St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-21
pACKERS TOO EASY
Yr, PAUL DEFEATS SOUTH ST. PAUL
BY A SCORE OF 25
TOT.
SPIES AND HIS THROWING
ARE A SOURCE OF MUCH ENCOUR-
AGEMENT TO THE LOCAL
FANS.
A1oLL1NGswoRTH AND MERTEs
Also Promise to Prove Strong Local
FavOrites-A Good Exhibition
Game Yesterday.
St Paul. %. Packers. ].

st. Paul, %; Packers, 7.
What may be termed, perhaps, the st. Paul
Irregular team, yesterday played an ex-
hibition game with a nine largely composed
of the members of the Minnesota Packing
and ProviGAon company's team, but strength
ened by the addition of three members Of the
st. Paul team, Hollingsworth, Kraus and
Phyle.
The game was not close, but 1t was inter-
esting, inasmuch as it was the first chance
the ball loving public has had to see the team
this year, and there was much anxiety to see
how the new members of the team conducted
themselves.
The fact that st. Paul piled up eight runs
In the first inning and six in the second be-
fore the opposition had scored, gone
through it's batting list, even, spoiled any
prospect of a close contest, but the game
served its other purpose none the less.
If there was one player more than another
of the new men who distinguished himself,
that was Spies. The new catcher throws to
bases with speed and precision combined, and
with his arm in its present shape, the OPP
ponents of st. Paul will be cautious about
stealing second. He did not hit heavily yes
terday, and, in fact, he cannot be called
heavy hitter, but he fields his position well.
Shugart's opening was very inauspicious, in
that he failed to field the first ball batted in
the game. He retrieved himself later, how
ever especially in view of the fact that the
grounds had been rolled hurriedly, and were
in far from perfect condition.
Glasscock distinguished himself by an err
rorless game, and three hits, one of them
double. 1t was not such game, however,
as tries first baseman, his chances being
few, owing to ragged Unfolding.
Mertes, although at the latter portion of the
game he permitted himself to be struck out
twice by the Packers pitcher, Munich, had
previously acquitted himself creditably with
two two-baggers off the delivery of young
Comiskey, who pitched the first part Of the
game for the South st. Paul aggregation,
promises to be a source of strength.
Denzer pitched the first five innings, and
although appearing somewhat nervous in the
box, did we'll. Only three safe hits were
made off him, the st. Paul players in the
opposing team making them.
Hollingsworth, the young Dubuque short
stop, who played with the Packers, although
he made some bad errors, played an ag-
gressive game, and he has the distinction of
making the first home run which was made
on the grounds this year. The diamond has
been swung around this season, so that the
left foul line intersects the fence much closer
to the plate than before, and it was in this
direction that his lucky hit went. 1t was q
hard drive, however, and deserving of it's
own reward. He has the up-and- at them
style of play, which many inf1elders lack and
which atones for great many errors in the
long run.
Phyle played third for the opposition and
after he familiarized himself with his loca-
ton little, played a clean game.
: OF the old members Of the team, they play
ed as might have been expected. Tim
O'Rourke made two safe hits, beside his usual
bases on balls, and Billy George came to the
scratch with four safe ones, two of them for
two bases.
Jack Pickett was strongly in the game
with fourteen chances but three of these
were errors, and there was a little school
boy play on Jacks part that would not do in
a fast league game. One spoiled a sure
double-play, If anything can be said to be
sure until it is DONE
Jim Burns went to first three times, four,
In fact, counting the time he went on
Munchs bad throw. Jim's safe hit was a.
good one
+ Tony Mullane pitched an easy game the
last four innings the game was safe, and
1t was largely perfunctory matter, that
pitching, anyway.
krauS who caught for the Packers made
two of their seven runs.
Krayenbuhl, Of the Packers, made two
pretty catches In center field, and Lynch,
who succeeded him after the pitchers chang
ed, duplicated one Of them.
Young Comiskey pitched a steady game,
but he was outclassed, as was the team as
a whole.