The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-19
UNDER THE CHAMPION FLAG.
The Ex-Champfons Have Fun With
the ChaNapions

The East and the West have come together,
and the result proves beyond the shadow of
doubt that among those individuals who did
not follow Horace Greeleys advice there are
several bail players The gentlemen referred
to may have started out with the determine
ton OF needing Greeley's words but if they
did. they stopped off at Indianapolis on their
way to the land of promise. After having
been residents of the city in question for a
sufficient length of time to gain them the
title OF Hoosiers, they came to Minneapolis,
Ineir arrival here Yesterday morning was not
marked with any particular ceremonies. There
were no brass bands to meet them and they
PAID their own bus fare to their hctel A
good square meal was partaken of, and then
they committed an act which will be remem-
bered long by the Minneapolis fans, and which
Will a long time remain unforgiven.
lot It was battle Of Of the champions, those Of
1895 and those of 1896, and the earlier cham
pions,. beneath the folds of the emblem of the
victories Of the later champions, proved VIC
torious. They were not satisfied with an
ordinary win, but must needs shut the Mil
lers out, land with Mr.. Phillips in the box.
and thetaido Of Poer baseerunning on the part
Of the. AillefsI they accomplished their pur-
pose, and when the. ne sun rises this morning
afternoon on the big blackboard at Nicollet
park. will still remain to tell the tale OF
the downfall Of the Miilers.
For i've innings no prettier game was ever
of tho sixth, 1t looked as though the one run
scored by the Hoosiers in the fourth was
to remain the only run Of the game. Three
pretty double plays, two by the Hoosiers and
one by the Millers, were the features OF the
first two innings. In these five innings,
Phillips had been found Eve times, three
bagger, a double and three singles. while of
of Carney but four hits had been secured a
threo-bagger, two-bagger and two singles,
The Hoosiers' two big hits came In the fourth.
and It was then they scored their one run.
Carney was pitching in irst-class form. and
no pitcher in the Western league over felded
his position better than did he. He made
three circus stops, and caught two men on
that alleged balk Of his. which is not quite
Ing him down. The five assists and two put
outs to his credit are the best evidence of
his work in the fe ng line. The fans thought
that he was going to square himself for his
poor work of late, and 1t certainly looked that
way until there came another one of those
fatal sixth innings, followed by another fatal
seventh. Two doubles, home run and sin
gle and poor throw by Ball to Cassidy broke
the spell, and when the third Hoosier went out
in the sixth the score stood 5 to in their
favor.
The FIRST man up in the seventh, Bill Phil
lips, hit hard for two bases and once more
the slaughter began. A base on balls an.
other home run, two more singles and a
double brought In four more runs and another
in the eighth left the score at 10 to O. Try
as they would the Eiillers could not bring
IN run and, although the fans pulled for ali
they were worth in an effort to prevent a
shut out. the IIoosiers couldn't see It that
way. After the fourth inning Phillips only
allowed the hIillcrs two hits.
TIE feature CT the game was McFarland's
catch of WilE,ot's long drive into center in
tho eighth inning which cnched the shut
out. as BAL, hsd got to second on his second
two-bagger of the game. Wilmot hammered
tho bali hard and dry, hit which would,