-
NJ Oh Macullar'S foul fly which Patton
caught after long run. In the fifth
inning a base on balls and two singles
JAILED TO net anything more than a CT
pher, for the reason that Shafer at
tempted to run in from second on
Stearn'S single, but Patton threw him
play was repeated in the seventh. Van
Dyke led OF with single and got sec
ond on passed ball. Iratfiy and Cush-
man fouled out and Shafer knocked out
single, which Carroll folded to the
plate and caught Van Dyke. 1t was
out in order in the eighth inn
ny. When AlvOrd came to bat
n the ninth everybody supposed
ihe
GAME WAS HOPELESSIY LOST,
out the big third baseman revived the
interest of the spectators by rapping out
three-bagger. Van Dyke got a base
III balls, and stole second. Traffiy's
.ong fly was pulled down by Carroll,
out Alvord scored on the play. Cush-
nan hit hard one to Reilly, who threw
:ather low to Morrisy, and the big
1rSt baSeman dropped the ball, Van
Dyke going TO third. Shafer then hit a
line ball TO left field and Carroll made
:un for it. He reached forward in a
desperate effort to collar the ball, but
The sphere ambled through his hands,
and while he was running it down
CuShman went to third and Shafer to
second. Then Quinn sent another one
about the same place where Skaters hit
tort to get it, but it fell too far in front
Of him, and the little fielder lost his
balance and
FELL AT FULL LENGTH
Oh the ground, whilS Shafer scored and
Quinn went to second. StearnS was
then given base on balls. There were
still two men on bases and but one out.
Halliday struck out, and Skaters cap
ture OF Maccullar's fly ended the inn
ing. The visitors went out in order in
the first. In the second, after Pickett and
Patton had been tieided out by Quinn,
Ringo sent a fly to short left, which
Of giving it to Van Dyke, but failed to get
to it, and the runner lhade second,
being advanced to third Immediately
Oh Skaters single. The latter stole
second, and Reilly's single sent Ringo
home and Shafer to third. Anderson
got base on balls, and Quinn's
juggle of Carroll's grounder
filled the bases. Murphy ended
the agony by striking out. The third
inning melted another run on singles by
Morrissy and Pickett and Patton's out
from Shafer to Stearns. In the sixth,
after RingO had made two-base hit, he
got caught at third on Reilly's sacrifice
through tielder'S choice. After Shafer
had retired on foul tip, Reilly stole
second, and scored on wild throw.
The visitors earned their fifth run in the
eighth through good
STICK WORK BY SHAFER,
Reilly and Carroll, but in the ninth
they went out in order The excitement
in the last inning, when DeS Moines
Overcame and passed tie lead of the
visitors, was perhaps the greatest ever
seen on these grounds. The audience
was not large on account of the intense
heat, but everybody present yelled, and
the enthusiastic members of the fair sex
beat their fans to pieces on the backs of
the seats III front of them. Score: