St. Paul daily globe., 1895-06-15
NOT ONE SLUGGER HITS MIR.
PEPPER5S MYSTERIOUS
CURVES.
o,RoURkE IN A COMEDY ROLE.
BeastIy Kicking TnduIged In on
Umpire Hoagiand's De-
cisiOns.

And we won another game yes
terday. We took it with ease. We
played a perfect infield and a re
markably clean outfield. There were
no errors; in fact. no anything; and,
strange as it may appear, Pepper
won the game for the Apostles Only
one ball was called on him during
the game, and he was heartily con-
graduated at the close by one of the
small boys who slid in under the
fence.
Kansas City was to have played
with ST. Paul, and it was the in
tention of the Apostles to play and
toy with Kansas City. But Kansas
City evidently got on "a dead one, ;"
for they never came. No, we had the
whole field to ourselves. We went
through the formula prescribed by
the rules and regulations of the
league, at the end of which time
Umpire HOagland declared the
game forfeited to st. Paul by the
old score of to 0.
Well, sir, it was a funny sight to
see the boys go through that formu-
la. They dressed themselves in any
old thing. and took their regular
places in the field. O'Rourke had
pulled his stockings up over his
knees and appeared as if in tights,
while a little plug hat which looked
like a pen wiper sat jauntily on his
crown. Talk about makeup for &C.
centric song and dance, Eddie Foy
would have died with envy had he
seen Timmy O'Rourke. Camp went
to his place with nothing on but a
suit of balbriggan, and his slender
legs reminded one of those clothing
store dummies on the sidewalk.
Pickett had on a red sweater and
q straw hat, while, of course, his
legs were covered with the first
thing he could find in the dressing
room. Irwin put on his regular base
ball pants" but he failed to gath
er them in at the knee, hence they
had the appearance of "sooners, >"
and hadn't ambition enough to re-
main where they belonged, but kept
crawling up his legs all through the
game, which lasted about three min
utes. Eddie Boyle wore a pair of
socks and a black shirt and a glove,
while Johnson appeared in suit of
bathing trousers, a straw hat and
a towel around his chest. The 9TH
ers dressed just as they pleased, and
the sight in the field was a. wonder.
It looked like a farce comedy COM
pany turned loose, and the actions of
the players were funnier than the
burlesque antics of two or three
farce comedies. For makeup
O'Rourke won the day, and he prom
ises to appear this afternoon with
his little Tipperary bonnet. It's a
prize. Look out for him.
When 4 o'clock came all the boys
took their positions, and Immediate
ly struck attitudes which seemed to
indicate that a most exciting strug-
gle was on hand. Umpire Hoag-
land took his stand. and called
Batter up" No batter came, and
when he didn't come the umpire
cried "Play ball" Pepper delivered
the ball over the lonely plate.
''Strike," called Hoagland Pep
per pitched another, and again a
strike was called On the third de-
livery Hoagland declared the myth
ical batter out and Pepper started
in on the other fellow who wasn't
there. Again another ghost was
famed out, and Pepper went after
the third shadow. The first two
balls pitched were strikes. The next
one Hoagland declared a ball, and
the kicking the fielders indulged in
was wonderful. Pickett came in, his
mug inf1anned with passion, and all
the others followed him, and told
Hoagland what they thought of him.
He assessed fines amounting to S3.-
241.62, and bade the game go on.
The players reluctantly returned
to the field, and Pep pitched another
ball. The batter, the ghostly striker,
the mythical hitter, the shadow
thumpeT, was declared out, and the
game was over. Hoagland declared
the Apostles the winners, and the
crowd cheered him to the echo. Now,
if he only repeats the act today.
when Milwaukee appears, he will be
all right.