St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-02
EIGHT TO SIX WAS THE SCORE,

looking. body of men as ever strobe
on diamond, fell before the hard
hitting Saints yesterday after the
sharpest and most exciting struggle
witnessed on the home grounds this
year. Superb ball playing character
lied the contest, which belonged to
anybody till the last man died at
the initial bag, and then the audi
ence arose en- masse and cheered the
victorious Saints to the echo.
The home team Won the game
through superior hitting and sharper
work in the field, aided somewhat by
a little ragged playing by the Cream
City boys when runners We're in dan
gerous proximity to the home plate
The crowd, which was one of the
best in point of size and quality ever
seen on the grounds in a week day.
was in a perfect fever of excitement
from the time the gong tapped till
the players left the field, and en-
Joyed an exhibition of genuine ball
that was a treat in every sense of the
word. The Saints knew they had to
ton of talent from Milwaukee, and
they therefore played ball with a
vim and snap that aroused the heart
lest enthusiasm. And with the ex-
ceptiOn of two or three little errors
at critical points in the game, the
Brewers We're right after their oppo-
nents, and gave a handsome exhibit
ton Of the national game as it ought
to be played. Had they hit a little
harder the game might have stiff
been undecided. They made d beau
tiful rally in the ninth, and came
within two of tying the score, but
after the hardest hitters were out
of the way, the others fell before the
fine work of Pepper like babes.
QUICK, CLEAN WORK.
The game was full of features. It
started off with a swing that gave
unmistakable evidence that some
thing good was coming. The first
three innings We're pushed out of the
way in exactly fifteen minutes by
the watch, and during that time
only four men found their way to
the bases, two of them-one on each
side = dying almost Immediately
when attempting to steal second
They were stopped by superb throws
by the backStOpS. Milwaukee could
mt fathOm Pepper for the first six
innings, and nearly every man that
came to bat went out He pitched
an admirable game and was admir-
ably supported, and for six innings
the Brewers failed to score. Then
they lit onto him for two hits. one
a single and one a home run, earn
ing the first two runs they made. In
the ninth they found him again for
few, but they couldn't get in a suffi-
cient number of hits to head off the
Saints with their lead.
The Saints played an almost fault
less fielding game. Boyle's work be-
hind the bat was excellent, and his
throwing to second was a feature In
every instance he threw out his man
except one, and the man was safe only
through a muff by Pickett On one
occasion Boyle, by handsome throw
from the plate, caught runner who
was playing off second, and the crowd
did not overlook the merit of the play.
Pepper pitched remarkably we'll He
had excellent control of the leather
had plenty of speed, watched the bases
We'll and fielded perfectly. George
made tho first error hQ has made since
he signed with Comiskey, but after
that he was very careful, and nothing
escaped him. Irwin distinguished him.
self not only at the bat, but in the
field, going after everything in sight
and losing nothing. He played in al
his real form, and on more than one
occasion prevented runs. ORourkt
hammered the ball at the right time
and made some of the cranks who had
been roasting him sorry for what they
had said.
TIM LED THE BATTING,
securing two good, doubles and a single
and working Stephens for a base or
balls. Camp played the initial bag fol
the first time, and did a good after
moons work, and he hit the ball sharp.
ly when it was necessary Burns
played ball all through, and the miss
of the fly in middle field was on ac-
count of the sun shining right in his
eyes, not because of his inability to
catch the ball. Stratton and Pickett
were in it, too, and are entitled to
their share of praise. Stephens, who
occupied the box for Milwaukee
pitched handsome game, and held
the sluggers down to fourteen hits
Had it not been for three errors al
critical points. the score of the Saint.
would have been smaller.
The game started off beautifully, botI
teams fielding perfectly, and neither
being able to do much of anything
with the twirlers. The first three mel
at bat for the Saints died quickly, anC
the Saints retired the first three Mil
waukee sluggers just as nicely. In tn,
second, the Saints died in one, two
three order, and only three of the visi
tors used the willow. In the third, tn,
Saints died one, two, three, and onl!
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