The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-20

Columbus was so easy yesterday that
the 1 400 peopIe-cash, dead-head and
rain checks-who saw them play their
final game of the season here wonder
ed how in the name of common sense
they ever reached the altitude on the
league ladder which they hold.
Fourteen hits off a pitcher in five
innings is pretty bad, but twelve er-
rors behind the pitchers in one game
is just so worse" as CHIMNEY Fadden
might say.
VOTERS started in to twirl for the
visitors. Bumpus Jones having rheu-
matte twinge in his elbow. Rheumatic
twinges, by the way, seem to be very
prevalent in the Columbian ranks, al
though they may not be what could
really be called popular. Charley Frank
is out of it still with a porous plaster
stuck on his right side just over the
paddle box.
Mr.. WOlters was hardly an enigma.
He was about as simple, indeed, as the
stage rustic. The man who succeeded
him was named Keener. His work,
however. was little sharper. Cross, on
the other hand puzzled them all, all
save Genins, and any time Genins
made hit he felt so lonesome that in
sheer ennui he went out in the field
and turned cheap singles into home
runs with a facility that must have
made the late lamented Alex Hermann
turn over in his grave and wonder why
he selected the stage instead of the dia-
mOnd as the scene of his exploits.
The score card said the game would
start with Mcbride, but it was really
up TO Glenalvin, for AIgernon gave Te-
beau an easy chance. That it was easy
is proved by the fact that Tebeau got
1t. The score shows that. Glen poked
one down the same way. VOTERS got
it. but fell down, and Glen beat the
ball. only to be doubled out when
George hit to Crooks. Cross threw HUI
len out, but walked Mertes, who stole
second. He slipped off the sack, how
ever. and was put out. Tebeau sent
Mcbride a fly, on which Nc made a
beautiful catch, in spite Of the sun,
which was right in his eyes.
Mullane sent a lively one through
Crooks, and. after Gillen famed, Is
bell gave Hulen a hard one too hard a
one. in fact to field. Both stole, Spies
gave AIcGarr a foul fly, and the chances
for a run dwindled when Holly sent
Mertes fly. Three Columbians tried
I'm vain to get the ball out of the in
field. ground or aerial, and failed.
Cross sent Hulen one. Bill juggled it.
Mcbride gave the short stop one in the
air which was easier. but Glenalvin
bounced a lucky fly just back out of
Crooks reach. George sent one a liner
over Hulen's field about a mile a min
ute. Genins burned his fingers when it
came to him, and he let it roll out to
the cycle track before picking it up
Only three runs scored then, because
there were only two on bases ahead of
George. Tony waited for four bad ones,
and the fourth one winged him. Gillen
hit to center again, and again Genins
came to the front with some very bad
management. ISbell got hit next Spies
gave Buckley foul fly, but Hollings-
worth hit a warm one into Hulen's Off
hand, and it was too warm for the lit
tie Californian to field. That scored
Mulane, before Cross struck out with
three on bases.
McGarr opened with a scratch to
HOllingsworth, while Buckleys drive, a
little harder, sent Chip up to third
Wolters hit to Gillen, who threw a lit
tie high. Mullane got the ball, but
pulled his foot off the bag in so doing
and neglected to recover it, which he
had time to do. Hulen popped up one
to Mullane and Mertes one to Holly.
Tebeau went out on called strikes, and
Violently maSticated the atmosphere
for several minutes in a vain endeavor
to convince Umpire Haskell that it
was he and not Comiskey who owned
the st. Paul team.
Hulen's second tumble let Mcbride
reach first, but the southpaW short
stop threw Algernon out at second the
next time, when Glenalvin went &c,
first. George gave McGarr one near
the base which Chip was in great luck
even to defect, which he did. Glen was
caught trying to steal third, but George
stole the second Mullane went out.
Teheau to VOTERS
Isbell caught Butler but Genins sin
gled into Georges garden. Mcbride
made a beautiful run under Crooks
drive. and Gillen took McGarr's pop-up.
In the fifth there were three straight
singles. starting with Gillen, and But
Ter let Spies go through him like po-
]iceman through an auction fake, with
out touching thing. Two scored and
Spies went to second. McGarr gave
Spies was caught between third and
home. Mcbride tried Spies recent
success and found Butler without any
means of self-defense except his hands,
which were seemingly all thumbs
When he did get the ball and throw it
In Tebeau muffed 1T, and Mcbride
came all the way around in an easy
canter. Glenaivin hit a high one and
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