The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-05
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| 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 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 McGill's 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 single, but Werden
gave Shugart chance to retire the
side.
Balls ragged pick up gave O'Reurke
a 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 well over, and, if he had picked
1t up cleanly 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 1t was wasted.
Lally went out on a nice one to Pick
EFT, but Wilmot hunted and beat the
ball to first. Werden hit real single,
and Stratton threw it in badly.
O'Rourke finally stopped 1t, 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
ison popped one up to Pickett and Nc
Gill was helped out Of q 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 a 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 pitched ball and Shugart's
error gave Frank life, the next man
went out and no further runs were
scored. Minneapolis had lead Of five
however, and st. Paul went out one,
two. three without sight Of first
McGill gave Kuehne a base, but
caught Balls fly, futile effort to sac
rif1ce. Pickett however, fumbled
Hutchison's 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,
O'Rourke 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 Mlllers were out In the ninth when
Ball hit single and stratton let him get to
second on it.. Hutchinson got base on balls,
but Connors forced the short stop out
st. Paul needed three to tie. @O'Rourke
waited for four bad ones, and got them
plot and Stratton sent a nice two-bagger
to right field. That scored two of them.
Ge eoT e MT IT,; sharp one p Ba4 and stratton
and when Stratton started from third to tie,
kuehne: not content with holding him
tripped MIN as he broke away. At that, STRAIT
O 1,i1ay declared the run safe amid a howl from
Wilmot who tolerates such dirty bail dav
after dey, and then chides the st. Paul aggre-
CATION for alleged shortcomings of a like
nature. flckett popped one up to Ball. and
the tenth inning came on.
Laliy gave O Rourke warm one, but went
out: Plckett caught Wilmot's pop-up, and
while Werden hit nice two-base hit to left
field. Frank struck out Shugart gave vii.
mot q long and high one, which Walter
NEEDED beautifully: Spies hit a hot one al
one hand and felded 1t to first, thus in sue
cession being made two of the sharpest pIavs
OF sharp game, from the Minneapolis side.
I'M mc a1a gave Wilmot another chance, and
Schriver and Kuehne hit hard balls IN
right held, while Ball hit one close to the
l Ia,t foul line. oRourke waited for it to
bag and roll outside, but O'Day held that
1t was 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 filed the bases. and Hutchinson
singled; Ihat scored one. Connors hunted.
and while Glasscock caught him, Kuehne
scored. Lally hit hot one to Glasscock
which doubled the first baseman up IKE
small boy who has dallied too freely with
green watermelons. Another run was scored
Wllmot, however, popped up an easy one and
the inning ended eight to fve
v Rourke sent hot one to Ball but that
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 ball to first properly.