St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-02
AMATEURS v. PROFESSIONAL
The Pigs Eye Blues Play Game
with Omaha,

The St. Paul team could not be pres
ent at the game yesterday. Last spring
before the schedule was arranged Man
ager Barnes chartered a car for fish
ing excursion to Forest lake on Aug. l.
and the engagement had to be filled. A
large crowd gathered at Athletic park,
however, and President Thompson, see
ing that there was likely to be great dis
appointment, rushed over to the city
and picked up with dray the Pigs Eye
Blues, an amateur nine composed or
bows under twelve years of age. which
has excited the East st. Paul natives on
SUNDAYS for many moons. These lads
the obliging president hustled into st.
Paul uniforms and marched them on
the field at $3.50 amid tremendous
applause. Secretary Poupeny called
the roll, and the following
responded: Joey Werrick. Callie
Broughton, Willie Halves, Patrucius
Murphy, Charlie Reilly, Johnnie Car
roll, Jackie Miller, Tommy Daily and
Martie MeeIlin. An Obliging photog-
rapher took a picture of the handsome
little fellows, Mr.. POupeny kissed each
OF them, told them to fear not and sent
them to the field. At this juncture an
cmbOnpOint gentleman, once connected
with the Detroit world heaters, APP
peared at the plate with his credentials
in one hand and a new ball III the
other and ordered the clubs to play.
THE BLUES
went first to bat. and. with Murphy and
Reilly on bases, Carroll hit the ball
center shot and it dropped among the
frog ponds hear the railway track. The
trio of little fellows trotted
around the course in jog, and
Mayor Smith presented Johnnie with
a stick of peppermint candy. In the
closing half of the inning, Tommy
DAILY let high fly slip through his
fingers, on which Strauss scored. The
sensitive Hibernian was so ashamed OF
his muff that he rushed out through the
left field fence and came around to the
gate and paid his fare into the grounds.
In the third inning, Reilly, Carroll,
DAILY and BroughtOn made good mus,
and a seXtette of diminutive feet made
the circuit of the bases. Thus matters
ran along to the fifth inning, the rigs
Eye lads doing such good work that the
crowd laviShed great deal OF applause
upon them. The prides of East town,
however. went to smash in the sixth
inning. Cleveland knocked a ball
through Reilly, and the latter had to
borrow a single to nail over
the hole. Strauss sacrificed the
big third baseman to second to
prevent him from making holy show
of himself IN attempting to steal II, ana
Crooks basted the leather out to center.
Murphy went out of sight for it in the
tall grass, and when he reappeared
Crooks was on second and Cleveland on
the bench chewing a chunk Of Homo
lulu. COOney hit the sphere to right
center, but it bounded away from Capt.
Johnnie CarrOll'S digits, and the little
fellow wept so bitterly that Private Sec
Rotary White ran over and
LOANED HIM HIS HANDKERCHIEF.
Meekin was in good humor, and gave
Walsh a base, but Andrews gave the
yOungster a grounder on which Crooks
was caught at the rubber. Caravans
safe drive to center enabled COoney and
Walsh to score. Andrews was easily
caught at third. but the fat man said he
was safe, and insisted on it in the face
of an attempt by Judge Cory to
send ahim to the workhouSe for
thirty minutes. At this point
gorgeous piece of work which should be
done in oil to be fully appreciated was
executed by Joey WeTrick, timid lit
tie fellow of nine years, who travelled
about the country two or three seasons
with the Louisville team. Clark sent
him up a nice, easy fly, which he
mutfed with such nOnchalance that
both Andrews and Canavan tailed.
This tied the score, and the spectators
were so angry that they actually wanted
to go out and bury the graceful little
man and set up second bag as a tomb
stone over him. Rev. Vail rushed into
the breach at this interesting juncture
and counseIed moderation. He tear
fully urged that it was the lads first
offense. and succeeded in calming the
cowboy spirit. In the following inning
Reilly secured base on balls, and hits
by Werrick and Carroll
SENT TWO RUNS HOME.
Caravan made the score S to with a
home run iii the eighth, and Joey Wer-
rick muffed Cleveland's fly III the ninth
and a couple Of sacrifices put him over
the rubber. In the tenth Carroll hit
the ball to Walsh and beat it to first,
but the 900 pounds of umpire called him
Dut.sand this is what really lost the
game, as the doubles of Daily and
BroughtOn would have scored two men
instead of one. Walsh began the last
half of the inning amid great excite
ment by cracking out good single to
right, but was caught at second. An
drews tied the score on a hit over the
right field fence. Caravan got a base
for waiting, and Clark hit ball to
Miller, but it was so easy he refused to
notice 1t. Willis hit filed the bases,
and Cleveland slashed three holes in
the atmosphere. Strauss was given
three bad balls and two strikes. The
crowd sat breathless as Meekin toyed
with the ball for the last effort. 1t
slipped from his fingers. went wide, the
fat man cried ..fOur balISn and all WAS