St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-25
WON BY ONE RUN.
Minnesota and Chicago Have
an Exciting Bout at
Cricket,
Which the Latter Wins by
the Narrow Margin
Stated.
The Game in Doubt Until the
Very Last Wicket
Fell.
An Unusually Large Crowd
EnthuSed Over the
Sport.


the Chicago cricketers came West and
defeated the Minnesota players, but it
was the most exciting match ever
played on the Kittsondale grounds. The
game had long been looked forward
to and for the past two weeks
the Minnesotas have been max
ing arrangements for a gala day.
The weather today could hardly have
been better, though the strong wind
was at times difficult to play against
The arrangements for the reception
and entertainment of visitors in the
grounds were complete in every detail,
and a very large gathering
watched the match during the
afternoon. The Chicago players
arrived early this morning and were
met by delegation from the home
club. After breakfast at the Windsor
they were taken to the grounds, and by
1890 all was ready for the fray. The
visiting eleven, unfortunately, was not
complete. two of the players being un-
able to leave home. The places were
taken by j. Gray and q. D. Nettleton,
of the MinnesotaS.
1t was shortly after II o'clock when
sent Gilbert and McNaughtOn to the
wickets. Bradley was bowling from the
north end and Jaffray from the south.
Both trundlers were we'll in the sport
and runs came very slowly. In Brad
ley's sixth over, McNaughton got his
foot in front of the wicket and was
given out by referee with only five runs
marked up. Mcpherson filled the va
CUM, and the sumner of the innings
was made. The bowling could not be
trifled with, and the batsmen were kept
on the defensive all the time. The
fielding of
The Home Players
was sharp and clean, and for over an
hOnr and a half runs were tardy i'll ar
irving. Richardson at last replaced
Bradley at the north end, and in his sec
Qnd over sent in a beauty, which fOnnd
weak spot in Gilbert's armor. The
latter's retreat to the pavilion was the
signal for an ovation. He had played
grand cricket, though only making IL
runs. j. q. Davis followed, but soon
fell victim to Jaffray, and the score
was 45 for three wickets. ii. G. Wright
came next, but soon lost his partner,
Mcpherson. The latter's score of &c
was made by the best cricket
of the innings. and only one
the next batsman to don the pads, and
again the bowling was collared. The
runs came faster now, and when Wright
fell victim to Donaldson the score was
81 for five wickets. The rest of the in
nings may be told in a sentence. Brad
ley and Donaldson proved too much for
the tail-enders, and only three more
runs were added making the total score
for the innings So. Wright'S Is and
Keily's Is were the other double figures,
and both scores were made by free
hitting.
After lunch the Minnesotas went to the
wickets, Ssson and Hubbard facing the
bowling of Kelly and Anderson. SiSson
soon skied ball. but forgot to put
wings on it, and Davis captured it.
Richardson took his place, but before
he had taken ball Hubbard followed
the example set by mis- former partner,
and Anderson accepted the opportunity.
Two wicketS for one run, and the at
mosphere was very blue from whence
Harry Lauley came. But the man from
Lewiston was equal to the emer
gency, and with his Kentish partner
made the stand of the day. They
treated the spectators to lively hitting
and runs came fast. Change after
change was made in the bowling. but
without avail, and everything looked
lovely for the Minnesota aggregation.
At last, however. when it looked as
| if the two would settle the difficulty be-
tween themselves, Kelly came in to
bowl from the north end, and, after a
few overs, found the mark he had been
aiming for. Harry was caught with
| limb in front of his timber yard, and
retired to the pavilion with we'll
played 20 to his credit. The score was
60 ink &c n,,h cd
Dollars to Doughnuts
on the Minnesotas. But misfortune
| had been after them from the first and
now caught up. Bradley went out on
the last ball of Kelly's over and Davis
bowled a maiden. Then Kelly's next
| two balls disposed of Ja1fray and &. G.
Seven Wickets for 81, and an ominous
silence prevailed at the Minnesota end
| of the ground l.. B. Donaldson came
| jauntily forth and cheer went up as
! he played the last ball of Kelly's over.
| Then followed another few minutes of
| lively betting and the score crept up to
| 81 before Donaldson sent back ball to
Kelly and retired.
The cheering was long and loud as
| the telegraph showed that only five
| runs were needed to win and two wick
SlS W ldlls S0pt. Ouliil lAduC HIS DIP
pearance. and Immediately disappeared
| on hot one from Kelly, and the game
depended on Alex McCulloch. He ran
a two and single for Richardson, and
| only one run was needed to tiethe score.
| The bowling was with Richardson. and
| it looked all right. But the batsmen
were trifle too anxious. and tried to
| steal a short one hit by the Kent
lsh man. The ball was sharply re-
turned by Mclaughlin, and hit the
| wlckets when McCullocn had still foot
to reach his ground, and the game was
lost. 1t is impossible to describe the
| excitement that prevailed during the
| last few minutes of the match. Every
| hit and run made was loudly cheered,
and as the score crept up the enthusi-
asm became intense. The game was
| lost by an unfortunate circumstance,
but one that nobody can be blamed for.
Richardson. who carried his bat for 4S,
gave the finest exhibition of cricket
seen here in many day. He only gave
two chances, the first being when his
| score was at twenty-eight. The bowl
| ing honors were carried off by Kelly,
and he rightly owns the title of de
| mOn."
There was not time to finish a second
| inning, but the Chicagos went in again.
| At the call of time forty-nine runs had
been made for three wickets. Follow
ing are the individual scores:
| CHICAGO.
| W. R. Gilbert b Richardson. II
| W. Il. MeNaughton b W, b Bradley ...... 2