The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-16

field. Miller made hard run for 1t,
and got it in his hands, but. muffed
it finally, sand the. locals had start.
for by the time the ball was In the
diamond again. the little short stop
was on third base. Spies then found
Bakers riddle, being the third q the
Saints to submit a solution or the
problem presented by the ex-bre% yer
Spies was a hard rap which Went De-
tween Cassidy and Pickett and was
not interfered with by either Of them,
discreetly, too That scored another
run. McGill went out on called strikes,
and Mcbride waited for four balls.
Preston had already hit safely three
times and the chances seemed TO DC
against him., but some one had yelieu
to take him out of the game when ne
had made poor play bit before, ana
he was determined. He met the pail
for a fourth time and 1t went right
down the diamond. The Minneapolis
captain-manager-ou was 80
surprised that he fell all over h1mselr
trying to get it. He finally got the
ball back, however, and 1t was CLOSE
decision at the plate when McBrlde
came in with the run which tied the
score. five to five, with Preston on
second base. Nyce hit to Kuehne and
they took Preston In preference TO the
halter. Georges grounder to Ball,
which seemed a sure hit over secoLe,
was stopped by sensational play, ana
the inning was ended with the score
still tie.
Ball hit safely. Lally poked a liner
into Nyce's glove, and a double play
shut the Minnies out. Tie and even
innings then.
Glasscock kept up his hard work on
Baker by making his third saIe MT,
and a two Dagger at that. Parrott
sacrificed prettily, and Shugart MT
to Pickett, who played for Glasscock'
and the veteran was finally caught be-
tween third and the plate, although
Shugart meanwhile reached second.
Spies, fly to Lally ended the half, with
excitement at high fever.
An easy grounder to Nyce, handled
perfectly, encouraged the locals some
what, but Miller followed 1t with
hard hit. Pickett hit a long foul ny
which dropped nearly foot OUTSIDE
the line, raising cloud OF dust tha'
clearly marked it's point OF CONTACT.
The Minneapolis bull-dozer tried 10
bluff Lally into calling it a fair ball,
but in vain. Pickett went back and
was hit in the back by wide curve,
and took his base anyway. CASSIDY
hit a sharp one into center and NC
Bride threw to the plate to eaten
Miller It was fine throw, bounding
into Spies hand as he stood less than
two feet from the rubber.
Just then Miller ran into him fuli
tilt. and Spies went down like log IN
the dirt, falling on his left side, with
his blanched face turned toward the
frightened audience. He was stlll as
death, and was still unconscious when
the players gathered around him and
picked him up, bleeding profusely from
two bad abrasions, one on the fore
head and one on the cheek. A physi-
clan was called. and the catcher was
washed up, and, after an interruption
Of several minutes in the game, resumed
his place in the backstop amid loud
applause Umpire Lally declared
Miller safe Kuehne hit another safe
one, and Mcbride tried to throw 70
the plate, but both Pickett and CASSIDY
came in, while Kuehne went to sec
ond. Boyle hit to Shugart, VINO threw
to third to catch Kuehne, but Preston
dropped the ball. Baker hit to Shugart,
who threw to first, but could not catch
Baker Boyle, who had stolen seconC
and been advanced by the hit to thlrd,
started to come home, but Glasscock
threw to the plate and Spies and Pres
ton caught him on the lines. Bails
grounder to Nyce left the VISITORS with
a total score of nine.
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O'Rourke went in. He hit sharp one
to Ball, who threw to Cassidy, but the
latter did not have his foot on the bag,
and Tim was safe. Mcbride dropped a
fly in right, which Miller made
a hard run for but could not get it.
and then Preston hit one into Cassidy
so hard he could not get it and get back
to the bag. That filled the bags. Nycs
hit a sharp grounder between Ball
and Kuehne, and two runs were scored.
| No one was out as vet, and the
chances for a tie seemed excellent, with
two on bases, but George went out OF.
a grounder to Kuehne, and Glasscock' s
fine batting record was broken by
striking under the ball, resulting in Il
foul fly. Parrot needed a hit, and,
sure enough, he got it, a sharp one in
Kuehnes corner, but which he beat
out. Nyce, however, tried to make two
bases on it, sneaking in with the run
that would tie, and he failed by ten
feet. The game was over. The score:
St.. Paul ABB R. H. Pc. A. E.