The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25

Now, here, Grand Rapids, these Gar
rison finishes are a little too strong. 1t
is bad enough to ring in a knotty point
of base ball law one day to win seven
six, but to put a pebble where it will
throw a ground ball over the short
stops head with two out in the ninth
inning to round out the same score is
adding insult to injury.
1t might be attributed to luck that
the Michigan losers have proved Win
ners in the two games with st. Paul
so far this series, but for the fact that
Leadley'S Lulus have not been accred-
tied with any of that commodity.
But, no matter how it is to be ac-
counted for, Grand Rapids has the
games, and st. Paul has the memories.
Unfortunately, memories do not win
any more pennants than fleet of canal
barges stacked up against the Akela
and Witch
Neither do memories accumulate any
Free Press cup moneys.
But it was an interesting game. Tony
Mullane was in fine form-for seven
innings. Then he let down a bit in
the eighth, and in the ninth the ambi-
tious, but so often repressed, Bobolinks
didn't do ting to him." as CHIMNEY
Fadden says when he means that they
did the best they could ever hope to.
Hagerman, a new twirler, who made
his first appearance in Western league
harness Sunday, when the despised
Millers made 10 runs off him, was in
the box for the visitors. Mr.. Hager-
mans origin is swathed, like that of
Homer, in obscurity. Tradition ascribes
n in
sin, Hurley, Marinette, Weyauwega,
Tomahawk, or some of those places.
This, however, may not be true. But
he can pitch, and, mayhap, if he turns
out right, some day as many cities will
be claiming his nativity as there are
protesting that they produced the
original author of the Had?
But, to return from the ancient Homer
to the modern, there were not enough
of the latter yesterday to give st. Paul
the victory. One by Glasscock, Gillen
or Isbell, for instaAce, in the ninth ine
ming, with three men on bases, would
have pulled out victory in spite of
the pebble Founders and all that sort
of thing. But it was not forthcoming
One by one these doughty batsmen fac
ed the array of anxious but betalmed
base runners, and in turn they failed
to get the ball out of the well-mowed
carpet of the grassy infield.
1t was pathetic. The game did not
do Grand Rapids any good. The Saints
still had, mayhap still have, hopes of
getting a piece of the cup series re-
ceipts. But as each defeat by tail end
clubs recedes into the abyss of buried
history more and more intangible be-
comes the hope of the lucky thirteen to
share in the proceeds of the extra sew
en- games.
Mcbride and Glenalvin greeted Hag-
erman with flies to McKibben and
Mckinney, but George tried the third
baseman with a grounder and an in
ming that should have been a blank
turned out unit. Glasscock followed
George with a base hit 1t was
not sensational hit, but
semi-lucky drive that landed
safe in right field while Mana
ger Campau was trying to count the
house. George evidently concluded
that now, if ever, was the time to seek
salvation, a more or less orthodox dog
ma, and proceeded to trot from first
clear around to the plate on this
paltry single. And he got away with
1t, too. Glasscock went to second dur
ing the following proceedings, it would
hGluly DC IdIS " Call II play, ana
when Griffin fumbled Gillen's ground
er, there were Apostles on first and
third. They tried to work the double
steal, and Gillen purloined his sack
and escaped, but Glasscock was
caught in f1agrante delictu
The first three Bobolinks could not
sing a little. Not one of them was en-
couraged to the extent of being invit-
ed to first base During the trio the
ball did not once explore the terra
incognito lying beyond the base lines
Twineham took a foul fly back of Is
bells stick, and Spies pounded a nice
one into CamDau plaza. Heine stole
second, and when he found that
neither. Griffin nor Driscoll was on
second to get the ball, he
went to third. Nyce, however, who
was playing third, GiIlen having gone
to short in place of Hollingsworth.
popped up an easy one to Mckinney,
and Mullane struck out Again the
twitter of the reed-bird was heard for
three very short turns It was no bet
ter than before. Not one reached first
base.
Algernon Mcbride hit for two bases
to start the third, and when Slagel
fumbled the ball in the rough outfield
Algy went on to third. Then GlenaI-
| vim hit a short fly to center SlageI
got to it, but muffed it, and Mcbride
scored. Glen dashed to second with
| the temerity of the woodpecker that
gnawed the fire cracker. However.
| Glen was luckier, and reached the
sack. George gave Slagel a better fly,
| and when Glenalvin tried to get to
third, Slagel threw nicely and Mo