St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-01
KILLERS PLAY a GOOD GAME.
Results of the Other Games in the
Western League Yes
1eFdaY.
GAMES TODAY
ST. Paul at Minneapolis.
Grand Rapids at Detroit.

The largest ball crowd that ever
gathered on a local ball field gazed
at and witnessed and saw the worst
exhibition OF base bali yesterday
ever given on a local diamond.
Eight thousand people sweltered in
the hot sun on the last day of
June ana watched with agony the
futile efforts of the crowd of anna
tours wearing the St. Paul uniform.
Now. While we admit that at times
the Apostles do play good ball, still
IL is q fact that on other occa-
sions they play like old women.
Yesterday was one of the other Occa-
siOns. Yesterday they played like
old women-reaI, Old. lettering, blind
and feeble old women. They could
mt see the bail, and they had no
more life in them than a sausage.
And to think that they couldn't
hit Long John Healy, q pitcher who
is one OF the most pronounced has
beens' in the country. That was what
made the crowd laugh. Why, they
ought TO have batted HeaIy out of
the box, all over the field and out
around the flats ana Connemara
patch. Instead OF that Long John
proved a tower of strength. He was
q wonder. He was a phenOm. He
was about the best the Apostles
ever saw, and only on rare occasions
did they manage to thump the
leather beyond the diamond. One
of these hits was a hit because the
fielder missed the fly. Our cOlIec-
ton of errors was choice. Yes, rare.
When there was no one on bases
our boys stopped a grounder or
caught a iy-sometimcs-but when
there were runners, they couldn't
stop anything. and Minneapolis
made runs as she pleased. It wasn't
necessary for the Millers to hit the
ball. All they had to do was to get
their base. and it was a cinch that
they'd cross the plate. IN the early
part of the game Johnston went in
the box for the Apostles, but the
NIiIIers made him a sorry spectacle
in a very brief space of time. He
gave way to Tony AIulIane. whom
the AIiIlers couldn't hit worth a
cent. But Tony's pitching didn't
count for anything. He had no
support. So it came TO pass that the
lIiIlers had everything their own
way. At no stage of the game was
St. Paul in it. They had the game
in their hands in the eighth, with
nobody out and the bases full But
Long John famed them out, and
their feeble smashes at his curves
were Iudicrous. The crowd grew
jolly after a while, and had some
fun at the expense of the home
team and everybody else.
Now these eight thousand people
were not deserving of an exhibition
like that. They came there full of
enthusiasm. They wanted to shout,
but they had no chance to shout for
anybody but Minneapolis, and nu-
nicipal pride prevented any wonder
full explosion of enthusiasm for the
8IiIlers. Still the Millers were en-
titled to all the applause there was.
They We're the only ones that played
ball Their fielding was excellent,
and their hitting timely and hard.
The day was perfect. The crowd
was joyful. The umpire was excep-
tionally fair and impartial. Every
thing combined to promise a day of
rare sport for the crowd. But it
came home tired, disguised, sore,
hungry and disappointed. It wasn't
Comiskey's fault. He was as sore
as anybody. and if he doesn't make
q sudden and startling change in the
condition Of affairs St. Paul will go
to the bottom OF the list and stick
there with both feet. OF course, a
bail team has an off day occasion