Kansas City daily journal., 1896-08-10
PLAYING BALL that WINS.
BLUES EAsiIV roofs THE TWiuD
GAME FRON ST. pNtL.
Callahan wa. Almost Ineincihtc.
white the niurs ficidrd rrr-
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For the third successive time, Comiskey's
Saints fell easy victims to Jimmy Man
hins's Blues yesterday, being unable to
touch Callahan, while the Hues found no
difficulty In transactlnr n profitable husl.
ness with Antonio Mullane'> curves after
the third inning. This completes the -,
Paul series In Kansas City. the Blues TAX
Ing ninc OF the ten games played.
Unlike the two previous gaines Of the
series, yesterdays contest was not hard
fought and exciting. and after the fourth
inning 1t was always easy for the Blues.
The Saints have been beaten by Callahan
40 many times TINT they seem to lose
heart when he goes in against them. at
least that was the case yesterday. such
mighty hittcrs as George. Burns and Pick
EFT could not get a solitary hit and even
the mighty Ginsscook connected for but
one single Mullano started IN we'll. but
from the fourth inning. when the Blues
scored eco Their Ilfs! pair q runs. he was easy
The niucs played las; and srappv hail in
Is errors, notably nun by Pickett OF a
nall from ORoutke. which should have re-
.Hra ysa te slde nm, alSSsa Two nI rprS TO
all hit the ball well for the nlues.
a The Srsh' nar'9hn"r dea,Sre Of the st.
much TO encourage the fans TO hope that
the Blues have chance vet TO get to the
Of oe Ghandy NTSs .or hn TSrk Sr
handicapped for a long time with n lame
ankle, ankle, hpt for The The pas, week it has not
this season he Is now playing ball In his
true form. In tho three games he accepted
ss whoa tRs sign Tf 'hS %" n Srro
while he supplemented his fine fielding hy
cracking out six safe hits in thirteen times
The Blues wSr. easily disposed of for
three innings, the Saints scoring the first
With two % out. % GaaRan s gave Ss'sa sRagnrt E Tie
game, and he stole second, and scored on
have been only a single II Lake had not
thousht n, he , could e., i on the n.y. -, :,
third on Klusmans out, Nichol drew
when. Campau got to the front with fine
threebagger into right field. Two more
inning. There were two out, when Hat.
field singled: Lake rut up fy to right.
which went as a twobagger because Kraus
walked. and Klnsman hit a hard one right
Ct o. Rourke who threw, to second. but the
ball got away from Pickett. both Hatfield
mud Lake scoring on the error.
In the sixth the Blues clnched the game.
Msnsfes m@ Masns sbs in ryns se
bleachers, Menefeo scoring. Callahan SIR
rled and stole second, Lake hit to right
~ Wild throw S after I Stopping @ Syse's hi, % tie
In the last half OF the sixth the Saints
were so ratified that they sent George TO
hat when 4 was Kraus' turn. and as soon
as George hit the ball and was thrown out
at first, kraus was also declared out for
bsttsF was VI 'Gt an easy ,S out, M only two ' mel, men
really faced Callahan in the inning.
The last runs were made In the eighth.
Tho Rlues earned n pair on twohaggers by
Callahan and Lake and a single by. Nyce.
while the Saints got one on singles by
O'Rourke and ilasscock, Kraus' force hit
and O'Rourke's cutting of third base nbout
fifteen feet, which Umpire Carruthers
failed to see. The score: