The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-03

St Paul has taken another SCALP.
1t cannot be boosted that it is the
scalp of great chief or medicine man.
but the locals certainly did take into
camp one of the ordinary braves of the
big league, the doughty, but unlucky
Louisville team.
By the Curious plots of the schedule
committee the big league tail-enders
Found themselves for two or three
days without a scheduled game. BY
similar calculations of another sched-
ule committee, the st. Paul team found
itself similarly placed.
The result was that the two mag
mates, Comiskey, of st. Paul; McGunni-
gle, of Louisville, put their heads to-
gether and decided to play an exhi-
bition game in st. Paul, July g.
McGunHigle had nothing to lose, for
Comiskey guaranteed his railroad fare,
$3.50. That is, he had nothing to lose
but the game, and he is used to losing
those. So he piled his team on a train
and brought them up here.
COmiskey patted himself on the back
three or four times in the hope that it
might be a clear day. but it clouded
up, and the game was played under a
threatening sky.
Ia spite of that. however, eight in
nings, and eight decisive innings were
played. And they were witnessed by
as fine crowd as has gathered at Au-
rora park this season. Especially no.
ticeable was the number of the fair
sex, in spite Of the impending storm.
which would have ruined feminine
finery.
There is a divinity doth hedge a
king" but yesterdays exhibition shows
that the glamor which surrounds the
''bg league is but an empty nothing
and that the fans of st. Paul and Min
neapoliS, at least, are seeing as fast
ball day by day. as there is put up in
the lower half. at least, Of the twelve
club aggregation.
Louisville introduced three old-time
Western league-s. Fraser, for two
years with Minneapolis; Clingman,
third base for Milwaukee in '94. and
Cassidy. last year with Grand Rapids.
Chicks first ball cut the plate as
straight as an arrow, and 1t looked as
though st. Paul was up against hard
proposition, but O'Rourke eventually
drove the ball down the left foul line
for two bases, and the situation wss
considerably relieved when Col Fraser
gave pair of bases on balls to the sue
ceeding batsmen: George was at bat
with the bases full. but he gave Col.
Clarke a nice catch in left field, ana
only O'Rourke scored. Glasscock stole
third. Stratton sent a second fly to the
same place Turner started to steal
second Glasscock. to help him. played
off third; Col. Kinslow threw to catch
Turner, but too late, and Col. O'Brien
threw back to Col. Fraser, who was on
the plate. catching Glasscock, who was
endeavoring to get across.
Johnston went into the box for the
locals, and it looked as though the Wis
iters would have it easy, judging from
the way he had been pitching of late.
The first two men up, however, were
out on flies, and while Johnston gave a
pair of bases on balls, Col. Hassamaer
who was next on the list, forced one of
them out at second, and the Colonies
did not score.
Col. McCreery fielded a pair of nice
ones in right field, and while Fraser hit
Shugart with the ball, he struck out
Johnston and the score was still one
to nothing.
Col. Cassidy gave O'Rourke a nice
one, and Col Dexter, who was a news
paper reporter before Louisville tempt
ed him from literary life, struck out,
Col Clingman got base, after he had
made two-base hit which O'Day did
not see very WE'LL and called a foul.
but it made no difference in the score.
as Col. Fraser popped one up to Shu-
CART and that settled the inning.
O'Rourke waited for four balls. and