St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-15

here, with the sun shining, and run
into a last winters leftover snow
storm. There hasn't been a day
like this the whole spring in St Paul
l tell you, there is no town like it
for an even climate. If there is, l
haven't seen it. Tomorrow morning
/ am going to give the boys a ten
mile run to liven them up. They're
sure to be stiff after their first days
practice. Catcher Kraus is sick, and
Burger won't report till the 18th of
the month. He is going to his Sis
ter's wedding" At 2 o'clock the st.
Paul players took the field for half
an hours practice. Half Of the men
didn't know the names of the other
half. They batted flies for half an
hour. With this much practice they
went into the game with the Reds,
who have been in training since
early in March. They played against
"a team that fielded without an error
The game can scarcely be called
more than practice, but if st. Paul
plays as we'll in practice as it did
eye on it. Errors were plentiful.
O'Rourke had three bad ones. The
Others were distributed, and some,
particularly Van Dykes and Camps,
were excusable. Pepper, who has
not had ball in his hands, pitched
three innings. He was very wild,
and eight hits were made off him.
In tha first in1,iJ,or h.
run with base on balls. A bunch
of three errors by O'Rourke, Camp
and Pepper gave the Reds two runs.
Three hits, a brace of bases on balls.
two wild pitches, passed balls and
phenomenal lse running by the
Reds netted the Reds six runs in the
second. Four hits and a gruesome
error by Count" Antonio Mullane,
the Reds Old pitcher, added three
more. Then Johnston came in. He
put a veto on the passes to first,
after having issued one
AS A SPECIAL FAVOR
to Hogriever, the first man up. Five
hits were made off him in the next
five innings. He struck out four of
the batters in the team, including
Buck" Ewing, who has been MAX
ing a record against pitchers of all
sorts. Jolnson has great speed and
d poclzetful of deceptive curves. The
remaining three runs of the Reds were
scattered through three innings. a
pretty pickup by O'RouTke nailed
Ewing TO the cross in the fifth inning.
The captain was caught at the plate
and a run prevented. In the previous
inning a long throw from center
caught H0griever, one of the speedieSt
in the business. at the plate. Camps
error in the second was funny. a hot
grounder from Miller struck in his
mitt. Ewing was running to second.
Surprising that Pickett was covering
the base, Camp shot the ball over and
plunked Ewing right in his capacious
waistcoat. Only two of the men from
st. Paul reached first in the initial
five innings. Mari made a hit in the
second and Pickett got a base on balls,
but nothing came of it. In the sixth
the Disciples opened on Dwyer. Boyle
led off with single, Smith went and
did likewise.
Camp raped out a two-bagger.
O'Rourke struck out. Mari and Null
lane swatted the ball into right, but
quick fielding gave them only one
base apiece. Van Dyke scored the
closing run with a drive to right, and
four cold hard earned runs were
chalked up to ST. PauFs credit The
next nine men went out one, two,
three st. Paul has a wonderful hit
ting team. VeEy few Of the balls fall
inside the diamond, and though the
record of the outfielders scarcely
seems to- bear this out, it must be
explained that the in-field played very
deem Score.