The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-15

local ball team from fifth place to Sec
ond in less than ten days.
Who says the Saints cannot play
ball?
Let the Hoosiers look out when they
strike this climate. They may blister
their hands on some of the hot balls
that will be batted from the curves of
their over estimated pitchers.
1t devolves upon st. Paul to uphold
the reputation Of the Minnesota base
ball product
Minneapolis trounced three times out
of four by the despised Gold Bugs, has
fallen from it's former glory.
The Brewers have shown the Posey
county people the toboggan slide; it
remains for st. Paul to show them
some speed.
Less than 100 points are between st.
Paul and the leaders now. 1t will be
closer yet.
For about five minutes yesterday af-
ternoon it looked as though there
would not be any base ball game within
the corporation limits. The water came
down in sheets, there being no buck
cts where the water was coming from.
1t was rather unpleasant for those who
were out, but 1t was lucky that that
mode of descent was adopted, for it
ended the thing earlier Then it cleared
up. The air did at least The ground
did not dry for some little time, and
even at o'clock, when the game was
finally begun, the inf1elders would fire.
quently do the "split" and other con-
cert hall specialties in the slippery
earth of the diamond. Between the
Y1ifahQr,S nd he
soil was of the consistency of mortar;
behind the catcher 1T was like mush; at
second base it resembled oyster soup
at church social. 1t was perhaps this
preponderance of water that made the
visits of the Detroiters to second base
SO infrequent. Stallings ought to put
a bottle of viii witch hazel at third
Ebase for his cripples. Perhaps they
would get around then.
Ely was in the box for the visitors
After the lone fisherman had shoveled
a wheelbarrow full of earth from the
vicinity of the rubber, Ely began to
pitch. That was what he called It, He
might as well have lobbed it over for
the first four went wild, and O'Rourke
went to first as is his wont in such
cases. Glasscock tried to knock a
Wal OAA LA1C Il6IlL IIClO lGuc6. lW1n6-
ham, for "Old Hoss' was catching.
caught the old one off the base STRAIT
ton pounded the ball in a lateral d.
rection toward Fuller street. George
lifted it over the fence. Burns and
Pickett just hit it, and hard. Three
runs had been scored when Shugart
and Spies sent the ball too high and
the outf1elders toyed with the badly
battered sphere.
Tony Mullane went into the box for
the locals, and the Tigers did not get
the ball out of the diamond the first
Inning. McCauley got closest to first
base. He hunted, and Mullane slid by
the ball twice before he finally got the
mud away and found terra firma un-
der the slush. Then he tossed the ball
to Glasscock. who by dint of reaching,
just got the ball in time to send Pop
to the outfield again
Tony struck out. and O'Rourke flew
out. but Glasscock hit the ball so hard
that Umpire O'Day could not get out
OF Its way. and then Stratton put
light one into the mud near by. EIy
got the ball and tossed it to Whistler.
but the latter did not hold 1t, and that
helped some. George made another
two-bagger, this time inside the fence.
and the locals scored another run.
Tony gave two bases on balls. but
no one scored, the side finally going out
on nice throw from Stratton to Glass
COCK on Niland's fast lawn mower.
Shugart got a base on balls. and went
TO third on Spies hit. Mullane forced
Spies out, but the short stop scored.
After Ely had given Stratton a fly. Mic
holson hit safely, the first Detroit had
secured His glory was transient how
ever, for McCauley gave MuIlane a..
chance to start a double and Shugart
and Glasscock carried out the idea sue
cessfully.
GlaSscock was due to start the fourth
Inning for st. Paul. Jack is not Dele
hanty, but he sometimes hits the ball.
or course, he can't go in and make
eight hits IN game more than once
or twice In season, but then he meets
the ball once In a while Yesterday he
started out like Sharkey, hitting every
thing. Stratton got a base on balls
following Glasscock's third hit
George forced Stratton out, but Burns
and Pickett each hit for two bases. and
that gave the locals three runs more,
making eight In all. while the visitors
had not left the post. DUNCAN, how
ever, hit one to Mullane, which Tony
threw into or near the bleacher instead
of into Glasscock's reach, and the stall
wart fielder went to second base. Gill
len gave Shugart fly, but Whistler
hit a slow ball with the precision of a
rifle expert and sent it sailing over the
fence between the hat and the home
run pole. Tony gave the next two
bases, but double play ended the inn
Ing without further scores
Mullane hit single into right field,
and O'Rourke sacrificed. Glasscoek sent
the ball over the left fence just be-
yond the home pole, and that helped
some Whistler made another error,
and let Stratton reach first again, but
George flew out to Burnett. Burns hit
for two bases, and Pickett pounded the
ball down into the mud. Twineham
could not get it to first in time to catch
the captain, but Burns had run OF
of second, and Stratton could not leave
third In the mixup they caught
Stratton.
Ely opened Detroit's half with a sin
gle, and Nicholson advanced him q
base McCauley waited for base on
halls. and the next five made safe hits.
The last three OF these were left on