St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-20
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Now it so happened that when the
Apostles departed hence into the
lands of the Philistines a moon ago,
they We're heavy-hearted and
laughed not, neither did they smile.
But as day succeeded day their
hopes arose, and on the very battle
grounds of the enemy they took unto
themselves two warriors bold whose
fame was wont to make the face pale
with paleness and hearts to quake
with bits of apprehension. Then
forthwith did the Apostles take on
new life and hit down the Philistines
on every hand, yea, and slew them
cold. And did the slaughter happen
most everywhere save where the
Apostles ran against a chunk of fate
An the shape of bum umpire.
:. Now it came to pass that when the
Apostles returned from their pill
rgrimages and reeking with the gore
of departed Philistines, they were
followed into their own land, yea,
and by a hungry horde Of Hoosiers
,who, having been chosen and Sc
1ected and set apart as the especial
pride and pet of the bum umpires
aforesaid, let imagination run riot
with their mind, for thought they
then they'd win where merit was I'M
known.
s But alas for their hopes they
found themselves not alone pitted
against their superiors, but they ran
into a fair umpire who allowed
neither side to take the best of it.
He was on the square, and verify
did he perform his labors in that
impartial style which makes the av-
erage Hoosier sick at heart and tired
of everything on earth but himself.
Then turned the Apostles and smote
them hip and thigh. It required but
a burst OF scorn and a bunch of eff
fort and the stuff was off In just
one little inning the Saints arose
in their might and secured enough
runs to win the game. Before and
after that they secured large, ele-
CANT and nice looking ciphers. They
made all that was necessary. Then
arose the multitudes and beat the
Air, for the Saints had beaten the
HoOSiers. They froze the very mar
row in the rattlers of the Indians
and the air was filled with joyful
Bound.
IT WAS A FINE GAME.
The opening of the long home Sc
Cies yesterday was the occasion for a
great crowd, a handsome welcome to
Comiskey and his Saints and one of the
prettiest struggles ever seen on the
home grounds, to say nothing of the
best umpire yet Sent this far north
He was sent here as an experiment
but he is ahead of anything President
johnston has given US. He knows his
business, he is familiar with the game
Of ball, he allows no long-winded dis
Eussion at the expense of the specta-
tors humor, and when he says out he
means out. AS a consequence yester-
days game was won on its merits and
the fact that the umpire was fair and
absolutely impartial is one of the rea-
Sons why indianapolis lost. 1t was a
new experience to Watkins and his
push. They have been having things
so much their own way at home that
a falr umpire was a thorn in their
Hesh, and they were surprised even UP
TO the time they left the grounds,
particularly Motz, who was evidently
signed more to annoy umpires than
TO play ball.
In one inning the Saints, by clever
stick work. hammered out enough
runs to win the game. After that they
secured nothing and the Hoosiers were
utterly unable to fathom Johnston suf-
hciently to head off the home team
Johnston never was in better form and
held down the sluggers to seven hits
while the Saints were nearly as much
at loss in front of Fisher touching
him up only for nine hits, but they
were punched at the right time, and
TO this we owe the game The work
OF both pitchers was remarkably fine.
After that fatefuI fourth inning the
Saints were unable to touch the young
fellow, and so it was with the Hoosiers
in front of Johnston. They hit him