The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-05


first three failed to. reach first.
Minneapolis did not get the ball out
of the diamond in the second. and
Georges two-bagger, a hard drive to
right center field, promised we'll for the
apostles. Turner did not get q chance
to hit. for there were four, and they
were bad ones Pickett sacrificed, and
that sent the other two q base farther.
Shugart had the chance of a lifetime
and struck out. Spies was hit with the
ball, and 1t was McGilrs turn to win
his own game. He struck out. The
team proved to have fashion of strik-
ing out at critical times, all day. Three
men were left on bases that inning
Ball got base but Hutch struck out
Glasscock ended Connor's ambitions,
but Lally sent rafting double into
right field and Ball scored from first
Wilmot hit for a single, but Werden
gave Shugart a chance to retire the
side.
Balls ragged pick up gave O'Rourke
life, but Glasscock forced him out at
second. Stratton's two-bagger sent the
veteran to third, but the two of them
watched two outfield flies end the in
ming.
McGill gave Frank a base on balls,
but the Southerner was caught trying
to steal second Shamelessly. Then Nc
Gill hit Schriver, and Kuehne hit a
grounder which Glasscock perhaps,
should have gotten. Pickett however,
played we'll over, and, if he had picked
1t up clearly, would have had the
count out. But wild pitch scored
Schriver from second and carried
Kuehne to third. Ball tried Pickett
again, and Jack cut Kuehne off at the
plate. Hutchinson hit to McGill, who
threw wild TO Glasscock, and the lat
ter, In reaching for the ball, pulled his
foot off the bag. Connors went out
without further damage however. Two
were out when Spies got base on
balls and it was wasted.
'Lally went out on a nice one to Pick
EFT, but Wilmot hunted and beat the
ball to first. Werden hit a real single,
and Stratton threw 1t in badly.
ORourke finally stopped it, but by this
time Wilmot had left third, and he beat
the ball to the plate. Frank few out,
but Schriver's two-bagger brought in
Werden. Turner reached one hand
after the ball and nearly got 1t, but
could not McGill gave the next two
bases. and filled the bags, but Hutch
tson popped one up to Pickett and Nc
Gill was helped out Of a sac hole.
O'Rourke got base, but the next three
failed to get the ball out of the infleld,
Connors making phenomenal stop of
STATIONS hot one.
Connors opened the sixth with a two
Dagger. Spies made a bad throw to
second, and Turner made q bad stab
at getting the ball when it came out
there, during all Of which Connors
scored. George caught flies from Lally
and Wilmot nicely, and while Werden
was hit by a pitched ball and Shugart's
error gave Frank a life, the next man
nd fr1r-f
scored. Minneapolis had lead Of five
however, and st. Paul went out one,
two, three without a sight of first.
McGill gave Kuehne a base, but
caught Balls fly, futile effort to sac
rifce. Pickett however, fumbled
Hutchisons clover sickle and Con-
nors hit hot one to O'Rourke, who
managed to touch third with one hand
and get Kuehne out. Lally flew out to
Stratton.
Up to this time the Saints had made
exactly two safe hits off Hutchinson,
which was below their average. Spies
started now, and made one. McGill,
ORourke and Glasscock followed like
sheep after the bell wether. Two runs.
NO shut out now. Stratton flew out to
Connors, George forced O'Rourke out,
and was in turn forced by Turner.
Three pop-ups settled Minneapolis
shortly in the eighth. Spies wasted
another hit after two were out.
TWO Milers were out in the ninth when
Ban hit single and Stratton let him get to
second on it. Hutchison got base on balls.
but It. Co pdv forced the short stop out.
waited for. four bad ones and got them.
Glasscock dropped the ball back of the grass
plot. and stratton sent a nice two-bagger
70 right held. That scored two of them
went "a. third. Turner dew ndt to Wiimot,
ana when Stratton started from third to tie
! knehne; not content with holding him,
trlpped him as he broke away. At that. STRAIT
ton almost, If not quite, beat the ball, and
ODay declared the run safe amid a howl from
Wllmot, who tolerates such dirty ball day
after day, and then chides the St. Paul aegre-
CATION for alleged shortcomings of a like
nature Pickett popped one up to Ball, and
the tenth inning came on.
Laliy gave O'Rourke warm one but went
out. Pickett caught Wilmot's pop-up. and
while Werden hit nice two-base hit to left
neld, Frank struck out. Shugart gave will
mot long and high one, which Walter
most over second, but Connors stoned II with
one hand. and 1elded it to first thus in sue
cesslon being made two of the sharpest plays
OF Ms sharp game, from the Minneapolis side.
McGiIl gave Wilmot another chance and
the eleventh inning was called
ochrlver ana kuehne hit hard balls to
rig, raght neid, while Ban hit one close to the
roll out, and 1t did in fact strike the third
bag and roll outside, but O'Day held that
IL was a fair ball under the rule, which
says that the ball must roll outside before
reaching and not before passing third
base, to be foul
That filled the bases, and Hutchison
singled: That scored one. Connors hunted
and while Glasscock caught him, Kuehne
scored. Lally hit hot one to Glasscock
Wnlcn doubled the first baseman up like a
small boy who has dallied too freely with
green watermelons. Another run was scored.
Wilmot. however, popped up an easy one and
the inning ended eight to FIVE
ORourke sent hot one to Bail but +b.t
erratc parsonage this time was johnny on
the spot and that in itself was an omen Of
defeat for the Saints. Glasscock tried
kuehne and that worthy while rattled
managed to get the bali to first pronerIv
Stratton hit the ball straight to Hutchinson
who could not lose his own game. and 4