The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-20

liant fielding, carried the game Tor the
locals. giving them three straight and
twelve of the twenty games played
this year with Milwaukee.
Rettger and Fricken were the OPP
posing pitchers, and the hitting was
about even, but the effectiveness of
the batting of the locals was much
greater, the clean fielding of the Apostles
preventing serious damage from the
visitors hits. This is apparent when it
Is observed that they scored but five
runs on II safe hits.
The game was the most interesting
Of the series, in that the frequency of
the hits of the Brewers left them al
ways at least a show of winning, while
at no time were the laurels of the Saints
In any critical danger.
The visitors played better than they
have since they came here, McHale,
especially, while not playing an error
less game, distinguishing himself by
some magnificent stops and some fine
throwing to first. White, Stafford
Twitchell, Hollingsworth and Shugart
also made some pretty plays at critical
times.
The locals started off with their re-
cent usual good lead, O'Rourke's base
on balls and singles by Hollingsworth
George and Stratton. winding up with
three-bagger by Shugart, giving them
four runs. Nicol got his base, but
Glasscock stopped Weaver's hot
grCunder, sent it to second and got it
back in time for a fine double play
Hartman's single thereafter was thrown
away.
In the second Rettger saw five hits
and two strike outs, but three more
runs resulted. By that time every one
on the team had a hit save the bat
terry. Stafford and Glenalvin hit safe
~, and Stafford scored when McHaIe
hit to Shugart, who caught the captain
at third. Shugart failed to hold Rett-
gers grounder, but McHale went out
trying to come in on NicoPs hit, re-
firing the side
In the third Fricken singled and
Hartman gave O'Rourke a life The
pitcher scored on Hollingsworths third
successive hit of the day Weaver
opened Milwaukees third with a two
Dagger, but the next three failed. and
he did not score
Stratton gave McHale a hot one in
the fourth. The short stop made
phenomenal pick up, but threw the
ball over first base to the stand. and
Spies single. Glenalvin's two-bagger
and McHale's single gave the former
a score, but McHale could not get
around, even when Nicol hit for two
bases. The visitors had to work very
hard for all their runs
The fifth was the locals first shut
out GlaSScock, who went to first on
Hartman's high throw, being the only
Apostle to leave the plate Jack was
caught trying to steal second White
got a base on balls, went to second on
a wild pitch, and scored on Stafford s
two-base drive
Singles by Twitchen and Stratton
ana Shugarts two-bagger gave the
locals another run in the sixth. Nc
Hale, Rettger, Nicol, and Weaver, each
IN turn hit safely, netting the visitors
two. Hartman flew out to Twitchell
and White and Stafford could not bring
in the two who were left.
O'Rourke and Hollingsworth, alike
waited for the wild ones, but only the
former scored, Rettger settling down.
Two flies, single, and a force-out
were the incidents of Milwaukee's. in
ming.
Shugart's third hit for the day, like
his second, was for two bases, and it
came in the eighth. 1t was followed
however, by out field flies, so he did not
score. Nicol went out on a grounder TO
O'Rourke. and Weaver hunted, beat
ing the ball. Hartman, however hit
a hot one to Fricken, who kept his
head, though his fingers did Jingle
Holiingsworth ran to the base, got the
ball. and then threw to Glasscock. The
play was so quick that Hartman lost
heart and only ran half way to the
base.
Singles by O'Rourke and Glasscock.
followed by Georges Dagger, scored
the first two in the ninth White flew
out. but Stafford hit d high one which
neither Hollingsworth nor Twitcheu
; could get. Taylor hit safely. Spear,
however, tipped the ball into the air
1t looked as though it would fall safe
but it did not, for Hollingsworth reach
ed it and tossed it to Shugart before
the first baseman could get back to
the bag. That ended the game