Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-05-10
CAN THIS REPORT Be TRUE?
BLUES WAKE Ur AND wis a GAME
FROM THE SAINTS.
Daniels Pitched In Winning Form While
the Blues solved Johnston's Delivery
aud Raped Him Hard aiii-
iers Beaten at Last.

St Paul, Mimi, May q-tSpecial) The
strong pitching OF Daniels, the unlucky
placing Of hits by the home team ana the
rapid stick work OF the Blues In the firSt
inuiug coaspred TO give the Apostles their
third defeat OF the season to-day at the
hands OF Jimmie Mauniug's Kansas City
Blues by a score OF TO 9.
The game was played on the home
grounds AT the new tall park before 500
critical fans who rooted" hard for The
homo team and dersively howied at every
break OF the visitors. Umpire sheridan
called the game at O'Clock. The Apostles
were handicapped IN their battcrs, VAN
dyke playing on the bench with a sore leg
from Armstrong;. OF the Mliwaukecs.
hard bail Tuesday kiletn played center
and Johnston and Berger were in. the
points.
Johnston seemed unable to get himself
together In the first inning and the Blues
batted him hard enough to- win the game
with five runs three Of which were earned.
After that he steadied down and pitched
very good game. but two more runs being
made of his delivery. After the third in
ming both teams played good ball and the
game was a pretty one, repete with bril-
liant team and Individual plays
The Apostles began their work In the
first inning by pounding out two earned
runs after Smith and ORourke were out.
Camp began the good work by hitting to
center for two bases. Mari hit one which
Connaughion and Killing both ran after
and doubled themselves up on He stole
second on the first bail and Mullane scored
Camp and Mari by lacing out corking
two-bagger to right leld Pickett retired
the Side by hitting a long one to Nichols
VINO mdde splendid left hand catch after
Il smart run. The home team in the Sec
ond inning was retired on a double play by
Manning to kluSman on JohuStons liner
10 second base with score OF naught
Ihe next four innings were a repetition
OF the second and the game was uncventful
nnuI in the seventh Inning Johnston got
four balls. Smith hit to Rupert getting
first on his tumble and ORourke fattened
up ms batting average by lining out a two
Dagger which brought In Johnston scor-
the home team, the eighth and ninth in
nings being devoted to the capture OF
duck eggs.
Jimmie Manning made no mistake to-day
when he put Rupert on third. Killing in
pight ;ii heid and and Daniels in the box. He had
and more control than a country school
master and he had hard h!tters in every
one one of the men. The story of St, Pauiis
defeat is told in the first inning. When
Hernon hit short TO Johnston. who threw
nm nm. out at first the local fans felt that
dliference when Johnston gave Con-
nauEhton his base and Nichols, the stocky
center helder of he Blues. caught tho
second one that came along for a beautiful
home run hit over the far right field fence,
10 the snap" of which Connie and Mich.
OILS ran the bags for a couple of tallies.
TO Camp, who got It to Mullane quick, re-
tiring the sialwart first baseman of the
BIues on close decision. With two OH,
the "rooters'' felt easier, but they were
put on the anxious seat again by Bergen's
long MT against the right field fence. which
MARI was unable TO get. With Manning
on second and Bergen on first Rupert
stepped to the plate and planted another
homer outside the garden, bringing in
In tlaa nv-.
King ended the agony by striking ont
Daniels made one run IN the second and
Bergen another in the third That ended
the run getting of the Blues five duck eggs
in succession marking the balance OF their
game Rain delayed the play fifteen min
utss during the sixth inning.