The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-26

Defiel hit a fly to center, which Bend
dropped, and Charley Sample knocked
some spokeS out Of a racers wheel 1t
might be explained that the wheel was
back Of the catcher at the time. Griggs,
Winter and Bigelow made double
play, and for few minutes the heavy
batting stars were forgotten in the
adulation that was showered upon the
trio Of fielding favorltes. The Com
mercialiStS made one and the Elks
nothing, making the score to 1.
In the fourth Griggs made a run
ming catch of Lemons fly, that was
warmly greeted, and snatched another
ball out Of Hold Bigelow's mits, with
an evident desire to fatten his fielding
average. Neither side scored in this
inning, and f1ve-mile bicycle race was
put on to allay the excitement. Bige-
lows fine stop of DefiePs hot liner was
the feature Of the fifth. The CONNER
cialists got two and the Elks one. max
ing the score tie. In the sixth Dean
got second on Lon Defiel's wild throw,
but was caught stealing third. The
umpire was protected at the time by
a shevo de freeze Of Elks, or violence
might have been done him. Gen. Bend
said it was a Shevo de freeze, although
Lou Wilkes, who was closer to the
play, said he thought 1t was just one
of Sheehan's cold bluffs. Snyder got
four balls. Langford threw the bali
into deep center, and the Snyder boy
went to third. M Defel made a three
Dagger, driving in two runs. Jackson's
catch of Schiffman's low drive was the
grand stand feature Of hard smuggling
inning. Lennon was knocked out of
the box. The club made one run, the
Elks three
Defel pitched after Lennon went out.
The Commentaries made six in the
seventh, and the Elks three. Total, 10
to 9 in favor Of the club, as follows:
Commercial Club ........0 l 80
Elks ..............2 0 q j
Meantime the bicycle race had been
humping itself around and among the
catchers and outfelders, and after near
ly sixteen minutes of intense but pain
less excitement, the multitude in the
amphitheater saw Champion Gedney,
who had started from scratch, ride
madly up to the tape, having distancad
all his competitors and calculated the
distance so nicely that he was able
to dismount exactly on the tape, stop
ard clean his wheel before the nearest
of his rivals, Homer Clarke. appeared
in the ofing. w. j. Bennett was third,
P. j. Schaub, who was delayed by run
ming over a boy, fourth; D. S. Coffey,
fifth; j. w Taylor. sixth, and c. P
Slime seventh. Mr.. Slime would no
doubt have made a better showing but
for the strength which 1T took to ring
his bell every time he crossed the tape.
He usually lost his pedals, too just
where the audience could see how acc
fully he recovered them. Schaub want
ed the race run over, because of his
accident, and a lengthy dispute arose,
which was finally referred to Umpire
Sheehan, of the base ball teams. Mr..
Sheehan, after hearing the evidence,
decided that Mr.. Schaub's point was
not well taken. citing from the 1897
rules Of the White Bear Yacht club,
in which it is expressly stated that foul
ing a buoy disqualifies the offending
craft.
The carnival of sports adjourned I'M
til this afternoon after watching Tom
Bird try a mile against time, which
he made in 1861.
This afternoon the St. Paul Elks will
play their Mill City neighbors, and
sharper game than yesterday is expect
ed, as the Pronghorns are in excellent
practice now.
The lineup of the teams will be as fol-