St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-27
TEN IN THE EIGHTH.
Kansas City Almost Wins at Min
neapolis.

neapOlIS.
There was very little to interest the
1880 spectators at Athletic park, Min
neapolis, yesterday afternoon, until the
seventh inning, the only question being
as to whether Shreve could shut out
Kansas City, with only one hit to its
credit, while the Flour City sluggers
had piled up nine runs by hitting the
ball hard and often, the first three meu
to bat in the first inning having made a
double each and home run in quick
succession, scoring three runs, and add
ing three more in the next on two bases
on balls, and two successive hits by
Foster and Minnehan. One each was
added in the next two. They took
rest for two innings, and scored another
in the seventh Just for practice.
There was little excitement in the
sixth SwartZel earned a base on balls,
and Henge made tumble, giving
Elmer Smith life. Burns struck out,
and Hoover got base by patient wait
ing and refusing to offer at Shreve'S
drop balls. The bases were full when
StearnS came to bat and raped a ball
down in front of the plate, which
Meyers picked up. He touched the
plate. Swartzel thus being forced out;
then threw to first. Hoover was stand
ing there and caught the ball, throw
ing it against the grand stand in a rage.
Leech called him out for Interfering
with the ball, and there was a kicking
contest for several minutes. After this
affairs went on slowly, though the
MisSourians managed to score one in
the seventh. When the eighth opened
half the audience had gone to sleep and
Mr.. Leech tossed a good, hard ball with
plenty OF ginger on it to Shreve, and
Smith hit it gentle rap, which woke
up Carroll and sent him on run after
it. Burns kindly struck out, but Hoover,
StearnS and Carpenter hit the ball hard,
the latter getting in a drive for two
sacks. Nick Smith got his base on
balls, and Manning got life on Miller's
error. Gunson hit for base, and
Smith was caught trying to steal home.
Then there came a perfect shower OF
hits-seven in quick succeSSion-to all
parts of the field. The husky Mis-
sOurians picked the ball off their chins,
over their heads, and anywhere it was
putuntil ten men had crossed the plate,
when Nick Smith, in silent sorrow, hit
a high fly to Carroll and ended the
agony, while Foster famed himself
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showers of cold water were thrown over
the other fielders to prepare them for
the next round. for Minneapolis was but
one ahead. The locals revived sutfi-
GENTLY in the ninth to make one more
Oh hits by Myers and Miller, an error
by Stearns and wild pitch. Several
hundred hearts were up in as many
mouths when Manning came to bat in
the ninth with Minneapolis but two
ahead. and made hit, taking second
on a sacrifice and stealing third. Elmer
Smith got base on balls, Burns made
a hit and Manning scored. One ahead
and two men Oh bases, when Hoover
gave Miller chance to made an error.
which he politely refused, and the side
was out and the game won by margin
of one. The features were the batting
of Carroll, the fine pick-ups of Miller, a
pretty catch of a line fly by Burns and
Manmng's errors. The score follows: