St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-31
MINNEAPoLIs MAKES a BALL.

Old Comanche Comiskey takes off
his bonnet to the good people of st.
Paul from his lofty perch at third
place this morning, his easy defeat
of the Gold Bugs and Milwaukee,
loss to indianapolis enabling him to
perform the act with much grace
and satisfaction. Only a few steps
more and the Saints will pass the
Blues and Hoosier seniors, and wave
their plumes from the top of the
heap. They will do this if they play
ball, but not if they put up such
exhibitions as the one witnessed at
Aurora park yesterday afternoon.
Perhaps the boys were only fooling,
because they knew they had a snap,
and perhaps they played miserably
because they couldn't help II, but in
either event they SSin have to take
unto themselves a handsome brace
before Thursday, for on that day be-
gins the hardest series of the sea-
son with Jimmy Manning's advanc-
ing Blues and Harry Twitchell's
sluggers from the Cream City. To
stay in third place, st. Paul will be
obliged to play the best ball of the
year, for the Blues are hammering
the life out of every pitcher that
appears before them, and the Mil
waukees have lost but two games
in eleven, and, yesterday excepted,
are playing fine ball If yesterdays
exhibition is any criterion the Saints
will lose the majority of the series,
but if they play the ball of which
they are capable they VIII quit the
series winner by a large majority.
We should take three from
the Brewers, and at least two
from Kansas City. The fans
have faith in the Saints if they will
play as we'll as they can. and.
after all, the Saints seldom fall
down when the have foemen
worthy Of their steel before them.
The fans have confidence in Comis-
key, and if the Saints all follow his
lead We viii stand at first place when
the team quits home.
The game yesterday was not devoid
OF interest. It was characterized by
heavy slugging and mis- rabIe errors
on the part of the Saints. They knew
they had an easy thing and played
carelessly; so carelessly, in fact. that
five out Of the seven runs made bv
the Gold Bugs were scored on errors
Of the home team. Camp went to
pieces in the middle field, Pickett lost
his head on one occasion, Irwin was
slow at q bad time and erred in throw
ing to first Had it not been for thosa
errors the Gold Bugs would have left
the field with but two runs to their
credit For the first four innings the
game was frightful. The errors came
thick and fast, and the exhibition was
extremely amateUrish. After that both
teams steadied down, and some
brilliant playing on both sides fol-
lowed Those who made errors re-
deemed themselves in almost every in
stance by really phenomenal ball, and
the game developed into a very pretty
q contest in which Pepper had largely
the best Of il. He pitched a beautiful
game, and the poor support of the
early part of the game failed to shake
his nerve. Heworked away steadily and
handsomely, and the sluggers from
Michigan were unable TO bunch their
hits well enough to accomplish much
On the contrary, Stafford was sIugged
to a standstill, and the Saints scored
about as they pleased. Old Comanche
Comiskey got his eye on the ball, and
his heavy and opportune hitting was
the feature of the game. He raped
out two long doubles and two singles
inside the lot, and two of them were
productive Of runs when runs were
desired He kept up his reputation fol
hitting the leather when hits wer,
needed, and he was appIauded ever,
time he stepped 10 the plate. Hi:
presence IN the game inspires con
fdence in St Paul audiences, and they
were abundantly satisfied yesterday tt
see him rap Stafford out OF sight
Charlie Irwin started out badly, ther
rounded TO and became brilliant. Ont
stop Of a liner over second bas&
aroused the greatest enthusiasm. anG
he left the. field with five safe hits Il
his credit, four singles and one double
or five hits out of six times at bat
O'Rourke played well, showing grea
improvement. krauS caught grea.
game, and, after the first streak O.
III humor had died away. Jack Picket
came to the front and ielded brilliant
1y- The game for the last five inning:
was a beauty, and no one had am
cause 10 kick.
The Saints led off as usual with
runs in the first inning. O'Rourke
worried Stafford for four bad balls