Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-29
IT WAS A SPLENDID GAME.
But the Apostolic Crowd Walked
Away With 1t.
KNEW WHEN AND HOW TO HIT.
Minneapolis Defeats Sioux City and
Des Moincs Knocks Out ST
Joseph-other Sport
ing News.

St Paul gained signal victory over
Omaha yesterday afternoon, and that, too,
In the presence OF the greatest crowd OF the
season.
But the game the white socks played was
n beauty, ana it was a shame they had to
lose.
Willie Names pitched wonderfully well,
and was supported fairly while the rest of
the Apostles banged the ball just when it
was necessary to bang it.
The conflict opened most fiatteringly for
the Omahas.
Strauss led off with a rafting drive TO
right, and then Cleveland, after peculiar
fashion of his own, stepped up and smashed
out home run.
Something broke loose right here. Oh!
yes, IT was pandemonium, and the cheering
and tho yelling was something electrical IL
made old Grover think of the night of his
election.
What a world of fun there is in a cracking
hit made at the right time.
But that was all there was of it. The
game might just as well have been called
right there, 80 far as Omaha was concerned.
Crooks struck out much to his disgust,
while Cooney retired on high foul to the
hotel keeper, and Scrappy Jack likewise
lutnDuSIcu bue atmosphere III way
For the visitors, Hawes took first on four
wide balls He stole second by close
shave and then ran all the way home on
Murphy's out from Walsh to Messitt.
The people didn't like this a little bit.
However they were quickly restored to
good humor, as Mr.. Overrated Pickett died
at first and Tredway famed out
1t was one, two, three for the white socks
In the second.
The Saints, too were easily disposed of.
Cackling Carroll struck out, but Mine
Host made hit. He then tried to steal
second but Tommy Nagle nailed him. Wer-
rick famed
The third was a repetition of the second
for Omaha, buI the Apostles again sue
eeeded in getting couple of men ON the
bags.
Broughton made hit, Willie Maines
made three desperate but futile lunges at
the wind, and then went and folded himself
up on the bench, Hawes for the second
time was allowed first on balls. Murphy
and Pickett were easily retired.
In the fourth, after Crooks and Cooney
had both gone out on pop-ups to Riley,
Scrappy Jack reached first on an error by
Hawes He stole second, but Walshs out
to third ended all chances for run.
Funny, but all three of the outs in this
innings were pop-ups TO Riley.
For the ST. Pauls, Tredway was thrown
out at first by Crooks, then Willis smashed
Carroll in the back, knocking all the cackle
out of him, but giving him first. He tried to
be fresh and steal second, but Nagle killed
him. The hotel keeper struck out.
In the next innings Canavan flew out to
Werrick. Then Nagle made a hit, but he
got 70 farther than first, as Willis and the
Partisan were quickly disposed of.
The Saints could do no more in their half,
and in fact no more runs were made by
either team until the eighth, when Barnes
crowd went in and knocked out three runs
as big as house, and-woe's me-the game.
I'm the meantime they were only prevented
from running by a couple of marvellous run
ming catches by Canavan, and a circus per-
formance by Jack Messltt.
Bvt you want to hear about the Inflated
eighth
Well, a banana peddler from Italy, called
Murphy, set the ball rolling by hitting out
for three bases
The people cheered feebly, but it was only
bluff. They simply wanted to seem I'm
partial.
Pickett followed with little fungo to
Maria Halpin, on which Murphy had the au-
dacity to attempt to get home. Maria threw
him out too quick, the nasty thing!
Pickett, however, was safely perched upon
first.
But the play brought down the house, and
the cheering was long and loud,
Tredway lined out single, on which
Pickett went to third, while '"rred" reached
second on the throwing.
Cackling Carroll, to the delight of every
body, again struck out.
But right at this juncture, when everybody
was beginning 10 feel iubilant again, Riley
sent the sphere whizaing out among the left
field carriages for two bagger, which also
carried Pickett and Tredway across the
plate.
A little runty cheer arose, but it soon
died away in mournful cadences under the
grand stand.
Werrick followed this disaster with one of
the same kind, driving the boniface home on
q duplicate two bagger.
Broughton was thrown out by Walsh. But
the mischief was done, ST. Paul had made
three runs and were two ahead
Wasn't that q calamitous inniugi Every
ono of the four Thousand spectators thought
so, anyhow.
1t was one, two, three for the white socks
in the ninth, and thus one of the best games
seen on the local grounds closed.
Hero is the score:
OMAHA.