The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-19

Somewhere on this earth tonight,
stars are shining bright" sang a poet
of some renown in that touching eftu-
sion known as Casey at the Bat,
which De Wolf Hopper recites by spe-
cial request every time he can find two
or three together who will stand for
it.
There are other lines in that poem
which portray more truthfully the stu
alton in st. Paul last night.
The st. Paul base ball club has I'M
earthed a hoodoo. Not one of those
yellow-b backed, loud French novel va
riety that make a catcher look as
though he was dead and then put him
back in the game in a fortnight; but
a sort of Ingersollian hoOdOo that is
IrgersOllian in it's insidiousness, under
mining the strength of the team when
it is least expected and picking up a
pitcher who has apparently slid into a
base, disabled so that he will not be
able to play for a month and perhaps
not this season.
Phyle got 1t in the ninth inning yes
terday sliding to second. He did not
have much time, and he concluded,
he says, to slide feet first. He did not
get a start that way, however, as he
struck a bad place, and accordingly
changed his mind and decided to go in
head first In so changing his position,
he gave his ankle a severe wrench,
spraining it severely, and dislocating
one of the tarsal bones. The sprain
was reduced at once, in the dressing
room Of the club, but the dislocated
bone had to be reset with the patient
under the influence of chIoroform He
was taken to the International hotel,
and will only De able to hobble about
on crutches for time.
The game was an exciting one, the
teams alternating in the lead, and it
was not until a tenth inning had been
partially played that the Detroit team
obtained an recoverable advantage
over COmiskeys men.
Shugart lost the game time and time
again, and but for his errors the WISH
to-. 5. althOU gh they did Outbat the locals
in number OF hits would have not have
obtained the results from them that
they did.
Wadsworth was in the box for the
visitors. He is as tall as Thomas, but
Shugart all hit him in the first inn
ing, and that was after he had given
Mcbride a base on balls. Nyce, how
ever, signaliZed his temperance in
tn game by st liking Gu, Glasscock was
caught trying to steal third, and Par
rOtt went out on a grounder to Hines.
Only two runs resulted. There were
two flies in Detroit's half, and two
safe drives, but DUNCAN, who got the
first hit, tried to come around from
first on the second, Hines, and was put
out at the plate handily, so the visitors
did not score.
Spies struck out to open the second,
ana Hollingsworth waited for four
balls. Phyle hit the ball high, but Nc
Bride got a life on a bad throw by
Steinfeldt, and the locals got a run
on successful double steal.
The visitors drove the ball out four
times safe on Phyle in the second, and
it was sharp fielding that held them
down to two runs there.
Nyce opened the third with a single.
and George did as we'll. GIasscock
sacrificed. Shugart flew out to Nichol,
and one run scored, and PARROTS good
single sent in the other Spies got a
base on balls, and the fourth was so
wild that Parrot went to third on it.
Tacks was then caught trying to work
q double steal with Heine.
After billiard had given Spies an in
significant foul fly, Shugart went to
pieces on Hines grounder, and Phyle
hit NichOl. Steinfeldt hit safely. and
Burnett was given base. frost drove
out a single, and Wadsworth hit TO
Fhyle. Three runs We're in, and Stein
feldt was on his way home with the
fourth. Phyle tossed the ball to Spies
from within ten feet, but the catcher
muffed it. No farther runs resulted
however. The visitors were then one
in the lead.
Hollingsworth's base on balls and
Nyce's three-bagger tied it again.
billiard went out on a grounder to
Hollingsworth, but Hines hit safely,
and Shugart failed to clear up Nichols
easy one. Steinfeldt's third successive
safe hit was a two-ba gger, which drove
In two runs and gave the visitors a
lead of that many.
GlasscOck opened the fifth with a hit,
but DUNCAN made a sensational catch
Of Shugart's long drive. Jack got sec
pnd on the throw-in. Parrott hit to
6teinfeldt, and Glasscock was taken off
second. Singles by Spies and Holdings
worth, however, drove PARROT in with
run. and when the visitors were
- blanked in their half the Saints had