St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-01

noon Ol MS OW!l NOliilDil. D!NUy Iidu
been announced for the contest, bat
Mr.. Foley misunderstood it, and
aotliied Mr.. BiXby that he was not to
play. The result was that he began
pleasure playing and continued until
he hour for the contest lad arrived.
Ehen he declined, and pardonablY, too,
o 20 on, and Fred Sibey, WHO had
lone fully as ardu0us WORK. volunteered
% fill the programme. 1t was simply
l case Of accommodation. At the outset
db!ey played rather wide, but the finish
Mas exciting. He gained with rapid
strides upon Bingham, although the
alter played Splendldly.
But Bingham plucked the victory. and
lhen in the evening SlbIey went once
more to defeat. He had the misfortune,
+ tie term Is pardonablt, to meet Wal
Ter Wiimot, the winner Of the Foley
emblem year ago. But it was the
closest struggle of the series thus far.
Nilmot won by the narrow margin of
eight buttons,
Bingham was in good form, much
better. indeed, than on the other two
occasions. and he played with an even
and secure stroke. While lie failed to
score big runs, he kept the pretBIvories
clicking for gO0diy average. Sibley
only entered fer the contest on an
emergency. BiXby had been SEIZED
uled for the play, but he had
not been prepared for the event,
and was consequently excused by Mr.
Foley. Sibley had been doing too hare!
practice work during the day to he fit
Tor his Ucst cndCay0rs. In fact. he was
playing game with BiXby when the
hour arrived TO start the play. This
n'4inui- IN fhn 81
no one could have blamed him had he
declined TO go on in the eXigency. Sibley
Cheerlully volunteered 10 take BiXby's
place i'll The contest, land play was called
without delay.
Bingham started off with speed and
Sibley secmpdt0 play rather inditfer-
emily fer time, Or until q discOuraging
gap interviewed his score ana that OF his
rival. 1t was in the later innings that
Sibey did himself justice. He came
up fast. gaining with a steady stride,
but he had found bis stroke too late to
be OF avail. He was defeated 10y Is but
tons. Bingham scored 100 in his thirty
first inUng, and that was the number
played by each, as Sibley won the bank
and chose first shot. Bingham'S high
est runs were l2and IT, and SibIpy went
him little better in this respect by
running II and IL.
Last evening Walter WilmOt kept I'D
his stride towards the final goal in the
tourney. He won from Fred Sibley,
although it was the closest struggle of
the entire series. Wilmot led off with
gap, but soon Sibley put IN run of
seventeen and eyened things up, and
then Wilmot regained his pre-
cedrnce and maintained it throughout.
Sibey canped On his trail, however,
aid WAS never considered out of the
race. 1t Was the nip and tuck" feat
ure OF the tournament, and it held Tom
toIey on the qui YiYe all the
time. VI nile it required thirty
six innings 10 complete Wilmot's
100, IL should be borne in mud
that there were several ''kiss-offs" when
shots were assured, and also that the
balls broke badly. Both Wilmot and
SibIey made brilliant shots, and the APP
plause was frequent as the game pro-
crossed. Nilmol'5 high runs were -.
Is and II, and SI6ley's higA runs were
Il and 8.
Tom Foley has scheduled BixUy to
play Estes at 3 O'Clock this afternoon,
and in the evening Glow will play
bingham. Some pretty tall marks have
been set during CLOVIS illness. and he
Will make Strenuous effort this even
ing to Wrest the palm from Estes for the
big average Estes run his hundred daV
before Yesterday III twenty innings, and
Glow Will attempt to 90 Estes one bet
ter. Glow IS still alling with sore
throat and bad cold, but he doesn't
feel that 1t VIII hdndicap his play at all.