The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-08
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Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
CINCINNATI, O., April IA barber
with a brand new razor could not have
given a smooth-faced youth closer
shave than the st. Paul team gave the
=. Reds at League park this afternoon.
Those of the handful of spectators who
Anticipated an easy victory for Capt.
Ewing's men were little off in their
calculations, for the Saints proved any
thing but easy, and had it not been for
a glazing misplay by Preston the Wis
itors' right fielder, who misjudged
fly ball at a critical stage in the game,
the Reds would have drawn the BOBBY
prize in today's contest. The atmo-
sphere was as chilly as the reception
given the young man by his best girl
after a Christmas which brought no
presents, but the game could not have
been better had the thermometer regis
tered 80 in the shade. Those old timers
on the St Paul team evidently do not
need any spring training. They seem
to be able to jump right in and play
the game as if it were midsummer. At
any rate they did this today. The few
rcoters who came out for an hours
shiver and incidentally to wear the rust
off their voices sat back in their seats
with thrown-out chests occasionally
throwing sympathizing chances toward
the bench on which the visitors were
seated. That was before the game, but
by the time the third inning rolled
around there was a decided change Of
attitude on the part of the rooter to-
ward the st. Paul gentlemen, for they
realized that there was a team in the
game besides the Reds. That man
Preston had a rather checkered career
in the game. On two or three oeca-
sions he was the hero for his side, for
he swung his bat most effectively and
was responsible for no less than two
OF the runs his side scored. Everything
went well with Preston until the sew
enth inning. Just at a time when he
could have clinched a victory for his
team he got tangled up with the sun
in right field, and McPhee's high fly
fell in safe territory, and before Pres
ton had recovered it McPhee was on
third two runs had crossed the rubber,
and the score stood three to two in
favor of Ewing's men. Wee" Willie
McGnl pitched the first three innings
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the gilt-edge order Willie allowed but
three hits to be made off Of his delivery
and these were anything but hard ones,
and one run crossed the plate while he
was on the slab. Phyles who succeeded
McGill in the fourth, showed up well
He was wild at times, but he had lots
of speed and good curves. st. Paul
scored the first run of the game in the
first inning. After O'ROurke had been
retired on strikes Mcbride singled. He
went to third on Preston's two Dagger,
but on attempting to score on Georges
infeld hit was thrown out at the plate.
Preston scored. There was no more
run getting for St. Paul until the sew
enth, when O'ROurke singled to center
After Mcbride was retired Preston
cracked out another single. Ritchie
fumbled Georges hit and O'Rourke
scored. Pebble" Jack ella sscock took
Rhines' measures for a single, scoring
George, Preston having in the mean
time been caught mapping at third by
Schriver. In the ninth O'Rourke again
started the inning with a hit McBrid
got free pass to first, Preston sacri-
feed, and Ritchie's tumble of George S
grounder allowed O'Rourke to score.
Shugart tried hard for a hit, but HIS
foul fly was gobbled up by Irwin, and
Glasscock, who seemed too anxious to
win the game, went out from third 10
first. The Reds would have lost had
it not been for Preston's misjudgment
of fly ball in the seventh. After Hoy
had been retired, Holiday was given a
base on balls. McPhee then sent a high
a
back on the ball, came in for it, end
When it struck the ground he was
forty feet away from it and McPhee
was on third, Holiday having scored
when Preston felded the sphere in.