The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-26
FANS ARE AWAKENING
Thousands of Them Look Over the
New Ball Park.

Yesterday quite a busy day for local
base ball lovers, nearly 1000 of them visiting
the new Lexington park, where pair of well
matched amateur teams occupied a portion Of
the day in a hot game.
Two Modern Woodmen teams met yesterday
North Star camp defeating st. Paul camp. 81
to S. The North Stars want a game for next
Sunday. Address John Ryder, Sixth and Wa
baSha.
The Victors defeated the Young Macalesters
at Manchester, Saturday. The feature of the
game was a running catch and double play
by Picha, of the Victors. Score:
RHE.
Macalesters .......22O O0OO00-i 5 /
Victors ................0 0 2 0 8 0 2 SIS Ii 4
Batteries Manchester, Patterson, Traverse
and Taylor Vict0rs, Conway and Weisel; two
base hits, Herman and Picha; bases on balls
by Conway l, by Patterson 8, by Traverse ?.
The Spaldings easily defeated the Crawfords
in very one-sided game of ball yesterday
afternoon, on the Polo grounds, by the score
of 20 to II. The features of the game were
the pitching of Dahlqust and the batting Of
Williams and Passavant The score by in
nings:
spaldings ..................3336 O1-2O
Crawfords ..................3 0 , 0 , 0-12
Batteries for the Spaldings, Dahlquist and
Hart; Crawfords, Brandt and O'Malley;
struck out, by Dahlquist u, Brandt 6; at
tendance 1900; umpire Shine Moore.
A very interesting game of base ball was
played Yesterday afternoon between the West
Side Cots and the Hub Clothing Company
formerly the Thistle) Base Ball club which
resulted in a victory for the Colts. The
feature of the game was the battery work of
Jack Morrisey and Conroy. Morrisey having
ten strike-Outs. Score:
Cots ........................1 05 10
Hub OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES l 0 0 2 l 0-6
The Colts would like to hear from any
amateur team in or out of the city. Address
all challenges to n. Pepneau, 252 Tennessee
street. West st. Paul.
An exciting game was played yesterday aft
ernOon at Kittsondale between the new Hamm' S
EXcelsiors and the Minneapolis Reserves in
which the former won in eleven innings.
The features Of the game were the excellent
pitching of Powers and Burke, Of the Hamm' s
EXcelsiors, and Norton, Of the Minneapolis
Reserves. and the beautiful backstop work of
Harry Lyons, of the Hamm's EXcesiOrs The
score was as follows:
Hamm's EXcelsiors ....0 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 6-7
Reserves ................0 0 0 0 0 0 0 l 50
TwO-base hits, O'Brien, ]. Burns; three
base hits, O'Brien. Lyons; home run, Lyons
stolen bases, O'Brien. Taylor, Peters, Burke /;
first base on balls, off Powers ., off Burke l.
off Norton 3; hit by pitcher, Haggenmiller;
struck out, by Powers 4, Burke g. Norton g.;
errors, Hamm s EXcelsiors ,, Reserves ,: time
| 2:20 umpire, Gilbert.
The Funk's Exports opened the season by
defeating the Westerns in a holly contested
at BanhOlZer's park, by the following score:
tunK S exports ...........O y . . 0 4 Oil
Westerns ..................2 0 O1SO O. 7
Batteries, for Funks, Spor and Banholzer,
for Westerns Mracek and Valek.
The feature Of the game was the fine work
of BanhoiZer. The Funk's Exports challenge
any club in out of the city under seven
teen years. Address all challenges to William
Banholzer, 900 Stewart avenue.