The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-23
LAST GAME AT HOME.
Locals and Indianapolis Finish the
Series Today

Series Today.
indianapolis and st. Paul will plav the
last game of the present ST. Paul series this
atteg no at aurora park game being called
visitors, while Mullane will probably be in
the box for the locals. This will be a rene
t1tion Of the batteries of Tuesdays game.
ana II the work is as good as it was then, 1t
VIII De another good game.
The st. Paul club opens Saturday afternoon
In Columbus, and will be away till the mid
die of next month.
Even If Indianapolis loses today's game.
the Hoosiers will have won nearly half their
games on the trip, and will 20 home in first
pace by about nine points the best of ST.
H IJ me Apostles hopes now center in
Kansas City, as that club Is the first to try
the Hoosiers on their own grounds ST. Paul
has Columbus, and hopes to do well enough
with the Finders to be able to play the three
games for the lead when it strikes the In
dianapolis grounds next Tuesday.
Georges work in the field yesterday was
of the grand-stand order. Burns too nlayed
with his usual certainty.
Those who thought that Denzer could not
pitch so soon after his other game know bet
ter now.
Minneapolis played off a postponed game
with Columbus, hoping to get a crowd. Only
dead heads attended the game the day before.
Yesterdays was the best game of the series
IL not of the season, here, and it was wit
messed by crowd as large as it was enthu-
siastic. -.
Shannon was presented with a sunfower
by an admirer, who, perhaps wanted him to
put in her locket.
str Of
ing features, but why does he not cover third
base closer when men are headed that way?
Denzer was presented with a splendid bou-
quet when he stepped to the plate in the
third inning He responded with two-bag-
ger.
Hal Reed, of the Indianapolis News. who
is with the club on the trip, writes:
Dick Buckley and Perry Werden got to-
gether last night and talked over old times
Both were On the st. Louis team at the same
time. Dick asked Perry if he remembered
then Dick told the story When Werden
was released, Dick asked Der Boss Manag-
err why he had let Werden out when he had
no other first baseman in sight. Chris re-
team what his father is dead That was
the excuse, and the only one offered. Wer-
denis father had died, and Perry was off
for several days. As he stepped out of the
~,
received his release from messenger boy.
Frank Sexton, the Brown university pitch
er, who was with Boston last season. is in
Minneapolis and has been visiting with the
boys for the last two days. He has PLAYED
ball in the East with Johnny MCCARTHY
Frank shannon, Frank Scheibeck and Jimmy
Connors, and they have been having lots of
sport talking over old times. The whole
crowd played ball in '92 UP In Vermont with
an Independent club owned by a wealthy mill
owner, who ran the club for his own amuse-
ment. Mccarthy was then catching, and was
the receiving end of the battery. In the
first game Sexton and Mac got their signs
mixed and Sexton crossed him eight times
Mae finally threw down the ball and walked
to the pitchers tex looking for trouble. Sex
ton told him that it was mistake. and Mac
concluded not to fight. They had a good
laugh over it last night
Sexton is not playing professional ball this
season, and is now out on a pleasure trim.
He lives in New Bedford, Mass. and has
plenty of money. Sexton is a graduate of
Brown university, and is now STUDYING med
icine. He has received a number of offers
from big league clubs to play this season.
but says he has quit the business.
The disappearance of Brouthers from the
diamond takes away the last Of the Big
Four Of the old Detroit team.
al, Lave Cross has swollen arm, which is
likely to keep him out of the game until the
Phillies return from the West.
Boston, after CARRYING Ramon for +uo
seasons, has decided that he will not do. A
nunt for an outfeider has been Instituted
With the removal of Capt. Nash to the
Philadelphia team. the Bostons seem to ~ have s1e
discarded all idea of team play, and the
order is now: Every man for himself ;,
But Nash has not been the tower Of strength