The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-28

If President Ban Johnson, of the
Western league, had any misglvlngs
as to the way in which his friend
Coniskey was making race for the
pennant in this corner of the country.
then the aforesaid misgivings must
have been entirely dispelled as he sat
In the grand stand at Lexington park
yesterday afternoon and watched the
locals beat the Tigers. II to 5.
Thomas, the blonde giant that Van
derbeck picked up last summer in
Alpena, or East Saginaw, or some
where, was in the box. For three inn
ings he was a good deal like pigs in
clover, but after that he was as easy
as the riddles in the Saturday editious
of evening papers. Base hits ratified
off his pitching faster than the fusil-
ades of Memorial day morning.
From one foul flag to the other, and
from home plate back to the patch
OF grass which grows apace despite the
rough treatment of McBride's spikes
there was scarcely a square yard which
was not the resting place Of some
swiftly batted, peace-destroying base
hit.
Phyle, on the other hand, had the
Tigers feeling around aimlessly, like
huge cats from whose muzzles the
whiskers had been cleanly shaven.
Their elastic pupils expanded to the
utmost limit in trying to detect the
secret of the st. Cloud boys pitching,
but it was in vain, and when nine full
innings had been hung up in Mrs.
History's back yard, a total of seven
safe hits was all that the nine Tigers
could get together and count up. Bobby
Allen proudly displayed two, as the
track record, while Mike frost, Deadly
and Steinfeldt said they didn't see
what allied them, but they couldn't find
the ball at all.
For three innings it looked as though
the game might be continued all sum-
mer, neither side being able to score.
Mcbride was given a base, but scorned
the proffer and threw it away trying
to steal second. The infield was q
world for the Detroit batsmen in the
first, Nyce and Shugart stopping every
thing that left the plate fair.
In the second, Shugart hit safely, but
Hollingsworth forced him and the side
out. frost walked, as far as first, when
vaulting ambition.
In the third Mcbride duplicated his
performance of the first, and Detroit
had a shade the best Of it. seemingly,
when Nyce muffed Thomas pop-up
after solemnly assuring Shugart that
he had it as good as caught already.
Egan, who had to play in the field on
account of Burnett's fiat wheel, forced
Thomas out at second. Hines dropped
f7xr h, ,a1r Of 1o11cra arfh h11f t0i11 a
could not get the ball behind Phyle.
and the side was out when Deadly sent
a fly to Parrot. Two were on bases
that were Of no value to the score
boards.
The run getting, however, began in
ed up all at once, like an April
shower. Nyce pounded a rakish fly
just beyond the edge of the grass plat,
and George hammered one down into
the lawn which bounded over Thomas
head--he is not so short either-and
then went by Hines at a rate that ad-
monished him not to get any fingers
on the hot path Of the comet, either
fore or aft. Nyce went to third on
this. Glasscock was granted base
by Manassau, although it is doubtful
il even Jack felt that Mr.. ManaSsau
was accurate in his eye. Parrott bunt-
ed, or did something to the ball. frost
Thomas had to hustle to get the
leather Every one was safe when the
play finished, and Whistler had the
ball in the soft sand at the right hand
corner. Shugart permitted DUNCAN to
field a two-bagger. He was alone on
the bases then. Four runs were in.
Hollingsworth struck out. Spies hit a
line fly to Hines, who took two steps
to the bag and Shugart was also out, a
neat single double play.
Sammy DUNCAN walked. Whistler
shot a ball out over Georges head that
was good for three bases easy.
whistler took all it was worth. frost
went out, but he pushed Whistler
home. Phyle gave Allen four worth
less ones. which the short stop saved
up and presented to Glasscock when
he reached first. Thomas sent a single
into right field, and three runs were in
when the side went out on pair Of
flies.
Phyle took a base even as he had
given two. Mcbride forced him off,
but Nyce hit hard one to the sun
field, where Capt. Allen had Pitcher
Egan playing. The Celt tried hard,
INT he muffed the ball It was good